hello Band!

Here are recordings of the band arrangements we are playing.  Please listen so you know how your part fits with the rest of the band.  🙂

Ayre and Dance – Bruce Pearson

Madrigal for Band – Anne McGinty

Quest of the Bold – Brian Appleby

A Song for Friends – Larry Daehn

Spitfire Concert March – Michael Story

Star Wars – John Williams – arranged by Steve Denroche

William Tell Overture – Gioachino Rossini

Do you need to check which pitch you are playing on your band instrument?
Or if the note is being played in tune?

Check out TUNER NINJA (old).

** Tuner Ninja — works properly in CHROME browser **  be careful — there are pop-up ads
iOS devices — BandMate Chromatic Tuner app (free) may work better for you

Allow microphone access on your device.

FLUTE / BARITONE / TROMBONE

• click TUNER — start playing to check your pitch.

CLARINET / BASS CLARINET / TRUMPET

• click SETTINGS — under TRANSPOSITION, select Bb3 (notice your instrument is listed)
• click TUNER — start playing to check your pitch.

TENOR SAXOPHONE

• click SETTINGS — under TRANSPOSITION, select Bb2 (notice your instrument is listed)
• click TUNER — start playing to check your pitch.

ALTO SAXOPHONE

• click SETTINGS — under TRANSPOSITION, select Eb3 (notice your instrument is listed)
• click TUNER — start playing to check your pitch.

FRENCH HORN

• click SETTINGS — under TRANSPOSITION, select F3 (notice your instrument is listed)
• click TUNER — start playing to check your pitch.

Hello Band students!

Music is a language — and learning to read and play in a new language takes time and practice.  When you use the new language regularly, it WILL get easier to remember, to read, and to play.

Here are links to a note naming activity featuring the first 5 notes for your instrument.  Have fun!

FLUTE = Bb, C, D, Eb, F

CLARINET & TRUMPET = C, D, E, F, G

ALTO SAX = G, A, B, C, D

TENOR SAX = C, D, E, F, G

FRENCH HORN = F, G, A, Bb, C

BARITONE & TROMBONE = Bb, C, D, Eb, F