VIDEO RESOURCE (from Essential Elements Online) for starting to play your new instrument.

A valuable resource from the band method book called Essential Elements can help you review the proper start-up techniques.

• PLEASE watch the video(s) / check the start-up diagrams for YOUR INSTRUMENT to be sure you are doing things correctly.  

You can revisit the links until they expire on October 31, 2024.

• To access the video folders right now, you need a password to access the files.
• The password will be provided during class.

Please watch the videos by October 11.

• There will be a short follow-up assignment in class during the following week.

FLUTE

CLARINET

SAXOPHONE – Alto & Tenor

*please note – notes for tenor are different from alto — but the other instructions are the same

TRUMPET

BARITONE

TROMBONE

You may need to watch parts of the video a few times to make sure you are doing things correctly!

Please remember to ask for help where needed.

Thanks,

Ms. Lee  🙂

Hello Band students!

Music is a language — and learning to read and play the notes 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.  Start memorizing what the notes look like on the staff – it will make reading them easier as you use them more often.  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

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

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.