by Jeff | Dec 10, 2025 | Brass Players, Free Resource, Improv Studies
Understanding Chord Changes A Musicians Guide Find your downloads below. Musicians read chord symbols as a compact shorthand that tells them what notes to play, how to structure the harmony, and often what style or voicing fits the music. Here’s a clear...
by Jeff | Dec 10, 2025 | Brass Players, Free Resource, Improv Studies
Improvising Over Chord Changes Find your download below. 9 areas for winds to focus on. -> pdf download Make sure you check out the companion handout: -> Understanding Chord Symbols 🥇 Bolduc Music is the ‘1st Place’ to shop for band curriculum...
by Jeff | Nov 1, 2025 | Articles, Band Director, Brass Players, Free Resource, Percussionists
Improving Sight-Reading Skills – Handout and poster. Find your downloads below. Here’s a comprehensive list of tips and strategies to improve sight-reading skills. These cover the mental, physical, and musical aspects of reading music accurately and expressively...
by Jeff | Sep 9, 2025 | Band Director, Brass Players
Taking Care of Valved Brass Instruments Find your downloads below. This 2-page handout should be in the folder of every brass player tasked with maintaining valves and slides on their instrument. Review it often – make sure you have oil, snakes, slide grease, extra...
by Jeff | Sep 3, 2025 | Articles, Band Director, Brass Players, Percussionists
Find your download below. How to Practice Below find links to several downloads to my ‘How to Practice’ materials. The main sheets are reprints of page 33 of the Band Builder books. Feel free to download and use as needed. Hope they help kids to understand...
by Jeff | Jul 31, 2024 | Band Director, Brass Players, Random posts
Reed Care & Maintenance Find your download below. Reed Care & Maintenance Let me know if I am wrong about reed care and/or maintenance or if you have better (or missing) advice. I am a brass player at heart so this is from the eyes of a band teacher more than...
