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 6, 2025 | Band Director, Percussionists
Percussion Bundle for students and teachers. Find your downloads below. These Percussion Bundle downloads offer band directors and percussion students a basic understanding of the techniques and maintenance typical of the expectations for beginner/intermediate...
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 | Sep 3, 2024 | Band Director, Random posts
Find your download below. Scale & Rhythm Studies – Master Set of Parts This Scale & Rhythm Studies sheet has been used for years by Jeff’s bands and many of his colleagues who asked for it. On this one page you can cover a number of common scales...
by Jeff | Aug 1, 2024 | Band Director, Random posts
Understanding Key Signatures Find your downloads below. Copy as needed. Understanding Key Signatures posters These Understanding Key Signatures posters are a 2 page step-by-step analysis of identifying any major or minor key signature, and how to use the circle of...
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...
