new - 2024-2025 season information:

• Director’s Welcome Letter

• Parent/Student Contact Form

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Instrumentation | Obtaining an Instrument | Local Music Store List

• Required Materials

• 2024-2025 Calendar of Events - 2024.07.20 Revision

• 2024-2025 Palmetto Homeschool Band Handbook (Coming Soon)

• Instrument Introductions (Coming Soon)

Palmetto Home School Band Resources:

• Metronome Online - Highly recommend practicing with subdivisions turned on. Also you can just Google the word Metronome.

• MusicTheory.net - We will use this site for homework, ear training, etc.

• Tuning drone - Every key. Practice long tones and harmonizing with these and be amazed how your ear improves. Also available Here. For harmonizing in a major key, and minor keys.

WARMUPS:

• First Three Scales - Conductor | Flute | Clarinet | Alto Sax | Trumpet | Articulation Variations

• Flex Warmups - Conductor | Flute | Clarinet | Alto Sax | Trumpet | Snare | Instructions

Concert band music:

flute specific resources:

• Fingering exercises

Clarinet Specific Resources:

• Crossing the break

• Another crossing the break reference

• Crossing the break practice exercises

Alto Saxophone Specific Resources:

• Text

Trombone Specific Resources:

• Sightreading exercises

Percussion Specific Resources:

• Vic Firth’s 40 essential rudiments. Printable PDF.

• PAS (Percussive Arts Society) list of rudiments with explanation videos.

• Another great source of rudiment explanations.

• More rudiment videos explanations.

• Intermediate to Advanced Snare Exercises

• Basic Accents

• 16th Note Grid