Beginning Band Resources
First Five Note Worksheets
These are are worksheets designed to help students learn their first five notes by writing the note onto the staff and then filling a fingering diagram for their instrument. You should be able to download the worksheets and edit them as you need.
Google Drive Folder
Christmas Fanfare for Beginning Band
Originally written in my first year of teaching out of necessity, this continues to be the first piece of sheet music our beginners perform from and is the only thing not out of the book we perform at the first concert.
Score
Parts
Introduction to Clarinet Upper Register
Here is a quick introduction to register slurs for clarinets.
Note Reading Flashcard Key
This is an "answer key" for students to check if they made their flashcards correctly for the eight notes of their Bb scale.
Musical Smarties
This worksheet is designed as a basic note reading activity for beginning band students. Students are given a copy of the worksheet and a roll of Smarties candies. They are then asked to recreate various words of increasing complexity on using Smarties to represent notes on the staff. You can start with simple three letter words such as "EGG" and progress to longer words such as "CABBAGE." Students can also be asked to find their own words and spell them out on the staff. This could then transition to a basic composition assignment.
First Five Note Worksheets
These are are worksheets designed to help students learn their first five notes by writing the note onto the staff and then filling a fingering diagram for their instrument. You should be able to download the worksheets and edit them as you need.
Google Drive Folder
Christmas Fanfare for Beginning Band
Originally written in my first year of teaching out of necessity, this continues to be the first piece of sheet music our beginners perform from and is the only thing not out of the book we perform at the first concert.
Score
Parts
Introduction to Clarinet Upper Register
Here is a quick introduction to register slurs for clarinets.
Note Reading Flashcard Key
This is an "answer key" for students to check if they made their flashcards correctly for the eight notes of their Bb scale.
Musical Smarties
This worksheet is designed as a basic note reading activity for beginning band students. Students are given a copy of the worksheet and a roll of Smarties candies. They are then asked to recreate various words of increasing complexity on using Smarties to represent notes on the staff. You can start with simple three letter words such as "EGG" and progress to longer words such as "CABBAGE." Students can also be asked to find their own words and spell them out on the staff. This could then transition to a basic composition assignment.