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Follow these steps to make sure you don’t have a smelly, mildewy clarinet or a broken reed.

Follow these steps to avoid frustration, get a good sound on the instrument and (hopefully) not break your reed.

An arrangement of Blackbird for two guitars and two euphoniums. OVJ kids who want to play this song can message me on google classroom for a copy of the melody part for your instrument.

This is the melody, bass, and piano/guitar part for the All Star we didn’t get around to performing. Jazz band kids can play along with all 3 parts. This was made using the acapella app, which lets you to record and overdub your own music. Give it a try.

This arrangement of O Canada is in the key of B flat. Try playing along on your instrument using your sheet music or Essential Elements book.

Percussion students can follow this tutorial to practice their drum stick grip and allowing the stick to bounce on the drum head to play a drum roll. Practice this technique at home on a practice pad or at school on a snare drum.

Grade 7 Percussion students can listen and play along on a bell kit or keyboard to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Notice how both left and right mallets are used for passages with quick rhythms and big leaps. As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome - beat 1 of each measure has a higher, accented pitch.

Grade 7 Percussion students can listen and play along on a practice pad to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Counting rests is very important for this part, since you will alternate between playing on strong beats (1 & 3) and weak beats (2 & 4). As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome - beat 1 of each measure has a higher, accented pitch.

Grade 7 Trombone students can listen and play along to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Notice the difference between the slurred notes (connected with air), accented notes (loud attack at the beginning of the note) and staccato notes (short and detached). It is very important to count rests carefully in this song. As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome - beat 1 of each measure has...

Grade 7 Low Brass and Low Woodwind students can listen and play along to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Notice the difference between the slurred notes (connected with air), accented notes (loud attack at the beginning of the note) and staccato notes (short and detached). It is very important to count rests carefully with this song. As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome - beat 1...

Grade 7 Alto Saxophone students can listen and play along to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Notice the difference between the slurred notes (connected with air), accented notes (loud attack at the beginning of the note) and staccato notes (short and detached). As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome - beat 1 of each measure has a higher, accented pitch.

Grade 7 Trumpet students can listen and play along to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Notice the difference between the slurred notes (connected with air), accented notes (loud attack at the beginning of the note) and staccato notes (short and detached). As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome - beat 1 of each measure has a higher, accented pitch.

Grade 7 Clarinet students can listen and play along to the to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Notice the difference between the slurred notes (connected with air) and the staccato notes (detached and short). As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome- beat 1 of each measure has a higher, accented pitch.

Grade 7 Flute students can listen and play along to their part for Creepy Crawlies. Notice the difference between the slurred notes (connected with air) and the staccato notes (detached and short). As you are counting, listen closely to the metronome - beat 1 of each measure has a higher, accented pitch.

Homework Blues - Snare Drum

Homework Blues - Clarinet

Homework Blues - Mallets

Homework Blues - Trombone

Homework Blues - Trumpet

Homework Blues - Flute