Resources
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Bandmate Tuner is a free smart phone app that is useful to all wind players, but especially brass.
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Tonal Energy Tuner: this is not free but it is useful. It does not only shows if the student is in tune, but it can evaluate tone quality.
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Woodwind fingering charts: these are free smart phone apps and come for all the wind instruments. It shows the fingering and plays the note.
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Percussion 101 is a website that shows correct technique for all the percussion instruments. Students can also watch professional level performances.
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Online metronome: this is a free online tool
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Tempo: this is a metronome app. It was free.
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One Size Fits All Band Book: This is a web page that has tons of free music that kids can download and print. There is a variety of songs and difficulty levels.
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Musecore: free music website
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8notes: free music website
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Dr. Selfridge music: Youtube channel with many resources including how to play music by ear.
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Noteflight: free music notation site
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Google Flat: you can music notation to Google documents
Advocacy
Listening Resources
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Flute
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Oboe​
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Henrik Chaim ​
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Clarinet​
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Alto Saxophone​
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Tenor Saxophone​
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Baritone Saxophone
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Trumpet​
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Horn
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Trombone
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Euphonium
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Tuba
Composition & Fun Stuff
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Clarion Lite an expressive adaptable musical instrument
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Acid Machine an online sequencer
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Assisted Melody write a melody and it will harmonize it
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Drum bit on line drum set
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The infinite drum machine Create drum beats using sounds from the every day world
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Word synth play with music and words
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Pattern sketch another drum set with lots of instruments