Pro Metronome is used to help the band be more attentive to steady beat that is required.

This tool is used by the teacher through classroom speakers to aid the band with better rhythmic pulse. This tool can be used individually through headphones to help individual student-musicians gain better rhythmic stability.

I play the metronome at varying tempi to help the band gain better finger technique, rhythmic pulse, and rhythmic stability.

Students often become dependent upon others for rhythmic stability - this should be an individual, independent phenomenon. Metronome helps gain independence.

This tool helps the band to play in tune.

This tool can be displayed on the interactive board or downloaded on students' electronic devices.

During the warm-up each day, I individually tune students to ensure we are in tune.

In order to play an instrument with other musicians you must be in tune for it to sound good.

Slide can be posted on the interactive board to help facilitate students through plan of daily learning.

This tool can be seen on the interactive board or from student electronic devices.

This tool is posted on my interactive board on a daily basis.

Usage of slides helps to facilitate learning - students know what music to find and how to mentally prepare to play.

This tool is accessed through rhythmrandomizer.com. This is a tool that randomly displays rhythms using the variety of selected rhythmic notes and rests in the selected time signature.

This tool can be posted on the board or viewed from students' electronic devices.

Each day at the beginning of class, I post one to two 8-measure rhythms which the class claps along to.

Using this tool greatly increases the rhythm-reading capacity of the students in band.

Breathing Gym is a program that helps musicians breathe more efficiently.

This tool can be accessed through the Breathing Gym videos found on youtube.com. Students can view on smartboard or on individual electronic devices.

Breathing Gym youtube video is pulled up on smartboard while students interactively follow breathing exercises.

Breathing Gym exercises help students breathe better which in turn allows for improved intonation, length of phrases, tone, and beat stability.