TB Scales and Drills

In Week 8, Mrs Harris gave Training Band students SCALES (for their specific instrument) and RHYTHM DRILLS (for everyone) to help work on playing together in band and for practice at home. All students should have both of these in their blue band folder!

Please click on links below to access and print if students have misplaced these resources:

• TB Scales - Flutes
• TB Scales - Clarinets
• TB Scales - Saxophones
• TB Scales - Trumpets
• TB Scales - Trombones
• TB Scales - Xylophones (for percussion)
• TB Rhythm Drills (percussion students can play rhythms on any drum or a combination - get creative!)

HOW TO USE RHYTHM DRILLS AND SCALES FOR PRACTICE:

Ways to use the SCALES for warm up:

• play them one at a time going through the sequence,
• play them one at a time backwards,
• have a parent call out a number or note name (eg E, C, G etc) and play them as they call them out - start slowly

Ways to use the RHYTHM DRILLS for warm up:

• choose a note and play them one at a time going through the sequence 1-18,
• play them in chunks on different notes from your scale eg play drills 1 and 2 on a C note, drills 3 and 4 on an E etc (make it up!),
• have a parent call out a drill number and choose a note to play that drill
• have a parent call out a note or note number and choose a drill to play that note