School Band Information

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This page provides access to some books for School Bands, created by Catherine Schmidt Jones and made available on the web site of OpenStax.

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• A Parent's Guide to School Band (117 page Book)
  This book has many sections of information for the parent of a student in a school band . The sections most directly related to the musical instruments presented here are included below.
  
  • A Short History of Wind Bands" - Pages 16-20
  • Classifying Musical Instruments - Pages 37-42
  • Wind Instruments: Some Basics - Pages 42-48
  • Transposing Instruments - Pages 48-52
  • Flutes - Pages 52-55
  • The Oboe and its Relatives - Pages 55-57
  • Clarinet - Pages 58-61
  • Saxophones - Pages 63-65
  • Trumpets and Cornets - Pages 65-68
  • French Horn - Pages 68-73
  • Trombones - Pages 73-78
  • Baritones and Euphoniums - Pages 78-81
  • Tubas - Pages 81-83
  • Band and Orchestral Drums - Pages 83-86
  • Band and Orchestral Idiophones - Pages 86-88
  • Keyboard Instruments - Pages 88-92
  • Guitars - Pages 92-99

• Beginning Guitar Lessons - A beginning guitar course, meant for individual or small-group lessons with an experienced instructor. After completing this course, the student should be ready to begin serious study in any guitar style.
• An Introduction to Music Theory - Introduces the relationship between frequency, octaves, major, minor, and chromatic scales, and tonal music.
• Special Subjects in Music Theory - Including the following sections:
  • Transposing Instruments (Changing Keys)
  • Rhythm (syncopation) and
  • What Kind of Music is That?
    • Western and non-Western Music
    • Tuning Systems
    • Scales that are not Major or Minor
    • Modes and Ragas: More than just a Scale
    • Indian Classical Music: Tuning and Ragas

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