Ft. Johnson Middle School Bands

Junior All-State Terms List
Junior All-State Quiz - Use the computer to quiz yourself on terms!
All-State Band Audition Requirements - Requirements for each of the All-State bands
All-State/Region Bands - Link to the entire All-State and Region Bands

BAND LINKS

South Carolina Band Link - This is the web site for all of South Carolina's bands. It includes information about band activities around the state, including Region audition information
James Island Charter High School Bands
South Carolina Middle School Bands - This is a link to all the middle school bands in SC.
South Carolina High School Bands - This is a link to all the high school bands in SC.

THEORY GAMES/HELPERS

Music Racer - Improve your note reading, fingerings, and musical terms with this interactive game.
Online Music Theory Flash Cards - Learn note names on the music staff with these interactive flashcards.
Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net - This theory site has step by step lessons to help you understand the music staff, clefs, ledger lines, note durations, rest durations, time signatures, dots and ties, accidentals, sharps and flats.
Vic Firth Education - Percussionist can find detailed information about the snare drum, rudiments, keyboards, drum set and timpani at this site.
Woodwind Fingering Charts - Woodwind players can find detailed fingering and trill charts for their instrument.
Brass and Woodwind Fingering Charts - Brass and Woodwind players can find detailed pritable fingering charts.
Note Trainer from musictheory.net - You can use this trainer to help you learn to read notes better! Click "Settings" to change from treble to bass clef.
Brass Trainer from musictheory.net - Brass players, use this trainer to practice your fingerings! Click "Set Instrument" to change to your instrument and "Set Range" to make the level easy or hard. Baritone players, this won't work as well for you because we don't have 4-valved instruments.
Keyboard Trainer from musictheory.net - Percussionists, use this to help you name the notes on bells and xylophone!
Note Reading Drill from emusictheory.com - This is similar to the trainer from musictheory.net, but it has a timer and is good for practicing reading notes more quickly.

OTHER RELATED LINKS

Essential Elements 2000 Book 1 Accompaniment Recordings (#59-end) - These are .mp3 files of the exercises in our sixth-grade book from #59 until the end of the book. This is an alternative to practicing with the .mp3 files on the DVD.
Finale NotePad 2006 - Free Music Notating Software
Smartmusic - An award-winning, computer-based interactive practice system that makes practicing fun!
SmartMusic Tips
Music Notes.com - Free Sheet Music Samples of popular songs.