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Bandfolio: Band Method Book 1

The document provides advice for students starting band. It congratulates students on joining band and says they will find it rewarding and fun. It emphasizes the importance of practice, recommending practicing every day under the guidance of the band director. Specifically, it suggests warming up, setting goals, breaking difficult sections into parts, and ending on a fun piece. With daily practice and teamwork, the document says band will become students' favorite part of school and lead to a lifelong love of music.

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Bandfolio: Band Method Book 1

The document provides advice for students starting band. It congratulates students on joining band and says they will find it rewarding and fun. It emphasizes the importance of practice, recommending practicing every day under the guidance of the band director. Specifically, it suggests warming up, setting goals, breaking difficult sections into parts, and ending on a fun piece. With daily practice and teamwork, the document says band will become students' favorite part of school and lead to a lifelong love of music.

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Alto Saxophone

BandFolio
Band Method
Book 1

To the student:
Congratulations on your decision to join the band. I am sure that you will find it a rewarding and fun
experience, and it may lead to a life-long love of playing music. If you listen carefully and follow the
recommendations of your band director, you will be making beautiful music and having a lot of fun in a
very short time.
The key to getting a good start in band is practice. Your band director will recommend how much time
you should practice each day. In order to get the most out of your practice sessions you should:
Warm up. your band director will recommend a procedure for preparing your body and your
instrument to play.
Set a goal for each practice session.
Practice the hard sections first, and break them down into smaller parts. Then put the parts
together.
Play something fun at the end of each practice session.
Practice every day.
By working together with your band director and your classmates, band will become the high point of
your school day, and will lead to years of musical enjoyment.

Jim Evans

2000 Jim Evans


BandFolio.com

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