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Tips for All Instruments

http://www.tsmp.org/band/bandindex.html
Cleaning Brass Instruments

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/38838_horns-clean-intro.htm
Brass Video Tips

http://www.expertvillage.com/information_785_brass-instruments.htm
Woodwind Video Tips

http://www.expertvillage.com/information_783_wind-instruments.htm
Fixing Sticky Keys

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/78625_baritone-sax-sticky-key-fix.htm
Brass Breathing Techniques

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/2311_trumpet-breathing.htm

Trumpet

Cleaning a Trumpet

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/2312_trumpet-inside-clean.htm
Trumpet Guild

http://www.trumpetguild.org//itgyouth/
tuning slides

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/38535_trumpet-edutainment-tuning-slides.htm
Beginning Tips

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/2313_trumpet-closing-remarks.htm
Finger Dexterity

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/2316_trumpet-finger-dexterity.htm
Trumpet Mouth

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/2318_trumpet-how-to-make-sound.htm
Tonguing

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/2320_trumpet-tongueing.htm

Saxophone

Hand Position

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/124855_saxophone-hand-positioning-while-playing.htm
Long Tones

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/124852_saxophone-long-tones.htm
Blues Technique

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/120001_saxophone-practice-routines-blues-techniques.htm
Ligatures

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/124843_saxophone-ligatures-2.htm
Notes

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/119770_lines-spaces-saxophone-music-notation.htm
Breathing

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/78632_baritone-sax-breath-technique.htm
Putting your Saxophone Together

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/118024_how-to-assemble-a-saxophone.htm

Flute

Flute Posture

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/1450_posture-flute.htm
Breathing for Flute

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/1451_breathing-flute.htm
Flute Care/Maintenance

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/1448_basic-care-flute.htm
Assemble Your Flute

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/118643_how-to-assemble-a-flute.htm
Cleaning Your Flute

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/118638_how-clean-flute-without-taking.htm

Clarinet

Tonguing Lesson

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/7244_beginner-clarinet-note-art.htm
Register Key Video

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/7262_beginner-clarinet-register-key.htm
Alternate Fingerings Video

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/7264_beginner-clarinet-fingering.htm
Clarinet Care/Maintenance

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/7247_beginner-clarinet-care-maintenance.htm
Clarinet Daily Care

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/118483_daily-clarinet-maintenance.htm
Assemble Clarinet

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/118482_assembling-a-clarinet.htm
Begin Playing

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/136740_how-begin-playing-clarinet.htm

Trombone

Mutes Part Two

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/21669_trombone-playing-mute.htm
Mutes Part One

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39225_playing-trombone-six.htm
Slide Positions

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39229_playing-trombone-slide-positions.htm
Trombone Parts

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39229_playing-trombone-slide-positions.htm
Making Sounds

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39226_playing-trombone-seven.htm
Breathing

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39226_playing-trombone-seven.htm

Baritone

Breathing

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39258_trumpet-baritone-valves.htm
Construction of Baritone

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39255_trumpet-baritone-history.htm
Tuning Slides

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39255_trumpet-baritone-history.htm
Care and Maintenance

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39267_trumpet-baritone-care.htm

Tuba

tuning slides

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/39756_tuba-tuning-slides.htm
spit valves

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/38457_brass-tuba-spit-valves.htm
Tuba Misconceptions

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/38450_brass-tuba-intro.htm

Percussion

Music Games and Software

Ricci's Music Theory

http://musictheory.net/
finale notepad - FREE!!!

http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/
Music Tech Games & Quizzes

http://www.musictechteacher.com/musicquizzes.htm
Music Theory Textbook Link

http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&flag=student&product_isbn_issn=9780495090939&discipline_number=2
Tuner

http://www.1.ocn.ne.jp/~tuner/tuner_c.html

Rutherford County School Band Websites

Online Music Stores

Woodwind & Brasswind

http://www.wwbw.com/
Taylor Music

http://www.1800usaband.com/
JW Pepper - sheet music

http://www.jwpepper.com
The Music Stop - local

http://www.themusicstop.net
Interstate Music

http://www.interstatemusic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?catalogId=10021&storeId=10051
Steve Weiss Music

http://www.steveweissmusic.com/

Metronome

"Wicked"

Offical Broadway Musical "Wicked" Website

http://www.wickedthemusical.com/#AboutWicked
Wikipedia "Wicked"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_Goodness
Summary of Plots and Subplots/ Song Lyrics

http://www.musicalschwartz.com/wicked-songs.htm