BandFolio

Band Method
Book 1
To the Director:
Thank you for using the BandFolio Band Method. I hope that it is useful to you, and satisfying to
your students. Please contact me at director@bandfolio.com if you have comments or questions.
The purpose of BandFolio is to provide free resources for music education. We believe that budget,
time, and availability problems can be averted by having immediate access to music resources that can
be downloaded, printed and freely distributed. We also believe that by supplementing the standard
literature and resources available, directors can improve the overall quality of their band programs.
In this book, I have included a very simple fingering chart for each instrument, because I have found it
less confusing for my students. I limit the number of pitches introduced, so that students can focus on
other concepts. At the back of each book, I have included scales in the keys of B flat, E flat, F, C, & A
flat. Each note is labeled, to help prevent students playing all scales in the same key.
Once your students know the notes on the fingering chart, any exercise in this book is accessible to
them. Also, there are several rounds and full band arrangements in the book to encourage small groups
to practice together, and many familiar tunes that the students will enjoy playing.
A section on assembling instruments is not included, nor is a section on tone production. I believe that
band directors can teach that much better.

Jim Evans
Director, BandFolio.com

Conductor
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