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Free Quality Concert Band Warm-ups + Scales!

Directors,
This forum is linked from the main page and is THE place for you to post your "finds" in the way of free quality concert band warm-ups. There are pieces out there that are great pieces. If you have played them with your band and feel that everyone needs to know about them, please post them here.

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on September 12, 2008 at 10:54pm

Here are three of the most fabulous warm up chorales ever:

http://www.ryanfraley.com/3chorales.htm

Check 'em out!

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Permalink Reply by Randy Cornell on September 25, 2010 at 10:21am

Are there percussion parts for these?

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on September 25, 2010 at 9:39pm

If they are not there you can have mallets play oboe parts. Probably what might have chosen.

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Permalink Reply by Randy Cornell on September 26, 2010 at 3:41pm

Thanks Russ!

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Permalink Reply by R. Bruce Scott on September 22, 2008 at 8:56am

Russ (or anyone), I am looking for a ready-made set of scale sheets to give my middle school kids alla All State with arpeggios do you have this? Maybe Finale based.

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on September 22, 2008 at 7:43pm

Smartmusic has the Florida scales ready for assessment. Here are a few of the finale files. They are in score form and will need to have parts extracted if you want to use them that way.

RW

R. Bruce Scott said:

Russ (or anyone), I am looking for a ready-made set of scale sheets to give my middle school kids alla All State with arpeggios do you have this? Maybe Finale based.

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on September 22, 2008 at 8:02pm

Here are the Bb Scale Parts

Russ Weaver said:

Smartmusic has the Florida scales ready for assessment. Here are a few of the finale files. They are in score form and will need to have parts extracted if you want to use them that way.

RW

R. Bruce Scott said:
Russ (or anyone), I am looking for a ready-made set of scale sheets to give my middle school kids alla All State with arpeggios do you have this? Maybe Finale based.

Gb scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus A scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus G scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus F scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus Eb scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus E scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus Db scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus Db scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus D scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus C scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus Bb scale 2 octaves Florida Style.doc B scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus Ab scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus A scale 2 octaves Florida Style.mus

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Permalink Reply by Gary Bottomley on October 1, 2008 at 10:40am

Bruce,

Your kids can print them from Teagueband.com

GB

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Permalink Reply by Brian Cole on November 17, 2010 at 7:03am

I've created a warm-up based on Scott McKee's Warm-ups in Eb/Bb. I've attached a compressed file with PDFs of the score and all parts. I'd welcome any feedback!

Attachments:

Warm-ups in Four Keys.zip, 1.8 MB

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on November 17, 2010 at 7:07am

Will give these a play this week. Thanks for uploading. Can't have too many warm-ups in the book.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Cole on November 17, 2010 at 5:14pm

I used the Concert F series in rehearsal today. I forgot I had put them SO low for the brass. (I've got a trumpet section that I'm "babying" this year.)