Beginning

Beginning Band Practice Recordings and Accompaniments:

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A. Standard of Excellence – Red Book 1

  1. Exercise 1. Time for Band
  2. Exercise 2. The Fun Continues
  3. Exercise 3. Whole Lotta Counting
  4. Exercise 4. Four Score
  5. Exercise 5. Mix ’em Up
  6. Exercise 6. Melting Pot
  7. Exercise 7. Band on Parade
  8. Exercise 8. A Breath of Fresh Air
  9. Exercise 9. Side By Side
  10. Exercise 10. Two By Two
  11. Exercise 11. Half the Price
  12. Exercise 12. Cardiff By the Sea
  13. Exercise 13. Two for the Show
  14. Exercise 14. Go for Excellence!
  15. Exercise 15. A Quarter’s Worth
  16. Exercise 16. Hot Cross Buns
  17. Exercise 17. Au Claire De La Lune
  18. Exercise 18. Down By the Station
  19. Exercise 19. Easy Street
  20. Exercise 20. Country Walk
  21. Exercise 21. Gettin’ It Together
  22. Exercise 22.
  23. Exercise 23. Merrily We Roll Along
  24. Exercise 24. Lightly Row
  25. Exercise 25. One Step At a Time
  26. Exercise 26. Good King Wenceslas
  27. Exercise 27. Song of the Fjords
  28. Exercise 28.
  29. Exercise 29. Go for Excellence!
  30. Exercise 30. Warm-Up
  31. Exercise 31. Tied and True
  32. Exercise 32. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
  33. Exercise 33. Amigos
  34. Exercise 34. Farm Out
  35. Exercise 35.
  36. Exercise 36. Mark Time
  37. Exercise 37. Sweetly Sings the Donkey
  38. Exercise 38. Mary Ann
  39. Exercise 39. Crusader’s March
  40. Exercise 40.
  41. Exercise 41. Go for Excellence!
  42. Exercise 42. School Song
  43. Exercise 43.
  44. Exercise 44. Warm-Up
  45. Exercise 45. Eithth Note Encounter
  46. Exercise 46. Jim Along Josie
  47. Exercise 47. Eighth Note Explorer
  48. Exercise 48. Go Tell Bill
  49. Exercise 49. Go for Excellence!
  50. Exercise 50. Eighth Note Express
  51. Exercise 51. Skip It, Lou
  52. Exercise 52. Eighth Note Expert
  53. Exercise 53. Mexican Mountain Song
  54. Exercise 54.
  55. Exercise 55.
  56. Exercise 56. Warm-Up
  57. Exercise 57. Theme From “Symphony No. 1”
  58. Exercise 58. Erie Canal Capers
  59. Exercise 59. Laughing Song (Round)
  60. Exercise 60.
  61. Exercise 61. Go for Excellence!
  62. Exercise 62. Climbing Stairs
  63. Exercise 63. Bingo
  64. Exercise 64/65. There’s Music in the Air / There’s the Same Music in the Air
  65. Exercise
  66. Exercise 66. Scale Skill
  67. Exercise 67.
  68. Exercise 68. Warm-Up
  69. Exercise 69. Channel Three
  70. Exercise 70. Down in the Valley
  71. Exercise 71. Brother Martin (Round)
  72. Exercise 72. The Little Fish
  73. Exercise 73. Go for Excellence!
  74. Exercise 74. Warm-Up
  75. Exercise 75. Old Blue
  76. Exercise 76. Third Time Around
  77. Exercise 77. Lullaby
  78. Exercise 78. Minuteman March
  79. Exercise 79.
  80. Exercise 80. Mexican Hat Dance
  81. Exercise 81. Frere Jacques (Round)
  82. Exercise 82. Morning Mood
  83. Exercise 83. Ming Court
  84. Exercise 84. Go for Excellence!
  85. Exercise 85. Warm-Up
  86. Exercise 86.
  87. Exercise 87.
  88. Exercise 88.
  89. Exercise 89.
  90. Exercise 90.
  91. Exercise 91.
  92. Exercise 92. Look Sharp
  93. Exercise 93. Aura Lee
  94. Exercise 94. Barcarolle
  95. Exercise 95. Just By Accident
  96. Exercise 96. G Major Scale Skill (Concert F Major)
  97. Exercise 97. Sailor’s Song
  98. Exercise 98. Go for Excellence!
  99. Exercise 99. Warm-Up
  100. Exercise 100. In the Pocket
  101. Exercise 101. Pocket Change
  102. Exercise 102. Strictly Business
  103. Exercise 103. Smooth Sailing
  104. Exercise 104. Roses from the South
  105. Exercise 105. (Theme from “Hansel and Gretel”)
  106. Exercise 106.
  107. Exercise 107. That’s a Wrap
  108. Exercise 108. Polly Wolly Doodle
  109. Exercise 109. Volga Boat Song
  110. Exercise 110.
  111. Exercise 111. Go for Excellence!
  112. Exercise 112. Warm-Up (Band Arrangement)
  113. Exercise 113. Short Cut
  114. Exercise 114. Spot the Dots
  115. Exercise 115. All Through the Night
  116. Exercise 116. Alouette
  117. Exercise 117.
  118. Exercise 118. Just a Little Off the Top
  119. Exercise 119. Top Drawer
  120. Exercise 120. Home On the Range
  121. Exercise 121. The Conquering Hero
  122. Exercise 122. Go for Excellence.
  123. Exercise 123. Warm-Up (Band Arrangement)
  124. Exercise 124. High Winds Ahead
  125. Exercise 125. Look Before You Leap
  126. Exercise 126. F Major Scale Skill (Concert E-Flat Major)
  127. Exercise 127. Variations On a Theme by Mozart
  128. Exercise 128.
  129. Exercise 129. Slippery Slurs
  130. Exercise 130. Waltz Street
  131. Exercise 131 (Theme from “Symphony No. 9”)
  132. Exercise 132. Ready or Not
  133. Exercise 133. Ach! Du Lieber Augustine
  134. Exercise 134. Go for Excellence!
  135. Exercise 135. Sakura
  136. Exercise 136. Grandfather’s Whiskers
  137. Exercise 137.
  138. Exercise 138. Partner Songs
  139. Exercise 139. Manhattan Beach March
  140. Exercise 140.
  141. Exercise 141.
  142. Exercise 142. Largo (from “The New World Symphony”)
  143. Exercise 143. Just Fine
  144. Exercise 144. Chorale
  145. Exercise 145.
  146. Exercise 146. Go for Excellence!
  147. Exercise 147. Ricochet Rock
  148. Exercise 148. Lock Lomond
  149. Exercise 149. Shalom, Chaverim
  150. Exercise 150.
  151. Exercise 151.
  152. Exercise 152. Grandfather’s Clock
  153. Exercise 153. Kum Ba Yah
  154. Exercise 154. Grant Us Peace
  155. Exercise 155. Go for Excellence!
  156. Trumpet Voluntary (Band Arrangement)
  157. Rockin’ Rondeau (Band Arrangement)
  158. Sawmill Creek (Accompaniment Only)
  159. Montego Bay (Band Arrangement)
  160. Regal March (Band Arrangement)

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