Supply List & Recommended Instrument List
Supply List
*All students are required to have one ½-inch or 1-inch 3-ring BLACK binder with at least 30 plastic sheet protectors for sheet music. Beginning Band students will not need this until the second nine-week grading period.
*All Beginning Band students are required to have Standard of Excellence, Book 1 for their assigned instrument.
*All Concert and Symphonic Band students are required to have Standard of Excellence, Book 2 for their assigned instrument.
*All Jazz Band students are required to have Standard of Excellence, Jazz Ensemble Method for their assigned instrument and part.
Flute
1. soft polishing cloth
2. tuning rod
3. your instrument
Clarinet & Saxophone
1. minimum of four reeds (Vandoren 2 ½-3 strength)
2. reed guard
3. swab
4. mouthpiece brush
5. your instrument
Trumpet, French Horn, Baritone, & Tuba
1. valve oil
2. soft polishing cloth
3. mouthpiece brush
4. cleaning snake
5. your instrument (french horns, baritones, and tubas provided by the school; $100 rental fee per year)
Trombone
1. Slide-O-Mix slide lubricant
2. soft polishing cloth
3. mouthpiece brush
4. cleaning snake
5. your instrument
Percussion
Beginning Band Percussion
1. your percussion kit
-SD1 General snare drum sticks
-bell or xylophone mallets
-practice pad
-bell or xylophone set
-stand for practice pad and bell or xylophone set
Concert and Symphonic Band Percussion
1. SD1 General snare drum sticks
2. bell or xylophone mallets
3. medium-hard marimba mallets
4. stick bag in which to store sticks and mallets
5. T1 timpani mallets
6. Practice pad
The following music stores carry the supplies listed above. Feel free to use whichever store is most convenient:
Art’s Music Shop on Hwy. 280 in Inverness (phone: 205.995.8376)
Gadsden Music Company in Hoover on Valleydale Road (phone: 205.982.3004)
*All Beginning Band students are required to have Standard of Excellence, Book 1 for their assigned instrument.
*All Concert and Symphonic Band students are required to have Standard of Excellence, Book 2 for their assigned instrument.
*All Jazz Band students are required to have Standard of Excellence, Jazz Ensemble Method for their assigned instrument and part.
Flute
1. soft polishing cloth
2. tuning rod
3. your instrument
Clarinet & Saxophone
1. minimum of four reeds (Vandoren 2 ½-3 strength)
2. reed guard
3. swab
4. mouthpiece brush
5. your instrument
Trumpet, French Horn, Baritone, & Tuba
1. valve oil
2. soft polishing cloth
3. mouthpiece brush
4. cleaning snake
5. your instrument (french horns, baritones, and tubas provided by the school; $100 rental fee per year)
Trombone
1. Slide-O-Mix slide lubricant
2. soft polishing cloth
3. mouthpiece brush
4. cleaning snake
5. your instrument
Percussion
Beginning Band Percussion
1. your percussion kit
-SD1 General snare drum sticks
-bell or xylophone mallets
-practice pad
-bell or xylophone set
-stand for practice pad and bell or xylophone set
Concert and Symphonic Band Percussion
1. SD1 General snare drum sticks
2. bell or xylophone mallets
3. medium-hard marimba mallets
4. stick bag in which to store sticks and mallets
5. T1 timpani mallets
6. Practice pad
The following music stores carry the supplies listed above. Feel free to use whichever store is most convenient:
Art’s Music Shop on Hwy. 280 in Inverness (phone: 205.995.8376)
Gadsden Music Company in Hoover on Valleydale Road (phone: 205.982.3004)
Recommended Instrument List
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