Instrument Purchase

All Musicians Should Own a Metronome and a Tuner.
It is better to buy a quality, used, professional instrument than a new beginner/intermediate instrument. Many new instruments will never play in tune, and no amount of practice or hard work will help you make such an instrument sound good.
Quality mouthpieces/reeds have a profound impact on the quality of your sound. Do not underestimate the value of a quality mouthpiece/reed.
Routine maintenance can prevent the majority of reasons you would need to send an instrument to the repair shop. Clean instruments = Happy/working musicians.
Speak with Band Director and/or Private Instructor before purchase to ensure best deal and appropriate choices.
Always try the instrument/mouthpiece before purchase

Method Books

Find a method book that improves your technique.

Method books provide a roadmap for learning, introducing musical concepts, techniques, and exercises in a logical sequence.

Flute

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

Altes Method

Art and Practice of Modern Flute Technique - Kincaid

Eck Method/Practical Studies/Tone Development

A Practice Book for the Flute, Vol. 1-6 - Trevor Wye

Seven Daily Exercises, op. 5 - M.A. Reichert

De la Sonorite - Marcel Moyse

Tone Development through Interpretation - Marcel Moyse

Exercices Journaliers - Taffanel Gaubert

Clarinet

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

Celebrated Method for Clarinet - Klose

40 Studies for Clarinet, Book I & II - Rose

32 Studies - Rose

20 Grand Studies from the Works of Rose - Rose

40 Studies for Clarinet - Blancou

Thirty Caprices - Cavallini

Method for Clarinet, Book III - Baermann

Le Vade-Mecum de Clarinettiste - Paul Jeanjean

Melodious and Progressive Studies - Hite

Clarinetists Compendium - Bonade

Clarinet Articulation - Sigel

Advanced Studies for the Clarinet - Polatshek

Oboe

50 Classical Studies for the Oboe - Joppig

Rubank Advanced Method

Andraud Practical and Progressive Method

Barrett Oboe Method

A Complete Method for the Oboe - Barrett

48 Famous Studies - Ferling

Bassoon

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

Weissenborn Practical Method for Bassoon

Reed Making - Popkin & Glichman

Saxophone

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

Universal Method for Saxophone - DeVille

35 Melodious and Technical Exercises - Gatti

48 Studies - Ferling

Selected Studies - Voxman

24 Etudes Faciles after Samies - Mule

18 Studies after Bergiuer - Mule

The Charlie Parker Omnibook - Atlantic Music Corps

Trumpet

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

Arban's Complete Conservatory Method

Herbert L. Clark Technical Studies

Charles Colin's Lip Flexibilities

Mitchell on Trumpet (four volumes)

Etudes Trancendantes - Charlier

Schlossberg Daily Drills and Technical Studies

French Horn

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

The Art of French Horn Playing - Farkas

335 Selected Melodious Pregressive Studies - Pottag

On Playing the Horn - Farquharson Cousins

Anthology of French Horn Music - Moore & Ettore

Sixty Selected Studies for Horn (Vol. 1 & 2) - Kopprasch

Lyrical Studies for Horn or Trumpet - Concone

Practical Studies - Getchell

Trombone

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

Arban Method for Trombone/Euphonium

Schlossberg Daily Drills

The Modern Universal Method - Shapiro

Melodious Etudes for Trombone - Rochut

Clark Method for Trombone/Euphonium

The Double Valve Bass Trombone - Raph

Bach Cello Suites - J.S. Bach

Euphonium

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

Arban's Complete Conservatory Method - ed. Goldman & Smith

Famous Method for Trombone & Baritone - ed. Mantia & Randall

Melodious Etudes for Trombone - Rochut

Technical Studies (bass clef) - Clarke, ed. Gordon

Lip Flexibility on the Trumpet - Smith

Method for Baritone - Beeler

70 Beginning and Early Studies - Uber

Tuba

Rubank Intermediate Method

Rubank Advanced Method

The Arban-Prescott First and Second Year

Practical Studies, Book II - Getchell

Studies in Legato for Bass Trombone & Tuba - Fink

Progressive Techniques for Tuba - Knaub

Snare Drum

A Hundred Pieces for Snare Drum - Ajiro/Okada

Wrist Twisters - Bailey Buster

Rudiments in Rhythm - Jame Campbell

50 Contemporary Snare Drum Etudes - Alexander Lepak

Snare Drum in the Concert Hall - Al Payson

Advanced Snare Drum Studies - Mitchell Peters

Accents and Rebounds - George Stone

Stick Control - George Stone

Timpani

Exercises, Etudes and Solos for Timpani - Raynor Carroll

Timpani Tuning Etudes - Ron Fink

The Solo Timpanist - Vic Firth

Working Timpanist's Survival Guide - Tafoya

Symphonic Studies for Timpani - Nick Woud

Keyboard

Style Studies - John Bergamo

Rhythmical Articulation - Pasquale Bona

Impressions on Wood - Davila

Marimba: Technique Through Music - Mark Ford

Vibraphone Technique - Dave Friedman

Instruction Course for Xylophone - G.H. Green

Percussion Keyboard Technic - Thomas McMillan

120 Progressive 4-Mallet Studies for Marimba - Luigi Morelo

Method of Movement - L.H. Stevens

Four-Mallet Marimba Playing - Nancy Zeltsman

Drum Set

New Breed - Gary Chester

Jazz Standards for Drumset - Brian Fullen

Syncopation - Ted Reed

Afro-Caribbean Rhythms for Drumset - Various

Multi-Percussion

Music for Multi-Percussion: A World View

Comtemporary Percussionist - Udow/Watts

Orchestral Instruments & Accessories

Carroll, Raynor, Orchestral Repertoire for the Snare Drum
Carroll, Raynor, Orchestral Repertoire for the Glockenspiel (Vol. 1&2)
Carroll, Raynor, Orchestral Repertoire for the Xylophone (Vol. 1&2)
Carroll, Raynor, Orchestral Repertoire for the Bass Drum and Cymbals
Carroll, Raynor, Orchestral Repertoire for the Tambourine, Triangle and Castanets
Denov, Sam, Art of Playing Cymbals
Grover/Whaley, The Art of Tambourine and Triangle Playing
Grover/Whaley, The Art of Bass Drum and Cymbal Playing
Grov

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