Practice Resources Details

Our Practice Resources are provided for your reference, practice, etc. Here is some additional information associated with our resources. Additionally, here's a video Tour and Demos of our Practice Resource page.

Each selection has its own Google Docs page. When possible the Publisher's Recording will be provided. We may not take it at their speed, and we may make adjustments, but they should definitely help with tricky rhythms. Alternate Videos, such as YouTube, will be provided too, some of which are publisher recordings too. Alternate videos will mostly be other bands, so their quality may not be as polished as the publishers recording; however, you will have more playback control with these videos. Do the YouTube bands a favor, and give them a thumbs-up.

Cued Links contains links directly Rehearsal Measures in a piece. This will allow you to find a specific rehearsal measure easily. The cues start a measure or two before the actual cued measure to give you time to be ready to play and orient the video playback with the music. Google Doc links to videos aren't quite like regular hypertext links. When you click on them, you'll get a pop up. There will be a link at the top of the pop up and possibly a preview link below it. Click on the top link. The preview link tends to start the video at its beginning rather than at its cued location. See: Practice Resources Tour and Demos - Cued Video Playback.

Hot Spots contains links that are queued directly to sections in our pieces, often transitions, that are challenging and may need special attention.

Supplemental Resources contains original sources, alternate versions, etc. These are provided to get a sense of their original presentation or just for fun.

YouTube allows you to:

Cue a video to a specific location in the recording. Do this via the Share button, which allows you to create a time stamped URL for that location, which you can copy and paste into a new browser tab or window. When you refresh your browser, the video will start at that spot. This is useful when working on a specific tricky section in the music repeatedly. See: Practice Resources Tour and Demos - Cue a Video.
Adjust the playback speed without affecting the pitch. Do this via the Settings button, which looks like a gear. You can adjust playback speed in 5% increments if using the slider bar. This is useful for complex passages that are too fast at first. Slow them down to understand them better, then increase playback speed to normal. Consider faster than normal to really know you've mastered it. See: Practice Resources Tour and Demos = Adjust Playback Speed.

Practice Resources from previous seasons reside at our Index of Practice Resources.

NOTE: Some of the video resource may contain ads, especially those hosted on YouTube. Sometimes you can skip the ads after about five seconds. Sometimes you can't. If any videos are especially egregious, send an email to the band's email address and we'll see if we can make adjustments.