40 Days of Sightreading for Full Band

The purpose of the book is to help your students prepare for auditions and contests by providing a daily dose of etudes that are much like they would see in an audition. There are four 8-measure etudes per day for 40 days. That’s 160 unison etudes that will help your student to become a better reader, which as you know will make your band better! You will receive files for every instrument in your concert band, including snare and bells. Each instrument will have 40 pages of tunefully prepared (well, most of them!) etudes that utilize many of the rhythms that are used in region, and U.I.L. competitions.  In addition, each page will have one etude in the concert keys of Bb, F and Eb. The fourth etude on each page is what I used to call S.O.P. lines, or “Sightreading of Pain!”  These are very difficult lines that are designed to push your students and to provide challenges for your top players. These make great lines for fun competitions during your rehearsals. These etudes often make no