These Student Practice Plans are intended to provide your students some ideas on developing an effective practice routine and what the types of things that they should be practicing in an effort to improve their overall musical skill.
There are Concert Band Practice plans for both junior and senior high school level musicians that include breathing exercises, an effective warm-up, tone and range-building, basic technical development and how to approach working on learning their band or solo repertoire.
The Jazz Band Practice Plans focus on developing those specific skills required for jazz improvisation. Written for both junior and senior high school musicians these plans not only show students the scales and chords to learn but also how to approach creating melodies and developing more jazz vocabulary.