​APPENDIX V - STUDENT EQUIPMENT NEEDS
​& METHOD BOOKS

PERCUSSION ACCESSORIES:

WIND INSTRUMENT & MOUTHPIECE UPGRADES

REQUIRED ITEMS FOR PARTICIPATION IN CONCERT BANDS:
1 Pair Vic Firth SD-1 General Concert Snare Drum Sticks
1 Pair Vic Firth M03 Yarn Mallets
1 Pair Vic Firth M133 Xylophone Mallets
1 Pair Vic Firth T1 Timpani Mallets
Stick / Mallet Bag
Xymox or Remo Practice Pad
3-ring Binder with page protectors for all music and exercises. (Must have a pouch for pencils.)
Plastic Page Protectors (at least 30)
Metronome (Matrix MR-500 or Korg MA-30 are OK)
 
REQUIRED ITEMS FOR PARTICPATION IN MARCHING BAND:
(You must purchase equipment needed for the instrument you play in marching band).
 
All Students Must Have:
White Electrical Tape (2 or 3 rolls)
Earplugs that Reduce Sound Decibels
 
Marimba:
Innovative Percussion IP-1001 Soft Marimba Mallets
Innovative Percussion IP-1003 Hard Marimba Mallets
 
Vibraphone:
Innovative Percussion IP-1004 Soft Vibraphone Mallets
Innovative Percussion IP-1006 Hard Vibraphone Mallets
 
Xylophone:
Innovative Percussion IP-1005 Medium Vibraphone Mallets
Innovative Percussion IP-1007 Medium-Dark Xylophone Mallets
 
Bells/Crotales:
Innovative Percussion FS-650R Hard Bell Mallets
 
Drum Set:
Innovative Percussion IP-HB Hybrid Combo Drumsticks
 
Snare Drum:
Innovative Percussion FS-JC Jim Casella Signature Drumsticks
 
Multi-Tenors: Innovative Percussion TS-2 Multi-Tom Drumsticks
Innovative Percussion FT-2 Felt Multi-Tom Mallets
 
Bass Drum:
Innovative Percussion FB-1 Bass Drum Mallets (Drums 1 & 2)
Innovative Percussion FB-2 Bass Drum Mallets (Drums 3 & 4)
Innovative Percussion FB-3 Bass Drum Mallets (Drum 5)
 
Cymbals / Auxiliary Percussion:
Innovative Percussion IP-1M Multi-Percussion Drumsticks

MOUTHPIECES
 
CLARINET                Van Doren B40 or B45                                        
                                    DEG Barrels
                                    Rovner Ligatures

SAXOPHONE            Selmer C*
                                                            
TRUMPET                 Bach 3C or 1 ½ C
                                     
HORN                         Schilke 29   or   Schilke 30

EUPHONIUM             Schilke 51   or   Schilke 51D
​
TUBA                          Helleberg 120 S  or  Bach 18
 
Please see Mr. Cantrell before you decide on the purchase of an instrument upgrade. We will be able to give you some direction and options before committing to these types of instruments.
 
INSTRUMENTS (Intermediate and Professional Models)
Piccolo                        Yamaha YPC 62
Flute                           Yamaha 581H
Clarinet                     Buffet R-13
Oboe                          Loree or Fox 400
Bassoon                    Fox Renard 220 or 222
Saxophone              Old Selmer Mark VI or Yamaha Custom
Trumpet                     Bach Stradivarius
Horn                           Paxman M20 or Holton 179
Trombone                 Bach 42B, BO or Edwards
Euphonium               Yamaha 321S or Willson
Tuba                          St. Petersburg or Perantucci

METHOD BOOKS - RESOURCES

FLUTE                      
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
Altes Method
Art and Practice of Modern Flute Technique – Kincaid
Eck Method / Practical Studies / Tone Development
 
CLARINET               
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
Klose: Celebrated Method for Clarinet
Rose: 40 Studies for Clarinet, Book I
Hite: Melodious and Progressive Studies
 
OBOE                        
Joppig: 50 Classical Studies for the Oboe
Rubank Advanced Method
Andraud: Practical and Progressive Method
Barrett: Oboe Method
 
BASSOON                
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
Weissenborn: Practical Method for Bassoon
 
SAXOPHONE           
​Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
DeVille: Universal Method for Sax – DeVille
Gatti: 35 Melodious and Technical Exercises
 

 

RECORDINGS
Just as the blind child cannot paint a picture of the sunset, an instrumentalist cannot duplicate a characteristic sound on their instrument without an appropriate model to emulate.  Below are suggestions of artists for each instrument.  It is suggested that every student in the Cherokee Bluff band program should own at least one recording of the following artists:
 
FLUTE                       Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jim Walker
CLARINET                Harold Wright, Larry Combs
OBOE                         Joseph Robinson, John Mack
BASSOON                 Bubonic Bassoon Quartet, Christopher Millard
SAXOPHONE            Jean Rousseau, Joseph Lulloff, Steven Mauk
TRUMPET                 Phil Smith, Adolph Herseth
HORN                        Dale Clevenger, Dennis Brain
TROMBONE              Joseph Alessi, Christian Linberg
EUPHONIUM            Brian Bowman, Roger Behrend
TUBA                          Arnold Jacobs, Sam Pilafian

TRUMPET                
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
Arban: Complete Conservatory Method
Herbert L. Clark Technical Studies
Schlossberg: Daily Drills and Technical Studies
 
HORN                       
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
Kopprasch: Sixty Selected Studies for Horn (Vol. 1 & 2)
Concone: Lyrical Studies for Horn or Trumpet
Getchell: Practical Studies
 
TROMBONE / EUPHONIUM             
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
Rochut: Melodious Etudes Book I and II
Arban: Method for Trombone / Euphonium
Schlossberg: Daily Drills
Herbert L. Clark: Method for Trombone / Euphonium
 
TUBA                         
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
 
SNARE DRUM         
International Drum Rudiments
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method
 
MALLET PERCUSSION           
​Rubank Intermediate Method for Marimba