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Required Books / Items

  • Sixth Grade: Time for Band (This book is included in the Band fee.)
  • Seventh Grade: Technic Today, Bk. 1, by Ployhar
                              Time for Rhythm by David Ryan
  • Eighth Grade: Technic Today, Bk. 2, by Ployhar
                            Time for Rhythm by David Ryan
  • 7th& 8th Grade Percussionists need to purchase both the bells/mallets and drum versions of the Technic Today books.Purchase only the bells/mallets book of Time for Rhythm.
  • 7th and 8th Grade Percussion Students will need the following:
    • One Pair of Vic Firth SD 1 Snare Drum Sticks
    • One Pair of Vic Firth Timpani Mallets (general, not staccato)
    • One Pair of Vic Firth or Musser Xylophone Mallets (hard)
    • One Pair of Vic Firth or Musser Xylophone Yarn Mallets (soft)
    • One stick case for storage

  • These items will be needed for each Band Class. Label each stick or mallet with your initials. Please have these by the second week of school. 7th & 8th Grade Percussion students will be required to bring a bell kit to class if he/she hasn’t learned the assignments (snare, mallets, etc.). Percussion students must have either a keyboard or bell kit for at home practice.

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