Alejandro Gonzalez

This book is a 100+ page resource that contains percussion fundamentals for the middle school musician. It contains sample lessons plans and checkpoints to help band directors keep their percussion fundamentals current and up to date. This download also contains access to over 200 practice tracks to help your students practice at home. Simply assign the tracks to them via Google Classroom or similar app and watch their fundamental skills grow!Discovering Rhythms - 36 Rhythm ChartsNote Naming fo

This download is for the PDF only. Thank you so much for your interest!!!! I hope you and your students enjoy this fundamentals/warm up series. 10 Daily Drills for Percussionists is a warm up series written for students going through a middle school band program.   For first year beginners, each Daily Drill should be played daily* for 3-5 weeks or until the student demonstrates mastery of all the exercises at the highest level.  Daily Drills are great for differentiating the warm up portion of

Note Reading is a resources designed for mixed instrumentation classes for students to learn notes on the staff, key signature application and accidental rule mastery. Each instrument is placed within the range of the Texas UIL Sight Reading Guidelines and is pre transposed so everybody will say the same note at the same time. Each level will begin to extend the reading range and add key signature elements isolated from other musical elements. Instruments Included: Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clar

Note Reading is a resources designed for mixed instrumentation classes for students to learn notes on the staff, key signature application and accidental rule mastery. Each instrument is placed within the range of the Texas UIL Sight Reading Guidelines and is pre transposed so everybody will say the same note at the same time. Each level will begin to extend the reading range and add key signature elements isolated from other musical elements. Instruments Included: Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarine

This series contains Keyboard theory worksheets, 6 scale patterns and 2 scale sequences that will help students discover the ends and outs of the keyboard. It is intended to take 15-18 weeks to complete the packet. There is lesson guide and video series on my website.

The Weekly Sticking Line Series was designed to help students track their progress on basic sticking lines starting with the left and right hands. The WSL Series is accompanied by a YouTube video series that will help students hear the sticking in the music as they progressively speed up the tempo. Thank you for looking at The Weekly Sticking Lines Series and I hope you and your students enjoy the series over the next few years!!!

This resource is PDF only. This resource contains 3 continuous exercises to help students build tone and technique.  It is a great way to start a private lesson, sectionals or class. Students should strike every note in the middle of the bars, work to develop a consistent technique and focus on their tone quality.  The page includes a space for their name and 14 checkboxes to track each students progress.  I hope you and your students enjoy this warm up for years to come. To gamify it, I have a

This is a Google Sheet made to help organize your percussion assignments for the school year. Track what they are playing for each cycle and make sure they have been exposed to all the instruments. Easily edit this document to fit your needs for every concert cycle. Once you have filled it out, print a copy for each student so they know exactly what they are playing for each concert. It contains tabs for a black sheet as well as Fall VAR, Fall NV, Winter VAR, Winter NV, UIL VAR, UIL NV, Sprin

Hello and thank you for your interest in this sample pack. Over a decade of teaching and using many different percussion method book, I have learned that they are all great at some thing and lack in some things. I would make my own supplements and copy them to test my students knowledge. I also wanted resources with checkpoint boxes so they could track their progress over the three years of middle school. Students love stickers and snacks and I reward any chance I get. Please let me know if