How important is it that prospective beginning band students have a clear concept of the available band instruments and what they sound like? How do you get that across to students? Here’s a source that you can use now and save for use in the future.
Beautiful, outstanding performances from members of the US Army Field Band.
The band instruments are presented in score order.
All display characteristic tone quality.
Kid-friendly demonstrations and explanations.
Royalty-free access via the US Military.
To allow complete flexibility in your demonstration, the video clips are available in the following ways:
Individual instrument clips
All of the instruments are heard together, final bars of the Stars and Stripes Forever
The complete single demonstration video contains all of the performances without stop, in score order
FLUTE
OBOE
CLARINET
SAXOPHONE
BASSOON
TRUMPET
FRENCH HORN
TROMBONE
EUPHONIUM
TUBA
PERCUSSION
ALL INSTRUMENTS TOGETHER – Stars and Stripes Final
FULL DEMONSTRATION, ALL INSTRUMENTS, UNINTERRUPTED