Instrumental Teaching Materials

These materials were made during the time I was an instrumental music teacher, mostly teaching younger children. You may find some of the resources helpful so I have preserved them here.


Here are a few worksheets and information sheets that are useful for all musicians, as well as a few more woodwind-specific sheets. Please feel free to use these in your own lessons and practice.

There are also some great sheets by Toby Rush here that cover all sorts of topics from notation basics through to sixteenth-century counterpoint!

Note Reading & Writing

Reading Music – a complete guide to reading music (Page 1 essential!)

Note Rhyme Poster

Easy Note Practice Note Spelling 1 Note Spelling Treble 1
Note Practice 1 Note Spelling 2 Note Spelling Treble 2
Note Practice 2 Note Spelling 3 Note Spelling Treble 3
Note Practice 3 Note Spelling 4 Note Spelling Treble 4
Note Practice 4 Note Spelling 5 Note Spelling Treble 5

Stepping and Skipping

Music paper: Large Lines, Small, With Treble ClefsWith Bass Clefs

Drawing Crotchets

Drawing Treble Clefs (…and a GIF)

Time Signatures

Woodwind Technique

Sound Exercises

Vibrato

Fingering Exercises

Cycle of Fifths Exercise

Music Theory and Composition

Writing Rhythms

More Rhythmic Composition

Intervals

Working out Major Keys

Working out Minor Keys

Music History

Composer & Period Timeline