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Wish List

Below is a "Wish List" for the student musician that can enhance and propel the student's musical experience/journey.  The list includes instrument accessories, maintenance supplies, music books, & CDs. The YSD1 directors will be happy to provide assistance in acquiring these items, and/or listing brands or sizes to look for. 

If you are looking for a new instrument for your student, please seek guidance from your band director, and from the  RECOMMENDED UPGRADE INSTRUMENT LIST.  Your band director will help to ensure that your dollars are being invested into quality equipment.  Many times, if it seems too good to be true…it probably is!  Most times directors are able to get special educator discounts on instruments and equipment (including some of the items below) and they glad to pass these discounts along to you!

Woodwinds

Music stand

Instrument stand

Private lessons

Upgraded instrument

Upgraded case / gig bag

Cleaning Kit / Maintenance Kit

Polishing cloth

Instrument screwdriver set

Dr. Beat

Professional level mouthpiece

Tuner
Metronome

Upgraded Swabs

Reeds 

Cork grease

Key oil

Upgraded neck strap

Mouthpiece cover/cap

Mouthpiece patches/cushions

Upgraded ligature

Pad paper

Reed Case

Brass

Music stand

Instrument stand

Private lessons

Upgraded instrument

Upgrades case / gig bag

Cleaning Kit / Maintenance Kit

Polishing cloth

Dr. Beat

Professional level mouthpiece

Tuner
Metronome

Mutes

Silent Brass system

Valve oil

Slide oil

Slide cream

Valve guards

Horn wraps

Mouthpiece cover/pouch

Percussion

Music stand

Private lessons

Upgraded snare drum

Drum key

Dr. Beat

Pitch pipe

Tuner
Metronome

Earasers Musicians Ear Plugs
Sticks/Mallets
Vic Firth PAD12 Drum Pad (double-sided)
Upgraded personal mallet/stick bags

Books

Flute

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Rubank Intermediate Method

  • Rubank Advanced Method

  • Altes Method

  • Art and Practice of Modern Flute Technique – Kincaid, Eck Method

Clarinet

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Rubank Intermediate Method

  • Rubank Advanced Method

  • Klose Celebrated Method for Clarinet

  • Rose: 40 Studies for Clarinet

  • Melodious and Progressive Studies – Hite

Saxophone

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Rubank Intermediate Method

  • Rubank Advanced Method

  • Universal Method for Sax – DeVille

  • Gatti: 35 Melodious and Technical Exercises

Oboe

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • 50 Classical Studies for the Oboe – Joppig

  • Rubank Advanced Method

  • Andraud Practical and Progressive Method

  • Barrett Oboe Method

Bassoon

Trumpet

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Rubank Advanced Method

  • Arban Complete Conservatory Method

  • Herbert L. Clark Technical Studies

  • Schlossberg Daily Drills and Technical Studies 32

Horn

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Rubank Intermediate Method

  • Rubank Advanced Method

  • Kopprasch – Sixty Selected Studies for Horn (Vol. 1 & 2)

  • Concone – LyricalStudies for Horn or Trumpet

  • Pottag – Orchestral Excerpts for Horn

Trombone/Euphonium

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Remington Warm-up Studies

  • Rubank Advanced Method

  • Rochut Melodious Etudes Book I and II

  • Arban Method for Trombone / Euphonium

  • Schlossberg Daily Drills

  • Clarke Method for Trombone / Euphonium

Tuba

Mallets

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Fundamental Method for Mallets by Mitchell Peters

  • Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone Book by Morris Goldenberg

  • Method of Movement for Marimba by Leigh Howard Stevens

Timpani

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Saul Goodman: Modern Method for Tympani by Saul Goodman

  • Fundamental Studies for Timpani by Garwood Whaley

  • Fundamental Method for Timpani Book by Mitchell Peters

Snare

  • All-State Sight Reading Book

  • Intermediate / Advanced Snare Drum Studies by Mitchell Peters

  • Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer by George Lawrence Stone

  • Portraits in Rhythm -by Anthony J. Cirone 

  • Developing Dexterity for Snare Drum Book by Mitchell Peters

  • Modern School for Snare Book by Morris Goldenberg

Recordings

CDs of the following Artists:

Flute

  • Jean-Pierre Rampal

  • Amy Porter

  • Carol Wincenc

Clarinet

  • Harold Wright

  • Larry Combs

  • Jon Manasse

Saxophone

  • Eugene Rousseau

  • Joseph Lulloff

  • Steven Mauk

  • Don Sinta

Oboe

  • Joseph Robinson

  • John Mack

  • Ray Still

Bassoon

  • Bubonic Bassoon Quartet

  • Christopher Millard

  • David McGill

Trumpet

  • Phil Smith

  • Chris Martin

  • Tim Morrison

  • Adolph Herseth

Horn

  • Dale Clevenger

  • Dennis Brain

  • Phil Myers

Trombone

  • Joseph Alessi

  • Christian Lindberg

  • Charlie Vernon

Euphonium

  • Brian Bowman

  • Roger Behrend

  • Steven Mead

Tuba

  • Arnold Jacobs

  • Sam Pilafian

  • Gene Pokorny

  • Patrick Sheridan

Mallets

  • Dave Samuels

  • Gary Burton

  • Evelyn Glennie

Jazz Recordings

CDs of the following Artists:

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE:

Sidney Bechet, Bob Wilber, Kenny Davern, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Jane Ira Bloom, Steve Lacy, John Coltrane, Joe Lovano, Bill Evans (not the pianist), David Liebman.

 

ALTO SAXOPHONE:

Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Paul Desmond, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Stitt, Ornette Coleman, Frank Morgan, Art Pepper, Gary Fostser, Eric Dolphy, Frank Wess, David Sanborn, Bud Shank, Arthur Blythe, Jackie McLean, Kenny Garrett, Stephano DiBaptista, Benny Carter, Oliver Nelson, Jerry Dodgion, James Moody, Bobby Watson.

 

TENOR SAXOPHONE:

John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Dexter, Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Gene Ammons, Warne Marsh, Ralph Moore, James Moody, Joe Henderson, George Coleman, Paul Gonsalves, Hank Mobley, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Joe Farrell, Ernie Watts, Bob Cooper, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Johnny Griffin, Lew Tabackin, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer.

 

BARITONE SAXOPHONE:

Gerry Mulligan, Scott Robinson, Pepper Adams, Gary Smulyan, Roger Rosenberg, Nick Brignola, Hamlet Bluette.

 

TRUMPET:

Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, Terrance Blanchard, Chet Baker, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, Tom Harrell, Woddy Shaw, Nat Adderly, Bobby Shew, Randy Brecker, Blue Mitchell, Conte Candoli, Fats Navarro, Kenny Wheeler, Ingred Jensen, Tim Hagens.

 

TROMBONE:

J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, Carl Fontana, Kai Winding, Jiggs Whigham, Steve Turee, Robin Eubanks, Bill Watrous, Jimmy Knepper, Curtis Fuller, Al Grey, Bill Reichenbach, Slide Hampton, Ray Anderson, Conrad Herwig, Paul McKee, John Fedchock.

 

PIANO:

Herbie Hancock, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Chick Corea, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, Lennie Tristano, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Kirkland, Marcus Roberts,Oscar Peterson, Tommy Flanagan, Red Garland, Hal Galper, Gene Harris, Joe Zawinul, Ahmad Jamal, Lyle Mays, Don Grolnick, Joey Calderazzo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, James Williams, Donald Brown.

 

GUITAR:

Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Tal Farlow, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern, John McLaughlin, John Abercrombie, Kenny Burrell,

 

ACOUSTIC BASS:

Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, Charlies Mingus, Paul Chambers, Dave Holland, Richard Davis, Marc Johnson, Eddie Gomez, Bob Bowman, Niels Pedersen, John Patitucci, Scott LaFaro, Milt Hinton, Robert Hurst, Charles Fambrough, John Clayton, Rufus Reid, Percy Heath, Bob Cranshaw, Charnett Moffett, Anthony Cox, Jimmy Garrison.

 

ELECTRIC BASS:

Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, John Patitucci, Victor Bailey, Steve Swallow, Jimmy Haslip, Daryl Jones, Mark Egan, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Lonnie Plazico, Charnett Moffett.

 

VIBES:

Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson, Mike Mainieri, Gary Burton, Red Norvo, Terry Gibbs, Charlie Shoemake, Victor Feldman.

 

DRUMS:

Jack DeJohnette, Peter Erskine, Elvin Jones, Brian Blade, Tony Williams, Philly Joe Jones, Buddy Rich,Louis Bellson, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Paul Motian, Dennis Chambers, Max Roach, Billy Higgins, Roy McCurdy, Art Blakey, Mel Lewis, Roy Haynes, Gene Drupa, Billy Hart, Connie Kay, Steve Gadd, Jimmy Cobb, Dave Weckl, Adam Nussbaum, Joe Morello, Ed Thigpen, Alex Acuna, Omar Hakim, Al Foster, Joey Baron, Jeff Hamilton.

Recommended Merchants:

  • Roper Music                                                       551 E. Main Street, Spartanburg, SC           29302       864-542-2263                             Matt Roper              matt@theropercompany.com                          864-680-2327

  • Cascio Music

  • The Woodwind and Brasswind

  • JW Pepper & Sons

  • Steve Weiss Percussion

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