Tools
Scale sheets
All 12 major or minor scales, or the chromatic scale, for your instrument, one or two octaves up and down, with the fingering or slide position under every note (or, for mallets, the bars to play). Print one for your folder.
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Minor scales
Chromatic scales
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