Sub day doesn’t have to be a lost rehearsal.
Recorded rehearsal kits for beginning band. Your sub presses play, a calm recorded voice leads warm-ups, rhythm reading and a unison tune, and your students play their instruments the whole period. Parts for every section and a no-tech backup are included.
Single kit $12 · Five-kit set $39 · Free to join, no payment now
Most band sub plans put the instruments away.
- The sub plans you can buy are mostly worksheets, videos and music-history lessons. Useful, but your band doesn’t play.
- Your sub may never have held a clarinet. Asking them to run warm-ups isn’t fair to them or to your students.
- Writing a rehearsal plan a non-musician can run takes longer than the day you’re missing.
- And you still need a plan B for the day the speaker won’t connect.
How it works
Step Leave the kit
Print the parts and the one-page run sheet, and put the audio on a phone, tablet or laptop.
Step Your sub presses play
A recorded rehearsal voice welcomes the band, counts off and leads every exercise, while a student leader you choose decides when to repeat a section.
Step Read the report
Your sub fills in a short feedback form, so you know exactly what the band worked on.
What your sub hears: a sample rehearsal
Planned outline for Kit 1. Each section is its own short track, so a class can repeat or skip ahead.
- Welcome and today’s goalsabout 3 min
- Breathing and long tonesabout 6 min
- Concert B-flat scale, slow then steadyabout 6 min
- Rhythm reading in 4/4: clap it, then play itabout 8 min
- Unison melody, one line at a timeabout 8 min
- Student leader’s choice: repeat a section or play it throughabout 4 min
- Pack-up cue and quiet wrap-upabout 3 min
Timings are approximate.
What’s in every kit
Guided rehearsal audio
About 35 to 40 minutes of MP3 tracks: a recorded voice explains each exercise, counts off and plays along.
Parts for every section
Flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, baritone/euphonium (bass and treble clef), tuba, and percussion (snare and mallets).
One-page sub run sheet
What to press, when to press it, where the student leader stands, and what to do if a track ends early.
Student-leader card
A simple card for the student you pick to call repeats and keep sections on task.
No-tech backup lesson
A reading with questions and an answer key, for days without a speaker or when instruments stay in their cases.
Sub feedback form
A quick checklist your sub fills in, so you come back knowing how it went.
All exercises and melodies are original or public domain, written for these kits.
The first five kits
Written for first-year band, roughly grades 5 to 8. Each kit works on its own, in any order.
- Long tones and the concert B-flat scale
- Rhythm reading in 4/4
- Eighth notes
- Dynamics and articulation
- Mini-concert day: unison tunes the band performs for each other
Pricing
Pick the option you’d want when kits open. Joining early access is free.
Five-Kit Set
$39one time
- All five beginning-band kits
- Five sub days covered
- Everything in the Single Kit, five times over
- Use them in any order
Single Kit
$12one time
- One class period
- Guided rehearsal audio and parts for every section
- Run sheet, student-leader card and feedback form
- No-tech backup lesson
Prices are per teacher, for use in your own classroom. No payment is taken today.
Join early access
We’re building the first kits now. Join the list to get a free sample kit when it’s ready, and an email when the full kits open.
Questions
Does my sub need to read music?
No. The recorded voice does the teaching: it explains each exercise, counts off and plays along. Your sub presses play, follows the one-page run sheet and keeps the room on track.
What equipment does the room need?
Anything that plays an MP3 (a phone, tablet or laptop) connected to a speaker loud enough for the band to hear. If that isn’t possible, use the no-tech backup lesson that comes with every kit.
Which instruments are covered?
Flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, baritone/euphonium in bass and treble clef, tuba, and percussion (snare and mallets). Everyone plays the same music in unison, so it works with any mix of instruments.
Does it follow my method book?
It doesn’t use any method book’s exercises. Every exercise and melody is original or public domain, and covers fundamentals most first-year bands work on, so it fits alongside whatever book you use.
What if I don’t want instruments out with a sub?
That’s your call, and every kit respects it. The run sheet has an “instruments stay in cases” option that sends your sub straight to the no-tech backup lesson.
What level is it for?
First-year band, roughly grades 5 to 8. Each kit covers one class period of about 35 to 40 minutes, split into short tracks so a class can repeat or skip ahead.
When can I get it?
We’re building the first kits now and haven’t set a date. Early-access members get the free sample first and hear as soon as the kits open.
Can my school pay?
We’re planning for school purchasing. If you’d need a purchase order, mention it in the form and we’ll follow up.
Keep your band playing when you’re out.
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