6/8 Tunes for Band Instruments compiled by Brian Appleby

Most band methods deal only briefly with 6/8 times, and give just a few examples.

6/8 Tunes for Band Instruments is meant to provide a wealth of 6/8 reading material.  There are 60 tunes, starting with easy children's songs like Three Blind Mice, and working up to Sousa march tunes. Both slow, lyrical tunes and fast, technical tunes are included.

The product includes a separate pdf file for each band instrument, and a teacher's guide.  The files are all contained in a single folder which is downloaded as a ZIP file.  Once the file is downloaded (it may take a few minutes) it can be unzipped to produce a folder containing all of the necessary pdf files.

Sheets can be run off and handed out individually or assembled into booklets which make a great addition to student folders.  It's wonderful to just be able to ask them to get out their 6/8 books and work on some tunes at whatever level the students are currently at.  

There is a snare drum part and a drum set part which are designed to fit with the accompaniments.  There is also an electric bass part, which matches the bass part on the recordings.

This product formerly shipped as printed material, with two CD's.  The CD's have each been converted to folders containing mp3 files for all the tracks on the CD's.  They can be downloaded as ZIP files on this page, at no additional charge.