Fingering Charts for the Young Band

Most young band fingering charts are formatted chromatically from the lowest note to the highest note. When searching for fingerings, it can take students quite some time to find the note they are looking for, and more often than not, it is the correct note in the wrong octave!

These fingering charts are formatted so that students find notes more efficiently and understand the differences between octaves. Highlights of these fingering charts are:

-Arranged by note in columns

-Formatted to be printed on 11x17 paper so that students can fold and unfold it into their binder

-Most woodwind fingerings are formatted upside down since this is how students look at their keys

-Brass charts include a brass position chart

-Brass fingerings include the valve/slide diagram as well as the position number

-Note ranges are included with notehead names at the bottom of each chart

-Note "range names" are included to help students and teachers communicate octaves

-Alternate and chromatic fingerings are labeled to help students know which are primary fingerings and which are not

-A piano keyboard image is included at the bottom of each page to help students see enharmonic relationships

Instruments include: Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Double Horn, Single Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba