Billy Evans: Sight Reading for Band Book 1: Concert Band: Part

Thirty easy level sight reading pieces for first- and second-year bands.- Time signatures: 4/4 3/4 2/4 cut time- Keys: Concert F Concert Bb Concert Eb- Note/rest values: Whole half quarter eighth dotted half- Tempi: Moderato Allegro Andante Allegretto March Tempo Adagio- Dynamics/expressions etc: mf f mp pesante D.C. al Fine D.S. al Fine

Fifteen medium level sight reading pieces for second- and third-year bands. Average length of each song is one full page per student part.- Time signatures: 4/4 3/4 2/4 cut time 6/8- Keys: ConcertF Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert Ab- Note/rest values: Whole half quarter eighth dotted half dotted quarter eighth/two sixteenths- Tempi: Moderato Allegro Andante Allegretto March Tempo Adagio- Dynamics/expressions etc: mf f mp ff crescendo decrescendo staccato accent trio

Fifteen medium level sight reading pieces for second- and third-year bands. Average length of each song is one full page per student part.- Time signatures: 4/4 3/4 2/4 cut time 6/8- Keys: ConcertF Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert Ab- Note/rest values: Whole half quarter eighth dotted half dotted quarter eighth/two sixteenths- Tempi: Moderato Allegro Andante Allegretto March Tempo Adagio- Dynamics/expressions etc: mf f mp ff crescendo decrescendo staccato accent trio

Sixteen medium to advanced level sight reading pieces for third-year bands and above. Each song is a full page in length (student part).- Time signatures: 4/4 3/4 2/4 cut time 6/8 5/4 5/8; slow 3/8 4/3 and2/8; five songs also have changing meters- Keys: Concert C Concert F Concert Bb Concert Eb Concert Ab- New note values/rhythms: Sixteenths and thirty-seconds in both fast and slow tempi