Beginning Band Instrument Fitting Guide

Start your beginning band kiddos off on the right note with this helpful director guide to instrument selection, featuring a detailed playing rubric for testing students' first sounds and determining what band instrument is best-suited for them!

In fitting students to beginning band instruments, consider the following:

1. Which instrument will this child be most successful playing over the long-term?

2. Which instruments did this child like the look or sound of most?

3. How many of each instrument does your program need for a balanced instrumentation?

This packet includes the following resources to help you fit your beginning band students to instruments!

• Student Survey to gauge student interest
• Fitting Rubric to determine which instrument is best suited for each student
• Instrumentation Tracker to ensure you maintain balanced instrumentation
• Recommendation Letter to inform parents of your instrument recommendation

Mark up your rubric digitally - recently updated to include editable rubric fields when opened with Adobe Acrobat! The non-editable version is included first for easy printing, followed next by the editable version with fillable fields.