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If you are a new steelband director hoping to start off strong or an experienced director hoping for more ready-made resources, this is the book for you! This collection of resources should help in many different ways including: building your confidence, saving you from spending time creating your own resources from scratch, saving you time from researching answers in multiple places to get started, providing insight into various aspects of steelpan, providing you with daily warmup and music fundamentals materials, giving techniques and tips to help you navigate successful rehearsals, providing resources to teach engine room/tunes by rote/tamboo bamboo, and 6 compositions for early steelband. The ways that you utilize these materials are only limited by your imagination!

A note from Jordan: "I sincerely hope that this book helps some steelband directors find their footing or at least gain some info and resources to make their journey easier. I’m sure I’ve made some mistakes in this book but hopefully you can forgive and look past those or at least get in touch and tell me! The goal here was to create something that helps to get people geared up and empowered to get started. I would love to connect with you to hear how you’ve utilized these materials. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to pan! Let’s keep this beautiful artform moving forward!" - Jordan Morrison

These resources are available for purchase separately but this book provides much more value! 199 pages of steelpan materials, resources, music, etc.!

Total Value = $215

Price = $125

$90 Savings!

Table of Contents

- The Steelpan Instrument Family: An introduction to the Steelpan instrument family. Include the various types of Pans, their Roles in the steelband, General Ranges and Layouts. $15 Value

- Abbreviated Historical Timeline of the Steelpan: Print-ready timeline covering some of the important events and evolutions of the steelpan from the 1800s to present day. $10 Value

- Steelpan Grip, Technique, and Parts of the Steelpan: Print-ready page with visual and written instructions on the parts of the steelpan, grip, and playing technique. $5 Value

- Steelpan Care & Maintenance: Print-ready page with written instructions on how to take care of a steelpan, teaching respect, and sourcing tuning and assistance from the steelpan community. $5 Value

- Before and During Steelband Rehearsal: A reference on things to consider, rehearsal techniques and tips, selecting music, steelband layout suggestions, and challenges of rehearsing a steelband. $5 Value

- Steelband Engine Room Parts: A reference on characteristic grooves for Soca, Calypso, Reggae, Cha-Cha, Bossa Nova, and Rock/Pop. $25 Value

- Teaching Tamboo Bamboo w/ Performance Parts: A reference on how to approach teaching and playing Tamboo Bamboo. Includes a print-ready student history handout, suggested instruments, how to play, performance parts(4 levels), etc. $15 Value

- Teaching Tunes by Rote w/ 3 Rote Cheat Sheets: A reference on how to select, arrange, and teach a tune by rote plus 3 print-ready rote cheat sheets for directors to start their band into rote learning immediately. $20 Value

- Major & Minor Scales for Steelband: All 12 Major and Natural Minor Scales for the whole steelband to practice/learn together (including drum set & engine room parts). Use as a daily warmup, theory study, prep tool for new tunes, etc. $25 Value

- Steelband Rhythm Reading Packet: 3 levels of rhythm reading for the whole steelband to practice/learn/read together (including drum set & engine room parts). Use as a daily warmup, sight-reading, rhythm reinforcement for tunes, etc. $30 Value

- 6 Compositions for Early Steelband: 6 beginner-friendly tunes in a variety of styles: Calypso, Soca, Cha-Cha, Reggae, and Jazz Waltz. $60 Value

Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college steel bands)

Instrumentation: tenor/double second/triple guitar/bass/drum set/engine room

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