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Folly Quarter Middle School
Carl Perkins, Principal
Julie Rout, Asst. Principal
13500 Triadelphia Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410) 313-1506
FAX (410) 313-1509
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Student Resource Page
Here is a list of links and resources collected for the students at Folly Quarter Middle School to assist them in their quest to become the best musician that they may be!
- Current Practice Logs may be found on the Virtual Great Gray Thing That Holds All Knowledge.
- The current Vocabulary Lists may be found on the FQMS Band Wiki.
- Mr. Spang's List of Recommended Private Instructors.
- The Howard County Parents for School Music List of Private Instructors.
- The Band Handbook contains lists of Recommended Instruments and their Accessories.
- Broken or damaged instrument? Needs a serious cleaning? Here is a list of Recommended Repair Shops and Technicians.
- Mr. Spang's Successful Practicing Handout (from FoFQM Meeting, 3/30)
- Practicing Resources
- RhythmBot is Dr. Coughlin's cool online talking metronome! Use it to help you practice accurately! It's FREE!
- RhythmBot in 2 for practicing in 2/4, 6/8, Cut Time, or 2/2.
- RhythmBot in 3 for practicing in 3/4.
- RhythmBot in 4 for practicing in 4/4.
- Metronome Online is a traditional, free online metronome.
- Note Driller Know your note names! Click on the "Settings" button to change clefs, or add new ones to learn...
- Perfect Pitch 1.1 - free downloadable tuner program for Macintosh
- Big Ears! Online Ear Training used in Band Acceleration
- Learn to practice in only 10 Minutes! This article shows you how!
- Time to learn your minor scales!
- RhythmBot is Dr. Coughlin's cool online talking metronome! Use it to help you practice accurately! It's FREE!
- All State & G/T Band Resources
- Scale Sheets for All State and G/T Band Auditions in .PDF format
- Solo & Ensemble Resources
- All About Solo & Ensemble Festival
- Working With Pianists Handout. (Print this out if you are planning on doing Solo & Ensemble!)
- The official Howard County List of Accompanists/Pianists for Solo & Ensemble.
- HersheyPark Trip FAQ Page
- Free Music Writing Software
- Finale NotePad Allows you to write music and print out professional looking scores, hear your music played back, transpose parts and more!
- Free Music Recording/Editing Software
- Audacity Allows you to record music, edit digitally using crossfades and digital effect like reverb, compression and more!
- Free Music on the Web