Student Resources
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SessionUp
Exodus Music provides SessionUp as our central student learning and family portal. Whether lessons are in person or online, SessionUp keeps learning materials, assignments, schedules, communication, and account information together in one convenient place.
Features:
- Learning Library with videos, links, documents, and practice materials
- Structured courses and lesson resources
- Assignments with due dates, attachments, and completion tracking
- Lesson schedules, reminders, and rescheduling options
- Banked-lesson and make-up requests
- Virtual-lesson links within session details
- Secure student and parent/guardian access
- Email and SMS communication with Exodus Music
- Online billing, payments, and account management
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Student Resource List
This page is a curated master list of tools, links, and media for music students of all levels. Designed for home practice, band students, private lesson students, and independent learners. This list will continue to grow and may be broken into categories or student levels over time.
Anything missing? Send us a message and we'll add it ASAP!
- Concert Bb (A#) ≈ 233 Hz
- Concert F ≈ 349 Hz
- Concert A ≈ 440 Hz
- Brass: Concert Bb and F
- Woodwinds: Concert A
- Strings: Concert A
- Larghissimo-Grave (Under ~40 BPM): extremely slow, weighty, and solemn
- Largo-Larghetto-Lento (~40–66 BPM): slow, broad, and sustained
- Adagissimo-Adagio-Adagietto (~46–80 BPM): very slow to expressive and flowing
- Andante-Andantino-Andante Moderato (~56–108 BPM): walking pace to moderately flowing
- Moderato-Marcia Moderato (~66–120 BPM): moderate, steady, and controlled
- Allegretto-Allegro Moderato-Allegro-Molto Allegro (~112–156 BPM): moderately fast to bright and energetic
- Vivace-Vivacissimo-Allegrissimo (~156–176 BPM): lively, brilliant, and very fast
- Presto-Prestissimo (168+ BPM): extremely fast to fastest possible
- Molto - very, much
- Meno - less
- Più - more
- Assai - very, quite, considerably
- Non Troppo - not excessively
- -etto / -ietto - slightly less or somewhat smaller version of the term
- -issimo - extremely or intensely
- Mosso - motion or movement
- Maestoso - majestic, stately
- Cantabile - singing, lyrical style
- Con Moto - with motion
- Animato - animated, spirited
- Sostenuto -sustained, supported
Try learning your first "open" chords in this order:
E Major, A Minor, C Major, G7, F Major, D7
C7, C9, C13 and similar are often interchangeable (9 and 13 are color tones often used on Dominant 7th Chords)
Hunt these down in the widget for 6th and 5th String Rooted Voicings:
- C7(add13) - Voicing 5
- C9 - Voicing 2
🎯 Essential Tools
- Google Tuner (enable microphone and sound)
- Google Metronome
- Metronome Online
- Tonal Energy Tuner (App)
- Soundbrenner Metronome App
🎷 Instrument Petting Zoo (New to Band?)
📖 Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician
Access GIA Media Hub for play-along videos and recordings
🧾 Fingering Charts (Coming Soon!)
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Bass
- Flute
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- Bb Clarinet
- Bass Clarinet
- Alto, Tenor, Bari Saxophone
- Bb Trumpet
- French Horn – Single & Double
- Trombone
- Euphonium/Baritone BC & TC
- Bb, Eb Tuba (BC/TC)
- Electric Bass
- Mallet Percussion
- Snare & Accessory Percussion
- Transposing Instrument Chart
🥁 Percussion Resources
- Concert Percussion Guide – Vic Firth 101
- 40 Rudiments – Essential Snare Practice
- Beginner Drum Set Series
- Groove Essentials – Drum Set How-To
- Jazz Rhythm Section Tutorials
📘 Music Theory & Ear Training
- Complete Music Trainer
- musictheory.net
- ToneSavvy
- Teoria
- Auralia
- Musition
- MusicAce Deluxe
- Perfect Ear (Android/iOS)
- Beato Ear Training
🎼 Notation & Composition Tools
- MuseScore
- Flat.io
- Noteflight
- Chrome Music Lab
- Logic Pro X / Sibelius / Dorico
🎧 Play-Along & Practice Tools
- iReal Pro – Backing tracks, scale/chord charts
- Aebersold Jazz Play-Alongs