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Praxis Percussion · Note Expedition

Note Expedition

A room-wide melody hunt for keyboard percussion

Nine posters around the room. Each melody spells the name of the next poster — so students read their way through the hunt, check themselves, and finish by playing a mystery song together.

  • Coming soon · not on sale yet
  • $12 USD before applicable tax at launch
  • No student accounts, no data collected

What's in the box

Complete Note Expedition downloadable kit: 17 PDFs to print, with fillable student passports and teacher forms.

  • 5 shared PDFs: Setup guide, Printing guide, the 5-minute placement check, playing check rubric and sub plan a non-musician can run
  • 4 PDFs per version: Posters, 11 x 17; Posters, Letter; Student passport; Answer key
  • three versions of the hunt (A, B and C), each with its own route, secret password and mystery song
  • 9 posters with three tiers each (key signatures at the top tier), plus a finale poster in each poster set
  • student passports and an answer key for each version
  • The fillable PDF edition includes each student passport, the Setup guide, Playing check rubric and Sub plan
A poster, 11 by 17: the word BADGE, then its melody at three tiers, Starter, Standard, and Challenge in G major, and the team roles. The student passport: nine rows of letter boxes, a route map of the nine posters, the secret password boxes, and the finale. The first page of the teacher's setup guide: band-hall safety, what to do before class, and teams and tiers.

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Prepare and print

One class period

About 15 minutes to set up, then about 45 minutes for the activity. Start with the included Setup guide.

One version per room

Choose A, B or C. Print its posters once for the room and one student passport per student.

Two poster sizes

Use the US Letter or 11 x 17 poster files. You print the digital kit; the Printing guide covers printer margins and copy-shop preparation.

Fits

Beginning keyboard percussion, grades 5–8, bells through marimba (every note sits in written C4–A5).

What it is not

It does not grade playing for you — the rubric is for what you observe. No student accounts, no data collected.

License

For classroom use by the purchaser. Do not resell, redistribute, or post the files publicly. A copy shop may print the files for your classroom.

Note Expedition is not on sale yet, and this page will say so until it is. Questions: email taylor@backwerdrimshot.com.