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Mrs. Macke from Albuquerque NM is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

What Note Is it Anyway?

Help me give my students individual chromatic tuners to use in daily rehearsal.

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My Project

Beginning band students frequently struggle playing the correct pitch. It's not as simple as using the right fingers; air support and tone also can change pitch. Using a tuner gives student a visual reference and instant feedback of their accuracy. I want my students to produce the best tone quality possible, having a visual reference on each music stand will help students be independent in their pitch correction, and help me more effectively teach large band classes.

Middle School students are highly visual, and individual tuners provide accurate individual feedback to each student.

I have been using the same classroom set of tuners for over six years and some have stopped working. With this project, I will be able to replace broken tuners and have a full class set again, allowing every individual student access to their own tuner during their daily band class.

Mrs. Macke
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KORG CA-50 Chromatic Tuner • Woodwind and Brasswind $20.95 15 $314.25

Materials cost

$314.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$348.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.58

Total project goal

$410.54

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Total project goal

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 $410.54

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