How It Works
Two Ways to Experience All Ages All Stages Band
On Your Schedule — TuneBend
All Ages All Stages Band will have its own channel in the TuneBend app, giving you a self-guided way to experience the music without joining a rehearsal or committing to a schedule.
Play Together Live — Online Bands
Join other musicians for scheduled online rehearsals and experience All Ages All Stages Band as a live band.
How Live Bands Work
How can you rehearse with confidence, even if you make mistakes?
The online format makes it possible to completely separate each individual part so that you can use the mute and backing track features to make all the mistakes you need to without affecting the group progress. Muting and backing tracks are normal rehearsal tools that everyone will use in rehearsal games and exercises.
Before each rehearsal, the band leader will send a simple pre-rehearsal form to band members to check whether or not you would like to use backing tracks and which songs and at what level. The bandleader with then be able to create a mix for rehearsal that meets everyone’s needs without everyone needing to know about it.
How can 4 levels of difficulties work together?
Our music is designed in layers, so everyone can play together right away. Each level builds on the one before it—Level 2 adds to Level 1, Level 3 adds a little more, and so on. That means beginners and more experienced players are all playing the same song, just at a level that feels right for them.
Level 1 is the foundation. Basic rhythm, repetitive.
Level 2 adds two eighth notes.
Level 3 adds eighth notes, sustained notes and syncopation.
Level 4 adds even more eighth notes.
Hear How it Works
These audio samples demonstrate how our levels come together. First, you’ll hear a Level 1 part on its own—simple, steady, and grooving. Then, a Level 4 version with more detail and technical challenges. Finally, listen to both levels played together to hear how they blend together.
Level One
Level Four
Level One & Level Four
Listen to an audio sample that features all four levels in sequence starting with level 1.
See How it Works
Check out what we do in rehearsals:
Check out how the FarPlay app works for rehearsals around the world: