Recommended Instruments & Equipment Ideas for Inclusion

Implementation and change can be daunting!

Look Inside the Color-Coded Block Notation Book!

Here are some recommendations for instruments and adaptations to help you utilize the method books design and tools to help you better serve your students.

Chroma-Notes Resonator Bells

A row of colorful binders labeled from A to G.

This is our favorite instrument to adapt and fit our students.

To build a complete bell set, you can first purchase product # CN2125.

Then, contact RBI (schoolsales@rbimusic.com) to purchase range extension and chromatic notes product # CN2125EXX and CN2125C.

It takes a few months to make and get delivered.

Chroma-Note Resonator Bells

Color-Coded Instruments With Stickers

Box of Chroma Notes stick-on labels in red, yellow, blue, purple, and green, with a sample application showing sheet color options and a piano keyboard design.

Chroma-Notes Stick Ons are perfect for color-coding traditional bells

Chroma-Notes Stick Ons

Other color-coded instrument options to consider for your students

  • Purchase CN5, CN7, and CN8 for a full chromatic set

  • Rhythm Band Product #RB2021

  • Product #CNDB-20-W

  • Rhythm Band Product #SE33-W

  • Click here to purchase 10 buttons that play any sound!

Color-Coding Traditional B&W Music

These highlighters allow you to highlight and color any music that is not color-coded. Out of many brands, this one matched the best.

Set of 18 colorful mild highlighters with double-ended tips, shown with a color-coded label indicating features like Mild Color, No Smearing, and Quick Drying, with some highlighters and a notepad.
Highlighter Set (Amazon Link)

Mallet Upgrades

A hand holding a colorful rainbow striped hammer against a plain background.

Not all mallets fit your band sound or fit your students. Here are ones that have worked for our program:

  • Best Sound Upgrade- SW-RUBBER-M (Steve Weiss)

  • Best Dampened- REMO 10" LOLLIPOP DRUM Mallet

  • Adaptive Holding- American Drum CF4 Adaptive Mallet Cuff or American Drum Orff TM1 Adaptive T-Bar Mallet

  • Cheapest Option- 8” lollipop mallet

Desk Music Stand

A wooden book holder with the brand name "Readoer" engraved on it.

The Readaeer Bamboo Book Stand is strong, easy to set up, and fits in the bell case. It is perfect if you are teaching bells in a general ed classroom and/or do not have access to traditional music stands.

Desk Stand (Amazon Link)

Alternate Instruments & Accessories Worth Looking At:

Colored Pencils for Composing

A box of Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils containing 24 pre-sharpened pencils in bright, bold colors, designed for long-lasting use and preferred by teachers.

This set of erasable colored pencils is perfect for students composing with the color-coded block notation book!

Colored Pencils (Amazon Link)