INSTRUMENTAL SERIES GUIDE
| GRADING SCALE | |
| 1 = Very Easy - 1 year playing experience | |
| 2 = Easy - 2 years of playing experience | |
| 3 = Medium - 3-4 years playing experience | |
| 4 = Medium Advanced | |
| 5 = Advanced | |
| P = Professional | |
| CONCERT BAND SERIES | |
| Amstel Music | 4-5 |
| Bandquest | 3 |
| Band Music Press | 1-4 |
| Basic Band I | 1.5 |
| Basic Band II | 2 |
| Beginning Pops | 1 |
| Concert Band Series | 3 |
| Canadian Brass Concert Band | 3-4 |
| Composers' Editions | 4-5 |
| Composers Series | 4-5 |
| Chappell Concert Band | 3-5 |
| Discovery Series | 1.5 |
| Discovery Plus | 2 |
| Essential Elements - Explorer | Beginning Level |
| Essential Elements - Performer | 1 |
| Essential Elements - Artist | 1.5 |
| Essential Elements - Expert | 2 |
| Essential Elements - Master | 2 |
| Eric Whitacre Concert Band | 4-5 |
| First Concepts | 1 |
| G. Schirmer Concert Band | 3-5 |
| Mannheim Steamroller | 3-4 |
| E.B. Marks Concert Band | 3-5 |
| MusicWorks | 1-5 |
| Pops for Ensembles | 2-3 |
| Symphonic Band/Concert Band | 4 |
| JAZZ ENSEMBLE | |
| Beginning Jazz Ensemble | 2 |
| Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra | 4-5 |
| Charles Mingus Big Band | 5 |
| Discovery Jazz | 1-2 |
| Essential Element Series | 1-2 |
| Easy Jazz Combo | 2-3 |
| Easy Jazz Ensemble | 2 |
| Jazz Classics for the Young Ensemble | 3 |
| Jazz Ensemble Library | 4 |
| Jazz Combo Paks | 3 |
| Jazz Honors Edition | 4-5 |
| Professional Editions | 5 |
| Nestico Sound | 4 |
| Second Floor Music | 4-5 |
| Vocal Solo/Jazz Ensemble | 3-4 |
| Woody Herman Series | 4-5 |
| Young Jazz Ensemble | 3 |
| MARCHING BAND | |
| Contemporary Marching Band Series | 3-4 |
| Easy Contemporary Marching Band | 2-3 |
| Easy Limited Edition | 3-4 |
| Easy Marching Band | 2-3 |
| Esprit | 3 |
| Hal Leonard Marching Band | 3-4 |
| Limited Edition | 4-5 |
| Performance Series | 3-4 |
| Series One | 2 |
| Soundpower Series | 3-4 |
| ORCHESTRA | |
| Discovery | 2 |
| Essential Elements - Explorer | Beginning Level |
| Essential Elements - Performer | 1 |
| Essential Elements - Artist | 1.5 |
| Essential Elements - Expert | 1.5 |
| Essential Elements - Master | 2 |
| Easy String Orchestra | 2 |
| Full Orchestra | 3-4 |
| John Williams Signature Editions | P |
| Medalist Full Orchestra | 3 |
| Medalist String Orchestra | 3 |
| Music for String Orchestra | 3 |
| Orchestra Options | 3 |
| Pops Specials for Strings | 3 |
| Pops for String Quartets | 4 |
| Praise and Worship Series | 3-4 |
| Symphony Pops | P |