Listening Excerpts to Develop Band Musicianship

In this resource, hundreds of quality listening excerpts are collected into tables and categorized both by instrumentation and by characteristics such as expressive elements, articulations, tempo, and more. This book helps directors be efficient in using brief but effective listening excerpts to develop students' musicianship - and is particularly helpful in a distance learning environment.

 

Considering how much time directors spend in rehearsals trying to describe and define the musical effects they desire, words and their connotative meanings often fall short and fail to produce what the director hopes to hear. But providing students the opportunity to listen to great bands playing those desired elements within great pieces of music can and will inspire students and improve musicianship!