A fabulous comprehensive approach to rhythm, taking students from the most basic building block of music - the quarter note - to compound meter and everything in between! Daily exercises isolate the
The second level of this assessment method includes 120 assessments, etudes, multiple-octave major, melodic minor, and harmonic minor scales, as well as modes, improvisation, and intonation studies. Also
A playing and written assessment system for band created by actual band directors for beginners through seniors! The sequential etudes are designed to help quickly identify if students can apply musical
This collection of studies in every major and minor key features chromatic intervals, interval tuning, chorales, drone exercises, and descending triad exercises in major, minor, and diminished chords. It
A collection of ten miniature concert pieces in a variety of styles, textures, timbral combinations, tonalities, rhythms, harmonies, and melodic material that transcend the traditional warm-up by offering
This collection builds upon the concepts presented in Fundamental Ensemble Concepts. Each exercise includes goals for the students, as well as information for the director. The director's proactive
This amazing ensemble technique book zeros in on important, specific skills each musician must develop for successful ensemble performance. What makes this book stand apart is the degree of attention given
A sequential instrumental curriculum designed for the development of sightreading skills. Each volume contains an effective and easy-to-use evaluation and assessment chart; a "constant eighth" concept for
A complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians, this series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including
A field tested musical collection of over 300 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals for use with the entire band or individual students. This series contains warm-ups, chorales, sight-reading
A sequential instrumental curriculum specifically designed for the development of core music literacy competencies necessary to read music at sight. Each book contains an effective and easy-to-use
This exceptional compilation contains a wealth of traditional hymns, folk melodies and chorales from various sources that include early American hymns as well as chorales from the English, Welsh, and
Based on the best-selling series from Jerry West, this volume presents 50 original exercises to challenge the wind band at a Grade 2-3 level. Longer etudes, 16th notes, minor keys, and a few modes can
Building on the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Band, here are 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of
Volume 4 of this series contains another 100 short sight-reading pieces, slightly more difficult than those in Volume 3, and includes more syncopated rhythms, meter changes, and more use of
One hundred short sight-reading exercises, slightly more difficult than those in Volume 1, including more syncopated rhythms, more meter changes, and more use of sixteenth-note rhythms. The music is
The industry leader in sight-reading preparation! This effective and efficient curriculum to develop sight-reading skills eliminates the need to retrieve music from the library, hand it out to the band,