Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician - A Comprehensive Method Book

Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician - A Comprehensive Method Book

Discover the ultimate guide for budding musicians, meticulously composed by Jeff Scott and Scott Rush. This comprehensive method book, brought to you by GIA Publications, is a musical journey encompassing 56 pages of invaluable content. Here's what you need to know:

Key Features:

• 225 Sequenced Exercises: This collection of exercises is field-tested, ensuring a progressive and effective learning experience for beginner band students.

• Habits Universal Online Component: Take your learning to the digital age with Habits Universal. It offers a sophisticated gradebook where students can submit video recordings of their performances for assessment. This gradebook is compatible with various learning platforms like PowerSchool, Canvas, Google Classroom, Brightspace, Edmodo, and Schoology.

• Supplemental Resources: Habits Universal also provides rhythm vocabulary sheets, accompaniment tracks, video start-up clinics, and professional video coaching for each exercise in the book.

• Teacher Tips: Gain valuable insights with teacher tips for each exercise, enhancing the teaching experience.

• Sequential Learning: The book introduces diatonic solfege from day one and provides initial exercises on various instrument components before playing the first notes. It also seamlessly integrates rhythm charts with pitch, aiding students' transition to performance music.

• Technique Building: Embedded within the method are technique and skill-building exercises, preparing students for future challenges.

• Expanded Key Range: This method introduces not just one, but five keys: Concert B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, C, and F. This diversity enriches students' musical exposure.

• Woodwind Clarity: Woodwind players benefit from left (L) and right (R) indicators, alongside appropriate chromatic alternate fingering indicators.

• Guidance: Shaded boxes highlight initial challenges in student books, aiding in focused practice.

• Percussion Breakdown: Percussion rudiments are introduced gradually, with a one-handed breakdown explained before the rudiment itself.

• Enharmonic Learning: The method employs innovative techniques like the "enharmonic ladder" and the "call-and-response game" to teach enharmonic notes effectively.

• Instrument-Specific Insights: Specific instrument-related topics, like the "F dilemma" for oboe and appropriate flicking on bassoon, are explained in detail.

• Clarinet Focus: There are dedicated pages for clarinets, focusing on mastering the break and throat tones.

Unleash your musical potential with "Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician," a comprehensive and innovative approach to music education, available now from GIA Publications. Elevate your learning experience and embark on a musical journey like no other.