Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages.

Essential Elements now includes Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education resource. EEi introduces the first-ever, easy set of technology tools for online teaching, learning, assessment, and communication... ideal for teaching today's beginning band and string students, both in the classroom and at home.

Essential Technique for Band Book 3 further develops music skills for intermediate and advanced musicians. Book 3 takes students through multiple key centers, individual studies, and a variety of styles of music.

The Conductor's Editions include:

• Complete scores of every exercise, including all special instructions for each instrument
• Fingering charts for all instruments
• Trill chants for woodwind instruments (band book 3)
• Scope and sequence charts, a handy reference that shows on which page each concept, new note, or technique is introduced for each instrument
• Band Books 1 and 2 include a "Teacher Tip" before every exercise. These tips suggest pertinent concepts, reminders, or questions for the band throughout the books.
• Access to online resources that assist the teacher with creating a class, hear recordings, and play accompaniments for exercises.

Individual Studies & My EE Library

• For every instrument, studies demonstrated by a professional soloist
• Instrument-specific exercises for individual technique study or small group lessons
• Classical style piano accompaniments - not synthesized

A Multi-Purpose Book for Any Band Program

• Technique building program
• Also for individual study or small groups
• Book 3 of the Essential Elements beginning band system

Key-Centered System

• 9 major and related minor keys
• Each introduced with scales, Rubank-style etudes and a chord balance exercise
• Each key has a short, full-band chorale that includes every scale tone for every instrument

Book 2 Continuation

• More great music that explores many styles and cultures
• Challenging concepts are only introduced in familiar keys
• Introduction of triple meters (12/8, 9/8, 3/8), more triplet based rhythms, rhythmic figures with rests, and meter changes
• More music theory and terminology such as grace notes, divisi, and additional dynamics
• History and music of 16 composers, world music and style studies
• Integrated creativity and assessment that exceeds the National Standards

Special Studies Section

• Reading Skill Builders: To develop sight-reading skills
• Rhythm Pages: Like Book 1 & 2, special reinforcement for newly learned meters and rhythmic figures
• Basics of Jazz: A 2-page introduction to jazz style and improvisation, taken from Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble, but geared for concert band
• Full Chorales: For study or performance, arranged by John Higgins
• Rubank Scales and Arpeggios: In major and minor keys, in additional octaves and with downloadable audio tracks

Additional Essential Technique Features:

• Woodwind trill charts and brass lip slur studies
• Large, clear, full-range fingering charts
• Practice recordConcise, easy to use Conductor Book

ISBN: 9780634043611
UPC: 073999626162
Format: Softcover with CD
Pages: 304