Essential Elements for Band Percussion (Book 2)
Tim Lautzenheiser , John Higgins , Charles Menghini, Paul Lavender , Tom C. Rhodes, Don Bierschenk, Will Rapp
General Info
Pages: 144
Publication date: 01 September 2000
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Level: Late Elementary to Intermediate
ISBN: 978-0-6340-1301-0
Cost:$17.99
Description
Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. Essential Elements 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. Essential Elements 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, the ultimate online music education resource. Essential Elements Interactive 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.
Content
BOOK 1 REVIEW SECTION
- 3 opening pages that cover all Book 1 elements
- Great refresher to start the 2nd year
- Also works to quickly add new beginners or instrument switchers into the intermediate band
Essential Elements Features Continued and Expanded
- Includes rhythm raps, daily warm-ups, theory, history, multi-cultural music, creativity and assessment
- Introduces sight-reading and improvisation
INDIVIDUAL STUDIES FOR EACH INSTRUMENT
- 2 pages of special etudes that teach specific skills, appropriate for each instrument
- Demonstrated by a professional soloist on Online Audio
- Classical style piano accompaniments on Online Audio
- Expands and strengthens concepts taught within Book 2
RUBANK STUDIES AND A SOLO FOR EACH INSTRUMENT
- From the very best of student etude and solo literature
- Key, scale and chorale studies for full band
- Rubank solo with piano accompaniment included in each student book
- Online Audio features a professional soloist and accompaniment
OTHER ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FEATURES
- Combined percussion book (drums and keyboard)
- Large, clear fingering charts
- Progress and practice charts
- Concise, easy to use conductor book
See Also
Essential Elements for Band Percussion (Book 1)
Essential Elements for Band Percussion (Book 3)