Performance
level of the ensemble. From as little as five minutes a day to
forty-five minutes a day, this book offers the flexibility and options
to fit any particular band situation for year two throughout high
school. It also provides the director with the resources to meet each
student on his or her own level while challenging them to reach the
next level.
Foundations For Superior Performance includes:
Warm-Ups articulation exercises, long tones, and progressive brass lip slurs and woodwind exercises to be played simultaneously. Chorales and Tuning Exercises interval tuning, chord tuning, and chorales in the eight main concert band keys. Technique
major and minor scales, mini-scales, scale patterns, scales in thirds,
interval studies, and triad and chord studies in all 12 keys Plus
one octave scales and arpeggios, full range scales, chromatic scales,
major arpeggios and inversions, and advanced fingering charts. Percussion Book Practical exercises for mallets, snare drum, auxiliary percussion, and timpani. 96 pages.