A technique-building program for any band, Essential Technique 2000 is also an excellent tool for individual or small group study. This is Book 3 of the Essential Elements 2000 beginning band system and features:
Key-Centered System
- 9 major and related minor keys
- Scales, etudes, short chorales, and music technique exercises
Individual Instrument Studies
- Demonstrated by a professional soloist on your instrument
- Accompaniments on the included Online Audio are professionally recorded (not synthesized)
- Special Studies Section Reading Skill Builders, Rhythm Pages, Jazz Style and Improvisation, Full Chorales, Rubank Scales and Arpeggios - all included on Online Audio
- Integrated History, Theory and Creativity Exceeds the National Standards for Arts Education
More Great Music Classical, world music, folk and more
Key-Centered System
- 9 major and related minor keys
- Scales, etudes, short chorales, and music technique exercises
Individual Instrument Studies
- Demonstrated by a professional soloist on your instrument
- Accompaniments on the included Online Audio are professionally recorded (not synthesized)
- Special Studies Section Reading Skill Builders, Rhythm Pages, Jazz Style and Improvisation, Full Chorales, Rubank Scales and Arpeggios - all included on Online Audio
- Integrated History, Theory and Creativity Exceeds the National Standards for Arts Education
More Great Music Classical, world music, folk and more
Specifications
- Percussion/Keyboard Percussion
- Series: Essential Elements
- Format: Softcover with Online Audio
Features
Individual Studies and My EE Library
- For every instrument, studies demonstrated by a professional soloist
- Instrument-specific exercises for individual technique study or small group lesson
- Classical style piano accompaniments - not synthesized
- Technique building program
- Also for individual study or small groups
- Book 3 of the Essential Elements beginning band system
- Online Audio in each student book
- 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
- 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 studieIntegrated creativity and assessment that exceeds the National Standards
- 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 tracks on Online Audio
- Woodwind trill charts and brass lip slur studies
- Large, clear, full-range fingering charts
- Practice record
- Concise, easy to use Conductor Book