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Finding the right music for your chamber ensemble.
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Problem: I have found is it is almost impossible to find the right level of music for each small ensemble. With normal band you select music and with larger numbers of students they help one another with weaknesses. In Chamber ensembles, everyone has to play on the same level or it sticks out and the group can fail.
The most important thing as a music educator is help students select appropriate music. I bought everything I could to make it work. I spent thousands of my budget to find a few pieces that work well. I ended up having to arrange music to make it work for every one. Some of the pieces I bought were great pieces of music but would never be able to be played by my students. Others were just not good pieces. Solution: You can spend a lot of time and money buying music and trying it out. You can spend even more time arranging music yourself. I want to offer a quick fix to help each group have a good start. Watch the video on the right. Pet of the Petticoats, Sousa and The White Plume, Sousa. This video demonstrates excerpt from Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Book 1 and 2. I have been developing this book to teach musicality in a progressive manner easy - hard. I wanted to teach students all parts of music: bass line, melodies, accompaniments, and harmony. What ended up happening is I have the only progressive book to teach small ensembles. Book 1 starts with grade level 2 and develops harder ending with excerpt 50 in grade 3. Book 2, to be released this summer 2020, is from grade 3 to 4. Imagine having a start for your chamber groups this fall. You can make each group successful with the right level music for each student. Flexible arrangements so any small group can use any instrumentation. Each excerpt has between 2 and 6 parts but some can be left out. |
Excerpts from Progressive Musical Studies: SousaFree PDF example from Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Book 1 |
Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Grade 2 - 3
Teaching Articulation with Tech Teacher Support Materials
Support materials for video lessons to Teaching Articulation with Tech
Features
- Seven video lessons, easy to share online.
- Seven google form quizzes with playing assessments included.
- Thirteen accompaniment tracks to practice exercises with.
- Easily share and print PDFs online or in person.
Links will be emailed to you within 48 hours of order, usually much quicker.
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Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Grade 2-3
If you want your students to become musicians you need to teach musicality. No other book approaches teaching it in this way. Each day you can sight-reading and practice musical elements like melody, counter melody, articulations, accompaniments, bass lInes, dynamics, musical lines, harmony, and more. Each excerpt can be played and rehearsed in about 5 minutes. Yes, learn and teach new music every day in 5 minutes. Watch the video for more ideas.
Available Books: Conductor Score, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet / Bass Clarinet, Alto / Bari, Trumpet / Baritone T.C. / Tenor Sax, French Horn, Trombone / Baritone, Tuba, and Percussion books.
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(PDF) Complete Set Book 1
Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Book 1
Save over 50% off paper back price.
PDF of all Parts and Score plus License to make unlimited copies for your program.
Features:
1. Flexible Arrangements for any instrumentation from two to six players plus percussion.
2. 50 strains of Sousa's marches in each book.
3. Organized sight-reading from grades 2 through 3.
4. Chorales to learn and hear the chord progression of each strain in the appendix.
5. All instruments learn melody, counter-melody, harmony, accompaniment, fanfare, and/or bass lines.
6. Blended learning, practice as a band at school or with videos on our youtube channel at home.
Link to PDF will be sent with receipt.
You only have 3 downloads of this. If you have problems then please feel free to contact me and I can help you get more.
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(PDF) Complete Set Book 2
Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Book 2
Save over 50% off the paperback price.
PDF of all Parts and Score
License to make as many copies as you need for your program.
Features:
1. Flexible Arrangements for any instrumentation from two to six players plus percussion.
2. 50 strains of Sousa's marches in each book.
3. Organized sight-reading from grades 3 through 5.
4. Chorales to learn and hear the chord progression of each strain in the appendix.
5. All instruments learn melody, counter-melody, harmony, accompaniment, fanfare, and/or bass lines.
6. Blended learning, practice as a band at school or with videos on our youtube channel at home.
Link to PDF will be sent via email within 48 hours. I am the only employee so I send it as soon as I can.
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Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Book 2 Grade 3-5
Classroom Set: Book 2 Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Grade 3-5
If you want your students to become musicians you need to teach musicality. No other book approaches teaching it in this way. Each day you can sight-read and practice musical elements like melody, counter melody, articulations, accompaniments, bass lInes, dynamics, musical lines, harmony, and more. Each excerpt can be played and rehearsed in about 5 minutes. Yes, learn and teach new music every day in 5 minutes. Watch the video for more ideas.
Available Books: Conductors Score, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet / Bass Clarinet, Alto / Bari, Trumpet / Baritone T.C. / Tenor Sax, French Horn, Trombone / Baritone, Tuba, and Percussion books.
Band Intonation Exercises and Chorales (PDF)
What do you get in your purchase?
Band Intonation Exercises (BIE), Band Intonation Chorales (BIC) plus accompaniment tracks for both.
You get a PDF download of the score and parts for BIE and BIC 11 chorales in the Key of Bb major that show pitch tendencies and adjustments for just intonation.
What is taught?
BIE is an innovative approach to teaching intonation showing pitch tendencies, pitch guides, and unison exercises. It teaches students to listen and adjust pitch with accompaniment tracks, exercises in unison, and natural pitch tendencies. The pitch guide shows how dynamics, temperature, reed strength, and many more things affect pitch.
BIC is based on the tools you learn in BIE built-in eleven chorales in Bb major.
What do they cost?
Regularly they are both $29.95 each
Buy both for $29.95
You will receive a link to download files in your receipt. You will have 3 downloads.
40 Rudiments: Torrent of Rhythms
40 Rudiments is a supplement to your percussion curriculum.
Each book contains 84 pages of exercises for practicing and developing rudiments. Exercises are written so any musician can read an understand and teach any rudiment.
Features:
1. Rubric for practice development
a. Which rudiment should I practice first and how fast.
2. Accompaniments: Every exercise has an accompaniment track. You can listen to them on this webpage or download all the tracks to load on your phone or device.
40 Rudiments: (PDF)
40 Rudiments is a supplement to your percussion curriculum.
This PDF includes reproducible copies of 64 pages of exercises for practicing and developing rudiments with practice tracks. Exercises are written so any musician can read an understand and teach any rudiment.
Features:
1. Rubric for practice development
a. Which rudiment should I practice first and how fast.
2. Accompaniments: Every exercise has an accompaniment track. You can listen to them on this webpage or https://www.sevierband.com/store/p71/40rudimentspdf.html to load on your phone or device.
Download: Link will be sent in the email receipt.