Progressive Musical Studies in Band

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Innovate your Bands Warm-ups

You want your band to play better they want the fun of playing real music. This teaching approach combines both into one innovative approach. You teach one piece each day or week and they progressively get harder and help you teach: Sight Reading, Rhythm, Articulation, Harmony/Long Tones (Chorales based on actual chords of actual music), Key signatures, Melody, Bass Lines, Accompaniment, Style, etc. All in a 30 second excerpt from real music
Hybrid and Online: Most excerpts have MP3 tracks to practice and share in any teaching situation. Releasing new ones each week. on Youtube channel.

Progressive Musical Studies: Sousa Book 1 and 2
100 Flex Band excerpt arrangements from Grade 2 - 5

Features:
1. Flexible Arrangements for any instrumentation from two to six players plus percussion.
2. Order as PDF's or Spiral Bound Paper Back.
3. 50 strains of Sousa's marches in each book.
4. Organized sight-reading from grade 2 through 5.
5. Chorales to learn and hear chord progression of each strain in appendix.
6. All instruments learn: melody, counter-melody, harmony, accompaniment, fanfares and/or bass lines.
7. Strains of most popular Sousa marches included: The Thunderer, Semper Fidelis, The Washington Post, King Cotton, The Stars and Stripes Forever, Manhattan Beach, The Liberty Bell and many many more.
8. Book 1 is available now. Book 2 will be available in January 2021.