Essential Musicianship for Band is the perfect tool to assist your ensemble in developing the skills needed to read, rehearse, and perform band repertoire with precision and artistry. Using proven methods for superior sound production and ensemble technique, your students will transform printed notes into a meaningful musical experience. Fits easily into the traditional concert band setting.
Masterwork Studies, a first-of-its-kind textbook for high school band, focuses on six landmark compositions for symphonic band*. Two CD-ROMs are included, featuring:
1. Exemplary recordings of each work, performed by some of the world's finest ensembles
2. Practice loops on the more difficult passages for each instrument, along with tempo adjustment software, on-screen assessment, and a built-in metronome
3. Scale, arpeggio, and articulation studies in all keys
*Score and parts not included
Also available in the Essential Musicianship curriculum:
• Ensemble Concepts - Designed to help intermediate to advanced ensembles acquire maximum performance skills while increasing overall musicianship. Every aspect of ensemble development is introduced individually, in developmental order, then combined for more advanced practice.
• Ensemble Concepts – Fundamental Level (1st and 2nd year students)
• Ensemble Concepts – Intermediate Level (2nd and 3rd year students)
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The highly acclaimed ensemble method by Eddie Green, John Benzer and David Bertman is now available for beginning and intermediate musicians. Ensemble Concepts – Fundamental Level is designed to help young ensembles (1st to 2nd year) acquire solid performance skills while also developing overall musicianship. Every aspect of ensemble development is introduced individually, in developmental order, then combined for more advanced practice. The exercises fit easily into your warm-up routine, saving you precious rehearsal time.
Also available:
Ensemble Concepts – Intermediate Level (2nd and 3rd year students)
Ensemble Concepts (advanced level)
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Here is the ultimate collection of Patriotic songs arranged to be played by either full band or by individual soloists (with optional accompaniment CD). For each song in the individual student books, there is a page for the full band arrangement as well as a page for solo use. In the same popular format as Michael's “Movie Favories” and “Broadway Favorites”, each arrangement in “Patriotic Favorites” is correlated with a specific page in the Essential Elements 2000 Band Method. However, you don't need to be using this particular method to enjoy these wonderful arrangements! Includes: America, The Beautiful; America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee); Armed Forces Salute; Battle Hymn of the Republic; God Bless America; Hymn to the Fallen; The Patriot; The Star Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes Forever; This Is My Country; Yankee Doodle/Yankee Doodle Boy.
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Here is the ultimate collection of Patriotic songs arranged to be played by either full band or by individual soloists (with optional accompaniment CD). For each song in the individual student books, there is a page for the full band arrangement as well as a page for solo use. In the same popular format as Michael's “Movie Favories” and “Broadway Favorites”, each arrangement in “Patriotic Favorites” is correlated with a specific page in the Essential Elements 2000 Band Method. However, you don't need to be using this particular method to enjoy these wonderful arrangements! Includes: America, The Beautiful; America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee); Armed Forces Salute; Battle Hymn of the Republic; God Bless America; Hymn to the Fallen; The Patriot; The Star Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes Forever; This Is My Country; Yankee Doodle/Yankee Doodle Boy.
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Includes: Let's Rock, Majestic March, When The Saints Go Marching In, Mickey Mouse March, Power Rock, Farandole, Jus' Plain Blues, My Heart Will Go On, Rainbow Connection, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Drums of Corona, Laredo (Concert March), Pomp and Circumstance, Stratford March and Do-Re-Mi.
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Includes: Gallant March, High Adventure, The “Hey” Song, Beethoven's Ninth, Bandroom Boogie, Amazing Grace, Infinity Concert March, Latin Fire, Linus and Lucy, Star Trek Generations, American Spirit March, Gathering in the Glen, The Loco-Motion, Scarborough Fair, and Royal Fireworks Music.
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by Michael Sweeney, Paul Lavender, John Higgins, John Moss and James Curnow
Contents: African Sketches • Barrier Reef • Do You Hear What I Hear • Elves' Dance • Firebird • Gaelic Dances • Irish Legends • On Broadway • Regimental Honor • Spinning Wheel • The Streets of Madrid • Summon the Heroes • You're a Grand Old Flag.
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A collection of popular Christmas and holiday tunes arranged to be used either with full band or individual soloists. Each student book includes parts for the full band arrangement as well as separate pages for solo use. Access to free recordings is provided with an online code included with each book. Includes: Auld Lang Syne, Feliz Navidad, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Good King Wenceslas, Pat-a-Pan, Silver Bells, Do You Hear What I Hear?, My Favorite Things, White Christmas, Christmas Time Is Here and The Polar Express.
Now including PLAYBACK+ A multi-function audio player that allows you to adjust tempo without changing pitch, change keys, and create practice loops - available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
Online audio/media is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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| Price | $8.09 (Save: $0.90) |
Ensemble Concepts, the highly acclaimed ensemble method by Eddie Green, John Benzer and David Bertman, is designed to help intermediate to advanced level ensembles acquire solid performance skills while also developing overall musicianship. Every aspect of ensemble development is introduced individually, in developmental order, then combined for more advanced practice. The exercises fit easily into your warm-up routine, saving you precious rehearsal time.
Essential Musicianship for Band is the perfect tool to assist your ensemble in developing the skills needed to read, rehearse, and perform band repertoire with precision and artistry. Using proven methods for superior sound production and ensemble technique, your students will transform printed notes into a meaningful musical experience. Fits easily into the traditional concert band setting.
Other volumes in the Essential Musicianship series:
• Ensemble Concepts – Fundamental Level (1st and 2nd year students)
• Ensemble Concepts – Intermediate Level (2nd and 3rd year students)
• Masterwork Studies – This first-of-its-kind textbook for high school band focuses on six landmark compositions for symphonic band.* Two CD-ROMs are included, featuring:
1. Exemplary recordings of each work, performed by some of the world's finest ensembles
2. Practice loops on the more difficult passages for each instrument, along with tempo adjustment software, on-screen assessment, and a built-in metronome
3. Scale, arpeggio, and articulation studies in all keys
*Score and parts not included
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Compiled from the celebrated Victor Method and useful for both full ensembles and individual study, the 167 exercises in this book cover virtually every aspect of technical study for bands and wind ensembles, from the basics of intonation and tone quality to increased fluency. Exercises include rehearsal letters every 2-4 measures to save rehearsal time and allow for easy practice “loops.” (Includes additional material by Tom C. Rhodes and Donald Bierschenk)
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by Michael Sweeney, Paul Lavender, John Higgins, John Moss and James Curnow
Contents: African Sketches • Barrier Reef • Do You Hear What I Hear • Elves' Dance • Firebird • Gaelic Dances • Irish Legends • On Broadway • Regimental Honor • Spinning Wheel • The Streets of Madrid • Summon the Heroes • You're a Grand Old Flag.
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Explorer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 11)
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A collection of popular Christmas and holiday tunes arranged to be used either with full band or individual soloists. Each student book includes parts for the full band arrangement as well as separate pages for solo use. Access to free recordings is provided with an online code included with each book. Includes: Auld Lang Syne, Feliz Navidad, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Good King Wenceslas, Pat-a-Pan, Silver Bells, Do You Hear What I Hear?, My Favorite Things, White Christmas, Christmas Time Is Here and The Polar Express.
Now including PLAYBACK+ A multi-function audio player that allows you to adjust tempo without changing pitch, change keys, and create practice loops - available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
Online audio/media is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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30 popular melodies at an easy level in solo books for all the instruments in the Essential Elements Band Method. Perfect motivational music for students to play and practice featuring songs by Billie Eilish, Queen, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Star Wars, The Avengers, and more! Titles include: Believer • Blinding Lights • Don't Stop Believin' • Dynamite • Hallelujah • The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) • Let It Go • Señorita • Seven Nation Army • Sucker • This Is Me • We Are the Champions • Wildest Dreams • You Will Be Found • and more.
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This supplement works with Essential Elements® for Band Books 1 and 2 or any other band method. It features 15 solos: Bourrée (Handel) • Gavotte (Gluck) • La Cinquantine (Gabriel-Marie) • Largo (Handel) • Minuet No. 2 (Petzold) • See, the Conquering Hero Comes (Handel) • Serenade (Schubert) • Serenata (Haydn) • Sonata Op. 118, No. 1 (Schumann) • Sonatina (von Weber) • Sonatina Anh. 5, No. 1 (Beethoven) • Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1 (Clementi) • Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak) • Tambourin (Rameau) • Waltz (Tchaikovsky).
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Explorer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 11)
Using modal harmonies, dynamic percussion sounds and bold melodies, here is a great-sounding piece that your beginning players can really dig into. With nothing faster than a quarter note (except percussion), this will sound terrific with very limited rehearsal time. Dur: 1:30
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Compiled from the celebrated Victor Method and useful for both full ensembles and individual study, the 167 exercises in this book cover virtually every aspect of technical study for bands and wind ensembles, from the basics of intonation and tone quality to increased fluency. Exercises include rehearsal letters every 2-4 measures to save rehearsal time and allow for easy practice “loops.” (Includes additional material by Tom C. Rhodes and Donald Bierschenk)
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Expert Level (correlates with Book 2, p. 15)
The carol that never seems to grow old, here is an excellent version that will make young bands shine.
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Original series (aqua cover)
The second book in the Essential Elements series includes an easy-to-teach sight reading system, logical sequence of skills, band arrangements, Dr. Tim parent letters, and more. Effective pedagogy, a logical sequence of skills, innovative parental communication tools, multicultural songs, duets, full band arrangements, and much more, create a method designed to help kids succeed.
Authors: Tom C. Rhodes, Donald Bierschenk, Tim Lautzenheiser
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A collection of Broadway songs arranged to be played by either full band or by individual soloists with optional accompaniment CD or tape. Each arrangement is correlated with a specific page in the Essential Elements Band Method Books. Includes: Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Circle of Life, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, Edelweiss, Get Me to the Church on Time, Go Go Go Joseph, I Dreamed a Dream, Memory, The Phantom of the Opera, and Seventy Six Trombones.
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by Michael Sweeney, Paul Lavender, John Higgins, John Moss and James Curnow
Contents: African Sketches • Barrier Reef • Do You Hear What I Hear • Elves' Dance • Firebird • Gaelic Dances • Irish Legends • On Broadway • Regimental Honor • Spinning Wheel • The Streets of Madrid • Summon the Heroes • You're a Grand Old Flag.
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A collection of popular Christmas and holiday tunes arranged to be used either with full band or individual soloists. Each student book includes parts for the full band arrangement as well as separate pages for solo use. Access to free recordings is provided with an online code included with each book. Includes: Auld Lang Syne, Feliz Navidad, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Good King Wenceslas, Pat-a-Pan, Silver Bells, Do You Hear What I Hear?, My Favorite Things, White Christmas, Christmas Time Is Here and The Polar Express.
Now including PLAYBACK+ A multi-function audio player that allows you to adjust tempo without changing pitch, change keys, and create practice loops - available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
Online audio/media is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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30 popular melodies at an easy level in solo books for all the instruments in the Essential Elements Band Method. Perfect motivational music for students to play and practice featuring songs by Billie Eilish, Queen, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Star Wars, The Avengers, and more! Titles include: Believer • Blinding Lights • Don't Stop Believin' • Dynamite • Hallelujah • The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) • Let It Go • Señorita • Seven Nation Army • Sucker • This Is Me • We Are the Champions • Wildest Dreams • You Will Be Found • and more.
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| List | $14.99 |
| Price | $13.49 (Save: $1.50) |
Compiled from the celebrated Victor Method and useful for both full ensembles and individual study, the 167 exercises in this book cover virtually every aspect of technical study for bands and wind ensembles, from the basics of intonation and tone quality to increased fluency. Exercises include rehearsal letters every 2-4 measures to save rehearsal time and allow for easy practice “loops.” (Includes additional material by Tom C. Rhodes and Donald Bierschenk)
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Includes: And I Love Her • Eleanor Rigby • Get Back • A Hard Day's Night • Here, There and Everywhere • Hey Jude • I Want to Hold Your Hand • Lady Madonna • Ticket to Ride • Twist and Shout • Yesterday.
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Original series (black cover)
Intermediate to advanced studies featuring full band chorales, chromatic exercises and articulation studies, color woodwind trill charts, a wide variety of multicultural songs, and much more.
Authors: Tom C. Rhodes, Donald Bierschenk, Tim Lautzenheiser
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Includes: Gallant March, High Adventure, The “Hey” Song, Beethoven's Ninth, Bandroom Boogie, Amazing Grace, Infinity Concert March, Latin Fire, Linus and Lucy, Star Trek Generations, American Spirit March, Gathering in the Glen, The Loco-Motion, Scarborough Fair, and Royal Fireworks Music.
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A collection of Christmas arrangements which can be played by full band or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific page in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Jingle Bells • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • The Chanukkah Song • Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer • and many more!
Kit contents:
• 1 Conductor Book with CD
• 6 Flute
• 1 Oboe
• 1 Bassoon
• 6 Clarinet
• 1 Bass Clarinet
• 4 Alto Saxophone
• 1 Tenor Saxophone
• 1 Baritone Saxophone
• 6 Trumpet
• 2 F Horn
• 2 Trombone
• 1 Baritone B.C.
• 1 Baritone T.C.
• 1 Tuba
• 2 Percussion
• 1 Keyboard Percussion
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Original series (purple cover)
The book that started the Essential Elements Band Method features music history right in the book, band arrangements, Dr. Tim parent letter, quizzes, and a rhythm-based sequence. Effective pedagogy, a logical sequence of skills, innovative parental communication tools, multicultural songs, duets and full band arrangements, and much more, create a method designed to help kids succeed.
Authors: Tom C. Rhodes, Donald Bierschenk, Tim Lautzenheiser
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| List | $6.99 |
| Price | $6.29 (Save: $0.70) |
A collection of popular Christmas and holiday tunes arranged to be used either with full band or individual soloists. Each student book includes parts for the full band arrangement as well as separate pages for solo use. Access to free recordings is provided with an online code included with each book. Includes: Auld Lang Syne, Feliz Navidad, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Good King Wenceslas, Pat-a-Pan, Silver Bells, Do You Hear What I Hear?, My Favorite Things, White Christmas, Christmas Time Is Here and The Polar Express.
Now including PLAYBACK+ A multi-function audio player that allows you to adjust tempo without changing pitch, change keys, and create practice loops - available exclusively from Hal Leonard.
Online audio/media is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
MORE»
| List | $8.99 |
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