Foundations for Superior Performance

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.

By using Foundations For Superior Performance, the following areas can be improved:

• Sound (tone production).
• Articulation (styles and concepts).
• Greater flexibility, agility, and endurance.
• Increased range.
• Individual and ensemble listening skills
• Technique in all twelve major and minor keys.
• Basic understanding of music theory.

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