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This method helps to organize daily rehearsal & improve the overall performance level of the ensemble. It offers the flexibility & options to fit any band situation. It also provides the director with resources to meet each student on their own level.
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. 96 pages.
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.