Teaching and Classroom Instruction Books and DVD/Videos

Book 3 concentrates more fully on music theory, exploring new concepts such as interval quality, chord function, cadences, and melody writing. History is correlated to the theory pages, teaching students the origins of the theoretical concepts they are learning. Students then use their newfound knowledge to compose and analyze music, and learn how it all relates to the history of music through the centuries. Students can be challenged further wit...

Essential Elements was the major breakthrough for beginning band methods in the '90s. Now Essential Elements 2000 will take band programs into the next millennium! EE2000 features:? A CD featuring a professional soloist in every Student Book 1 ? Great performance music with planned first concert. ? Even more great tunes, motivating students to practice and stay in band. ? Special Rubank® Studies ? Better pacing, sequencing and reinforcement. ...

String Basics: Steps to Success for String Orchestra is a comprehensive method for beginning string classes. Utilizing technical exercises, music from around the world, classical themes by the masters, and original compositions, students will learn to play their string instruments in an orchestra. Step-by-step sequences of instruction will prove invaluable as students learn to hold their instrument and bow, finger new notes, count different rhyth...

The Yamaha Advantage is the perfect way to begin instrumental music instruction. The first few pages reinforce tone production with shape notes and gradually move to traditional music notation. The educational process is enhanced with chorales, technique studies, familiar music from all cultures, great classical themes, special advantage exercises and musical ensemble experiences. The Yamaha Advantage is the only band curriculum with its own stud...

Drum Therapy is an exciting breakthrough for drum instructors and special needs service providers, helping to teach both mainstream and special needs students the art of drumming. It explores the revolutionary Drum Therapy system that was developed by author Pat Gesualdo and used throughout the world in schools, hospitals, community centers, rehabilitation facilities, day care treatment centers, and mental health centers. This book is a comprehen...

Measures of Success was created to ignite musical curiosity, to unite conceptual knowledge with performance skills, to foster understanding of the many ways that people share and interact with music, and to assess each student's continued musical growth. While there are differing opinions on starting systems, directors agree that the music itself is the most important component of a method. Every exercise in Measures of Success has been sequen...

Identifying and Understanding the Practice Personality Type in the Music StudentSeries: ReferencePublisher: Centerstream PublicationsFormat: Softcover with CDAuthor: Thornton Cline Teaching is one of the greatest responsibilities in society. It's an art form that requires craft, patience, creativity, and intelligence. Practice Personalities: What's Your Type? will help teachers, parents and students realize the challenges of practicing, unde...

Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 1 provides theoretical and practical information for directors seeking to help students gain musical mastery. Divided into three sections, Part 1 examines the various theoretical aspects of music band directors are faced with on a daily basis. This includes music selection, the student learning process, rehearsal design, and student assessment. Part 2 offers practical suggestions for band direct...

By Larry Blocher, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Ray Cramer, Tim Lautzenheiser, Edward S. Lisk, and Richard Miles Compiled and edited by Richard Miles Picking up where the first best-selling book left off, this mammoth 680-page volume takes a multicultural approach to band literature and conducting. Band conductors now have the tools they need to move beyond the printed page to musical awareness and understanding. Each of the 100 Teacher Resourc...

Part of the bestselling Teaching Music through Performance series, this much-needed volume explores the often overlooked, ignored, and sometimes poorly-played genre of traditional marches. Insightful chapters filled with the rich knowledge and experience of a professional military bandsman and music educator, combined with one-of-a-kind resource guides to the best marches ever composed, make this book a must-have for all band directors! There i...

Accent on Achievement is a revolutionary band method that will excite and stimulate your students through full-color pages and the most complete collection of classics and world music in any band method. The comprehensive review cycle in books 1 & 2 will ensure that students remember what they learn and progress quickly. Also included are rhythm and rest exercises, chorales, scale exercises, and 11 full band arrangements among the first two b...

Accent on Achievement is a revolutionary band method that will excite and stimulate your students through full-color pages and the most complete collection of classics and world music in any band method. The comprehensive review cycle in books 1 & 2 will ensure that students remember what they learn and progress quickly. Also included are rhythm and rest exercises, chorales, scale exercises, and 11 full band arrangements among the first two b...