SKU: GI.G-10175
A Comprehensive Method
Book for Year One and
Beyond. Composed by
Jeff Scott, Kevin Boyle,
and Scott Rush. Habits.
Music Education. 104
pages. GIA Publications
#10175. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10175).
ISBN
9781622774845.
NOW
AVAILABLE! Habits of a
Successful Beginner Band
Musician is a
field-tested, vital,
and—most
important—musical
collection of 225
sequenced exercises for
the beginning band
student. The
book’s
cutting-edge online
component,
Habits Universal,
features a backend
gradebook that allows
students to submit video
recordings of their
performances as a primary
source of assessment.
This gradebook is
compatible with
PowerSchool, Canvas,
Google Classroom,
Brightspace, Edmodo,
Schoology, and many other
platforms! In addition,
Habits Universal features
supplemental rhythm
vocabulary sheets,
accompaniment tracks,
video start-up clinics,
as well as a professional
video coach for each
exercise in the book.
What makes Habits of a
Successful Beginner Band
Musician unique? Features
include:Â Teacher tips
for each exercise in the
book. Diatonic
solfege that begins on
the first day of
instruction. Initial
exercises on the
mouthpiece, mouthpiece
and barrel, reed, bocal
and reed, or headjoint
prior to playing the
first notes in the book.
Sequential rhythm charts
embedded in the book.
These same rhythms are
then presented with
pitches for a seamless
transfer to the music
students are
performing. Technique
and skill-building
exercises embedded within
the method, which helps
to prepare students for
future Habits
exercises. The
introduction of the key
of Concert C, which
results in students
playing the pitches B, E,
and A more often (as
opposed to the typical
emphasis on B-flat,
E-flat, and A-flat). The
introduction of five
keys: Concert B-flat,
E-flat, A-flat, C, and F.
The Concert G scale is
also provided in the back
of the book. Left (L)
and right (R) indicators
for woodwinds along with
appropriate chromatic
alternate fingering
indicators. Shaded
boxes around first-time
challenges in the student
books. A thorough
explanation of (T:1) for
trombones and rules for
when to use it.Â
Rhythm vocabulary that
progresses through
quarters, eighths, dotted
rhythms, sixteenths, and
an eighth and two
sixteenths. The
sequential introduction
of the one-handed
breakdown of a percussion
rudiment before
introducing the rudiment
itself. The use of
the “enharmonic
ladder†and the
“call-and-response
game†to learn
enharmonic notes. A
thorough explanation of
and markings for the
“F dilemmaâ€
on oboe. An explanation
of appropriate flicking
on bassoon. Two pages
of slow “clarinets
only†work that
focuses on going over the
break and throat
tones. .