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Expressive Musicianship - E-flat Instruments (Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone)

Concepts and Exercises to Develop a Band's Musical Potential

Shelley Jagow

Item #: G-11243     Status: Available

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Description:

This method presents interpretative suggestions to enhance ensemble musicianship for band directors and students in the following nine areas:

  1. Rhythm
  2. Melody and Phrasing
  3. Dynamics and Balance
  4. Embellishments
  5. Articulations and Accents
  6. Style
  7. Tempo
  8. Releases
  9. Intonation

Each area presents a variety of concepts for musical expressiveness, and there are more than 225 exercises and excerpts to use during warm-ups or when transferring an expressive concept to the band’s current literature.

This method includes:

  • Intonation exercises that illustrate how to properly tune a chord
  • Scale-based exercises written in the common keys of F, B-flat, and E-flat that can be used as part of a rehearsal warm-up to reinforce expressive concepts
  • Band excerpts to illustrate how expressive concepts can be transferred to actual wind band literature
  • A key sheet to explore how players’ parts may be edited to increase the quality of musicianship
  • More than 40 ideas for increasing the ensemble’s musical potential
  • A sample lesson plan and template to illustrate how to transfer knowledge to your current curriculum
  • Additional TIPS in the conductor’s score for teaching each concept

This method has a conductor's edition and 6 student books:

  1. C instruments: Flute, Oboe, Keyboard Percussion
    (no lower than F4 for Flute, and no higher than C6 for Oboe)
  2. B-flat instruments: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Baritone T.C.
    (no lower than D4 for Tenor Saxophone, and no higher than E5 for Trumpet)
  3. E-flat instruments: Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
    (no lower than D4 and no higher than C6 for Alto and Baritone Saxophones)
  4. F instruments: Horn
    (no lower than B-flat3 and no higher than E5 for Horn)
  5. Bass Clef instruments: Trombone, Baritone B.C., Bassoon
    (no higher than D4 and no lower than B-flat2)
  6. Bass Clef instruments: Tuba
    (no higher than D3 and no lower than B-flat1)

Categories: Band/Orchestra Curriculum, Education, Musicianship, Resource Titles, Warm-Ups

Number of Pages: 72

Format: Softcover

Discipline: Band

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