Features

• For every instrument, studies demonstrated by a professional soloist
• Instrument-specific exercises for individual technique study or small group lesson
• Classical style piano accompaniments - not synthesized

• Technique building program
• Also for individual study or small groups
• Book 3 of the Essential Elements beginning band system
• Online Audio in each student book

• 9 major and related minor keys
• Each introduced with scales, Rubank-style etudes and a chord balance exercise
• Each key has a short, full-band chorale that includes every scale tone for every instrument

• More great music that explores many styles and cultures
• Challenging concepts are only introduced in familiar keys
• Introduction of triple meters (12/8, 9/8, 3/8), more triplet based rhythms, rhythmic figures with rests, and meter changes
• More music theory and terminology such as grace notes, divisi, and additional dynamics
• History and music of 16 composers, world music and style studieIntegrated creativity and assessment that exceeds the National Standards

• Reading Skill Builders: To develop sight-reading skills
• Rhythm Pages: Like Book 1 & 2, special reinforcement for newly learned meters and rhythmic figures
• Basics of Jazz: A 2-page introduction to jazz style and improvisation, taken from Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble, but geared for concert band
• Full Chorales For study or performance, arranged by John Higgins
• Rubank Scales and Arpeggios in major and minor keys, in additional octaves and with tracks on Online Audio

• Woodwind trill charts and brass lip slur studies
• Large, clear, full-range fingering charts
• Practice record
• Concise, easy to use Conductor Book