BAND SOUND INNOVATIONS. for CONCERT BAND BROCHURE & SAMPLER BOOK 2

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1 BAND SOND INNOVATIONS for CONCERT BAND BROCHRE SAMLER BOOK

2 BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND METHOD OVERVIEW Revolutionary Methods for Musicians Simle. Innovative. Yours. Sound Innovations for Concert Band is a revolutionary method that comines time-tested educational concets, inut from thousands of teachers, and advances in modern technology. sing solid edagogy that follos state and national music education standards, Book of the method can even e customized to use your on exeriences in creating the est aroach for your classroom. Method eatures No matter hat level of Sound Innovations you re using in your classroom, all Sound Innovations ooks feature the folloing: Sound edagogy ritten to comly ith state and national music education standards Availaility in SmartMusic Content organized in levels to rovide enchmarks and intermediate goals ncomlicated aroach to introducing and reinforcing concets Many erformance oortunities including solos, duets, and full concert and arrangements Clean, clear, and uncluttered age layout Introduction to orld music and various musical styles WHICH LEVEL IS RIGHT OR YO BOOK Great for eginners...ages Also for eginners, Director s Choice Customizale Edition...ages BOOK lexile follo-u for any eginning method... ages 0 ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT OR INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND erfect for Middle or High School... ages 5 ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT OR ADVANCED CONCERT BAND Ideal for High School...ages 6 0 Authors The Sound Innovations authors ring years of extensive teaching, conducting, and comosing exerience. Roert Sheldon Roert Sheldon is one of the most erformed comosers of ind and music today, and his teaching exerience includes 8 years in classrooms from ulic schools to universities. eter Boonshaft Hailed as one of the most exciting and exhilarating voices in music education today, eter Boonshaft is celerated orld-ide as a clinician, seaker, author, and guest conductor. Dave Black ercussionist and rolific comoser, Dave Black is the co-author of the est-selling Alfred s Drum Method, Books and Alfred s Beginning Drumset Method. Black currently serves as Vice resident, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Leader of Alfred Music s School/Church Team. Bo hillis Renoned as an innovator in string education and teacher training, Bo hillis uses his 8 years in the classroom as a national leader and transformative figure in music education. Chris Bernotas Comoser, clinician, and teacher, Chris M. Bernotas has more than 0 years of exerience as a teacher and maintains a fresh ersective in the orld of music education. He is an active comoser and arranger of concert and music ith many ulished orks.

3 INTRODCTION BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND A Revolutionary Method for Beginning Musicians Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book resents the material organized into six levels resented in a modern and clean age layout. ages have een left uncluttered and goals clearly defined in order to allo students to easily identify and focus on imortant concets. All rhythms are introduced ith sudivided counting and reinforcement exercises. Book eatures Standard Edition is availale at your local retailer, or order the customizale Director s Choice Edition (see. - for more info) at alfred.com/si Each student ook includes an instrument-secific DVD and M CD Teacher s Score is availale as ook only or ith the comlete resource lirary of student CDs and DVDs Availale in SmartMusic, first 00 lines are free Goals Every exercise includes a rief statement identifying hat the student should learn. Sound Innovations, Book is availale in to versions: Standard Edition: Availale at your local retailer. This version contains the edagogical choices that most teachers referred hen asked in focus grous. Director s Choice Customizale Edition: Availale to order at alfred.com/si, enoy the freedom to customize your on method ithin the frameork created y the authors. Make edagogical choices like choosing to start ith hole or quarter notes, selecting the starting itch, adusting your laylist, and adding enrichment ages. Learn more on.. Clean, clear age layout and clear identification of goals erformance oortunities to reinforce ne concets Each correlated erformance music iece contains an educational ack that includes an emhasis on exressive laying, historical information, and more Sound Advice sections throughout the Teacher s Score assist teachers ith quick and easy-to-use tis and suggestions Student ooks are availale on ibooks for iad and Mac Clean, clear age layouts SI for Band resents lessons in a modern and clean age layout. ages have een left uncluttered to allo students to easily identify and focus on imortant concets. Note Introduction Each ne note is introduced ith a diagram of the fingering, eliminating the need to reference a searate age. Ne notes include an introductory exercise folloed y reinforcement exercises. Notes are introduced in a logical order ith many oortunities for the student to imlement and ractice them. The ook really seems to motivate kids to ractice. I areciate all of the ork your team did to create a ractical and creative aroach to getting students excited aout learning to lay an instrument. Thanks for a great effective method ook! oseh W. Neistinsky ine and erforming Arts Chair Northern York County School District Dillsurg, A Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv.

4 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK EATRES Instrument-Secific DVD Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Instrument-secific Master Classes on DVD are included ith every student ook so the student can learn to emulate the teacher s tone, technique, and musicianshi. nlike most method ooks, these DVDs are referenced throughout the entire ook to teach eginning, as ell as more advanced techniques. Each DVD addresses: Assemly and disassemly of the instrument osture laying osition Emouchure Breathing techniques roducing a sound Each DVD closes ith a erformance of the final solo from the ook to rovide insiration and modeling of a high level of musicianshi. DVD DVD references throughout the ook teach eginning and more advanced techniques. Instrument-Secific CD lus, more advanced techniques: Articulation Instrument-secific skills such as crossing the reak for the clarinet Scan to vie a cli of the rench horn Master Class DVD alfred.com/sianddvd Recorded accomaniments are included in M format for every line of music in each ook. The recordings are erformed y a rofessional musician, and each contains an examle and lay-along accomaniment track in a variety of musical styles. Each CD includes: Instrument-secific recording of the melody for each line of the ook lay-along track ithout the melody for each line of the ook Instrument-secific acoustic recording of a tuning note Click-off for each recording SI layer ith Temo Change Technology, alloing students to seed u or slo don the temo to suit their ractice needs Scan to listen to samle clis of the M CDs alfred.com/siandcd CD Track Numers Track numers correlate to the exercise numers in each student ook.

5 EATRES BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Book The Sound Notation age rovides clear diagrams of all musical symols students need to get started, as ell as information on ractice techniques. ull-length Solo Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book includes many erformance oortunities such as solos, duets, and full-and arrangements, including a full-length solo at the end of the ook. A demonstration is included on the Master Class DVD, as ell as examles and lay-along recordings on the student CD. Accomaniment A iano accomaniment included on the age allos a family memer or friend to accomany the student, encouraging music outside the classroom. 5

6 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK EATRES Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Accidentals Enharmonics and chromatic examles are resented in a clear and understandale ay. Comrehensive Musicianshi SI for Band has uilt-in strategies that isolate ne skills, encourage student articiation, and lead to success. Many exercises ask the student to name and sing notes, as ell as count and cla them efore they lay. Conducting Students are introduced to conducting and are encouraged to conduct as a art of their ractice. Comosition Students are asked to rite their on variation of familiar tunes in comosition lessons. Concert Etiquette erformance Evaluations Lessons on concert etiquette and erformance evaluation are included to encourage music areciation. Music History Music history and comoser iograhies are included throughout the ook to enrich the learning exerience. 6

7 EATRES BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Book Additional Exercises ull ages in the ack of the student ook include scales, areggios, arm-u chorales, and etudes in, B, E, and A maor. Rhythm Studies Rhythms taught are summarized at the ack of the ook on the Rhythm Studies age. Self-Evaluation The Sound Check age includes evaluation and self-assessment oortunities for the student. Counting All rhythms include sudivided counting and a reinforcement exercise as they are introduced. Glossary A Glossary includes musical terms learned throughout the ook. ingering Chart or easy reference, a comrehensive ingering Chart is included in the ack of the ook. 7

8 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK EATRES Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. erformance Oortunities SI for Band offers many erformance oortunities, including solos, duets, trios, and full-and arrangements. Students can lay along ith a friend or the rofessional musician on the included accomaniment tracks. This serves as an outstanding introduction to ensemle laying. Instrument-Secific Considerations Secial considerations are resented in each student ook to coach students through more challenging techniques secific to their instrument. 0 Half stes ChromatiC refers to a series of notes that move in half stes. Whole stes C D CHROMATIC MARCH Try out your half-steing skills! ind the courtesy accidental. Alla marcia tells us to lay in the style o Alla marcia c f.. N D E G G A A B C D E G A B C Ne fingering B n n n. Introducing the fingering n. Musical Styles Students ant to lay music, not ust exercises. SI for Band introduces students to orld music and various musical styles to kee learning interesting and create a culturally relevant learning exerience. Imrovisation Students are encouraged to imrovise and learn asic azz/lues concets. Ne Concets Ne concets are clearly defined and reinforced immediately ith musical examles. erformance Music Series Our erformance music catalog includes the Sound Innovations Series. Each of the correlated erformance ieces includes an educational ack for the teacher that contains reroducile sulemental arts for the students and curricular material for the teacher. Availale for all instruments, each educational ack is ritten y the comoser of the iece and includes notes on the comosition, historical information, exercises to hel ith secific technical issues, edagogy, and erformance suggestions. 8

9 ERCSSION BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND ercussion Books SI for Band offers one of the most comrehensive and musically interesting ooks availale for eginning ercussionists in your and. Students learn from the co-author of Alfred s Drum Method, Dave Black. Three ooks are availale: Snare Drum/Bass Drum/Accessories Mallets Comined ercussion Book Scan to vie a cli of the ercussion Master Class DVD alfred.com/siercdvd Book Detailed laying Techniques No other method rovides more detailed information on ho to lay each instrument, including the accessory instruments (triangle, tamourine, oodlock, susended cymal, and crash cymals). Detailed techniques include sticking, damening, muffling, and rolls. No other method teaches finger damening for mallets. Ensemle Develoment Int. The ercussion ook teaches techniques for the accessory instruments, such as muffling the triangle. Sequence of Rudiments The nine rudiments are introduced in a logical sequence to hel students learn etter. (Doule Strokes, The Single aradiddle, The lam, The lam Ta, The lam aradiddle, The Multile-Bounce Roll, The ive- Stroke Roll, The Nine-Stroke Roll, and The Seventeen-Stroke Roll). Interesting ercussion arts The ercussion arts are ritten in a challenging and musically interesting format to kee the ercussion section engaged. The and-style ractice ieces relicate hat ercussionists ill eventually see in their music and enhance the tunes used in the method. Ensemle Develoment Adv. 9

10 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK EATRES Availale on ibooks for iad and Mac Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. 0 Sound Innovations student ooks are no availale on ibooks! or school districts on the cutting edge of technology or for students ho refer to use an iad for ractice or class rehearsal, audio and video are fully integrated for ease-of-use. In addition, Multi-touch ooks can e urchased on ibooks and read on iad and Mac, making them ideal for classroom use. This Multi-Touch Method eatures: ull-screen video demonstrations Authentic-sounding acking tracks and full erformances And much more! SmartMusic The entire method is availale in SmartMusic and the first 00 lines of the ook are availale for REE to each student. Instructions for accessing this content can e found in the student ook. The same SmartMusic availaility alies to the customizale Director s Choice Edition. inale 0: On the uture No More lexile and Easier to se rom the same great creators of SmartMusic, inale enhances your rogram y offering easy, flexile tools that hel roduce ersonalized curriculum quickly. Enoy:,500 customizale orksheets, flashcards, and ieces of reertoire Exanded linked arts Imroved accidentals and rests And don t forget: Only inale can create accomaniments that ork seamlessly ith SmartMusic! alfred.com/finale Ne to SmartMusic SmartMusic transforms the ay students ractice and learn. As they lay along ith music onscreen, it gives students immediate feedack on their erformance y shoing correct itches and rhythms in green and incorrect in red. They also are ale to hear their art in context ith a full ensemle. With SmartMusic, you also have the aility to create and send assignments to each of your students. You can easily follo, document, and grade their rogress, alloing for individualized instruction for each student. NOW AVAILABLE ON iad!

11 SKILL CHART BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND Sound Notation Sound Beginnings (Level ) Sound undamentals (Level ) Sound Musicianshi (Level ) Sound Develoment (Level ) Sound Techniques (Level 5) Sound erformance (Level 6) Rhythms c Q Rhythm TreeQ Ó. Ó. icku Notes Q Q Q Book Tie Syncoation Counting Sudivision Technique Î Warm- Key of Concert B Maor Interval Key of Concert E Maor Key of Concert Maor Accidentals Courtesy Accidentals Key of Concert A Maor Chromatics Scale Clarinet er Register Key Brass Li Slurs Areggio Chromatic Scale Book Ledger Line Maor Minor Tonality Etude Rallentando Sequence Temo Style Round Rehearsal Marks Ritardando Measure Largo Tacet Q Andante Allegro st nd Endings D.C. al ine D.S. al ine, > Waltz Imrovisation Trio > Q Divisi Style Markings Legato Imrovisation Solo nison Articulation Staccato Duet ƒ Breathing Harmony π Ensemle Develoment Int. ercussion Mallets hrase Tutti Chorale Diminuendo Slur Theme and Variation Doule StrokeQ lamq Tamourine RollQ Nine-Stroke RollQ Triangle RollQ Single aradiddleq lam TaQ lam AccentQ TriangleQ WoodlockQ ive-stroke RollQ Muffling TriangleQ Susended CymalQ Rolls laying to notes or more on one ar inger Damening Sus. Cymal RollQ lam aradiddleq Alternate ive-stroke RollQ Seventeen- Stroke RollQ Ensemle Develoment Adv. TamourineQ Crash CymalsQ Multile-Bounce RollQ Q = ercussion Only = Mallets Only

12 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK DIRECTOR S CHOICE Director s Choice Customizale Edition Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Logistics Ho to order: Simly go to alfred.com/si and follo the romts to customize your method. Most orders are received ithin 0 usiness days. If your class egins efore then, rint out the eginning of each of the student ooks and score to use in the meantime. ayment methods acceted: urchase Order (simly select your favorite retailer uon checkout) Credit Card arents ay (arents can log on to ay for their child s ook) Small orders: If you need to urchase additional coies for any reason throughout the semester, individual ooks of your customized method are availale ith no minimum order requirement at the regular rice, lus additional shiing and handling fees As a and teacher, there are many methods availale to you. What if you could easily kee hat you like aout your method and relace those things you don t No you can customize ith the Director s Choice Edition of Sound Innovations. Book Director s Choice Edition is only availale to order at alfred.com/si, here you can customize your on method ithin the frameork created y the authors. Make edagogical choices like choosing to start ith hole or quarter notes, selecting the starting itch, adusting your laylist, and adding enrichment ages. Director s Choice ricing Otions Tier $9.99 Student Books (include DVD M CD): ricing: Customize your method for only $ more than the Standard Edition, $9.99 for most student ooks. Add u to enrichment ages and/or add coyrighted tunes to your method s laylist for $.00 more er ook Add u to enrichment ages for $.00 more er ook That s less exensive than urchasing an additional sulemental ook for each of your students! SmartMusic: As ith the Standard Edition, the first 00 lines of your customized method is availale for free in SmartMusic, ith the rest availale for suscrition users. Tier $0.99 Tier $.99 Choose hether or not to include note names in the note heads for u to 6 ages ersonalize the introductory letter age ersonalize the ook cover ith your information Choose the starting concert itch Choose starting note value Manage your laylist ith non-coyrighted tunes Manage your laylist ith coyrighted tunes Add u to enrichment ages Add u to enrichment ages Comined ercussion $.99 $5.99 $8.99 iano Accomaniment $.99 $5.99 $8.99 Teacher s Score Book/M CD/DVD kit $89.99 $9.99 $99.99

13 DIRECTOR S CHOICE BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND Getting Started Ho to Customize Your Director s Choice Edition, Book STE ALRED.COM/SI Visit alfred.com/si, click on the Customize Method link to get started. STE COVER ersonalize the cover of your method. STE 5 ADD ENRICHMENT AGES Director s Choice allos you to add enrichment ages for revie and reinforcement ith no ne concets after any/all of the levels in the ook. Book STE SELECT YOR EDAGOGY Book Starting concert itch (B, D, or ) Starting note value (hole notes or quarter notes) Choose hether or not to include note names in the note heads for u to 6 ages STE MANAGE YOR TNES Your Director s Choice Edition features a customized laylist (a list of the tunes included in your ook), ased on your references. You may sustitute individual tunes or emhasize a articular style of music y selecting a genre. When you do this, you relace aroximately 0% 0% of the tunes in the ook ith this genre. You can choose from: African-American Alternative Styles American olk/atriotic Australian Canadian Christian Classical eish Latino Movies/TV/Broaday o/rock Texas World Music and more! Enrichment ages include: Technique and Rhythm History Theory/Comosition/ Imrovisation ull and arrangements Assessment Reertoire Scales ractice Record Duets Tunes STE 6 SAVE, REVIEW, AND ORDER You can customize and save as many methods as you like. revie and rint a full clarinet, mallet, or snare ook. Most orders are delivered ithin 0 usiness days. If you need the ooks sooner, you can rint the first level of each student ook and the first 50 ages of the score at no additional charge. Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv.

14 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK INTRODCTION BOOK Book A Revolutionary Method for Early-Intermediate Musicians Book Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book continues your students musical ourney y resenting indeendent concets as ell as ensemle laying. Isolating concets and teaching them individually hels facilitate understanding of the more advanced material. Continuing the unique Sound Innovations structure, the ook contains four levels, each of hich is divided into several sections that introduce concets searately and rovide lenty of ractice and erformance oortunities to reinforce each lesson. eatures Ensemle Develoment Int. E ach student ook includes an instrument-family-secific DVD and M CD A vailale in SmartMusic C omrehensive revie of Book C lean, clear age layout and clear identification of goals erformance oortunities to teach ensemle laying and reinforce ne concets Scan to vie a cli of the oodind Concert Band Master Class DVD alfred.com/sianddvd DVD Ensemle Develoment Adv. Guided y co-authors Roert Sheldon, eter Boonshaft, and Dave Black, the DVD included ith each student ook features individual instrument and ensemle-secific lessons demonstrated y an instrument-family-secific ensemle. These master classes are resented y rofessional musicians and serve as rivate lessons that teach students the fundamentals of ensemle laying. CD The M CD demonstrates every line of music in the ook, ith a different instrument erforming the melody for each line. The tuning notes and solo erformance iece are instrumentsecific. Students ill learn lending and alancing as they lay along ith other instruments in the and. A lay-along accomaniment track allos for additional ractice, along ith the SI layer ith Temo Change Technology. Scan to hear samle clis from the Concert Band M CDs alfred.com/siandcd CD Track Numers Track numers correlate to the exercise numers in each ook.

15 EATRES BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND LEVEL Sound Revie Divided into to sections, the first half is a comlete revie of the concets in Book, hile the second half rovides reinforcement y using chorales, scales, and arm-u exercises resented in each of the four keys learned in Book. The revie ends ith a full and erformance iece. Book Revie of Book concets notes Warm-u exercises Scales areggios Chorales Ensemle Develoment Int. Book I ust transitioned to Sound Innovations this year. The difference eteen my ne th grade students and the learning that last year s ne students did is night and day. This year s kids are advancing so much more quickly. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Amy Best Southeastern School District an Grove, A 5

16 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK EATRES LEVEL Sound undamentals Book The first half of this level introduces ne rhythms and meters ithout using any ne notes or key signatures, hile the second half introduces ne notes and key signatures ithout using ne rhythms or meters. By isolating the introduction of these to very different concets, students learn the necessary skills ith less distraction. To full-and erformance ieces rovide oortunity for ractice. C Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. 6 Drag Key of concert C Maor Key of concert D Maor Drag aradiddle Maracas Trile aradiddle Claves lamacue Single ratamacue

17 EATRES BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND LEVEL Book Sound Develoment Similar to Level, this level is divided into three sections ith lenty of exercise ages and a full-age solo erformance iece ith accomaniment. Level comines the keys, notes, rhythms, and meters learned in Level, and it introduces additional concets..c. al Coda D D.S. al Coda Grace notes ß Key change Andantino Molto rallentando Accelerando ^ (Marcato accent) Sleigh ells Drag aradiddle Lesson 5 (the use of this rudiment) Castanets Coell Rim shot Wind chimes our-stroke ruff Book f Adagio Ensemle Develoment Int. Transosing Legato-style laying Countermelody Ensemle Develoment Adv. Sight-reading Canon Allegretto Minor scale π ƒ A temo Chord 7

18 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK EATRES LEVEL Sound Musicianshi Book The last level functions as an aendix and includes ages you can use throughout the year to assist in resenting and reinforcing concets. Also included are exercises that can e used as arm-us and technique uilders to e used ith erformance music outside the ook. Comrehensive assessments Rhythm revie Scales and areggios Sound check rurics Etudes and technical exercises Glossary Warm-us and chorales ingering chart Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Self-Evaluation The Sound Check age includes evaluation and self-assessment oortunities for the student. 8

19 EATRES BOOK SI for CONCERT BAND ercussion Books Continuing from Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book, Book offers one of the most comrehensive and musically interesting ooks availale for ercussionists in your and. Three ooks are availale: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, and Accessories Mallets Comined ercussion Master Class DVD The Student Master Class DVD demonstrates examles for ne concets, rudiments, ho to hold accessory instruments, stickings, and mallet gri techniques. Scan to vie a cli of the ercussion Master Class DVD alfred.com/sierccd Book Book Detailed laying Techniques No other method rovides more detailed information on ho to lay each instrument, including the accessory instruments (maracas, claves, coell, sleigh ells, timani, ind chimes, and castanets). Ne Rudiments Ne rudiments and concets are clearly exlained and are folloed y ractical musical examles to reinforce learning. Rudiments taught in Book include the flamacue, trile aradiddle, five-stroke roll, ninestroke roll, drag, drag aradiddle, single ratamacue, drag aradiddle, lesson 5, and four-stroke ruff. Ensemle Develoment Int. Interesting ercussion arts The ercussion arts are ritten in a challenging and musically interesting format to kee the ercussion section engaged. The and-style ractice ieces relicate hat ercussionists ill eventually see in their music and enhance the tunes used in the method. Musicianshi Musicianshi is taught throughout, heling students ecome ell-rounded musicians through music theory, history, and exerience in erforming solos, duets, and fulland arrangements. 9 Ensemle Develoment Adv.

20 SI for CONCERT BAND BOOK SKILL CHART Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Rhythms Technique Sequence Temo Style ercussion, Mallets Timani Sound Revie (Level ) Revie Notes Rhythms Sound undamentals (Level ) C Sound Develoment (Level ) Ò Sound Musicianshi (Level ) Comrehensive Assessments ØÊ ÊÊ Grace Notes Rhythm Revie ÂÊ ØËÂ 6 8 ÍÂ Warm- Exercises Key of Concert C Maor Sight-Reading Scales Areggios Scales Areggios Key of Concert D Maor Minor Scale Etudes Technical Exercises Transosing Key Change Vivo Canon Allegretto Vivace A temo To-Measure Reeat Imrovisation Adagio Andantino Molto Ritardando oco Ritardando Marcato Accent (^) D.C. al Coda D.S. al Coda Molto Rallentando oco Rallentando Accelerando Warm-s Chorales Chorales Sing Dynamics (, ø) Chorales Cha-cha-cha Mamo Calyso lamacueq Chord Legato Style laying esante Countermelody orte-iano/iano-orte ( ƒ π, π ƒ ) Sforzando ( ) CoellQ Trile aradiddleq Sleigh BellsQ 6 ive-stroke Roll in 8Q Rim Shot (R.S.)Q 6 Nine-Stroke Roll in 8Q Timani/Timani RollsQQ DragQ Drag aradiddle Q Drag aradiddleq MaracasQ Single RatamacueQ Wind ChimesQ Damen/Muffle Lesson 5Q ClavesQ our-stroke RuffQ CastanetsQ Q = ercussion Only = Mallets Only QQ = Timani Only 0

21 INTRODCTION ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT INTERMEDIATE SI for CONCERT BAND Sound Innovations Ensemle Develoment is the most diverse, ractical, and comrehensive collection of the est and techniques used around the orld. Nothing, asolutely nothing as left out of this ook hen it comes to develoing an ensemle. Try to find a concet that is missing. Well, you can t they are all there! or me, Sound Innovations is the Siss army knife of ensemle develoment. I love it! Brian eter Westlake High School Westlake Village, CA Chorales y Roland BARRETT Chris BERNOTAS ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT Chorales and Warm-u Exercises for Tone, Technique, and Rhythm INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND Sound Innovations: Ensemle Develoment for Intermediate Concert Band is a valuale resource for heling your students gro in their understanding and ailities as ensemle musicians. It contains exercises, including nearly 70 chorales y some of today s most renoned concert and comosers. Exercises are groued y key and resented in a variety of intermediate difficulty levels. Where ossile, several exercises in the same category are rovided to allo variety, hile accomlishing the goals of that secific tye of exercise. Many exercises and chorales are clearly marked ith dynamics, articulations, style, and temo. Other exercises are intentionally left flexile for the teacher to determine ho est to use them in facilitating the goals and addressing the needs of their ensemle. Whether your students are rogressing through exercises to etter their technical facility, or challenging their musicianshi ith eautiful chorales, this ook can e used after any and method or as a sulement to erformance music. eatures Tone quality Breathing Long tones Ensemle and section alance Blend Intonation Scales (Maor, chromatic, natural, harmonic, and melodic minor) Technical facility lexiility Areggios Intervals Harmonic rogressions Andre BOYSEN Ralh ORD Rhythm Rhythmic sudivision Meter hrasing Articulation Dynamics Exression and style Etudes Integrated ercussion Reinforcement of rudiments Harmonized scale chorales Chorales Rossano GALANTE Ensemle Develoment Adv. Ensemle Develoment Int. Book Book Roert SHELDON Todd STALTER Randall STANDRIDGE Michael STORY

22 SI for CONCERT BAND ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT INTERMEDIATE EATRES Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. ASSING THE TONIC R S.D. R R R B.D. Sus. Cym. ith mallets L L L L R R L L R u Ó y Ó 5 L L L L 6 R R R R Balance and Intonation: Layered Tuning In these exercises, intervals and triads are uilt y gradually adding one memer of an interval or triad at a time, alloing students to focus on tuning vertical sonorities in a variety of contexts. With a similar focus, students ill also gradually sutract memers of vertical sonorities, one memer at a time. 7 L L R R 6 8 O. Bsn. L u B. Cl. Ó y Ó l. Cl. A. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. S.D. B.D. Sus. Cym. æ assing the Tonic These exercises hel students concentrate on imroving their individual characteristic tone and tuning skills as they ork to achieve ensemle alance, lend, and intonation. Each line is designed to hel students ecome accustomed to the tonality of the key, develo a cohesive ensemle sound, and ork toard stailizing the itch as they move the tonic note through various sections of the and. BALANCE AND INTONATION: LAYERED TNING æ æ u T 5 u T ercussion ercussion arts are rovided for attery instruments, accessory, mallets, and timani, offering the ercussion section an oortunity to erform as memers of the ensemle ith arts integrated into every exercise in the ook. æ 6 æ 7 æ,,,,, 8,,

23 EATRES ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT INTERMEDIATE SI for CONCERT BAND 5 BALANCE AND INTONATION: MOVING CHORD TONES Balance and Intonation: l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax Moving Chord Tones These exercises egin ith each art laying one of the three notes of a triad. Susequent measures have each art cycle through the other to notes of that triad, efore arriving ack to the original itch. Book Book T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. S.D. B.D. Gong T T T T T T T T Ó T Keys Included in the Book Keys are introduced in the folloing order: Concert B Maor, G minor, E Maor, C minor, Maor, D minor, A Maor, minor, D Maor, B minor, C Maor, A minor, G Maor, and E minor. There is secial emhasis on the keys most commonly used in intermediate and literature. Ensemle Develoment Int. Tim. SCALE ATTERN Scales and Areggios Students can ork toard mastering scales in a variety of keys in common rhythmic atterns. Exercises include: Maor scales Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales Chromatic scales Scale atterns Scale atterns are designed to develo dexterity and familiarity ith the scale of each key y using a numer of different atterns.. Changing scale rhythm Changing scale rhythms resent scales in a challenging and unredictale rhythmic context Areggios Various atterns to exlore melodic and harmonic asects in each key Ensemle Develoment Adv.

24 SI for CONCERT BAND ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT INTERMEDIATE EATRES Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. BALANCE AND INTONATION: ERECT INTERVALS æ S.D. æ B.D. Sus. Cym. ith mallets Soft mallets æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ 5 æ æ Rhythmic Sudivision These exercises are designed to hel students understand and internalize rhythmic sudivision. While one art of the ensemle erforms music containing common rhythmic atterns, the other art of the ensemle erforms the suorting sudivision. æ 6 æ æ æ 7 æ æ æ l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. 8 RHYTHMIC SBDIVISION æ... æ... æ... æ Balance and Intonation: erfect Intervals In these exercises, the ensemle egins y laying in unison, efore some of the layers move to create a erfect fifth, then return to the starting unison itch. olloing this attern, students can focus on tuning the erfect intervals of a unison, fourth, fifth, and octave S.D... B.D..... Sus. Cym. y. y y. y y. y y. y y y y y y y T y y y y y y y y y y y y y y T.... Intervals INTERVALS A variety of interval studies are resented to aid students in develoing their technique, intonation, and tone quality, as ell as their aility to internalize itch.

25 EATRES ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT INTERMEDIATE SI for CONCERT BAND Scale l. O. Bsn. Cl. SCALE CHORALE Sloly N Chris M. Bernotas 5 6 Scale Chorale These chorales are harmonized scales in secified keys. Each student s art has to lines: the to line (A), the scale, and the ottom line (B), their art in the chorale. Directors can choose a single student, a section, a family, or any other comination of instrumentalists to lay the scale, hile the rest of the ensemle lays the chorale setting. Book A. Cl. B. Cl. N Book A. Sax T. Sax N B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. æ (Sns. off) B.D. Tri. ± ± æ ± ± æ ± ± æ ± ± æ ± N N ± æ ± ± æ ± ± æ ± æ Ó Ensemle Develoment Int. Tim. æ Tune: B, E æ æ æ æ æ æ Articulation These exercises allo students to ractice erforming, controlling, changing, and contrasting a variety of articulations in many contexts. Dynamics Students ill further develo their ailities to erform and control dynamic levels hile racticing sudden changes, gradual changes, extreme contrasts, and nuances of volume. Etude These short studies reinforce various asects of individual and ensemle erformance hile roviding the challenge of comining those concets in a variety of ays ARTICLATION > > > > > DYNAMICS ETDE Tenderly. ƒ su., n.. ß ß. f., f v v., Ensemle Develoment Adv f decresc. 5

26 SI for CONCERT BAND ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT INTERMEDIATE EATRES Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv BALANCE AND INTONATION: SHITING CHORD QALITIES Balance and Intonation: l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. (oen) S.D. æ B.D. æ Sus. Cym. ith stick T (closed) æ æ T (oen) æ æ hrasing These exercises rovide students an oortunity to develo their sense of individual and ensemle hrasing, as ell as ractice here they should reathe and not reathe, in a variety of musical examles. 9 CHANGING METERS: AND T 6 8 æ æ (closed) T 5 N N N N N N (oen) æ æ T METER 6 N N N (closed) æ æ T (+) 5 HRASING 7 N N N N (oen) æ æ T 8 (closed) æ æ T 9 (oen) æ æ T 0 (closed) æ æ T Shifting Chord Qualities These exercises egin ith the ensemle laying a maor triad, and then move to a minor triad and a diminished triad. Cycling through these chord qualities ill hel foster horizontal and vertical tuning, as ell as alance, lend, and itch internalization ( = ) , Meter Students can exlore these ne meters in straightforard exercises, hich are designed to introduce them ith limited rhythmic challenges.. Advanced Rhythm and Meter This section rovides student exercises using more challenging rhythms and meters, exloring advanced rhythmic atterns in meter, exloring advanced eighth-note trilet atterns, and quarternote trilets. Also included are asic resentations of,,,, and meter, and examles of changing meter from to and to.

27 INTRODCTION ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT ADVANCED SI for CONCERT BAND AVAILABLE SRING 0 Sound Innovations comines technical develoment and musical groth for ALL sections; I love that my rass, oodind, and ercussion sections can develo aroriate skills for their resective disciline, hile also addressing ensemle develoment. It is exertly laid out and constructed to address essential skills for develoing through advanced layers and ensemles. I highly recommend its use for ands of all aility levels! Richard Hartsuiker Roxury High School Succasunna, N Chorales y Roland BARRETT Chris BERNOTAS Andre BOYSEN ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT Chorales and Warm-u Exercises for Tone, Technique, and Rhythm ADVANCED CONCERT BAND Sound Innovations: Ensemle Develoment for Advanced Concert Band uilds uon the concets in Ensemle Develoment for Intermediate Concert Band ith all ne exercises and chorales, more technically and musically challenging material, and additional chorale comosers. Many of today s most renoned comosers for concert and have contriuted to this collection of over 70 chorales. With 99 exercises, this ook is a valuale resource in heling students gro in their understanding and ailities as ensemle musicians. Exercises are groued y key and resented in a variety of intermediate to advanced difficulty levels. Where ossile, several exercises in the same category are rovided to allo variety hile accomlishing the same goals. Its flexiility makes it erfect for large ensemle rehearsals, lessons, and studio use. Overvie and Concets Tone quality Breathing Long tones Ensemle and section alance Blend Intonation All maor/minor scales Scale atterns Chromatic scales Chromatic scale atterns lexiility Chromatic flexiility Areggios Ralh ORD Rossano GALANTE Intervals Harmonic rogressions Rhythm Rhythmic sudivision Meter changes hrasing Articulation Dynamics Exression and style Harmonized scales Chorales ully integrated ercussion David GILLINGHAM Ensemle Develoment Adv. Ensemle Develoment Int. Book Book Stehen MELILLO Roert SHELDON Todd STALTER ack STAM Randall STANDRIDGE Michael STORY 7

28 SI for CONCERT BAND ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT ADVANCED EATRES Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. ASSING THE TONIC a a a ASSING THE TONIC S.D. B.D. Claves Tune: E, E a a a 8 Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó u u CONCERT E MAOR SCALE AND CHORALE u Scale Ó Ó Tt. Ó Hn. æ u Chorales A variety of chorales ritten y some of the finest comosers of music for concert and rovides oortunities for students to develo the essential skills of tone roduction, lend, alance, intonation, hrasing, dynamics, articulation, style, and musical exression. Long Tones Through the use of long tones, intersersed ith humming and/or singing, students can focus on imroving air caacity, reath suort, resistance, and tone quality, as ell as the essential aility to internalize itch. Scale attern These exercises are designed to develo dexterity, facility, confidence, and familiarity ith the scale of each key y using a numer of different atterns, each containing a variety of rhythms, meters, and articulations. l. O. Bsn. LONG TONES Ó Ó 9 æ CONCERT E MAOR SCALE AND CHORALE l. O. Bsn. Cl. CHORALE A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Mlts. erc. Tim. Sloly, ith much exression Chimes 6 Sus. Cym. 6 Tri Chris M. Bernotas (ASCA) Tune:, B LONG TONES a lay lay lay SCALE ATTERN assing the Tonic These exercises hel students concentrate on imroving their individual characteristic tone and tuning skills as they ork to achieve ensemle alance, lend, and intonation. Each line is designed to hel students ecome accustomed to the tonality of the key, develo a cohesive ensemle sound, and ork toard stailizing the itch as they move the tonic note through various sections of the and. Scale Chorales These chorales are harmonized scales of secified keys. Each student s art has to lines: the to line (A), the scale, and the ottom line (B), their art in the chorale. Directors can choose a single student, a section, a family, or any other comination of instrumentalists to lay the scale, hile the rest of the ensemle lays the chorale setting. CHORALE.. 6 Hn.. 6 hum. Ó Tr. 6.. hum Ó 6. Bar. BC hum Ó 6 Tua æ. π lay..... lay.. lay.. > æ. π David R. Gillingham rit.. u n. n u n n. u.. n ± ± ± 7 8 8

29 EATRES ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT ADVANCED SI for CONCERT BAND BALANCE AND INTONATION: DIATONIC HARMONY l. O. Bsn. Cl. BALANCE AND INTONATION: DIATONIC HARMONY n n a n BALANCE AND INTONATION: LAYERED TNING A. Cl. BALANCE AND INTONATION: LAYERED TNING. B. Cl l. A. Sax O..... T. Sax Bsn B. Sax.... Cl.. Tt a... n. A. Cl Hn. n B. Cl. n Tr.. A. Sax.. n..... a.. T. Sax Bar. BC B. Sax Tua.... Mlts. n Tt S.D.... æ æ æ æ Ó. B.D. erc.. Hn... Woodlock Ó..... Tune: G, B, C, Tim. æ æ æ æ æ Tr Balance and Intonation: Layered Tuning In these exercises, intervals and triads are uilt y gradually adding one memer of an interval or triad at a time, alloing students to focus on tuning vertical sonorities in a variety of contexts. With a similar focus, students ill also gradually sutract memers of vertical sonorities, one memer at a time. CHROMATIC SCALE ATTERN 8 9 n. n. N n. n. N. n CONCERT B CHROMATIC SCALE n. n. n. N a Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim... S.D.. B.D.. Caasa n. n n. n n n. Tune: G, D N n. n. Balance and Intonation: Diatonic Harmony By having students move eteen erfect intervals and diatonic triads, these exercises ill foster the skills of vertical and horizontal tuning, alance, lend, and internalizing itch, as ell as a etter understanding of common cadences and harmonic rogressions Chromatic Scale attern These exercises are designed to develo dexterity, facility, confidence, and familiarity ith the chromatic scale y using a numer of different atterns, each containing a variety of rhythms, meters, and articulations. Chromatic Scale A chromatic scale, starting on the tonic of the secified key, ill hel students develo technical roficiency and facility.. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Ensemle Develoment Int. Book Book 9

30 SI for CONCERT BAND ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT ADVANCED EATRES Book Book Ensemle Develoment Int. Ensemle Develoment Adv. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. BALANCE AND INTONATION: ERECT INTERVALS Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. a.. B.D... Balance and Intonation: Moving Chord Tones These exercises egin ith each art laying one of the three notes of a triad. Susequent measures have each art cycle through the other to notes of that triad, efore arriving ack to the original itch. BALANCE AND INTONATION: AMILY BALANCE Woodlock Tune:, C, S.D. BALANCE AND INTONATION: AMILY BALANCE ««««.. 5 «««« ««««7 8 A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax 9 «««« BALANCE AND INTONATION: MOVING CHORD TONES Balance and Intonation: Shifting Chord Qualities These exercises egin ith the ensemle laying a maor triad, then moving to a minor triad and a diminished triad. Cycling through these chord qualities ill hel foster horizontal and vertical tuning, as ell as alance, lend, and itch internalization. a l. O. Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua Mlts. erc. Tim. S.D. æ B.D. Sus. Cym. ith mallets æ BALANCE AND INTONATION: SHITING CHORD QALITIES Tune: E æ æ æ Balance and Intonation: erfect Intervals In these exercises, the ensemle egins y laying in unison efore some of the layers move to create a erfect fifth, and then return to the starting unison itch. olloing this attern, students can focus on tuning the erfect intervals of a unison, fourth, fifth, and octave. Balance and Intonation: amily Balance amily Balance exercises are designed to focus on various asects of ensemle, family, and section alance, as ell as intonation, itch tendencies, listening, and lending. BALANCE AND INTONATION: SHITING CHORD QALITIES æ N N æ æ 5 æ 6 æ æ 7 N N N æ 8 N n N N N N N N æ æ 9 N N N N æ u 0 0

31 EATRES ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT ADVANCED SI for CONCERT BAND EXANDING INTERVALS: DOWNWARD IN ARALLEL OCTAVES n. l. RHYTHMIC SBDIVISION (».Ë SYNCOATION) RHYTHMIC SBDIVISION (».Ë SYNCOATION). a Exanding Intervals These exercises are resented ith the exanding intervals moving donard and uard, as ell as in arallel octaves, fifths, and thirds, to develo the skills of tuning horizontally and vertically hile attending to alance, lend, and intonation. Book O Bsn. Cl. A. Cl. B. Cl. A. Sax T. Sax Rhythmic Sudivision These exercises are designed to hel students understand and internalize rhythmic sudivision. While one art of the ensemle erforms music containing common rhythmic atterns, the other art of the ensemle erforms the suorting sudivision. Book B. Sax Tt. Hn. Tr. Bar. BC Tua a a. a Changing Meter Students can ractice changing from meter to meter ith hints to hel them count correctly CHANGING. METER:.. to (++). (++) RHYTHM: SIMLE METER ( ÂÊ ) 7 8 Rhythm These exercises focus on various asects of rhythm and meter, roviding material that ill allo students to revie and challenge their skills. They also rovide excellent ractice in sight-reading Ó Ensemle Develoment Int. Chromatic lexiility lexiility exercises are intended to hel students reinforce good emouchure haits and muscle develoment, as ell as reath suort, intensity of airstream, and intonation. AREGGIOS CHROMATIC LEXIBILITY N N. INTERVALS Areggios Various atterns of areggios are included to hel students develo technical roficiency, as ell as exlore melodic and harmonic asects in each key. Intervals A variety of interval studies are resented to aid students in develoing their technique, intonation, and tone quality, as ell as their aility to internalize itch. Ensemle Develoment Adv.

32 SOND INNOVATIONS for CONCERT BAND WHICH LEVEL IS RIGHT OR YO BOOK The flagshi of Sound Innovations, Book comes in several different editions. Each student ook includes an instrument-secific DVD and M CD. Organized into six short levels, Book has clean age layouts, clear goals for each exercise, and free access to the first 00 lines in SmartMusic. Standard Edition: Availale at your local retailer, this edition features the core edagogy as created y our authors and feedack from thousands of teachers. Director s Choice Edition: Only availale at alfred.com/si, this edition allos you to make core edagogical choices, such as rhythms, starting itches, tunes, and more. ibook Edition: Student ooks are availale on ibooks for iad and Mac. Video and audio are emedded for efficient and convenient ractice. ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT OR INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND The erfect resource for heling your students gro in their understanding and ailities as ensemle musicians. Whether your students are rogressing through exercises to etter their technical facility, or challenging their musicianshi ith eautiful chorales, this ook can e used after any and method or as a sulement to erformance music. BOOK Continue your students musical ourney ith Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book, here ne concets are isolated and taught individually for etter retention. Ensemle laying is further reinforced, and lenty of ractice erformance oortunities are rovided throughout the ook. Student ooks include an instrument-family-secific DVD and M CD. ENSEMBLE DEVELOMENT OR ADVANCED CONCERT BAND Building uon the concets in Ensemle Develoment for Intermediate Concert Band, this level features all ne exercises and chorales, more technically and musically challenging material, and additional chorale comosers. Availale Sring 0. ALSO AVAILABLE OR STRING ORCHESTRA AND GITAR alfred.com/si INTERESTED IN AN In-Service ith a Sound Innovations Author Check out Alfred Music s free rofessional Develoment In-Service rogram. Band Orchestra Guitar eter Boonshaft Bo hillis Roert Sheldon Aaron Stang Learn ho to incororate Sound Innovations into your classroom and hear educational insight and teaching tis from these internationally renoned educators. Visit alfred.com/rofessionaldeveloment for details. Bill urse o 0 / 05798