Band

WHAT’S INCLUDED FOR BAND STUDENTS

  • A Graduated System of Exercises with 7 Increasingly Demanding Levels of Proficiency
  • TEX For Band is a Unison Method – Including Percussion
  • Contains Fingering Charts for each Key Signature in Level 2
  • Lip Slurs for Brass
  • Percussion Exercises coordinate with the Woodwind and Brass
  • Scale Exercises in 3rds, 4ths, 5ths & 6ths (7ths and Octaves in Daily Drills)
  • All 26 Rudiments in Levels 2, 3 & 4 (Remaining 14 in Level 5)
  • Interval Studies for all instruments
  • Blues Scale in Bb & F introduced in Level 3
  • Rhythm Counting Exercises for all instruments – Clapped & Played
  • Most Common Time Signatures covered
  • Double & Triple Tonguing Exercises
  • “YOU FIGURE IT OUT” Exercises have students think at higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Contains a Glossary of Common Musical Terms
  • Minor Scales introduced in Level 4
  • Exercises & Fingering Charts are ideal Homeschooling Resources
  • Daily Drills covers Major, Minor, Dominant 7th, Minor-Minor 7th & Diminished Chords
  • MODAL TEX (inside Daily Drills) covers All Modal Scales and Chords (good for Jazz)

Bb TEX - SAMPLE Level 1

Bb TEX - SAMPLE Level 2

Bb TEX - SAMPLE Level 3

Bb TEX - SAMPLE Level 4

Bb TEX - SAMPLE Level 5

Daily Drills – SAMPLE

MODAL TEX – SAMPLE