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Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band

Sound Innovations Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band

By Peter Boonshaft and Chris Bernotas

Challenge your students’ musicality with nearly 70 chorales by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galante, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, and Michael Story.

Help your students learn to listen critically with the assortment of 412 exercises grouped by key, and presented in a variety of intermediate difficulty levels. Where possible, several exercises in the same category are provided to allow variety, while still accomplishing the goals of that specific type of exercise.

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Exercises Include

  • Long tones
  • Passing the tonic
  • Pitch matching
  • Scale builders
  • Interval builders
  • Expanding intervals
  • Chord builders
  • Moving chord tones
  • Diatonic harmony
  • Rhythmic subdivision
  • 5-Note scales
  • Scale canons (5-, 6-, or 8-note scales)
  • Scale chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-note scales)
  • Chorales

Sample Pages

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MakeMusic Cloud (SmartMusic)

Provide opportunities for deliberate practice—the Ensemble Development series is available in MakeMusic Cloud so your students can receive immediate feedback when they play!

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