Woodwind Methods Practice Book

$19.99

Designed to provide practice materials for students in woodwind methods classes, this book is ideal for any musician with foundational knowledge in music who is learning a woodwind instrument.  The Woodwind Methods Practice Book is a thoughtfully sequenced collection of exercises to guide musicians through seven units on each woodwind instrument.  Use them one-per-week or adjust the time per unit to meet your needs as you boost your confidence and competence on woodwind instruments.

Description

The Woodwind Methods Practice Book began as a direct response to a familiar problem in woodwind methods classes: students were willing to practice—but didn’t know what to do when they walked into the practice room with a new instrument. Beginning band method books moved far too slowly for musically literate college music education majors, often making assignments to practice large numbers of pages of beginning band method books look overwhelming when they actually introduced few new notes or concepts for established musicians.  At the heart of this book is a simple but critical question: What do I do when I go into the practice room with this new instrument? Existing woodwind methods texts offered helpful pieces of the puzzle—scales here, isolated exercises there—but I never found one that provided a clear, sequenced, and manageable practice routine students could follow as they practiced outside of class. This book was designed to solve that problem by offering an organized, logical progression of material that guides students through focused, efficient practice as they learn secondary instruments.  The Woodwind Methods Practice Book is a valuable resource for:

• Music education majors in woodwind methods courses

• Music educators seeking a structured approach to practicing woodwinds as secondary instruments

• Students transitioning to a woodwind instrument after developing proficiency on another instrument.

Practical, purposeful, and classroom-tested, it supports confident practice and meaningful progress across the woodwind family, with exercises by a music educator with over seventeen years of experience teaching woodwinds as secondary instruments.

 

About the Author

Dr. Kathleen Melago serves as Professor of Music Education at Slippery Rock University and has been the coordinator of the music education program since she joined the faculty at SRU in August 2009.  In addition to teaching numerous courses in music education, she supervises music student teachers and field students and teaches Exploring Music, a large lecture class in the university’s general education program. Kathy holds degrees from Slippery Rock University, University of Northern Iowa, Loras College, Eastern Illinois University, and The Ohio State University.  Kathy has taught music in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Ohio, both in schools and as a private teacher. Learn More–>  

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