Tuba Habits of a Successful Musician

Habits of a Successful Musician... 

- Provides material for use during fundamentals time that would promote a comprehensive approach to developing skills necessary to fill the musical toolbox. 
- Promotes the idea that fundamentals time should transfer directly into the performance of great literature. 
- Includes a sequential format that leads to the mastery of reading rhythms and, ultimately, to musical sight-reading. 
- Provides chorales for the development of tone quality, ensemble sonority, and musicianship. 
- Presents rhythm charts in a new format to allow transfer from timing and rhythm to pitches in a musical context. 
- Provides audition etude sight-reading in a full-band format that is well thought-out in scope and sequence. 
- Presents exercises in various keys, tonalities, and modes to aid in the development of the complete musician. 
- Creates a mindset intent on establishing a culture of excellence for both the full band program and individual players.