• SNARE AND MALLET BOOKS COMBINED!

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  Warm-ups, technique exercises, music reading lines and ensembles work together to give you more flexibility in the classroom! Devote days to each separately, or split part assignments based on your students’ level of achievement.

   

  This revolutionary new method has everything you need to teach the percussionist – from the very beginning and beyond!
  

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Including a step-by-step introduction of
the essential percussion instruments

Instruments are introduced gradually, creating an exciting way to motivate students.

Fun to play ENSEMBLES in each lesson help develop the well-rounded percussionist!

CHECK OUT THE PART PERFORMANCE PLAYLIST AND DOWNLOAD THE FREE CONDUCTOR’S SCORES:

The same great curriculum you love from A Fresh Approach to Snare and Mallets

• Daily Warm-up & Technique Exercises
• All the Essential Rudiments
• Rhythm Reading Appendix
• Well Paced Keyboard Reading Lines
• Speed Note Reading Exercises

WITH EVEN MORE MATERIAL FOR YOUR STUDENTS!

• EXTENDED RUDIMENTAL ETUDES

  

• FULL INSTRUCTION ON ACCESSORY INSTRUMENTS
  

  

• 14 PAGES OF SIGHTREADING IN TREBLE AND BASS CLEF
  

  

  FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

• Is this the same as the other Fresh Approach Snare and Mallet books, just combined?

  This book is constructed from the ground up – but it applies the same curriculum, pacing & musical concepts as the other books. Because the snare and mallet daily warm-ups, rudiments, musical studies and etudes are designed to work together, the individual exercises and lines differ from the original Fresh Approach books.

  The introduction of all the percussion instruments also adds the opportunity to include short ENSEMBLES within each lesson that apply the new musical concepts in a fun, engaging way. New “extended content”, including rudimental etudes, mallet sightreading and in-depth instructional content for all the accessory instruments are offered in the Appendix of each book.

• Why are there two separate books?
  

  The curriculum follows the Fresh Approach to the Snare & Mallet books, but adds a considerable amount of content with the inclusion of other percussion instruments. The books were split into two parts to keep the cost lower at the beginning of the year – and to not have one 212 page book that students have to carry around (or potentially loose).

  Book 1 covers what most programs can achieve in the first semester (roughly the same content as Lessons 1-10 of the original Fresh Approach to Snare / Mallet books).

  Book 2 covers Lessons 11-20, with challenging ensembles, rudimental etudes and mallet sightreading that will keep a student busy well into their 2nd or 3rd year of study!