A TECHNIQUE BUILDING program for any band - Also for INDIVIDUAL STUDY or small groups - BOOK 3 of the Essential Elements 2000 beginning band system - FEATURES: KEY CENTERED SYSTEM - 9 Major and Related Minor Keys - Scales, Etudes, Short Chorales, and Music Technique Exercises - INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT STUDIES - For EVERY instrument, demonstrated by a professional soloist - CD in each student book - Includes accompaniments on real instruments, not synthesized - SPECIAL STUDIES SECTION - Reading Skill Builders, Rhythm Pages, Jazz Style and Improvisation, Full Chorales, Rubank Scales and Arpeggios - all included on CD - INTEGRATED HISTORY, THEORY AND CREATIVITY - Exceeds the National Standards for Arts Education - MORE GREAT MUSIC - A wide variety: Classical, World, Folk and more.