Beginning Band Method Book | Method Series Level 2 Conductor Score

Teach beginning band on a tiny budget with The Quarter Note Companion Level 2! This book is the second level of our band method series for 17 instruments + a full-length conductor score. Buy once, print a bunch, and teach notes and rhythms with ease - no fancy $10 book per student required. 

Our simple and logical approach focuses on teaching rhythm effectively by focusing on ensemble pulse and unison rhythmic playing. 

What You Get: 

• 40 short, kid-friendly, and simple songs spread out over 12 pages that pedagogically build upon learned skills
• Skills are explicitly taught and have plenty of opportunity for review before learning new skills
• Moves at a slow enough pace to keep all learners engaged, but also provides plenty of challenges for high-achieving students

• 12 “song sheets” - short, fun, engaging, and varied tunes 

• 3 full-length concert pieces

Band teachers love The Quarter Note Companion because: 

• It's Student-Focused
  • 12 pages of 40 short and simple songs that kids love 
  • Explicitly taught skills with repeated practice = student success 
  • Skills build upon each other 
  • Slow and steady pace to keep all learners engaged

• Thoroughly reviews material from The Quarter Note Companion Level One before introducing new material
• Introduces going over the break in an effective and approachable manner
• Effectively develops the brass low range before learning higher notes
• Teaches advanced percussion techniques such as rolls and paradiddles

• Introduces new notes slowly with lots of repetition to practice music reading. By the end of the book, students will be able to play 20 notes
• By the end of the book, students will also be able to play whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth rhythms.

• Extra pages for: 
  • Instrument parts
  • Posture
  • Fingering charts
  • Progress chart
  • QR codes & links to practice tracks

• It's Affordable
  • Buy once and make copies for your entire class 
  • No more wasting time with forgotten books! 

This bundle is your one-stop shop for beginning band - we’ve included books for: 

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet in Bb

Bass Clarinet in Bb

Alto Saxophone

Tenor Saxophone

Baritone Saxophone

Bassoon

Trumpet in Bb

Horn

Trombone

Baritone

Baritone T.C.

Tuba

Timpani

Mallet Percussion

Non-Pitched Percussion

Conductor Score

Check Out The Rest Of The Quarter Note Companion Band Method Series:

Quarter Note Companion Theory Book - Level One - Supplemental Theory Activities

Quarter Note Companion Rhythm Book - Level One - Rhythmic Drills for Band

Quarter Note Companion Theory Book - Level Two - Supplemental Theory Activities

Quarter Note Companion Rhythm Book - Level Two - Rhythmic Drills for Band

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