Habits of a Successful
Band Musician
Accompaniments, Video Exercises, Clinic Videos, Resources and More!
Welcome to HabitsUniversal.com!
Our resources for beginner and intermediate level musicians are field-tested, vital, and—most importantly—musical collections of sequenced exercises for the young band student complete with…
• Supplemental rhythm vocabulary sheets
• Accompaniment tracks
• Video start-up clinics
• Professional video coaches
FOR EACH EXERCISE IN THE BOOK!
Both Books Contain Constantly-Updating
FREE RESOURCES
always available to teachers
Background Audio Accompaniments
Create a full-band experience for students even when practicing alone with background audio accompaniments for each song in the book!
Video Start-up Clinics
Set your students up for success from the start with a video set for each instrument covering maintenance, posutre, creating the first note and more!
Additional Teacher Tips
Tips, techniques, and extra information on the best practices to utilize Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician in your classroom.
Full Video Exercises
Learn by watching and listening to your individual instrument instructor play every exercise in the book.
First Concert Series
Multiple FREE full scores and parts for every instrument of full songs to plan your students first concert.
Supplemental Solfege Exercises
Free worksheet of solfege patterns and sequenences to help develop your students musical abilities.
Supplemental Rhythm Charts
21 free worksheets of rhythm charts for students starting from the basics and progressing in complexity.
Percussion Grooves
Audio clips of percussion loops sortable by BPM to give students a sample background track to improvise over.
And Much, Much More!
Our free resources are constantly updating as we continue to support and provide resources for teachers and sutudents!
Go Digital!
Both Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician and Habits of a Successful Intermediate Band Musician are proud to partner with MakeMusic Cloud to provide easy and effective teaching solutions for the modern teacher.
This platform offers reliable teaching tools like integrated gradebooks, compatibility with other familar resouces such as Schoology, Edomodo, BrightSpace, Canvas, Google Classroom, PowerSchool, and more.
The full curriculum, all exercises, audio accompaniments, and video resources are all fully accessible from either platform with built-in practice tools, real-time assessment and grading, fingering charts, and other interactive features.
Compatible With:
Digital Textbooks
Student Books
Every student method book in the Habits series is now available as a web-accessible digital book for $8.95 per student.
This means students can access their method book from any web-enabled device, anywhere, at any time. The digital books are designed to be user-friendly, providing students with a seamless learning experience.
The student’s device must be connected to the internet to view the digital book. They simply go to giamusic.com/habitsdigital-student, click Access Digital Book, select their instrument, and enter their email address and access code. Students must enter their email address and access code each time they view their digital book.
Conductor’s Editions
Every student method book in the Habits series is now available as a web-accessible digital book for $8.95 per student.
This means students can access their method book from any web-enabled device, anywhere, at any time. The digital books are designed to be user-friendly, providing students with a seamless learning experience.
The student’s device must be connected to the internet to view the digital book. They simply go to giamusic.com/habitsdigital-student, click Access Digital Book, select their instrument, and enter their email address and access code. Students must enter their email address and access code each time they view their digital book.
Great Band Programs are Built with
Succesful Habits!
Suggested Grade Level
Elementary and Beginning Level Players
Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician is a field-tested, vital, and—most important—musical collection of 225 sequenced exercises for the beginning band student.
Suggested Grade Level
Elementary Players that have finished the Beginner Book
Habits of a Successful Intermediate Band Musician is a field-tested, vital, and—most important—musical collection of 172 sequenced exercises for the intermediate band student.
Suggested Grade Level
Middle School and Mid-Level Students
Habits of a Successful Middle-Level Band Musician is a field-tested, vital, and—most importantly—musical collection of more than 300 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals.
Suggested Grade Level
High School to Advanced Level Students
Habits of a Successful Musician is a vital, field-tested series for building fundamentals and—most importantly—a musical collection of more than 200 sequential sight-reading exercises
A successful music program is built on HABITS
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