Accent on Achievement, Book 2 — Tuba

The Second Year

Book 2 is where a band student stops being a beginner. The notes are no longer the hard part — playing them in tune, in time, and in balance with the section is. This is the Tuba edition, written for that instrument, so what your student practices at home is what they will play in the band room.

The Review Cycle Keeps Everyone Together

The feature that makes Accent on Achievement work in a real classroom is its review cycle: material keeps coming back around, so a student who missed a week is not permanently behind the section. Book 2 carries that forward with rhythm and rest exercises, chorales, and scale studies, and across Books 1 and 2 there are eleven full band arrangements to play together.

Practice Support at Home

Every copy includes access to online audio and software, so practice at home has something to play along with. In the second year that matters more than most parents expect — it is the difference between a student practicing a passage wrong for a week and hearing how it is supposed to go.

Why Band Directors Use It

Full-color pages and a genuinely wide range of music — classics and world music, not just exercises — are what keep players engaged in year two. Accent on Achievement meets and exceeds the USA National Standards for music education, grades five through eight. Written by John O'Reilly and Mark Williams and published by Alfred.

• Instrument-specific edition written for Tuba.
• Review cycle so a missed week does not leave a student behind.
• Rhythm and rest exercises plus chorales and scale studies.
• Eleven full band arrangements across Books 1 and 2.
• Full-color pages with classics and world music.
• Meets USA National Standards for music education grades five through eight.

Specs

In stock at Marich Music in Corning — the same book the local band rooms are using. If your director assigned a different instrument edition, we can order it.