Standard of Excellence Enhanced, Book 2 — Oboe

The Second Year

Book 2 is where a band student stops sounding like a beginner. The fingerings are largely known by now; what Book 2 builds is the harder part — playing in tune, holding a part inside a section, and reading rhythms that do not sit comfortably under the hand. This is the Oboe book, written for that instrument.

The Enhanced Edition

This is the Enhanced edition of Bruce Pearson's Standard of Excellence: full color throughout, expanded page count, and personalized access to the Interactive Practice Studio. If the supply list just says "Standard of Excellence Book 2," this is the one the local band rooms use. It picks up directly where Book 1 leaves off, and the review cycle running through both books means a student who missed a stretch is not written off.

Written For This Instrument

The FOR OBOES ONLY pages address what is actually hard on Oboe rather than handing every player the same line in a different key. EXCELLERATORS give a quick student somewhere to go, while Achievement Lines and GO FOR EXCELLENCE! test lines give the director something objective to grade.

Music Worth Playing

The book carries music from more than twenty countries with correlated enrichments, so the second year is not just scales and long tones. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

• Instrument-specific edition written for Oboe.
• Enhanced edition — full color with Interactive Practice Studio access.
• FOR OBOES ONLY exercises for this instrument's real problems.
• EXCELLERATORS for students ready to move ahead.
• Achievement Lines and GO FOR EXCELLENCE! test lines for objective grading.
• Carries on from Book 1 with the same review cycle.

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.