Breeze-Easy Method for Trombone or Baritone, Book II: Trombone and Baritone Book

The Breeze-Easy Series succeeds because it trusts students to make real music from the start rather than treating methods as a slog through disconnected exercises. Book II deepens foundational skills without losing the approachability that makes brass players actually want to open the book, and the writing shows decades of classroom experience with what actually works in limited rehearsal time.

Straightforward and encouraging. The material unfolds naturally, building confidence through familiar melodic shapes and gradually introducing new rhythmic and intervallic challenges. You move forward without feeling lost.

Students who completed Book I and are ready to expand their range, rhythmic vocabulary, and musicianship without jumping into advanced methods. This works equally well for trombonists and baritone players in school band settings or private study.

• Attend to slide position fundamentals early and consistently; the exercises in this book assume clean articulation, so sloppy mechanics will undermine the straightforward melodic work.
• Use the duet pages as genuine ensemble experiences rather than remedial work. They teach balance, intonation matching, and listening in ways solo lines cannot.
• Set a steady practice pace rather than racing through pages. The method is designed for gradual skill building, and rushing defeats its purpose.

Deploy this during the fall and winter months when new students need structured skill development alongside repertoire. The 32-page format fits comfortably into a year's worth of sectional or private lesson work without overwhelming students managing multiple classes.

• Slide position accuracy across the full range
• Tonguing clarity and control
• Reading rhythmic patterns beyond quarter and eighth notes
• Interval reading and intonation matching
• Ensemble balance and listening
• Sustained tone production