Measures of Success Baritone B.C. Book 2: Baritone BC Method Book

Measures of Success Book 2 treats baritone players as serious musicians rather than secondary voices. The book integrates conceptual understanding with technical development, so students grasp why they're learning something before they play it, which builds genuine confidence and engagement.

Purposeful and engaging. The material demands real musicianship while remaining accessible, and the conceptual framework gives students a reason to care about what they're doing beyond "because the method says so."

Baritone players in grades 2-3 of concert band study who are ready to move beyond fundamental technique. This book works best for students who have solid embouchure control and can read the treble clef comfortably.

• Prioritize tone production exercises early in each lesson. A focused sound at this level makes everything that follows technically cleaner and more musical.
• Encourage students to sing passages before playing them. This reinforces the melodic intent and helps prevent the mechanical, detached playing that plagues many baritone parts.
• Connect method book exercises to the full concert band repertoire you're rehearsing. Show students where that long tone or interval study appears in an actual piece.
• Rotate who plays the melody. Baritones often accompany, but this method explicitly builds their ability to carry lines, so feature them regularly.

Use this as your primary baritone method during the second year of instruction, moving through it at whatever pace your section needs without rushing. Its emphasis on musical understanding makes it especially valuable when you want your baritones to transition from parts that are merely supportive to voice parts they can actually own.

• Consistent tone production across the full range of the baritone
• Reading and executing rhythmic patterns in compound and simple meters
• Interval identification and intonation adjustment
• Harmonic awareness and part singing
• Connecting method book material to repertoire performance