Student Instrumental Course: Baritone (B.C.) Student, Level III: Baritone Book

This book maintains the pedagogical clarity that has made the Student Instrumental Course a classroom standard for decades. The Level III material strikes a real balance between advancing technical demands and keeping students engaged with music that sounds intentional, not like exercises.

The material here strikes a balance between technical work and genuine musicianship. Students encounter melodies worth caring about alongside exercises that build confidence in their growing range and control.

This book serves students in their second or third year of baritone study who have solid fundamentals in place and are ready for more substantial musical repertoire and technical challenges. It works equally well in individual lessons and group band classes where students play like instruments together.

• Practice the articulation studies separately from the longer pieces; use them to refine your tongue placement and air speed before applying those skills to full musical passages.
• When working through the etudes, record yourself and listen for evenness in your intonation across different registers. Baritone range requires consistent embouchure positioning as you move between low and high passages.
• Coordinate with your director about which supplementary books pair with this level so accompaniment materials and duets reinforce the material you are studying.

Use this as your core baritone curriculum during the second half of a student's first two years of study, or as your primary resource for any returning player who needs a structured path forward. Pair it with the corresponding band book so your low brass section builds technique in parallel.

• Reading in treble clef with confidence across extended range
• Controlling intonation in the upper and lower registers
• Executing articulation styles including legato, staccato, and marcato
• Building stamina for longer sustained passages
• Responding to dynamic and tempo markings with musical intention
• Sight-reading at an intermediate level