Part of the Essential Elements Method series, The Essential Elements 2000, Trombone Book 2 features even more exercises and lessons to increase your trombone playing skills and knowledge. It comes with a CD with more great play-along tracks, covering Exercises 1-55 and Individual Studies (pages 38-41) from the book, as well as a book 1 review section. This thorough instructional package includes a variety of tutorials: Rhythm Raps, Daily Warm-ups, Theory, History, Multicultural Music, Creativity and Assessment, Sight-reading and Improvisation, Etudes created specifically for the trombone and demonstrated by a professional soloist, Rubank Studies and Solodesigned for the trombone from the very best of student etude and solo literature, 12 full-band arrangements, including a planned concert, and more.