Title: Accent on Achievement, Book 1
First published: April 30, 1997
Description: This revolutionary, best-selling band method that will excite and stimulate your students through full-color pages and the most complete collection of classics and world music in any band method. Ensure that your students will remember what they learn as they progress quickly using the comprehensive review cycle and color-coded page layout. Reinforcement opportunities include rhythm and rest exercises, chorales, scale exercises, and six full band arrangements. Accent on Interactivity Software will allow your students to practice, record themselves, and evaluate their performance. Accent on Achievement meets and exceeds the USA National Standards for music education, grades five through eight.

*Level*: Beginning

**Instruments**:
1.)	Flute: [1](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL9573539M/Accent_on_Achievement_Book_1_Flute), [2](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857238M/Flute)
2.)	[Oboe](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857237M/Oboe)
3.)	[Bassoon](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857226M/Bassoon)
4.)	[B-flat clarinet](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857225M/B-flat_Clarinet)
5.)	[E-flat alto clarinet](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857218M/E-flat_Alto_Clarinet)
6.)	[B-flat bass clarinet](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857215M/B-flat_Bass_Clarinet)
7.)	E-flat alto saxophone: [1](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27840770M/Accent_on_Achievement). [2](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857212M/E-flat_Alto_Saxophone)
8.)	[B-flat tenor saxophone](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857206M/B-flat_Tenor_Saxophone)
9.)	[E-flat baritone saxophone](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27857202M/E-flat_Baritone_Saxophone)
10.)	[B-flat trumpet](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856869M/B-Flat_Trumpet)
11.)	[Horn in F](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856868M/Horn_in_F)
12.)	[Trombone](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856867M/Trombone)
13.)	[Baritone B.C.]() (bass clef)
14.)	[Baritone T.C.]() (treble clef)
15.)	[Tuba]()
16.)	[Electric bass](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856865M/Electric_Bass)
17.)	[Mallet percussion](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856862M/Mallet_Percussion)
18.)	[Percussion (S.D., B.D., Accessories)](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856864M/Percussion_(S.D._B.D._Accessories) (snare drum, bass drum)
19.)	[Combined percussion](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856510M/Combined_Percussion)
20.)	[Piano accompaniment](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856505M/Piano_Accompaniment)
*Supplementary*:
 - Teacher's resource kit: [1](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26136996M/Accent_on_Achievement), [2](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856506M/Teacher's_Resource_Kit)
Tools are provided for student assessment, including reproducible worksheets for music theory and music history, world locator maps, sample letters to parents, rhythm flashcards, and a listening CD. The listening CD includes excerpts of symphony orchestra and concert bands playing the classic works included in the book, full versions of the Accent on Performance pieces, and full versions of the Accent on Chorales.
 - [Conductor's score](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27856507M/Conductor's_Score)
 - [Audio CD](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL9533106M/Accent_on_Achievement_Book_1)

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[**Accent on Achievement Course**](https://www.alfred.com/accent-on-achievement-concert-band-overview/):
The Accent on Achievement books 1-3, part of the Accent on Achievement Course, are for concert band and are available in SmartMusic. Accent on Achievement was written by John O’Reilly and Mark Williams, two of the most-performed composers of band music in the world today. Hailed as experts in the area of beginning band instruction, O’Reilly and Williams’ have made a major impact on contemporary instrumental music education.
[Books](https://www.alfred.com/why-accent-on-achievement/): [1](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3013855W/Accent_on_Achievement_Book_1), [2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4437233W/Accent_on_Achievement_Book_2), [3](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17492709W/Accent_on_Achievement_Book_3)
[*Supplementary*](https://www.alfred.com/accent-on-achievement-supplementary/b/):
 - Play-Alongs: [Pop, Rock, and Movie Instrumental Solos](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17015401W/Pop_Rock_and_Movie)
 - Correlated Performance Music: [Band Series](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17546929W/Accent_on_Achievement)
 - Accent on Ensembles: 
 * Books: [1](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17448878W/Accent_on_Ensembles_Book_1), [2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17498925W/Accent_on_Ensembles_Book_2)
 * [Christmas and Holiday](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17502291W/Accent_on_Christmas_Holiday_Ensembles)
 - Accent on Performance: [Concert Favorites](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17369511W/Accent_on_Performance_Concert_Favorites_Collection),  [Holiday](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17369525W/Accent_on_Performance_Holiday_Collection),  [Light Concert](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16989440W/Accent_on_Performance_Light_Concert_Collection), [March](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17383318W/Accent_on_Performance_March_Collection), [Classical](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17369494W/Accent_on_Performance_Classical_Collection)
 - [The Achievement System](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27868730M/The_Achievement_System)
Subjects: Trombone, Bassoon, Percussion music, Clarinet music, Horn music, Saxophone, Clarinet, Piano music, Flute music, Music, instruction and study, Horn (musical instrument), Trumpet