On the surface, Do It!: Play in Band seems like a great resource to implement in the beginning band class: music of many styles, periods, forms and Nationalities is incorporated into the method manual, it includes not one but two CDs of accompaniments for students to play with, and opportunities for improvisation using different methods abound. However, looking deeper into the text, one can see that the book has several critical flaws. This text contains both the good and bad elements of a beginning orchestra method book, and if an instructor is willing to supplement the book with their own exercises and sequences, the book could yield positive results for your students beginners. This method manual has redeeming qualities that the music instructor could benefit from. As mentioned previously, the variety of music used in this text is quite extensive. Music of all different styles from the United States is used, as is music from other countries in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Within these different musical styles, the variety of musical forms incorporated is also good, as ethnic styles, such as the polka, as well as other standard musical forms like waltzes and ballads are used. Additionally, many exercises – such as the “Listen and Play” tunes – throughout the book encourage students to use the accompanying CD, which contains quality sound patterns that students can hear, reinforcing the ideas for good sound production. Other helpful materials included at the beginning of the book include a simple practice journal as well as illustrations and instructions on developing the basics of proper embouchure, posture, and hand position. As a bonus, the middle of the sheet represents ...... students establish a good fundamental and subdivided rhythmic impulse. That being said, this book should not be completely left out of the equation when choosing a methods textbook for your classroom. The lessons involving improvisation and composition are very valuable and could easily be taken from the text and used with a different method book. Additionally, the in-depth teaching of beginning percussion offered in this book is desirable, and some aspects of the percussion lessons would be very useful to beginning orchestral music students. Considering these advantages as well as these disadvantages, one could choose to teach with this book and do so effectively, given that one has designed a logical sequence of exercises and information available at the beginning of the book, which may or may not require additional materials, such as providing correct harmonies to early note teaching exercises.