Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris and popular songs in a variety of styles, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to become a staple of guitar teachers' instruction – and get beginning guitar students off to a great start.
This method has been designed to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with features such as cross-curricular activities, quizzes, multicultural songs, basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include: getting started; basic music theory; guitar chords; notes on each string; ensemble playing; and much more!
Songs used in Book 1 include such hits as: Dust in the Wind • Eleanor Rigby • Every Breath You Take • Hey Jude • Hound Dog • Let It Be • Ode to Joy • Rock Around the Clock • Stand By Me • Surfin' USA • Sweet Home Chicago • This Land Is Your Land • You Really Got Me • and more!
Song List
All My Loving
Amazing Grace
American Pie
Au Clair De La Lune
Aura Lee
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
C.C. Rider
Corrina
Danny Boy
De Colores
The Drunken Sailor
Duke Of Earl
Dust In The Wind
Eleanor Rigby
Every Breath You Take
Fanfare Rondeau
For He's A Jolly Good Fellow
Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)
Give My Regards To Broadway
Good Mornin' Blues
Greensleeves
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Hey Jude
Hound Dog
I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song)
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Jingle Bells
Joshua (Fit The Battle Of Jericho)
Let It Be
Low Rider
Marianne
Midnight Special
Minuet In G
Move It On Over
Ode To Joy
Pay Me My Money Down
The Rainbow Connection
Ramblin' 'Round
The Red River Valley
Rock Around The Clock
Rockin' Robin
Scarborough Fair
Shenandoah
Simple Gifts
Sinner Man
Snake Charmer
Stand By Me
The Star-Spangled Banner
Surfin' U.S.A.
Sweet Home Chicago
Teach Your Children
Tell Ol' Bill
This Land Is Your Land
This Train
Time Is On My Side
Water Come A Me Eye
Wayfaring Stranger
When The Saints Go Marching In
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Worried Man Blues
Yankee Doodle
Yellow Submarine
You Really Got Me
Your Cheatin' Heart
Instrumentation
Guitar
Product Details
#HL 1173
9781423453628
884088206321
9.0"
12.0"
96 Pages
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Take your guitar teaching to a new level! Hal Leonard's top-selling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. With the time-tested classroom teaching methods of Will Schmid and Bob Morris and popular songs in a variety of styles, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to become a staple of guitar teachers' instruction – and get beginning guitar students off to a great start.
This method has been designed to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with features such as cross-curricular activities, quizzes, multicultural songs, basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include: getting started; basic music theory; guitar chords; notes on each string; ensemble playing; and much more!
Songs used in Book 1 include such hits as: Dust in the Wind • Eleanor Rigby • Every Breath You Take • Hey Jude • Hound Dog • Let It Be • Ode to Joy • Rock Around the Clock • Stand By Me • Surfin' USA • Sweet Home Chicago • This Land Is Your Land • You Really Got Me • and more!
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