Essential Elements for Guitar – Book 1

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, popularsongs in a variety of styles, and quality demonstration and backing tracks on the accompanying audio that is available for download or streaming online, 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, multiculturalsongs, basic improvisation and more. Concepts covered in Book 1 include: getting started: basic music theory: guitar chords: notes on each string: music history: ensemble playing: performance spotlights: and much more! Songs usedin 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 YourLand · You Really Got Me · and more!