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, popular songs 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, multicultural songs, 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 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!
- 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