Essential Elements for Guitar, Book 1 (Music Instruction) - Will Schmid

Essential Elements for Guitar, Book 1 (Music Instruction)

By Will Schmid

  • Release Date: 2005-07-01
  • Genre: Music
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Description

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, 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]