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Title: Essential Elements For Guitar Bk 1 (Bk/C
Voicing/Format: Guitar
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corp
Composer: Schmid/Morris
Catalog #: 00862639
Artist: War
Series: Guitar Method
Description: Bk/Cd

Price: $17.99

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 CD, Essential Elements for Guitar is sure to becomea 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!

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