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 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!
