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 an ideal resource of guitar teachers' instruction. 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