All My Loving • Amazing Grace • American Pie • Au Clair De La Lune • Aura Lee • C.C. Rider • Can You Feel The Love Tonight • Corrina • Danny Boy • De Colores • 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 • Ramblin' 'Round • Rock Around The Clock • Rockin' Robin • Scarborough Fair • Shenandoah • Simple Gifts • Sinner Man • Snake Charmer • Stand By Me • Surfin' U.S.A. • Sweet Home Chicago • Teach Your Children • Tell Ol' Bill • The Drunken Sailor • The Rainbow Connection • The Red River Valley • The Star-Spangled Banner • 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

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!

Item #: 000862639
MPN or ISBN: 9780634054341
UPC: 073999626391
Size: 12" x 9"
Pages: 98