Original series (blue cover)
The second book in the Essential Elements for Strings series reinforces the techniques learned in Book 1, and also introduces new concepts and develops skills in areas such as dynamics, rhythms, and sight-reading. Features a broad scope, comprehensive detail, great pacing, thorough reinforcement, and much more!
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A collection of popular movie songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Chariots of Fire • Apollo 13 • Theme from E.T. • Forrest Gump Theme • The John Dunbar Theme • Jurassic Park • The Man from Snowy River • Mission: Impossible Theme • Raiders March • Somewhere Out There • Star Trek – The Motion Picture.
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These piano accompaniments can provide helpful guidance for teaching beginning instrumentalists. The format includes a cue line to provide the director or pianist with a visual guide of the student melody part. NOTE: The discs/media available with the teacher and student books are not included in this product.
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A collection of patriotic songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements series. Includes: America, the Beautiful • Anchors Aweigh • Battle Hymn of the Republic • The Caissons Go Rolling Along • God Bless America • Hymn to the Fallen • Marine's Hymn • My Country, 'Tis of Thee (America) • The Patriot • The Star Spangled Banner • Stars and Stripes Forever • This Is My Country • Yankee Doodle.
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A collection of popular Broadway songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Beauty and the Beast • Cabaret • Circle of Life • Edelweiss • Get Me To the Church on Time • Go Go Go Joseph • I Dreamed a Dream • Memory • The Phantom of the Opera • Seventy Six Trombones • Sun and Moon.
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A collection of patriotic songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements series. Includes: America, the Beautiful • Anchors Aweigh • Battle Hymn of the Republic • The Caissons Go Rolling Along • God Bless America • Hymn to the Fallen • Marine's Hymn • My Country, 'Tis of Thee (America) • The Patriot • The Star Spangled Banner • Stars and Stripes Forever • This Is My Country • Yankee Doodle.
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Level 4 of Hal Leonard's Essential Elements for Strings series is perfect for your advanced-level students. Each book includes:
- A detailed practice routine for scales
- Three-octave major and minor scales and arpeggios
- A systematic fingering system for scales
- Extensive shifting exercises for advanced positions
- Shifting reinforcement in a musical context using unison orchestra excerpts
- Advanced technical development
- Sequenced rhythmic and bowing studies
- and much more!
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Original series (red cover)
Tailored to beginning students, Essential Elements for Strings Book 1 covers techniques such as instrument position, fingerings, and bowings while incorporating theory and history lessons throughout. Features a broad scope, comprehensive detail, great pacing, thorough reinforcement, and much more!
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A collection of Christmas arrangements which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method books. Includes: Frosty the Snowman • A Holly Jolly Christmas • Jingle-Bell Rock • Jingle Bells •Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! • Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree • Silver Bells • The Hanukkah Song • Up on the Housetop • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • White Christmas.
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The world's leading strings method just got an update! Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages.
Essential Elements includes free access Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education resource. EEi introduces the first-ever, easy set of technology tools for online teaching, learning, assessment, and communication... ideal for teaching today's beginning band and string students, both in the classroom and at home.
These new editions include 150+ professionally recorded videos online featuring Essential Elements educators, 50 new copyrighted pop songs available online across all levels, three new song replacements, new color photography, and much more. Best of all, new editions still work side-by-side with previous copies of Essential Elements.
The Teacher Manuals include:
• Complete scores of every exercise, including all special instructions for each instrument
• Scope and sequence charts, a handy reference that shows on which page each concept, new note, or technique is introduced for each instrument
• Sample communication letters to parents and tips on evaluation reports
• Notes to the teacher with tips and suggestions for each new concept or technique presented
• Teacher access to online reources to create a class, hear recordings, and play accompaniments for exercises. Teachers can also access student recordings.
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Original series (green cover)
Essential Technique for Strings is a book of studies to help the intermediate player develop the skills necessary for playing in an orchestra. Its flexible sequence allows you to choose pages from the three major sections: higher positions and shifting, keys and scales, and bowings and special techniques.
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Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 42)
A simple island-style tune featuring pizzicato playing.
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A collection of popular movie songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Chariots of Fire • Apollo 13 • Theme from E.T. • Forrest Gump Theme • The John Dunbar Theme • Jurassic Park • The Man from Snowy River • Mission: Impossible Theme • Raiders March • Somewhere Out There • Star Trek – The Motion Picture.
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A collection of patriotic songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional audio accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements series. Includes: America, the Beautiful • Anchors Aweigh • Battle Hymn of the Republic • The Caissons Go Rolling Along • God Bless America • Hymn to the Fallen • Marine's Hymn • My Country, 'Tis of Thee (America) • The Patriot • The Star Spangled Banner • Stars and Stripes Forever • This Is My Country • Yankee Doodle.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 42)
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A collection of Christmas arrangements which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method books. Includes: Frosty the Snowman • A Holly Jolly Christmas • Jingle-Bell Rock • Jingle Bells •Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! • Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree • Silver Bells • The Hanukkah Song • Up on the Housetop • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • White Christmas.
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A collection of patriotic songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements series. Includes: America, the Beautiful • Anchors Aweigh • Battle Hymn of the Republic • The Caissons Go Rolling Along • God Bless America • Hymn to the Fallen • Marine's Hymn • My Country, 'Tis of Thee (America) • The Patriot • The Star Spangled Banner • Stars and Stripes Forever • This Is My Country • Yankee Doodle.
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Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 42)
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A collection of Christmas arrangements which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method books. Includes: Frosty the Snowman • A Holly Jolly Christmas • Jingle-Bell Rock • Jingle Bells •Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! • Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree • Silver Bells • The Hanukkah Song • Up on the Housetop • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • White Christmas
Value pack contents:
• 1 Conductor Book with CD
• 12 Violin Books
• 4 Viola Books
• 4 Cello Books
• 2 String Bass Books
• 1 Piano Book
• 1 Percussion Book
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This valuable source of support materials includes lesson plans, reproducible student activity pages and much more on CD-ROM. It's all designed to help you get the most out of your Essential Elements experience.
Over 40 Lesson Plans
Correlated to Essential Elements 2000 for Strings - Book 2 and organized into three parts:
- Learning Objectives
- Teaching Strategies
- Assessment
Reproducible Student Activity Pages
These worksheets have been developed to provide support materials to enhance learning and help develop comprehensive musicianship. Some activities can be done in class, while others may be used as homework assignments; all pages are reproducible. Activities include:
- Rhythm Studies
- Creating Music
- Music Theory
- Listening Exercises
- Quizzes
All documents are available on the included CD-ROM. Lesson plans can be imported into any word processing program, allowing you to edit, personalize and print.
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Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 42)
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Original series (blue cover)
The second book in the Essential Elements for Strings series reinforces the techniques learned in Book 1, and also introduces new concepts and develops skills in areas such as dynamics, rhythms, and sight-reading. Features a broad scope, comprehensive detail, great pacing, thorough reinforcement, and much more!
MORE»
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| Price | $22.46 (Save: $2.49) |
The world's leading strings method just got an update! Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages.
Essential Elements includes free access Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education resource. EEi introduces the first-ever, easy set of technology tools for online teaching, learning, assessment, and communication... ideal for teaching today's beginning band and string students, both in the classroom and at home.
These new editions include 150+ professionally recorded videos online featuring Essential Elements educators, 50 new copyrighted pop songs available online across all levels, three new song replacements, new color photography, and much more. Best of all, new editions still work side-by-side with previous copies of Essential Elements.
Please note: this edition includes piano accompaniments for the songs in the student books. It does not include bonus songs, videos, or online access.
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Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 42)
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A collection of popular movie songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Chariots of Fire • Apollo 13 • Theme from E.T. • Forrest Gump Theme • The John Dunbar Theme • Jurassic Park • The Man from Snowy River • Mission: Impossible Theme • Raiders March • Somewhere Out There • Star Trek – The Motion Picture
Value pack contents:
• 1 Conductor Book with CD
• 12 Violin Books
• 4 Viola Books
• 4 Cello Books
• 2 String Bass Books
• 1 Piano Book
• 1 Percussion Book
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A collection of popular Broadway songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Beauty and the Beast • Cabaret • Circle of Life • Edelweiss • Get Me To the Church on Time • Go Go Go Joseph • I Dreamed a Dream • Memory • The Phantom of the Opera • Seventy Six Trombones • Sun and Moon.
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CD accompaniment for Essential Elements Patriotic Favorites for Strings. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements series. Includes: America, the Beautiful • Anchors Aweigh • Battle Hymn of the Republic • The Caissons Go Rolling Along • God Bless America • Hymn to the Fallen • Marine's Hymn • My Country, 'Tis of Thee (America) • The Patriot • The Star Spangled Banner • Stars and Stripes Forever • This Is My Country • Yankee Doodle
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Nothing says classic like a Beatles anthem...instantly engaging.
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Original series (red cover). Arrangements by John Higgins.
Tailored to beginning students, Essential Elements for Strings Book 1 covers techniques such as instrument position, fingerings, and bowings while incorporating theory and history lessons throughout. Features a broad scope, comprehensive detail, great pacing, thorough reinforcement, and much more! (Includes HL00860005 and HL00860006)
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Artist Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 42)
Beautiful rendition of the beloved American song. (Artist Level)
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