Essential Elements Book 1 - Percussion

The book that started the Essential Elements Band Method features music history right in the book, band arrangements, Dr. Tim parent letter, quizzes, and a rhythm-based sequence. Effective pedagogy, a logical sequence of skills, innovative parental communication tools, multicultural songs, duets and full band arrangements, and much more, create a method designed to help kids succeed.

Songs Include:

• (Go Tell Aunt Rhody) The Ole Grey Goose Is Dead
• 1812 Overture
• A-Tisket A-Tasket
• Ach Du Lieber Augustin (O My Dearest Augustine)
• All Through The Night
• Alouette
• America, The Beautiful
• Auld Lang Syne
• Botany Bay
• Camptown Races
• Capricco Italien
• Carnival Of Venice
• Egyptian Dance (Saint-Saens)
• El Capitan
• German Folk Song
• Hatikvah
• Hey, Ho! Nobody Home
• Hot Cross Buns
• Jolly Old St. Nicholas
• Kookaburra (Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree)
• Kum Ba Yah
• La Cucaracha
• Largo From Symphony No. 9 ('New World')
• London Bridge
• Long, Long Ago
• Marche Militaire, Op. 51, No. 1
• Merrily We Roll Along
• Merrily We Roll Along
• Mexican Clapping Song
• Michael Row The Boat Ashore
• Minuet
• Morning
• My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
• My Lord, What A Morning
• O Canada!
• Ode To Joy
• Oh! Susanna
• Old Joe Clark
• Old Joe Clark
• Old MacDonald
• Polly Wolly Doodle
• Sakura (Cherry Blossoms)
• Scarborough Fair
• School Spirit(Purdy/Arr.Higgins)
• Skip To My Lou
• Streets Of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament)
• Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, First Movement Excerpt
• Symphony No. 94 In G Major ('Surprise'), Second Movement Excerpt
• The American Patrol
• The Banana Boat Song
• The Man On The Flying Trapeze
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
• Up On The Housetop
• Wayfaring Stranger
• When The Saints Go Marching In
• William Tell Overture