RESOURCES FOR GUITAR TEACHERS
GUITAR ESSENTIALS and GUITAR ENSEMBLES Order form

GUITAR ESSENTIALS
Level One, Two, Three and Four
(Weekly Proficiency Skills for Classroom Guitar Instructors)
Steve Eckels' custom teaching materials (in the author's handwritten notation) are available for your use for a one time fee of $75.00 plus shipping.
The fee entitles you to reproduce the materials for use in a single classroom for as many years as you wish.
Shipping is $5.00 per total order. (So in other words, to order all 6 volumes, the total would be $450.00 plus $5.00 shipping.)

Guitar Essentials Level One - License Fee $75.00 plus shipping
Covers the fundamentals of guitar in a way that is sequentially planned for classroom guitar purposes (18 Weeks of skills and seven additional skills for accelerated students).
Skills covered include: Understanding the Neck, The Seventeen Natural Notes, Chord Progressions with Accompaniment and Rhythm Figures, Power Chords, Barre Chords, The 1-3-5-3 Arpeggio/Bass Line, Pentatonic Scale Study, Improvisation using "Riffs", Hammering On, Chord Reference Chart based on "Relative Fingerings" and A Sing Along Song List. Order form

Guitar Essentials Level Two - License Fee $75.00 plus shipping
Covers the fundamentals of guitar in a way that is sequentially planned for classroom guitar purposes (18 Weeks of skills and four additional skills for accelerated students).
Skills include: Notes on all Six Strings, Pentatonic Scale Review, Capo Use, Contemporary Moveable Chords, Triads, Diatonic Chord Progressions using "Slash" Chords, Intervals and Chord Formulas, Bass Runs, Banjo Style Frailing, Travis Picking, Slur Patterns, Major Scales in all 12 Keys. Order form

Guitar Essentials Level Three - License Fee $75.00 plus shipping
Covers the fundamentals of guitar in a way that is sequentially planned for classroom guitar purposes (18 Weeks of skills and four additional skills for accelerated students).
Skills include: Advanced Slur Study, Sixteenth Note Rhythms, Intervals, Natural Notes Using Three Notes Per String, Contemporary Harmony Using Major and Minor Blues, Triads, Moveable Chord Forms Based on the Fifth String. Order form

Guitar Essentials Level Four - License Fee $75.00 plus shipping
Covers the fundamentals of guitar in a way that is sequentially planned for classroom guitar purposes (18 Weeks of skills and four additional skills for accelerated students).
Skills include: Chromatic Octaves, Interval Study in Second Position, Moveable Chords Based on the Sixth String, Arranging for Solo Guitar, Modes, Improvisation Using Riffs and Triplets, Natural Notes in the Fifth Position, and Playing in Two Parts. Order form

GUITAR ENSEMBLES
Volume One and Two. Features:
Beginning and Intermediate Level.
May be used as Duets, Trios or Quartets.
Formatted on One Page.
Reading "Warm Ups" Review Knowledge of Staff and Rhythmic Figures.
"Jam Sessions" Provide Reading Warm Up plus Background For Improvisation.
Chordal Accompaniment Suggestions Provided.
Historical Sources Provided.
Holiday Songs.
Three Separate parts provide practice with Treble, Middle and Bass Range.
Repertoire Selection of Outstanding Beauty.
Rehearsal Suggestions Provided.

Guitar Ensembles Volume One - License Fee $75.00 plus shipping
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Warm Ups and Jam Sessions
1. Blues Jam in E
2. Blues Jam in G
3. Blues Jam in D & C
4. My Cat Toby Jam in A minor
5. Pachelbel Canon

Traditional Music
6. Amazing Grace
7. Ash Grove
8. Aura Lee
9. Celtic Melody
10. Danny Boy
11. Down by the Sally Gardens
12. Flow Gently Sweet Afton
13. Hymn Tune
14. House of the Rising Sun
15. Hymn Tune
16. Scarborough Fair
17. Shenandoah
18. The Cruel War
19. The Water is Wide

Reggae Jam Sessions
20. Sea Shanty
21. Shady Grove
22. Waters of Babylon

Guitar Ensembles Volume Two - License Fee $75.00 plus shipping
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Classical Selections
1. Gavotte, Bach
2. Bianco Fiore, Renaissance
3. O Solo Mio
4. Little Waltz, Carcassi
5. Bouree, De Visee
6. Minuet in D - De Visee
7. Minuetto, De Visee
8. Preludio, De Visee
9. Greensleeves
10. Kemp's Jig
11. Minuet, Purcell
12. O Mio Babbino Caro, Puccini
13. Song of Joy, Beethoven
14. Siciliano Christmas
15. Away in a Manger
16. Carol of the Bells
17. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
18. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
19. Jingle Bells
20. O Little Town of Bethlehem
21. Silent Night