Essential Elements for Strings - Double Bass Bk 1 (Paperback)

Robert Gillespie

ISBN 13: 9798350120776

Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. (Essential Elements for Strings with EE Interactive). 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essential Elements for Strings - Double Bass Bk 1 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798350120776
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A Comprehensive String Method for Beginning Double Bass Students * Essential Elements for Strings Double Bass Book 1 is an expertly crafted method designed to give new bassists a strong and confident start. With clear pacing, engaging exercises, and carefully sequenced lessons, this book introduces note reading, technique, rhythm, and tone productionall tailored to the needs of beginner bass students. * * Interactive Learning with EEi Online Tools * This edition includes free access to Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), a dynamic online platform with 150+ professionally recorded videos, assessment tools, and learning resources. EEi brings lessons to life with digital accompaniment tracks and self-paced activities that reinforce classroom instruction or support independent learning at home. Bonus: students gain access to 50+ popular songs online to keep practice fun and motivating. * * Tailored Double Bass Instruction for First-Time Learners * Designed with young players in mind, this method uses accurate illustrations to reinforce correct posture and hand position, introduces subdivision and listening skills from the very beginning, and builds reading fluency with large, clear fingering charts. Each unit also features Performance Spotlights and a solo with piano accompaniment to develop expressive playing. * * Built for Classrooms and Independent Study * From ensemble work to individual growth, Essential Elements supports comprehensive musicianship with cross-curricular activities in music theory, history, and creativity. A dedicated page on finger pattern mixing helps reinforce flexible technique, while regular assessments offer measurable progress checkpoints. ** Start strong with Essential Elements for Strings Double Bass Book 1, a trusted tool for music teachers and the perfect method for young bassists beginning their musical journey.

About the Author

Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest source of music performance and instructional materials, with a catalog of over a million products in both physical and digital form. They represent many of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time and publish and distribute works from all genres of music for all styles of musicians and ensembles.