Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Book 2
$14.00
| Publisher : | Hal Leonard; 2nd edition (January 1, 2000) |
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| Language : | English |
| Paperback : | 48 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 0634013130 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-0634013133 |
| Item Weight : | 7.5 ounces |
| Dimensions : | 9 x 0.16 x 12 inches |
| UNSPSC-Code : | Report an incorrect code |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #231 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) |
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| Customer Reviews: | 453 ratings |
60 reviews for Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Book 2
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Wonderful!
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Great
My son needed this for school, it is what the school requires, it is one of their favorites, so I guess its pretty good!
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Good stuff
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Five Stars
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Look, the book is not bad, I just thought it was written and a walkthrough, come to find out one must be able to read music to understand it.
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Drums
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Great book for begining band
This was the exact book my son needed for begining band. My son says it is easy to follow and is happy playing the drums so I am happy too.
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great book
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👍 nice
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Five Stars
This is a great book for my 13yr old to help him practice.
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Two Thumbs up!
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great for refresher and beginner
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JUST THE SNARE AND BASS DRUMS
I know everyone says you should start here when learning to play drums. I’m not so sure. This book seems to have been written in 1987 for a kid in a marching band who has a music teacher working with him. I’m trying to learn my way around my new drum kit, but this book has nothing about coordination or technique with toms or cymbals. There seems to be almost no explanation at all of what’s going on – just a few pages of reference material then endless pages of sheet music to play the snare and bass drums with increasing complexity. I’m following the book, but without other resources like a real instructor and YouTube channels, this book won’t be much help. In fairness, it was written at a time well before people attempted to become self-taught at anything.
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A very good book for anyone taking drum lessons with a teacher.
For the last 8 years my passion for music has grown so much that I have learned how to play (at least to some degree) numerous musical (Ukulele, Harmonica, Recorder, Flute, American drumming and hand drums, and many other percussion) instruments. Over the years I have taken many courses and purchased numerous books to improve my skill level.I just purchased this wonderful 80 page manual (Alfred’s drum Method book 1 by Sandy Feldstein and Dave Black) which is organized into 39 drum playing lessons. The introductory part of this volume covers the snare drum, getting ready to play, the bass drum, the cymbals and elements of music. The lessons cover a wide range of drum practice lessons but without a drum playing teacher it will not be easy to follow some of the material. They do have a Drum DVD available for purchase which no doubt will help in learning the lessons in the manual.If you are taking drum lessons this book will enhance your drum learning sessions.Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Chair/Seated tai Chi, Qigong and Yoga stretching for seniors and the physically challenged).
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Great way to learn drums
My drum teacher uses this book and helps me a lot so I got one for myself and is a lot of help.
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Good practice drum and music for beginners
My son can play most of the music he started drumming last year. He likes it and took it home to practice where his mom has a snare and high hat in the garage so I’d say he enjoys it more easily than a big set at times.
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I use this book often
This is a great book for beginners to intermediate drummers. I use it with my students often. It does jump a litlle bit without explaing some of the notation changes, but overall, it’s still a great resource
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Get it, and don’t call me Sandy.
Alfred is my best friend. That’s truth. I only wish I could Alfred in person, but I have recently discovered that Alfred is no longer with us. He apparently was a man named Sandy. I suppose I would forgo using my real name when writing a book about drum methods. “Sandy’s Drum Method”…. nope, it just doesn’t have the right sound (get it? .. right sound?)Anyway, the book is great for those wanting to learn the basics of reading snare drum sheet music. It won’t make you a master of the drum, but it is a step in the right direction. If you have a yearning to learn drumming, or just want to know why some music notes look so very weird, this book will help you in either case.
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Perfect Teaching Book for beginners
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a good purchase
can’t wait to put into practice
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Great beginner’s book
A drumming teacher asked that we purchase this book. We have been using it for about 5 months.Like other Alfred books, the quality of the book is excellent. Staffs and notes are easy to read. The paper is thick and the book stays open well on a stand. We have packed it in suitcase and brought it with us on vacation to practice, and it holds up well.The lessons progress on a logical pace and is just right for the beginner. Sometimes our kids get frustrated easily. With this book, they are making progress and learning about rhythm very easily (there’s still griping about practice, trust me); it makes learning more fun. We practice one page daily and it takes about 20 minutes to do it a few times. Would definitely recommend it.
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Great
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right book, reasonable price
My child’s teacher recommended this book, and it helps him play his glockenspiel, even though the book is about drums. I hope it does help him learn his chops!
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Five Stars
Good beginner tutorial
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Five Stars
Good method
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KC
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Five Stars
Exactly what we expected and a great price!
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a classic
One of the must haves for any student or teacher. Clearly written and well organized, solos keep it interesting for students.
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Excellent
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good condition and price
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drum book
got for school and came quick and is brand new was what we needed and if we need anything again would order again and recomend to others.
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One of the best of over 50 available snare drum books
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Basic book
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Wasn’t brand new
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Received quickly
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Good starter book
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Great beginner student book
Suitable for a beginning student that has had some reading experience and is looking to move towards intermediate skills.
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I like it
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Easy to learn!
Fantastic to reas
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Good for beginners
Good drum instruction book for beginners
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Good textbook
School required this text.
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Good Book
Good lesson
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Good book
Purchased this for my daughter.Very good book.
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Drum like a Pro
This is the book my 9 year old’s drum instructor told us to get. Very easy to follow. Breaks down everything nicely. Has really good combinations to practice. With regular practice of the essential drills from this book she’ll be ready to drum anything.
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Kudos for such a good entry level book
This beginner’s book is just what my oldest grandchild needed. I am teaching him not only to play the drums, but read the drum score. This will be quite helpful, and he is already getting into it. Kudos for such a good entry level book!
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perfecto
muy bueno
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Great guide
Great book for beginners. My 8 year old is learning to play and her instructor recommend this book for her lessons and home practice. I’ve seen her improve vastly and understand the material with ease. Highly recommended
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great book for beginners
Great book for beginners. Easy to follow along with and very detailed.
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Awesome
My daughter just started from lessons he teacher suggested this so far so good she loves practicing at home and trying to read music
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Good resource for homeschool music class
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Small Notation
Text and notation is way too small. Some explinations of notation in the Combination Excercises is missing.
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Great starter book for snare drum lessons
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Super duper standard
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helpful book
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Great way to start
I bought this book to teach my 7 year old Grandson how to play. You can’t go wrong with Alfred’s methods for any instrument.The basics are explained easily and each lesson builds upon the other.You won’t regret playing the drums and learning how to play correctly.
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Four Stars
as expected.
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Love it. Great pacing and variety to keep students …
Love it. Great pacing and variety to keep students from getting bored. The solos mixed in with the repetition studies break up the monotony and keep the students thinking.
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Great book to learn from
I got this for my son, it was recommended by his drum teacher. He loves this book he’s learning so much from it. Great beginners book! I would highly recommend this book.
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Strong cover and thick pages.
I bought this product for my son to use for his violin clases. The book cover is strong and steady, the pages it’s self are thick enough to handle a boys careless flips.
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As described
The book arrived exactly as described and in new condition. This is the one my daughter needed for her violin class at a lower price than other places.
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Great Series!
This book and the ones in the series are just great for beginners! I took a few violin lessons but I am basically having to teach myself. Easy to follow and the CD is great! If you are new to the violin, get a book with a CD. I’m still on book #1 and have been for the past 2 months. I finally busted out the CD and wow, why didn’t I do it sooner! So helpful to hear the music and then play along and alone. Helps a lot and you really start to learn how to train your ear. I would highly recommend this book and #1 and 3 in the series.
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Not a big fan…
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Essentials will help a lot
Essential Elements for Violin (and for other string instruments) are extremely useful. I got part 1 and after that part 2. Just by myself I learned the basics of the violin in a level, that I can prepare myself to play almost everything that I would. It was as a joke, but my wife order the violin for my son. but he decided to play cello, because was BIG. so the violin was sitting a while till I got Essential Element Book 1. when I started learning I realized how enjoyable and insparational was set up that manual. So, that book hook me up and now I’m playing violin.As a last word for the I can say: It is extremely intelligent way to learn violin. Highly recommend.
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As an adult I am trying to expand my musical knowledge and this has been a great help! It comes with all kinds of tips …
Essential Elements is what I used to learn music in band as a kid. As an adult I am trying to expand my musical knowledge and this has been a great help! It comes with all kinds of tips and tricks as well as access to their website which gives the lessons online! It is a valuable resource for learning how to play an instrument! I bought all 3 volumes for Violin.
6 people found this helpful
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Great lessons!
We needed this for my child’s violin lesson. My only complaint is she uses it to much and pages do eventually come out. Maybe they can work on that. Other than that it’s a great book for learning quick.
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Great book
Great book
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Arrived with deformation
The media could not be loaded.
The book looks like new, however it has cover deformation.What made me unhappy:(
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Good book with plenty of songs
Good book with plenty of songs. We are about to order the CD to accompany it, as it doesn’t come with it, but you can either download it, order it online or use the postcard to order it (for the price of postage). The CD’s contents are on the book’s back cover. My son will need this for school next year, so having it for the summer to practice with will only help!
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Makes u feel like a superstar
I ordered volume 1-2 of this and also the Suzuki method and u gotta say this is BY FAR the best! I like how I can log into my library online with the activation code on book to play along to songs. Seriously, it’s amazing. U can also ordere the cd, but what’s the point! Just play it on your iPhone or laptop (I use my iPhone and sound bar via Bluetooth and play along)It’s so awesome. I’m 30 and self teaching and I definatelu recommend it
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ALWAYS GREAT
ALWAYS GREAT JUST ONE OF THE BOOKS CODE DOES NOT WORK ONLINE LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE USED IT ALREADY.
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Quality instruction
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As advertised, fair price
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Essential elements-violin
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good book for beginner
good book for violin beginner
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These books are great for some one self teaching
I wanted to learn to play violin and cant afford lessons so I bought both these books. They were very helpful. My violin I bought from cicilio came with a book but it was to hard for an an absalute beginner. These books are great for some one self teaching.
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very, very good
the CDs/DVDs that come with this are pretty useless- if you are a complete beginner you really do need a teacher, there is just no substitute for that, but these books are a great tool. I hadn’t played in almost 8 years and was able to play decently again using these books as my only re-teaching tool in less than a week (but some things you just never really forget). If your teacher/tutor wants you to buy this- or you are brave enough to learn on your own- don’t think twice about buying these books, just do it!!
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6th grade violin book
Fast delivery just in time for my daughters class. Great job!
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Essential elements for strings book
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Good
This book came in great shape. No folds, marks, scuffs. Love this book to work through! I reccomend.
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Great book well worth it
If you’ve begun in the EE Book 1, this book is the logical next step. Great music materials, lots of helpful hints
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It’s what she needs
Perfect for what she needs at school
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Great series, but Book 2 CD does not have all the songs!
At the time I write this review, I have been teaching myself violin for about 6 months. I have used the Essential Elements series and am thrilled with how easy to navigate and thorough they are. Book 1 teaches you the basics; Book 2 has been a good follow-up, but not a whole lot of new material is introduced. This book reviews the info learned in Book 1, teaches you how to play flat notes (whereas Book 1 covers the sharps), has some fun “performance” songs near the end, and very briefly covers sliding to another position and playing chords at the very end of the book.One thing that was frustrating to me- the CD that comes with the book does NOT have all of the tracks to play along with. Those CDs are one reason why I love this series- since I’m teaching myself, being able to play along with “backup” helps me make sure I’m playing the correct notes and corrects me if my timing is off. I was practicing one day, and all of a sudden my CD stopped because it ran out of tracks; I was only 1/3 to 1/2 way through the book!!! It was very frustrating that it is not mentioned in the description that you need to purchase the additional CD for all of the songs. The CD is found here:
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So, 4 stars for needing to purchase additional materials without much warning (I might let Amazon know though, so I can see if they’ll add it to the description), and also because not a whole lot of new stuff is brought up in the book. However, it is still an excellent series, and I would not be where I am now in terms of learning the violin without Essential Elements 2000!
26 people found this helpful
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TONS FOR YOU MONEY
once i got the book and started using, i see why it has been around forever. it is the best for self- or instructional-teaching. I gives the violinist the basic information needed to succeed. Of course, any one achieving mastery always turns to video, tutors, and more, but for someone trying to pick up the violin in a at-home setting can easily do so with this book. shares theory, techniques, scales and an evolving tutorial to understand what to do, terms to use and practical pieces to play. Very well written compared to others I have looked at.
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Awesome Information!
I purchased this product because I wanted to teach myself how to play theViolin. I thought this would be a good option because it was a beginners series . I used to play the clarinet, so I already know a lot about music. I was inspired to learn by Lindsey stirling on YouTube. When I recieved the book it was in good condition. All the pages were perfectly intact and nothing was missing. My order was delivered a lot faster than I expected. The book also was a lot bigger than I thought that it would be. The content in the book is very useful. It’s a pretty good series and if you don’t know how to play this would be good for you! I don’t think a advanced player would benefit much from this book. I was also impressed because it was so informational but affordable. All in all I would recommend this book to anyone who is a learner. You would probably also benefit from getting a teacher. If your in a school band this can be something extra you use as a study guide.
One person found this helpful
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Lesson book
I understand that many instructors love this series, but I found ABCs of Violin a bit better for self study. The CDs are nice to hear what it is you are supposed to sound like and to play along with after you get the piece down. Do get both book 1 and 2 if this is the series you are going to use. Once you get going, it doesn’t take long to want more pieces to play that you like. I play every piece in the book, but I play the pieces I like much more often for practice. If you push yourself you can get through book 1 and 2 in less than 2 months. Do get the books with both the CD and DVDs, they are a big help.It may take hours of practice but when you start playing songs (pieces) you like it is a ball. I’m at 3 months now and am starting to learn Vivaldi’s Spring, and a number of Fiddle tunes. Bach’s Jesu (full solo version (advanced)) is still giving me fits, but I have just started learning second and third posistions.I find the advanced Fiddle books teach, or at least make you learn, double stops much more than many of the violin lesson books.Good luck and enjoy.
25 people found this helpful
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Perfect!
I’m not sure if this was meant to be included or not but I actually am happy you left this sheet music ! Gives me something new to play thank you 😊
One person found this helpful
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Just what I remembered it being!
This is a great book for learning, I was in advanced with book three but I haven’t played in 8 yrs so I got the intermediate book 2 again and I remember everything like it was back in middle school
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Perfect for 8th grade!
Son loves it.
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No tabs here
Good second book. This series emphasizes reading music, not relying on tabs.
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Essential elements for strings BK2
It is very good book for my nephew. Thank you very much.
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Packaging
This book was for my daughter. She loves it. I’m happy that the book came like new and packaging was perfect and clean.
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It is straightforward and easy to understand
I taught myself how to play the violin using this series. It is straightforward and easy to understand. I would highly recommend lessons as well, but this book will teach you all the basic things you need to know.
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Book is required by class.
This book is required by Orchestra class.
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Really good
Helps you learn the violin really well you can go to a bad player to a good one in a year
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New Violinist
I am a student who is just finishing Essential Elements 2000, Book 1. This is the series that my instructor likes to use. If you purchase the Essential Elements 2000 Violin Book 2 Bk/CD you will also want to purchase the Elements 2000 for Strings (Play-Along CD Set, Book 2) as not all of the songs in Book 2 are on the companion CD.
One person found this helpful
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Good.
This is good for anyone new, its very easy to understand.
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Good book
Recommended by our middle school orchestra teacher. A good book
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Very good
Good book
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great
The CDs are nice to hear what it is you are supposed to sound like and to play along with after you get the piece down. Do get both book 1 and 2 if this is the series you are going to use. Once you get going, it doesn’t take long to want more pieces to play that…
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your own personal backup band
The CD that comes with this book gives you your own personal backup band. The software you can install on your computer lets you decide the tempo…slow as you try to master the tune and faster as your playing improves. With this method you can hear what the notes are supposed to sound like and learn the correct timing of the tune.
2 people found this helpful
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That everything was awesome
All good. For my child’s strings/orchestra class at school
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I teach violin and this is perfect for beginners
I teach violin and this is perfect for beginners. Quality of the book is very good and would definitely recommend. The price is spot on.
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How about what a violin sounds like when playing each song
Bought Book 1, 2, and 3.I wish the sample songs/music available online were that of one instrument. How about what a violin sounds like when playing each song? That would have been nice.
2 people found this helpful
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Books good
I paid for the two books
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I thing I find fundamental is the violin specific instructions …
I thing I find fundamental is the violin specific instructions. Im a pianists and I already No scales and some pieces
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Good
Its good
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Great for you or your students.
These are the perfect instructional books and I use them for my students too. Never disappointed.
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Wow exclt technique book
EElements is my favorite Violin book. I had studied using severals methods as Suzuki for example, that I found a little boring.But this book, and the EE series are just exclt. First the book are design for a easy comprehension and guide you in your day-to-day study. The CD is performed by a real orquestra, its an exception in the Hal Leonard books that are usually performance using synthesizer.The EE series for violin is very good option in your violin study. Totally recommended Much better that Suzuki
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get this
This is one that many teachers are using – its easy to understand.
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Great book
Fast delivery. Good quality. Excellent book.
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lowered expectations
I didn’t know how to play the violin before. Now that I have this book I still don’t but I feel better about myself for buying the book to pretend to play.
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Arrived as described
Came in great shape. It was the exact music book my daughters music teacher requested.
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These books bring me along nicely. All I need to do is open them …
These books bring me along nicely. All I need to do is open them up and play the pieces in order. I’m happy to be able to learn to read and play music for the violin and get good practice reading music at these early levels so trouble free, I’m really looking forward to progressing to the more expert levels.
One person found this helpful
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Good book
Good book if you’re kids are learning the violin
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Good teaching tool
I am a beginner adult violinist. Good book – easy to learn from. I recommend it.
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Good starter book
According to my daughter, who really uses this book: She felt that it’s a good starter book. This was a book that they used in orchestra at her elementary school. She wanted to continue learning, and since she was familiar with this book decided to get it. It provides her with examples and also a cd for her to hear how it should sound.
One person found this helpful
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Great Buy!
Purchased this for my daughter after she finished Book 1. She is 10 and has been playing the violin since she was 7. Essential Elements for Strings has been helped her learn a lot of music stuff.
6 people found this helpful
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Wayne Simonds –
Good Second Book in the series
Good Second Book in the series. My son seems to be learning from these so no problems. We will continue to send him to class and utilize this book.
One person found this helpful
richard p walker –
Five Stars
orderd book 2 but receives book 1
Paul –
Hal Leonard Guitar Method Books
I use all 3 books in this method for my students….and it works well.
3 people found this helpful
Robin Bird –
Great
This book & CD was very helpful. I haven’t played guitar in several years and was able to get right back into it. The lessons go from simple to complex and the CD is great to play along with.
One person found this helpful
SD –
Loves it!
My son loves this book!
Sarico –
Very good method
I am learning music by myself and the Guitar Method books are very good, even if you don’ t have a teacher.
Tammy Goodrich –
Perfect for beginner that is ready to move up!
Really walks through the chords and strings. A lot of familiar songs to work with and learn. Diagrams make it easy to follow!
Oligoxue –
Five Stars
good methods book
charles evans –
Four Stars
good
Donna F. McCullough –
Guitar Method Book 2
I will be working in this book shortly. I fills my needs of continuing the Hal Leonard Guitar lesson process.
Dakar –
a good continuation of Book 1
This book continues from Book 1. Has notes and chords and discusses some of the music theory such as root notes for chords etc. This is for learning music notes and not for Tab. But learning the primary chords by name, such as C, E or G7, is very valuable. Even if you don’t want to learn all the indiv notes. Learning the chords by name is easier to play than by tab even.
One person found this helpful
whistleinmyboots –
A mixture of strumming and notation exercises
The learning purpose of the book could be more clearly defined. Book 1 was designed to help students read music. Book 2 alternates strumming exercises with reading, which could either be desirable or undesirable based on your goals. If your goal is to read music, you are going to have a drastic jump in symbol decoding for music notation fromThe first book and you will need more reading supplements. Students struggle a lot with this book
7 people found this helpful
mgoodwi1 –
Bought for someone
I can’t really say.
Matt R. –
Good
As expected
Dave –
great instructional book
I’m already a bit beyond this book with my playing but it’s a great learning tool anyway. I like all of Hal Leonard books. This is no exception. I like that these books go step by step in progression, each book leading to the next.
Christine in WI –
Just starting but seems to move on nicely from book 1.
I had completed and enjoyed all the lessons in book 1 so I decided to continue with this same line of teaching. So far I have enjoyed the content and think it will be very useful in helping me progress in learning to play guitar.
Amazon Customer –
I like it
Helps with my guitar practice
Josh –
Easy to interpret
I have almost completed Book 1 and curiosity got the better of me so I took a quick look through Book 2. It looks to be well written and straightforward. Simple enough to teach yourself and nice to discuss and play along with an instructor.
Melissa Asr –
Great book. As described.
Great book.
Jarrett A. Webster –
Great product
Great product
Mark Chyna –
the only way to learn guitar
Hal Leonard books are very well organized and give you step by step instruction to learn your instrument while getting the fundamentals down along with avoiding bad habits. Make sure to get the manual with the audio CD- it is indispensable!
Praveen –
Great
Great book👍
Gary Covert –
Great book
Great book.
Connie –
… lessons and our class asked if this was a good book to have and he said yes so I …
I am taking guitar lessons and our class asked if this was a good book to have and he said yes so I bought it and am enjoying leaning new things that are in it.
Carolyn H –
They do not include the pattern exercises so that a beginner could hear what something sounds like and repeat it
My biggest problem with the books is that the CD only includes certain tracks. They do not include the pattern exercises so that a beginner could hear what something sounds like and repeat it. Obviously there are hundreds of those in the book, but it would still be helpful to have access to it so I know if I’m doing it right or not.
2 people found this helpful
Guitar Player –
Geezer can play guitar now…
I finished book 1 and now am almost finishedwith this book… book 2.Buy it and play guitar…. from sheet music too !Nice !Next will be book 3… then the BLUES BOOK too !!!I can make fine noise on a guitar.
4 people found this helpful
Ann in the northwoods –
Great book.
Great series of teaching books. Love the cd that you can play with. Helps with the learning process. Songs are classics that have been around for ages.
One person found this helpful
Amazon Customer –
Great fun for me
Getting a lot of practice and learning out of this book. Great fun for me.
David T. –
Good beginner book
I have all 3 books of the series. I have tried other books to learn on my own and this one explains the basics better then any other series I have tried.
One person found this helpful
mte1955 –
Five Stars
More difficult than Book I and still pushing through it but well done.
Amazon Customer –
Perfect books for learning Guitar!!!!!!!!
These Hal Leonard guitar books are perfect series of books to learn to play the guitar. From beginner to more advanced, each book has a more advanced level of learning. Highly recommend.
Peter Drake –
nice item
I’m using it with a student, and we really like the sound tracks that come with it.
The Waterballoonist –
Better than book 1
I have used book one of this series for years in my teaching and finally decided to give book two a shot. It’s so good! There are a bunch of passages that are riffs from legendary tunes. Very straightforward explanation of tab and fingerpicking.Definitely worth it if you/your student is ready.
One person found this helpful
Angela Johnson –
No bends or ripped pages. Good buy
Came in perfect. No bends. Only thing is that I thought it was supposed to come with a cd too, and it didn’t.
MrBeercan –
Great for the Beginner to move on.
This book is a follow-on to book 1. I like the Hal Leonard series better than the Mel Bay series. Mel Bay’s books go too far too fast.
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Romanza –
Good, but considerably harder than book 1
Good book, except Hal Leonard makes a big jump from book 1 to book 2 intellectually. Kind of like going from Elementary School right to High School. Maybe this is because book 1 is typically easier than other Guitar 1 methods from other book companies. it’s definitely the right choice after Hal Leonard 1 (Hal Leonard is an easier system than Mel Bay and some others). Really surprised Hal Leonard hasn’t covered power chords and a warm-up exercise up to this point?
3 people found this helpful
Patrick M. –
fun to jam!
I really like using this book alongside of Mel Bay Book 2. The combination of the two books gives students a great foundation for playing the guitar. This book offers some outstanding practice with strumming patterns. The CD is a must if the student is to really get a feel for playing the style and playing with others. So often students who play guitar don’t getting a chance to play with a group. This CD gives the student this opportunity in addition to making playing the guitar a blast! I have taught many students over the years and have found this book to be extremely popular and well worth the money.
9 people found this helpful
Jessica Dekovitch –
Not for me.
I felt like this really didn’t expand my knowledge from the last book especially considering I wanted to learn music notation.
edwyn perezedwyn perez –
El libro es el modelo diferente a la foto de venta
El libro llego, pero es el modelo viejo. Diferente al publicado en la foto de amazon.
Jill B. –
Great book for beginners
This was a great book for learning how to play the guitar. My daughter loved it.
Tammy M –
Five Stars
perfect beginner book!
Anthony De Lucia Jr. –
Simply Excellent!
I tried a few different guitar method books in teaching my son to play – everyone get you through the notes on the six strings and then dumps you in the middle of no-where.After a few false starts with other methods I found the Hal Leonard Guitar Method books and I absolutely love them. They are the best by far and we’ve been very please with them. I play a bit of guitar but never had formal instruction. These books served as my “lesson plans” for teaching my son and it works!We’ve gone through all three (Book 1, 2 & 3) and then started working with a few specialized/focused books (Blues guitar, Rock guitar, Guitar Theory, etc.). They all move at a good comfortable pace and leverage exercises that build and reinforce the concepts being taught.If you’re thinking about learning to play or teaching your children to play, this book is a great investment.
17 people found this helpful
RiseOne –
awesome in depth training
just like my title says…if you are just starting out on guitar…go through books 1-3 its good help! sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet
One person found this helpful
Kindle Customer –
Needs complete update
There’s no question that you can learn to play guitar with this method, but you’re not likely to enjoy the songs. Polly Wolly Doodle, Sinner Man, Frere Jacques, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, Kumbayah? I am 60 years old and these songs are too outdated and religious for me. I can’t imagine youngsters enjoying them.
Jwclaw –
Big jump from kids book 2.
I got this book because I thought the kids book 2 and book 1 over lapped too much. But once I got the book 2 I realized it was a huge jump and that book 1 was just right for the next book.
Shawn Parker –
Hal Leonard is king
Stick with a teacher, and make that teacher Hal Leonard
Nane –
Great book
Great book for those learning how to play…
One person found this helpful
margaret mary sutcliffe –
I also like the layout which somehow seems user friendly
A bigger step up from Book 1 than I expected so it helped to have done Book 1 well without rushing it. Lots more new things to learn and still very varied and interesting. I also like the layout which somehow seems user friendly. These are very good tutor books, full of fun and not too easy.
One person found this helpful
Parminder S Singhera –
Three Stars
GOOD
Olivier Darveau –
Five Stars
good book…
bruce p farenwald –
Four Stars
using the CD with Amazing Slowdowner makes the process very comfortable.
One person found this helpful
yihan yang –
Five Stars
It’s good!
L A Read –
Exactly!
Just what we needed to continue with our guitar lessons and tutorial at school. We recommend it for guitar students.
granny pm –
Five Stars
Son learned to play using this
candidademo –
good book
helpful & easy
Daniel Lambertson –
Five Stars
Good book
Mitchell Green –
good
good
Sue Gates –
If you just learned how to read guitar notes,this book is perfect
After i learned how to read notes,i was given the Complete Book (1-3) It takes you from notes to chords and everything in the middle. This is a treaure. I will Always refer back to it. The Big Red Book!!
Celeste Martella –
Hal Leonard Guitar Book 2
Took 18 days for company to send in-stock 47-page booklet. Company never responded to my email concern/request. Booklet was in excellent condition. . . just took too long to receive.
One person found this helpful
Guitar –
Five Stars
Great book used Ha Leonard to teach guitar and love his step by step books.