Mastering the Guitar Class Method is a remarkably innovative new approach to teaching guitar in class settings. Special features of this method include: careful grading of all material; use of both standard notation and tablature; numerous guitar ensemble pieces; the combining of music with other disciplines such as history, math, English, etc.; presentation of varied musical styles as applied to the guitar; solo material from different musical periods; selections derived from various countries and cultures; graded lessons on improvising; and suggested guitar back-up and accompaniment styles. This new method meets current MENC national standards for music education. Includes access to online audio. 

After completing this volume, students should proceed to Mastering the Guitar Class Method Level 2.

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Mastering the Guitar Class Method Elementary to 8th Grade

A Seperate Piece      
A Wrinkle In Time      
Acres Of Bluegrass      
Ain't Gonna Rain No More      
Amazing Grace      
America       Henry Carey
America The Beautiful       Katherine Lee Bates
And Then There Were None      
Anitra's Dance Theme       Edvard Grieg
Baby Don't Love Me      
Barbara Allen      
Blow, Ye Winds      
Bridge To Terabithia      
Call Of The Wild      
Call The Ewes      
Chanson      
Charlotte's Webb      
Classic Rock Boogie      
Come With Me My Giselle       Adam De La Halle
Comin' Through The Rye      
Cripple Creek      
Cumberland Ridge      
Early American Hymn      
Far From Home      
Four-String Blues      
Freight Train      
French Carols      
Good Mornin' Blues      
Greensleeves      
Harvest Round      
House Of The Rising Sun      
Hungarian Dance #4       Johann Brahms
I Ride An Old Paint      
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring       Johann Sebastian Bach
Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier      
La Cucaracha      
Land Of The Silver Birch      
Las Mananitas/Morning Greetings      
Malaga      
Maniac Magee      
Marianne      
Member Of The Wedding      
Midnight Special      
Molly Malone      
Morning Song      
Morpheus       William Billings
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean      
My Home Across The Smoky Mountains      
My Side Of The Mountain      
Nine Pound Hammer      
Number The Stars      
O Come. O Come Emmanuel      
Oh, Sinner Man      
Old Man And The Sea      
Outsider's Blues      
Pachelbel's Canon      
Pay Me My Money Down      
Peace Like A River      
Railroad Bill      
Renaissance Dance      
Russian Folk Song      
Sakura      
Scarborough Fair      
Scotland's Burning      
Shabat Shalom      
Shadow Of The Bull      
Si Cantemo      
Silent Night       Franz Gruber
Simple Gifts      
Smithfield Boogie      
Sourwood Mountain      
Spanish Nights      
Star Of County Down      
Summer Of The Monkeys      
Swamp Buggy      
Sweet Sunny South      
Terk In America       Klezmer
The Cay       Klezmer
The Cruel War       Klezmer
The Cuckoo       Klezmer
The Hobbit       Klezmer
The Picking School       Klezmer
The Railroad Corral       Klezmer
The Sally Gardens       Klezmer
This Little Light Of Mine       Klezmer
This Train       Klezmer
Watership Down       Klezmer
Where The Red Fern Grows       Klezmer
Will The Circle Be Unbroken?       Klezmer