Belwin's 21st Century Guitar Ensemble -- Evil Ways

Item Number: AP.ELM02015

ISBN 0757900461.

An exciting new series of guitar ensemble music. Each title includes a full score and parts for four guitars and optional bass guitar. Teacher and student performance notes and a listening CD are included. For five guitars and optional bass guitar. This classic first hit from Woodstock-era Santana is a perfect easy-to-play guitar ensemble. The simple two-chord groove to this song is also perfect for experimenting with improvised guitar solos. Excellent for concerts, recitals, and holiday performances. Easy level: appropriate for middle and high school students in Level 1 of the Method.

About 21st Century Guitar Course

This hugely popular basic guitar method series includes numerous supplements (theory workbook, ensembles, song books and a supplemental rock method). The available CD includes full instruction plus full demonstration and play-along tracks. Level 1 lays a foundation with note reading and chords and includes teacher duet parts to encourage the student and teacher to perform together. TAB is used to make learning chords, accompaniments, riffs and other stylistic guitar parts easy and fun, standard music notation is used for melodic playing. Level two goes deeper into common guitar genres such and rock and blues and also introduces applied music theory, chord and scale construction and fretboard understanding. Recommended for 8 years old and up.