The Essential Elements 2000 series is one of the most popular and most highly recommended instruction books around. Essential Technique 2000 is the third book in the Essential Elements 2000 series, and is a highly recommended follow-up to the first two books. Essential Technique 2000 includes 195 short songs, etudes, scales, and studies that will help you practice and make use of all of the skills developed with the first two books.

In the back of this highly useful book, you find a fingering chart, some tips for taking good care of your instrument, and an index for definitions for musical terms used in the book as well as composers and styles of music found in the book. This great book also includes a play-along CD which contains tracks to lessons 149 through 195. This superlative book is something that every instrumentalist can benefit from, so add it to your musical library today!

FEATURES: KEY CENTERED SYSTEM • 9 Major and Related Minor Keys • Scales, Etudes, Short Chorales, and Music Technique Exercises - INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT STUDIES • For EVERY instrument, demonstrated by a professional soloist • CD in each student book • Includes accompaniments on real instruments, not synthesized - SPECIAL STUDIES SECTION • Reading Skill Builders, Rhythm Pages, Jazz Style and Improvisation, Full Chorales, Rubank Scales and Arpeggios - all included on CD - INTEGRATED HISTORY, THEORY AND CREATIVITY • Exceeds the National Standards for Arts Education - MORE GREAT MUSIC • A wide variety: Classical, World, Folk and more.