“Essential Elements” by Hal Leonard is a complete teaching method unto itself. The Essential Elements for Band has over 500 articles, and there are also “Essential Elements” for strings, guitar and percussion. Browse our sheet music and scores, and see for yourself.
There is a long and healthy tradition of learning instruments together in the classroom. This tried and tested method has inspired publishers like Hal Leonard to broaden their classroom selection. “Essential Elements” offers comprehensive training for all wind instruments, band, strings, guitar and percussion, and promotes interaction and team-work, and ensures that the whole class has fun in the process! It also provides a gentle introduction to music theory, and music history along the way.
Essential Elements Band Series
Artist Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687911
Essential Elements Band Series
Explorer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 686946
A comprehensive band method
Original Series
for: Winds class [baritone horn/euphonium (C, bass clef)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 685588
A comprehensive band method
Original Series
for: Winds class [bass clarinet]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 685585
Essential Elements Band Series
Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687921
Essential Elements Band Series
Explorer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687905
Essential Elements Band Series
Master Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687890
Essential Elements Band Series
Explorer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687889
15 Selections for Young Concert Band
Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Alto saxophone 2
Item no.: 685790
A Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and Improvisation
for: Jazz wind class [tenor saxophone (B)]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 697103
Essential Elements
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 686111
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Horn (F)
Item no.: 686192
Essential Elements 2000
for: Youth string orchestra
Music lesson book (spiral binding), playback CD
Item no.: 1677551
A comprehensive band method
Original Series
for: Winds class [horn (E-flat)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 685395
Essential Elements Band Series
Expert Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 687876
Comprehensive Band Method
Online Resources Included
for: Winds class [baritone/euphonium horn (B-flat, treble clef)]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 674909
Concert March
Essential Elements Band Series – Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687050
A Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and Improvisation
for: Jazz wind class [trombone]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 697100
A Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and Improvisation
for: Jazz wind class [horn (F)]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 697092
Clarinet Section Feature
Essential Elements Band Series – Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687880
Essential Elements Band Series
Artist Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687145
Essential Elements Band Series
Explorer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687140
A comprehensive band method
Original Series
for: Winds class [tenor saxophone (B)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 685586
Solos and Band Arrangements
Correlated with Essential Elements Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 686092
A Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and Improvisation
for: Jazz wind class [horn (F)]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 691338
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Bass clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 686196
15 Selections for Young Concert Band
Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 685794
15 Selections for Young Concert Band
Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 685778
Comprehensive Band Method
includes Online Resources and Playalong-CD (Exercises 1-55)
for: Winds class
Score, Playback-CD, online media
Item no.: 674918
Essential Elements Band Series
Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687137
15 Selections for Young Concert Band Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 685642
Solos and Band Arrangements
Correlated with Essential Elements Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part alto clarinet
Item no.: 686090
Essential Elements Band Series
Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687887
Essential Elements Band Series
Expert Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687147
Essential Elements Band Series
Explorer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 687139
Concert March
Essential Elements Band Series – Artist Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687138
A comprehensive band method
Original Series
for: Winds class [horn (F)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 685590
Essential Elements Band Series
Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687144
Comprehensive Band Method
Online Resources Included
for: Winds class [trumpet (B-flat)]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 674905
Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Jazz wind class (big band)
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 691384
A Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and Improvisation
for: Jazz wind class [alto saxophone (E-flat)]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 697104
Essential Elements Band Series
Artist Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687076
15 Selections for Young Concert Band Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Bass clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657706
Essential Elements Band Series
Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 687883
15 Selections for Young Concert Band
Correlates with Essential Elements 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 685796
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 686199
Solos and Band Arrangements
Correlated with Essential Elements Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 686094
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part alto clarinet
Item no.: 686119