Hal Leonard: Essential Elements 2000 (for Concert Band)

== Contents ==
All songs are originally written for the book unless otherwise noted.
No. 	Title 	Composer(s)
1. 	The First Note 	
2. 	Count and Play 	
3. 	A New Note 	
4. 	Two's a Team 	
5. 	Heading Down 	
6. 	Moving on Up 	
7. 	The Long Haul 	
8. 	Four by Four 	
9. 	Touchdown 	
10. 	The Fab Five 	
11. 	Reading the Notes 	
12. 	First Flight 	
13. 	Essential Elements Quiz 	
14. 	Rolling Along 	
15. 	Rhythm Rap 	
16. 	The Half Counts 	
17. 	Hot Cross Buns 	
18. 	Go Tell Aunt Rhodie 	American folk song
19. 	Essential Elements Quiz 	
20. 	Rhythm Rap 	
21. 	The Whole Thing 	
22. 	Split Decision (duet) 	
23. 	March Steps 	
24. 	Listen to Our Sections 	
25. 	Lightly Row 	
26. 	Essential Elements Quiz 	
27. 	Reaching Higher (new note) 	
28. 	Au claire de la lune 	French folk song
29. 	Remix 	
30. 	London Bridge (duet) 	English folk song
31. 	A Mozart Melody 	Adaptation
32. 	Essential Elements Quiz 	
33. 	Deep Pockets (new note) 	
34. 	Doodle All Day 	
35. 	Jump Rope 	
36. 	A-Tisket, A-Tasket 	
37. 	Loud and Soft 	
38. 	Jingle Bells 	James Pierpont (1822-1893)
39. 	My Dreidel 	Traditional Hanukkah song
40. 	Rhythm Rap 	
41. 	Eighth Note Jam 	
42. 	Skip to My Lou 	American folk song
43. 	Long, Long Ago 	
44. 	Oh, Susanna 	Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1894)
45. 	Essential Elements Quiz - William Tell 	Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
46. 	Rhythm Rap 	
47. 	Two by Two 	
48. 	High School Cadets (march) 	John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
49. 	Hey, Ho! Nobody's Home 	
50. 	Clap the Dynamics 	
51. 	Play the Dynamics 	
52. 	Performance Warm-Ups:
* Tone Builder
* Rhythm Etude
* Rhythm Rap
* Chorale	
53. 	Aura Lee (duet or band arrangement) 	George R. Poulton (1828-1867)
54. 	Frère Jacques (round) 	French folk song
55. 	When the Saints Go Marching In (band arrangement)	Traditional spiritual
----John Higgins (arranger)
56. 	Old MacDonald Had a Band (section feature) 	
57. 	Ode to Joy (from "Symphony No. 9") 	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
----John Higgins (arranger)
58. 	Hard Rock Blues (encore) 	John Higgins
59. 	Fit to Be Tied 	
60. 	Alouette 	French-Canadian folk song
61. 	Alouette - The Sequel 	French-Canadian folk song
62. 	Camptown Races 	Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1894)
63. 	New Directions 	
64. 	The Nobles 	
65. 	Essential Elements Quiz 	
66. 	Rhythm Rap 	
67. 	Three Beat Jam 	
68. 	Barcarolle 	Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
69. 	Morning (from "Peer Gynt") 	Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
70. 	Accent Your Talent 	
71. 	Mexican Clapping Song (Chiapanecas) 	Latin American folk song
72. 	Essential Creativity 	
73. 	Hot Muffins (new note) 	
74. 	Cossack Dance 	
75. 	Basic Blues (new note) 	
76. 	High Flying 	
77. 	Sakura, Sakura (band arrangement) 	Japanese folk song
----John Higgins (arranger)
78. 	Up on a Housetop 	
79. 	Jolly Old St. Nick (duet) 	
80. 	The Big Airstream (new note) 	
81. 	Waltz Theme (The Merry Widow Waltz) 	Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
82. 	Air Time 	
83. 	Down by the Station 	
84. 	Essential Elements Quiz 	
85. 	Essential Creativity 	
86. 	Tone Builder 	
87. 	Rhythm Builder 	
88. 	Technique Trax 	
89. 	Chorale (from Cantata 147) 	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
90. 	Variations on a Familiar Theme 	
91. 	Banana Boat Song 	Caribbean folk song
92. 	Razor's Edge (new note) 	
93. 	The Music Box 	
94. 	Ezekiel Saw the Wheel 	African-American spiritual
95. 	Smooth Operator 	
96. 	Gliding Along 	
97. 	Trombone Rag 	
98. 	Essential Elements Quiz 	
99. 	Take the Lead (new note) 	
100.	The Cold Wind 	
101.	Phraseology 	
102.	Satin Latin 	
103.	Minuet (duet) 	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
104.	Essential Creativity 	
105.	Naturally 	
106.	March Militaire 	Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
107.	The Flat Zone 	
108.	On Top of Old Smokey 	American folk song
109.	Bottom Bass Boogie (duet) 	
110.	Rhythm Rap 	
111.	The Dot Always Counts 	
112.	All Through the Night 	
113.	Sea Chanty 	English folk song
114.	Scarborough Fair 	English folk song
115.	Rhythm Rap 	
116.	The Turnaround 	
117.	Essential Elements Quiz - Auld Lang Syne 	Scottish folk song
118.	Theme from "New World Symphony" 	Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
119.	Grenadilla Gorilla Jump No. 1 	
120.	Jumpin' Up and Down 	
121.	Grenadilla Gorilla Jump No. 2 	
122.	Jumpin' for Joy 	
123.	Grenadilla Gorilla Jump No. 3 	
124.	Jumpin' Jacks 	
125.	Essential Elements Quiz 	
126.	Grenadilla Gorilla Jump No. 4 	
127.	Three Is the Count 	
128.	Grenadilla Gorilla Jump No. 5 	
129.	Technique Trax 	
130.	Crossing Over (new note) 	
131.	Kum Bah Yah (trio) 	African folk song
132.	Michael Row the Boat Ashore 	African-American spiritual
133.	Austrian Waltz 	Austrian folk song
134.	Botany Bay 	Australian folk song
135.	Technique Trax 	
136.	Finlandia 	Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
137.	Essential Creativity 	
138.	Easy Gorilla Jumps 	
139.	Technique Trax 	
140.	More Technique Trax 	
141.	German Folk Song 	
142.	The Saints Go Marchin' Again 	
* James Black
* Katherine Purvis
143.	Lowland Gorilla Walk 	
144.	Smooth Sailing 	
145.	More Gorilla Jumps 	
146.	Full Coverage 	
147.	Concert B♭ Scale 	
148.	In Harmony 	
149.	Scale and Arpeggio 	
150.	Theme from "Surprise Symphony" 	Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
151.	Essential Elements Quiz - The Streets of Laredo 	American folk song
152.	School Spirit (band arrangement) 	W.T. Purdy
----John Higgins (arranger)
153.	Carnival of Venice (band arrangement) 	Julius Benedict (1804-1888)
----John Higgins (arranger)
154.	Range and Flexibility Builder 	
155.	Technique Trax 	
156.	Chorale 	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
157.	Hatikvah 	Israeli national anthem
158.	Rhythm Rap 	
159.	Eighth Note March 	
160.	Minuet 	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
161.	Rhythm Rap 	
162.	Eighth Notes Off the Beat 	
163.	Eighth Note Scramble 	
164.	Essential Elements Quiz 	
165.	Dancing Melody (new note) 	
166.	El Capitan 	John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
167.	O Canada 	Canadian national anthem, written by:
* Calixa Lavallée
* Adolphe-Basile Routhier
* Robert Stanley Weir
168.	Essential Elements Quiz - Meter Mania 	
169.	Snake Charmer 	
170.	Dark Shadows 	
171.	Close Encounters 	
172.	March Slav 	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
173.	Notes in Disguise 	
174.	Half-Steppin' 	
175.	Egyptian Dance 	Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
176.	Silver Moon Boat 	Chinese folk song
177.	Theme from "Symphony No. 7" (duet) 	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
178.	Capriccio Italien 	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
179.	American Patrol 	F.W. Meacham
180.	Wayfaring Stranger 	African-American spiritual
181.	Essential Elements Quiz - Scale Counting Conquest	
182.	America the Beautiful (band arrangement) 	Samuel A. Ward (1848-1903)
----John Higgins (arranger)
183.	La Cucarcha (band arrangement) 	Latin American folk song
----John Higgins (arranger)
184.	Theme from "1812 Overture" (band arrangement) 	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
----John Higgins (arranger)
185.	Theme from "Symphony No. 1" (solo) 	Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
----John Higgins (arranger)
186.	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (duet) 	African-American spiritual
187.	La Bamba (duet) 	Mexican folk song