Segment 1
Time in music: beat, rhythm, and meter Sound in music: pitch, dynamics, duration, and timbre Melody and harmony Notating pitch, duration, meter, tempo, and dynamics Three basic types of guitars Parts of the guitar Guitar care and maintenance Basic history of the guitar Practice area and tools The Five Practice Principles Concentration development Keeping a practice journal Three ways to hold the guitar: classical, casual, and
standing Universal guidelines for holding the guitar: choosing a
position Getting started with
the classical position: the four points of contact Positioning your hands, wrists, and arms Using the right-hand fingers: strums, free strokes, and rest
strokes How to use a guitar pick: playing downstrokes and upstrokes Using the left-hand fingers: stopping the strings Tuning the guitar: online tuner, tuning to a keyboard, and
relative tuning How to play “Spanish Song” How to play “Spider Crawl Jam” Learning to read fretboard diagrams Chord quality: E minor (Em), E major (E), and E dominant
seventh (E7) chords How to play “E-Chord Study” Learning to read guitar tablature Playing the E minor pentatonic scale Introduction to Improvisation: Creating solos using the Five
R’s How to learn and practice new chords Strumming chord changes: Em-A7 chord progression How to play “Chord Change Study”
Strumming chord accompaniment to a melody D-A7 chord progression: “He’s Got the Whole World in His
Hands” Am-E7 chord progression: “Für Elise”
G-D7 chord progression: “Skip to My Lou”
C-G7 chord progression: “Ode to Joy”
Review of music notation fundamentals• Rhythm studies• Natural notes on the
guitar
Reading music on the treble strings: “Entrada,” “Third String Shuffle,”
“English Melody,” “au clair de la lune,” “Andantino,” “Skip to My Lou,” “Ode to
Joy,” “Jingle Bells,” “Packington’s Pound,” “Aura Lee,” “Saltarello,” and
“Boogie on Three.”
Pick-up notes: “Snake Charmer” and “Good Morning to All”
Ties: “Amazing Grace” and “When the Saints Go Marching In”
Standard notation vs. tablature Across the Bridge: Poetry in Motion (poetry in music) Beginning intervals: half steps and whole steps Sharps and flats
Introduction to major scales: “Joy to the World”
Music Composition for guitar
Segment 2
Reading music on the bass strings: “D-String Blues,”
“A-String Blues,” “Entrada,” “Andalusian Blues” Form in music How to play “The Snake Charmer” (using the bass strings) Introduction to Minor Scales: The A natural minor scale Relative scales • Harmonic and melodic minor scales How to play “House of the Rising Sun” Introduction to Eighth Notes: Rhythm exercises “Eighth-Note Study in 4/4” and “Eighth-Note Study in 3/4” Playing melodies using eighth notes: “Frère Jacques,”
“Minuet in G,” and “Irish Sea Shanty” Introduction to ensemble music Practicing and rehearsing ensemble music Performing ensemble music Ensemble repertoire I: “The Water is Wide” (melody with
counter-melody) Ensemble repertoire II: “Old Joe Clark” (melody with chord
accompaniment) Ensemble analysis Analyzing a musical score Evaluating a music performance Key signatures: keys of C, G, D, and A major How to play “Joy to the World” (ensemble with melody and
bass line) Musical instrument families Musical instrument pitch range Introduction to primary chords in major keys: scale degrees,
triads, seventh chords, and primary chords Primary chords in the key of G major: strumming chord
accompaniment to “Amazing Grace” Primary chords in the key of D major
Introduction to transposition: transposing “Amazing Grace” to D major Introduction to primary chords in minor keys Primary chords in the key of A minor (new chord D minor):
strumming chord accompaniment to “A Minor Entertainer” The A minor pentatonic and A blues scales Playing the blues: swing rhythm and creating blues licks Movable scale patterns
Note names on the sixth string
The rhythm in blues: The 12-bar blues chord progression Life through the lens of music: music in society, music styles,
and performance styles The Guitar in American Music
Spotlight on bluegrass (root strum, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides)
Spotlight on rock music (power chords, palm mute, and bends) Spotlight on jazz (“Major 7” chords, “minor 7” chords, “9”
chords and ii-V7-I chord progressions)• Encore! Capstone piece (student chooses
from “Bluegrass Festival,” “56 Rock,” and “Falling Up”)
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