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High Guitar 1

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Ready to play guitar? Experience isn’t needed, but a six-string guitar is. If you have never touched a guitar, don’t worry. All you need is an interest in starting your musical education. If you already play guitar, why not build on your techniques? Guitar 1 is a two-segment course that introduces the basics of music and guitar. Students will be guided by Carlos and Ariel as they learn to play guitar and learn about music notation, musical styles, simple and full-strum chords, foundational music literacy and theory, and major scales. To get started, be sure to have a playable six-string guitar and a device capable of recording a video, including audio, to submit work to the teacher. Grab your guitar and get ready to jam.

This course is a Performing Fine Arts credit to meet the art requirement for high school graduation.

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Segment One

  • Introduction to the elements of music—tempo, dynamics, melody, and harmony
  • Getting started on the guitar—right-hand and left-hand technique
  • Introduction to E, Em, and E7 chords
  • Introduction to reading guitar tablature
  • Improvisation and creating solos with the Em pentatonic scale
  • Revisiting right- and left-hand techniques by playing Spanish Song and Spider Crawl Jam
  • How to learn and practice new chords—Em, A7, D, Am, E7, G, D7, C, G7
  • Reading and playing standard music notation on the first, second, and third string
  • Pick-up notes and ties
  • Comparison of standard and tablature notation

Segment Two

  • Whole steps and half steps
  • Sharps and flats
  • Introduction to major scales
  • Music composition
  • Copyright
  • Reading and playing standard music notation on the fourth, fifth, and six string
  • Form in music
  • Introduction to eighth notes
  • Introduction to ensemble music
  • Ensemble repertoire
  • Performance analysis
  • Key signatures
  • Primary chords and the Blues
  • Music and Culture—Bluegrass, Rock, and Jazz
 

No prior music experience is necessary, but you must have your own six-string guitar and a way to record and submit a video performance to your instructor.

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.

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