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MU336-01 Guitar Fundamentals
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Spring 2018


Syllabus:
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Guitar class observation report guidelines (extra credit assignment):
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Week 1: Introduction. Notes on strings 1 and 2. 1-finger open string chords 

Group1: 1-finger chord progression: | G | Gmaj7 | G7 | C |  
              Mel Bay method book pgs. 1-19


Group 2: Full chords:  | G | Gmaj7 | G7 | C | right hand variations: strum with thumb, forward and reverse roll with fingers
               Mel Bay method book pgs. 1-19

Group 3: Mentor student evaluation sheets due Monday of week 2.

Week 2: Notes on string 1 and 2 (through Mel Bay page 31). Selected open string and bar chords.

Group 1: practice melodies up through pg. 31 in open position. Use a pick to pluck notes. Alternate down/up with 8th notes.

Group 2: practice melodies on pg. 31 in both open position and 5th position. Use alternating index-middle fingers, classical style, to pluck the notes. Then practice the same melodies with a pick. Alternate down/up with 8th notes. Practice strumming chords for Etude (bottom of pg. 26). 

Group 3: practice assigned duets

Barrier test no. 1: (groups 1 and 2 only) Monday of week 3
You are responsible for the following:

Both groups 1 and 2: accurately play the chord progression from week 1. Group 1: strum the chords as quarter notes with the right hand thumb. Group 2: use the three right hand patterns shown in class during week 1)
Group 1:  pg. 26 melodies in open position. Use all downstrokes with the right hand thumb.
Group 2: melodies in open position and also in 5th position (frets 5-8). Use alternating index-middle right hand plucking, classical style.
Group 2: strum the chords to Etude (bottom of pg 26). Use right hand thumb downstums, strum quarter note rhythm.

Week 3: notes on string 3 (through Mel Bay pg. 37) Selected open string chords.

Group 1: play all melodies in open position. Practice both with a pick and classical style alternating right hand index and middle fingers.
Group 2: play all melodies in open position and 5th position . Practice both with a pick and classical style alternating right hand index and middle fingers.
Group 3: practice assigned duet/trio.

Week 4: notes on the first three strings (through Mel Bay pg. 37) Selected open string chords

Group 1: warm-ups: G mixolydian scale. G major scale. Open position. Right hand arpeggio warm-up
Group 2: warm-ups: G mixolydian scale, G major scale, C major scale all in 5th position. Right hand arpeggio warm-up 
Group 1: pgs. 33-37 open position
Group 2: pgs. 33-37 open position and 5th position. Handout: El Noy de la Mare" (learn both parts)


Week 5: notes on there first three strings continued. Selected open string chords

Group 1: one octave C major and G major scales (alternate picking with a pick or alternating right hand i-m). Open position
Group 2: one octave C major and G major scales (alternate picking with a pick or alternating right hand i-m). Open and 5th position
Group 2: El Noye de La Mar, top part

Week 6: notes on string 4. New right hand strumming patterns

Groups 1 and 2: Barrier exam No. 2
Group 3: first draft of ensemble piece due

Weeks 7-10: Notes on Strings 5 and 6. Selected open string chords. More advanced right and left hand techniques.

No class Monday of Week 10 (Memorial Day)

Final concert Program:

Shadow of the Bull
Charlotte's Web
Red River Valley
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Penny Lane
El Noy de la Mare (assigned level 2 duet)
Mozart (assigned level 3 duet)

Final: Monday, June 4th 9:10 am-11:10 am. 
Final barrier exams during 1st hour of final. Concert during 2nd hour.
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