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BEGINNING GUITAR LEVEL 1

Course Scope:

This one-year course is designed for students with no previous guitar

experience. Students will receive guidance and direction in solving problems
related to playing the guitar on a beginning level and will learn many of the
different styles, skills and techniques required to become a successful
guitarist. Areas of concentration include: correct posture, note reading, aural
skills, flat picking, singing songs, rhythmic patterns, chord study, finger
picking styles, musical forms, improvisation and performing experiences. This
elective course for high school may be repeated for credit.

Course Goals:

1. To develop correct posture and hand position

2. To identify the parts of the guitar

3. To demonstrate the proper tuning of the guitar by pitch

matching

4. To understand the history and origin of the guitar

5. To learn basic fundamentals of musical notation

6. To learn basic chords and single notes in first position

7. To learn proper strumming, finger style and flat picking
techniques and accompaniments

8. To become aware of career opportunities

9. To participate in performance and evaluation of music

10. To demonstrate basic notating skills

Backward Assessment Model

Level 1 - Beginning Guitar

YEAR ONE - At the completion of year one, students will be able to:

1. perform using correct sitting posture and appropriate hand positions

2. play a sixteen measure melody composed with eighth notes at a moderate

tempo using alternate picking

3. play on all six strings in first position

4. play melodies in the keys C, Am, G, Em, D, Bm, F and Dm

5. have a tonal range which extends to the A above the staff

6. play major, minor and dominant seventh chords in first position in the
keys of C, G, D, A, Am, E, & Em

7. strum rhythms to include whole, half, quarter and eighth notes including
simple syncopation

8. play power chords using roots on open sixth, fifth and fourth strings

9. read and understand symbols indicating up and down strokes

10. play arpeggios in a finger-picking style as an accompaniment

11. identify and use p-i-m-a

12. identify and name the parts of the guitar

13. identify basic musical symbols

14. tune the guitar by pitch matching

INTERMEDIATE GUITAR

Course Scope:

This one-year course is designed for students who have successfully completed
the skills outlined in the Beginning Guitar syllabus. This course includes
further development of the skills necessary to become independent as a
guitarist. This course emphasizes the development of style, articulation,
dynamics, rhythmic ability and skills inherent to performance. Students will
receive guidance and direction in solving problems related to playing the guitar
on an intermediate level and will learn many of the different styles, skills and
techniques required to become a successful guitarist. Areas of concentration
include: correct posture, note reading, aural skills, flat picking, singing
songs, rhythmic patterns, chord study, finger picking styles, musical forms,
improvisation and performing experiences. A progression of technical
proficiency is expected.

Course Goals:

11. To develop skills playing in fifth position in the keys of C,

Am, F and Dm

12. To demonstrate the ability to perform intermediate-level

rhythms

13. To perform melodic lines and scales in the keys of C, D, F, G,

A and E
14. To demonstrate and perform moveable bar chords based on the
"E" and "A" chord forms

15. To demonstrate the ability to perform intermediate-level

right-hand techniques

16. To create simple melodies

17. To participate in performance and evaluation of music

18. To become aware of musical styles and composers and their

correlation to world history

19. To perform with students from other artistic disciplines

Backward Assessment Models

Level 2-Intermediate Guitar

YEAR TWO - At the completion of year two, students will be able to:

1. play in Fifth Position in the keys of C, Am, F and Dm

2. play dotted quarter note rhythms and triplets

3. play melodic lines in the keys of C, Am, D, F, Dm, G, Em, A, & E

4. play in time signatures like 3/8, 6/8 and cut time

5. play major scales in the keys C, D, F, G, A & E

6. play chromatic scale in first position

7. play an extended range to high C

8. play moveable bar chords based on the "E" and "A" chord forms

9. play I IV V7 I in every key using moveable forms

10. play major, minor, major sevenths, dominant sevenths, minor sevenths and
power chords in every key using moveable forms

11. play intermediate-level chord arpeggios using p-i-m-a

12. strum intermediate-level syncopated rhythms

demonstrate facilities in both flat picking and finger picking techniques

ADVANCED GUITAR LEVEL III

Course Scope:

This one-year course is designed for students who have successfully completed
the skills outlined in the Guitar Level II syllabus. This course includes
further development of the skills necessary to become independent as a
guitarist. This course emphasizes the development of style, articulation,
dynamics, rhythmic ability and skills inherent to performance. Students will
receive guidance and direction in solving problems related to playing the guitar
on an advanced level and will learn many of the different styles, skills and
techniques required to become a successful guitarist. Areas of concentration
include: correct posture, note reading, aural skills, flat picking, rhythmic
patterns, chord study, finger picking styles, musical forms, improvisation and
performing experiences. A progression of technical proficiency is expected.
This elective course for high school may be repeated for credit.

Course Goals:

20. To develop skills playing in multiple playing positions

21. To demonstrate the ability to perform advanced rhythms

22. To perform melodic lines and scales in the keys of E and Eb
including relative minor keys

23. To demonstrate advanced skills using moveable chord forms

24. To demonstrate advanced right-hand techniques

25. To recognize and interpret ornamentations such as slides,

slurs, hammers, pull-offs and trills

26. To recognize and interpret general articulations such as

staccato, legato, accent marks and dynamics

27. To perform "swing" eighth notes in the tradition jazz swing

style

28. To perform intermediate-level solo guitar literature with two

contrapuntal voices

29. To perform in a variety of ensemble settings

30. To evaluate career opportunities related to music and guitar

CONTINUING SKILLS, THEMES, TOPICS AND CONCEPTS

GUITAR LEVEL III

The student will:

� play in Second Position in keys of D and A

� play in Seventh Position in the keys of D, A, G & Bm

� play in the Fifth Position in the key of Bb

� play an extended range to high E

� play sixteenth notes

� play dotted eighth note, sixteenth note rhythms

� play all notes on each string to the twelfth fret

� play "swing" eighth notes in the jazz style

� play in duple, triple and complex meters such as 9/8 and 12/8

� recognize and interpret general articulations such as staccato,

legato, accent marks & dynamics

� play major, natural minor, harmonic minor and melodic minor scales in
every key

� recognize and perform melodies in keys of Bb & Eb including relative

minor keys

� recognize and interpret ornamentations such as slides, slurs, hammers,

pull-offs, trills, etc.

� play two notes simultaneously using intervals of thirds, sixths and

octaves

� perform intermediate arpeggiated studies using p-i-m-a

� extend skills using moveable bar chords

� play augmented and diminished chords in every key using moveable

shapes

� play major sixth, minor sixth, ninths, thirteenths and suspended

chords using moveable shapes

� perform beginning-level solo guitar literature with two contrapuntal

voices

� play intermediate-level syncopated strums

� demonstrate intermediate facilities in both flat picking and finger

picking techniques
ADVANCED GUITAR LEVEL 4

Course Scope:

This one-year course is designed for students who have successfully completed
the skills outlined in the Level 3 Guitar syllabus. This course includes
further development of the skills necessary to become independent as a
guitarist. This course emphasizes the development of style, articulation,
dynamics, rhythmic ability and skills inherent to performance. Students will
receive guidance and direction in solving problems related to playing the guitar
on an advanced level and will learn many of the different styles, skills and
techniques required to become a successful guitarist. Areas of concentration
include: correct posture, note reading, aural skills, flat picking, rhythmic
patterns, chord study, finger picking styles, musical forms, improvisation and
performing experiences. A progression of technical proficiency is expected.
This elective course for high school may be repeated for credit.

Course Goals:

31. To perform melodic lines in the keys up to and including four

sharps and four flats including relative minor keys

32. To demonstrate skills in playing in duple, triple and complex

meters

33. To perform dorian and mixolydian scales in every key using

moveable shapes

34. To perform advanced-level chords

35. To demonstrate further advanced right-hand technique

36. To improvise a solo over basic 12-bar blues and ii-V7-I chord
progressions

37. To develop skills playing with alternate tunings such as drop

D tuning (sixth string tuned down to low D)

38. To perform intermediate-level solo guitar literature with

three voices

39. To perform in a variety of ensembles and styles

40. To evaluate career opportunities related to music and guitar

CONTINUING SKILLS, THEMES, TOPICS AND CONCEPTS

GUITAR LEVEL IV

The student will:

� play an extended range to high G (first string, fifteenth fret)

� play with drop D tuning (sixth string tune down to low D)

� play dorian and mixolydian scales in every key using moveable shapes

� improvise over basic 12-bar blues and ii-V7-I chord progressions

� perform complex rhythms and syncopations

� perform in complex duple and triple meters

� play in the keys up to four sharps and four flats

� perform intermediate-level solo guitar literature with three voices

� perform advanced-level chords

� perform advanced accompaniment techniques

� perform in a variety of ensembles and styles

� play selected studies of Carcassi, Carulli and Sor

� create a chord melody arrangement from a given melody and chord symbols

� demonstrate advanced facilities in both flat picking and finger picking

techniques

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