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January

Texts

Charles Duncan's A Modern Approach To Classical Guitar

Skills

Reading Traditional Notation in the Treble Clef, Basic Rhythms in Simple Meter, Playing a melody on the 1 st- 3 rd strings.

Basic Chords and Progressions, Reading Chord Charts, Strumming

4 th-6 th Strings on the Guitar.

Reading rhythms in Simple Meter

Reading Tablature accompanied by standard notation. Reading chord diagrams.

Styles of music on the guitar.

More complex rhythms in Simple meter.

Melodies in Minor, Singing/Playing skills.

Reading tabs and chords to play songs in the popular repertory. Simple rhythms in compound meter.

Practice for performance.

Vocabulary

Parts of the Guitar, Staff, Barlines, Measure, Time Signature, Key Signature, Solfege, Musical Alphabet, Treble Clef

Chords,

Progressions,

Tempo, Dynamics, Intervals, Syncopation

Minor,

Coached Projects

Students will prepare a song for an evening recital night.