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Course Syllabus

MUSC 2576 Class Guitar: Intermediate

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Music
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 1; Lab: 0
  • Repeatable: Yes.
  • Prerequisites: MUSC 1576, or instructor's permission.
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2024
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2029
  • End Semester: Fall 2029
  • Optimum Class Size: 12
  • Maximum Class Size: 15

Course Description

This course provides students with instruction in the fundamentals of guitar beyond the beginner level. Students will learn to construct basic chords and focus on strumming and fingerpicking patterns. Students will be expected to learn both standard notation and tablature. This course is repeatable for credit. Course fee.

Justification

There is great demand for guitar instruction among the general student population. Courses like this one are common at other USHE institutions. This course provides a low cost introduction to a musical skill that will last a lifetime.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will demonstrate and ability to construct open and barred chords in multiple voicings.
  2. Students will demonstrate competence in fingerpicking and strumming patterns.
  3. Students will demonstrate an ability to read both standard notation and tablature.

Course Content

The content of this course will include: basic and intermediate level chords, a variety of fingerpicking and strumming patterns, standard notation and tablature, an introduction to improvisation, and performing and studying historical and cultural context of a variety of literature and musical styles that relate to both acoustic and electric guitar.Few instruments are utilized in a greater selection of music across cultures, national styles, and time periods than guitar. This makes it a uniquely suited instrument for bringing together students of any and all backgrounds to explore the foundations of this versatile instrument.