MUSC 158

MUSC 158: Guitar I for Musitc Therapy Students

Prerequisites: Music Therapy Major or permission of instructor.

Credit Hours: (1)

Beginning through intermediate guitar techniques intended for students in the music therapy program.

Detailed Description of Course Content

Introduction to parts of the guitar, tuning, replacing strings, guitar care and maintenance
Health and safety of the musician in relation to playing the guitar
Functional understanding of the fretboard, string names and placement, how to play basic melodies as found in traditional, folk, and/or popular songs
Beginning finger picking and strumming patterns
Basic chord positions in major and minor keys
Introduction to simple chord extensions
How to read traditional notation and chord symbols as found on a lead sheet or in a fakebook
Transposition
An introduction to barre chords both major and minor forms.

Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

This lab course may include the following instructional strategies: lecture, cooperative/group learning, demonstrations, music playing opportunities and playing/performing exams.

Goals and Objectives of the Course

The following professional competencies as outlined by the American Music Therapy Association will be addressed in this course.

Introduced:

Basic foundations of guitar
How to play basic chord progression in several major and minor keys with varied accompaniment patterns and simple chord extensions
Play a basic repertoire of traditional, folk, and popular songs with and without printed music
Harmonize and transpose simple compositions in several keys
Tunes the guitar using standard tunings

Assessment Measures

Playing exams, functional assessment of skills during class .

Other Course Information

Review and Approval

April, 2019