Guitar QuickStart FREE syllabus

Class Guitar I: Instant Syllabus

by Mary Jo Disler, M.Mus. Theory, The University of Michigan

Adjunct Faculty, Retired, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan

Author, Guitar QuickStart :
A Guide to Playing and Understanding Music Reading and Chord Techniques

Lyra House Music Publications: ISBN: 0-9642229-0-6

Price: $19.95 • Order and discount information: • Schools & Retail • Individuals
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This syllabus is virtually a copy of that used for MUS157, Class Guitar I, at Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge campus, Farmington Hills, Michigan, over the past 9 years. Dated items have been left blank so the syllabus can be photocopied as is and used for a comparable course. Or, the syllabus may be used as a starter template to be customized according to the special situation of a given school.

Three sections of the course are routinely offered and filled. Each section is limited to fifteen students. Guitar I is a 2-credit hour course, taught in one two-hour session each week during the semester. It is an elective offered to all students, and thus enrolls people with various backgrounds (and non-backgrounds!) in music. It is intended as a ground-up class for beginners. Although a followup class (Guitar II) is offered and frequently fills up, the school does not have a comprehensive guitar curriculum. Therefore beginners are introduced to both note/staff-reading and chord/chart techniques in Guitar I.

Ms. Disler has developed and taught classes for beginners at various southeastern Michigan colleges over the past 25 years. Her book Guitar QuickStart was developed and refined over these years in the classroom. It addresses the need to convey a basic understanding of the essential guitar concepts in as direct and efficient a method as possible within the limited framework of a college semester. The method has been highly successful in meeting this goal, and students have been very complimentary. Guitar QuickStart can be supplemented with additional material oriented toward either classic guitar or plectrum guitar. Guitar QuickStart makes no pretense of teaching numerous styles, but rather drives home the foundation that helps prepare students to understand terminology and presentation of specialized work in numerous other instruction books.

This syllabus may be freely photocopied and used, as long as the copyright information is preserved and no charge is made to students for copies.

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		Class Guitar I: Instant Syllabus by Mary Jo Disler, M.Mus. Theory, The University of Michigan Adjunct Faculty, Retired, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, Michigan Author, Guitar QuickStart : A Guide to Playing and Understanding Music Reading and Chord Techniques Lyra House Music Publications: ISBN: 0-9642229-0-6 Price: $19.95 • Order and discount information: • Schools & Retail • Individuals =============================================================== This syllabus is virtually a copy of that used for MUS157, Class Guitar I, at Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge campus, Farmington Hills, Michigan, over the past 9 years. Dated items have been left blank so the syllabus can be photocopied as is and used for a comparable course. Or, the syllabus may be used as a starter template to be customized according to the special situation of a given school. Three sections of the course are routinely offered and filled. Each section is limited to fifteen students. Guitar I is a 2-credit hour course, taught in one two-hour session each week during the semester. It is an elective offered to all students, and thus enrolls people with various backgrounds (and non-backgrounds!) in music. It is intended as a ground-up class for beginners. Although a followup class (Guitar II) is offered and frequently fills up, the school does not have a comprehensive guitar curriculum. Therefore beginners are introduced to both note/staff-reading and chord/chart techniques in Guitar I. Ms. Disler has developed and taught classes for beginners at various southeastern Michigan colleges over the past 25 years. Her book Guitar QuickStart was developed and refined over these years in the classroom. It addresses the need to convey a basic understanding of the essential guitar concepts in as direct and efficient a method as possible within the limited framework of a college semester. The method has been highly successful in meeting this goal, and students have been very complimentary. Guitar QuickStart can be supplemented with additional material oriented toward either classic guitar or plectrum guitar. Guitar QuickStart makes no pretense of teaching numerous styles, but rather drives home the foundation that helps prepare students to understand terminology and presentation of specialized work in numerous other instruction books. This syllabus may be freely photocopied and used, as long as the copyright information is preserved and no charge is made to students for copies.
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