Guitar QuickStart™
by Mary Jo Disler
ISBN 0-9642229-0-6
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Class Guitar I is a two-credit-hour course, taught once weekly. Each class number in the syllabus represents one two-hour class meeting. Registration is limited to 15 students per class section, with three sections of Guitar I maintained at Oakland Community College. One section of Guitar II is offered as a followup. It is intended for the “general public,” and is not associated with a specific guitar curriculum. Therefore it is designed for beginners in music, as well as in guitar, and incorporates all fundamentals necessary to this goal. In reality, each class has a mix of students with more or less guitar and musical background.
• Some students have learned odds and ends on guitar by themselves or from friends: They benefit from gaining a foundation for understanding what they already know, and usually learn additional material that is new to them.
• Some students have training on a different instrument: They learn the skills and concepts that are unique to the guitar.
• Some students have no background whatsoever: They benefit especially from the mental / theoretical concepts, as they begin to build the physical skills.
Learning a strong basis for understanding the fretboard, and introductory theoretical aspects of both reading and chord playing, provide a common ground for this diversity of experience. The mix of both written and performance tests provides all students an equal opportunity to do “A” work. The class format is tightly structured in order to present material efficiently and clearly for all, and to avoid drifting into “jamming” or specialized interests. The latter are better served by private lessons or classes devoted to special guitar topics. Since the course goal is learning to play the guitar, only as much theory as needed to provide practical shortcuts to performance is included. Students conclude the semester with a nice collection of music that they have learned to play