LEVEL I - Developing the guitar: 

 

• Gives students an opportunity to motivate, learn, practice, ask questions and get additional guitar help and advise.

• Fundamentals and knowledge.

• Knowing the guitar. 

• Proper guitar positioning

• Orientation.

• Easy notes chords and scales comprehension.

• How to read tab, staff, cifrado, chords, and diagrams. 

• How to sight read in open position.

• chromatic and diatonic exercises using all fingers with the free stroke and rest stroke.

• Students in the first phase of Acoustic instruction will learn the proper rest stroke and free stroke.

• Song practice. 

• Major scales. 

• Tremolo compositions. 

• Best exercises using all fingers.

 

LEVEL 2 - Improving your guitar skills: 

• How to tune the guitar. 

• Major and minor scales.

• Pentatonic scales. Modes.

• Rhythm notation. 

• Harmonic interval exercises.

• Chords inverted.

• Power chords. 

• Strokes and arpeggios. 

• Guitar techniques.

• Listening and analysis. 

• Listening Survey. Music Appreciation. 

• Musical ideas, concepts, and genres.

• Modal progressions.

 

LEVEL 3 - Mastering your skills: 

• Concepts and criteria. Actitude.

• Dynamics.

• Guitar scales.

• Chords and chord inventions.

• Bar chords.

• Searching solos to chords.

• More guitar techniques.

• Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Bossa, Classic, Contemporary, etc. 

• Music Appreciation.

• Modal improvisation.

 

LEVEL 4 - On stage:

 

• Performance. Counseling. 

• Advise, conceps and tips.

• Interdisciplinary ensemble class performance tips and advice.  

• Emphasis.

• Dynamics. Improvisation. Solos.

• Guitar confidence. Actitude.

• Guitar setting. Guitar sounds. Guitar EQ.

• Guitar pedal effects. Volume pedal

• Living Performance.

• On stage.