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MUS 135 - Fundamentals of Guitar

Credits: 2
Instructional Contact Hours: 2

Introduces basic written music notation, simple chords, strumming patterns, and right hand fingerstyle patterns. Performs a variety of traditional and popular songs. Enriches music skills for students and teachers.

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Lecture Hours: 30 Lab Hours: 0
Meets MTA Requirement: None
Pass/NoCredit: Yes

Outcomes and Objectives
  1. Read and perform guitar music.
    1. Read and play treble clef notes from E to g2.
    2. Read simple chord voicing.
    3. Read and play simple chord charts.
  2. Perform simple chords.
    1. Execute all open position major and minor chords.
    2. Execute select dominant seventh chords.
    3. Execute 2 and 3-string barre chords.
  3. Play songs with right hand finger-style and strumming methods.
    1. Execute simple upstroke and down stroke strumming with a plectrum.
    2. Execute right hand index, middle, ring, and thumb strokes in a variety of simple patterns.
  4. Perform several folk and traditional songs.
    1. Execute appropriate strumming or finger-style patterns for the rhythm of individual songs.
    2. Execute chords for songs from a simple chord chart.
    3. Understand and execute proper rhythm and tempo of given songs through strumming or finger-style.
    4. Accompany oneself and others singing of standard songs.



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