Guitar

Cost: $75 a month
Venmo: @Andrew-Bateman-7

Curriculum: Lesson handouts and practice tools will be provided along with all other materials to be sent home with the students in their binders and via email. All assignments given in class that require practicing at home will be reported in our practice log, and parents will sign off on that progress weekly.

Recommended Age: 6th grade and up

Materials Needed: TBD

Course Descrption:
In this intro to guitar class students will learn the basics and essentials of playing guitar at a beginner level. Students will discover an easy approach to get them playing quickly, and will develop a solid foundation of technique, skill, and guitar fundamentals, that will propel them further into their journey of artistry and musical collaborations. By the end of this class students will understand the structure, parts, and accessories of their guitar, and also have an understanding of its basic maintenance.

• Students will learn how to shape chords and play and change them in time while strumming in different rhythms.

• Students will learn how to play in a group environment and grow in their understanding of musical dynamics with their instrument.

• Students will be learning songs and playing them with one another in class and at home when assigned.

• Students will learn different guitar scales and understand how to move their way around the fretboard.

• Students will learn basic fingerpicking with chord structures.