MUSC 126 Beginning Class Guitar (1 credit)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 126
Course Description
A performance course designed for the beginning guitarist. No prior experience expected. Students must furnish their own guitar.
Course Content
A. Beginning guitar repertoire.
B. Basic guitar skills.
C. Music theory (e.g. scales, chords, and song patterns).
D. Lead versus rhythm guitar.
E. Stylistic interpretation.
F. Fundamentals of music theory (e.g. pitch names, rhythm, scales, chords)
Student Outcomes
1. Read treble clef notes, tablature, chord graphs, and identify them on the fretboard.
2. Strum the chords to beginning music literature while maintaining a constant tempo.
3. Interpret elements of basic music theory (e.g., time signatures, chord graphs, strum bars, tempo markings).
4. Perform 15 basic guitar chords and 10 altered guitar chords.
5. Perform 15 assigned riffs on the guitar.
6. Define musical terms, and identify melodic and harmonic intervals.
7. Play chromatic scale positions 1 through 10 at 120M.M.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
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