Current Unit of Study

• History of the Guitar and Guitar Styles

• Theory & Fundamentals

  • Identify parts of the guitar and associated equipment.

  • Identify staff, time signature, lines and spaces.

  • Read open strings on the staff.

  • Read rests and notes half, quarter, eighth. - Identify right hand letters/left hand numbers.

• Technical Skills

  • Sit in proper playing position including right and left-hand placement.

  • Play single free stroke with p, i & m with “fixed fingers”.

  • Play music involving the left hand by rote only.