Course Links: 

• Course Syllabus 
• Course Calendar 
• Required Texts
• Contemporary Class Guitar, by Will Schmid (Hal Leonard)
  
• Suggested Texts
• The Melody Book: 300 Selections from the World of Music...
  
• The Hal Leonard Guitar Superbook
  
• Get America Singing...Again! Vol. 1
  
• Get America Singing...Again! Vol. 2
  
• Course Handouts
• Guitar Proficiency Test Requirements (revised 11/9/09)
• 1a. Chord Sheet for "Happy Birthday" Sing and song-lead in any key using a capo
  
• 1b. Song-leading two prepared songs
• 1. "This Land is Your Land" (p. 43) Play in C Maj. and transpose to D, G, A, or another Maj. key.
  
• 2. "Wade in the Water" (p. 73) Play in D min. and tnspose to A min, or another min. key.
  
• 2a. Progression with alternating bass and bass runs (as written, key of G)
  
• 2b. Progression with apreggio picking pattern (I-IV-I-V7-I) two meas. per chord, key of C, D, or A:  P(Root) I M A P(5th) I A M
  
• 3. C Major Scale Exercise (as written)
• 4. Prepared melodies:
• 1. "Greensleeves" (p. 53)
• 2. "Buttermilk Hill" (p. 59)
• 5. Sight reading melody (TBA of course!)
  
• 6. Literature selections
  
• Assignments
• Rubrics and Assessments
• Song-Leading Assignment Rubric
• Playing Checkup Assignment Rubric
• Web Sites
• UW Oshkosh Music Education Resource Page (Links)
• UWO Student Handbook
• UWO Student Discipline Code
• Student Grade Postings
• Final grades will be available on TitanWeb at the conclusion of the term.

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Last modified: November 9, 2009