The first three provide a survey of their respective fields involving text assignments, listening assignments, lectures, and short papers.
Areas covered include chord construction, various scales, harmony, transposition, etc.
Introductory Guitar is designed for students who have never played or who wish to do additional work on the basics, such as timing, pick direction, clarity of noting, etc. Basics of lead playing and using chords and bass runs to provide accompaniment are covered. Material learned includes bluegrass, folk, blues, and gospel. Intermediate Guitar is open to students who have completed Introductory Guitar or who play at an equivalent level. In addition to more challenging lead flatpicking and more complex accompaniment patterns, additional techniques such as crosspicking and Merle Travis style fingerpicking are introduced.