Rehearsal and performance of more standard chamber music for guitars and guitar with other instruments. Developing a harmonic vocabulary through open position chords and their transpositions. Rehearsal and performance of more advanced chamber music for guitars and guitar with other instruments. The presentation and analysis of beginning procedures for guitar instruction and planned sequences of learning. Performances of the pedagogic material by the prospective teacher is encouraged in order to assure mastery of the actual material and with local elementary schools, guided practice teaching is provided.
Class meets three hours per week.
A survey of pre-guitar and guitar literature including a study of style characteristics within the major historical periods. Emphasis on the evolving elements of style and analyzing problems of interpretation of the music for these instruments. Performance is required. Class meets three hours per week. A highly specialized class designed for the Guitar Performance Major, Guitar Teacher and Music Historian.