A course designed to examine the historic and contemporary materials and techniques available for effectively teaching the guitar to students at all levels. The course surveys a wide range of method and studies, and examines the effectiveness of various pedagogical approaches to technique and interpretive analysis. The history of guitar pedagogy is also studied. A course designed to develop a full knowledge of the fretboard through the study of fingerings, harmony, sight reading, score reading, transposition, and figured-bass. Examination and integration of guitar literature, fretboard harmony, guitar pedagogy, and research techniques.
Students research the instruments, styles, notation systems, composers, and repertory of the guitar.
Professional activities are also addressed.