Classical Guitar: Foundations 2 – UC APPROVED
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Lesson 1: Guitar-peggios
- Arpeggios
- Study with dyads and arpeggios
- Rhythm
- Notes on string four in Position V
Lesson 2: More on Practicing Efficiently
- On practicing
- Guitar history
- B minor scale
- Sightreading
Lesson 3: Glissando and Portamento
- Guitar history
- B melodic minor scale
- Arpeggio study no. 49 by Julio Sagreras
- Glissando
- Portamento
- Notes on string five in Position V
Lesson 4: Movable Scale Forms
- Review on constructing scales
- Intervals
- Notes on string six in Position V
- Rasgueado exercise no. 2
Lesson 5: Simple and Compound Meters
- Ascending and descending slurs on the guitar
- The C sharp minor scale
- Simple and compound meter
- Performance review
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Working instrument
- Reliable access to a computer and internet
- Recording device for recording assignments (phone, tablet, camera, computer, etc.)
- Footstool or alternative (suggestions in lesson 2.2)
- Armless chair or stool
- Tuner (electronic tuner, computer program, or phone app are all suitable)