Classical and Jazz Guitar Applied Music GuidelinesClassical:
Technical Skills:
(to be developed over the Freshman and Sophomore Years) Seating position. Right and left hand position. Full and projecting tone. Intonation. Alternation of fingers in rest and free stroke. Right hand arpeggios with sympathetic movements, alternation of thumb and fingers. Chords up to four voices with any voice accented. Visualization. All major and minor scales in all accessible positions. Phrasing unaccompanied melodies. Reach and control development. Slur exercises. Scales in long and comprehensive forms. Sight reading.
Studies/Repertoire:
(Freshman Year) Shearer, Classical Guitar Technique, Vols. 1 and 2. Brower, Simple Etudes. Scheit, Baroque Airs. Teucher, First Guitar Pieces, Vols. 1--4.
(Sophomore Year) Etudes by Aguado, Carcassi, Giuliani, Sor. Scheit Pieces from Shakespeare. Logy, Partita in a minor or C major. Works comparable to the above.
Jazz:
Technical Skills/Studies:
(Freshman Year) All major and natural minor scales in 5 positions. Major, minor, aug., dim. triads and arpeggios in position. Leavitt, Modern Method For Guitar Vol. 1 & 2. Drop 2 and drop 3 chord forms of all chord types. Johnson, Swing And Big Band Guitar. Melodic rhythm studies #1-14. Leavitt, Melodic Rhythms For Guitar. Reading studies in positions 1-5 (up to 4 sharps or flats). Leavitt, Reading Studies For Guitar. Single note studies (pg. 4-66) Greene, Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing Vol. 1.
(Sophomore Year) Real melodic minor scales in 5 positions, 2 octave arpeggios of triads and 7ths, triads in all inversions, rhythm guitar studies. Leavitt, Modern Method For Guitar Vol. 2. Scales in 5 positions: modes of major scale, pentatonic scales (provided by instructor). Melodic rhythm studies #14A-36. Leavitt, Melodic Rhythms For Guitar. Reading studies in positions 8-10 in all keys. Leavitt, Advanced Reading Studies For Guitar. Familiarity with all chord forms in the following books: Leavitt, Modern Method For Guitar Vol. 2. Johnson, Swing And Big Band Guitar. Single note studies (pg. 67-134). Greene, Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing Vol. 1.
Technical Skills:
(to be developed over the Freshman and Sophomore Years) Seating position. Right and left hand position. Full and projecting tone. Intonation. Alternation of fingers in rest and free stroke. Right hand arpeggios with sympathetic movements, alternation of thumb and fingers. Chords up to four voices with any voice accented. Visualization. All major and minor scales in all accessible positions. Phrasing unaccompanied melodies. Reach and control development. Slur exercises. Scales in long and comprehensive forms. Sight reading.
Studies/Repertoire:
(Freshman Year) Shearer, Classical Guitar Technique, Vols. 1 and 2. Brower, Simple Etudes. Scheit, Baroque Airs. Teucher, First Guitar Pieces, Vols. 1--4.
(Sophomore Year) Etudes by Aguado, Carcassi, Giuliani, Sor. Scheit Pieces from Shakespeare. Logy, Partita in a minor or C major. Works comparable to the above.
Jazz:
Technical Skills/Studies:
(Freshman Year) All major and natural minor scales in 5 positions. Major, minor, aug., dim. triads and arpeggios in position. Leavitt, Modern Method For Guitar Vol. 1 & 2. Drop 2 and drop 3 chord forms of all chord types. Johnson, Swing And Big Band Guitar. Melodic rhythm studies #1-14. Leavitt, Melodic Rhythms For Guitar. Reading studies in positions 1-5 (up to 4 sharps or flats). Leavitt, Reading Studies For Guitar. Single note studies (pg. 4-66) Greene, Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing Vol. 1.
(Sophomore Year) Real melodic minor scales in 5 positions, 2 octave arpeggios of triads and 7ths, triads in all inversions, rhythm guitar studies. Leavitt, Modern Method For Guitar Vol. 2. Scales in 5 positions: modes of major scale, pentatonic scales (provided by instructor). Melodic rhythm studies #14A-36. Leavitt, Melodic Rhythms For Guitar. Reading studies in positions 8-10 in all keys. Leavitt, Advanced Reading Studies For Guitar. Familiarity with all chord forms in the following books: Leavitt, Modern Method For Guitar Vol. 2. Johnson, Swing And Big Band Guitar. Single note studies (pg. 67-134). Greene, Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing Vol. 1.