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Music 14A Spring '11 Tentative ScheduleHere's a tentative schedule for the class. Treat each week's scheduled material like a checklist for each time you sit down to practice; don't spend the entire 30 minutes (or more) on one or two things--touch on several items each time you sit down to practice, including studying the textbook. Happy practicing!Week 1
- Rhythm reading: exercises from Classical Guitar for Beginners, p. 11
- Introduce free strokes with "P" (right hand thumb), p.13
- Pitch reading, playing on the open 5th and 6th strings--Begin "Reading on the 5th and 6th Strings"
- Learn proper left-hand technique, p.14
- Begin left-hand warm-up exercise: Chromatic scale, left hand walking (in-class demo, no handout)
- Assignment: Note speller 1 due week two Tues/Thus class.
| Week 2: Holiday, Monday, Jan 16
- Note speller 1 Due at the start of class Wednesday/Thursday
- Review rhythm reading
- Review right-hand technique: free strokes with "p"
- Add notes on the frets of 5th and 6th strings, p.15
- Continue "Reading on the 5th and 6th Strings"
- Begin chord playing and strumming: C, G7
| Week 3:
| Week 4: Mid-term exam, all classes: Tues, Wed class Scheduled class cancellation Thurs, March 2.
- Written: parts of the guitar, notation and notes we've learned, "How to Practice," names of fingers on both hands, tuning, free strokes with right hand fingers
- Playing: TBA
Classwork- Work on A, D, E7 Begin "Blues Playin' Blues"
- Continue 4th String--all pieces from pages 18-19 (Tues)
- Continue open string exercises with "p"
- Turn in late Note Speller 2 at start of class Monday, Tuesday
- Begin free strokes with i-m
| Week 5:
Classwork
- Continue practicing all exercises
- Begin Adagio (p. 19)
- Begin reading on 2nd and 3rd strings, free strokes with i and m ("catching the butterfly" technique): Ex. 9-11
- Begin Blues Playin' Blues--"swinging" strum, syncopation
- Begin Dots and Ties exercises
- Note Speller 3 assigned
- Tues/Wed last date to turn in Note Speller 2 for 1/2 credit.
| Week 6:
- Continue reading on 2nd and 3rd strings, free strokes with i and m ("catching the butterfly" technique): Ex. 9-11
- Continue Dots and Ties
- Continue Adagio (p. 19)
- Begin Aria, p. 23
- Chord Progressions: the I-IV-I-V7 progression. Continue Blues Playin' Blues, swing, syncopation; Transpose to D major
- Note Speller 3 due Wednesday, Thursday
- Begin two voice reading, p. 25
- Begin Country Dance (p. 26)
| Week 7: Presidents' Day Holiday, Monday, Feb 20--no class
- Last day to turn in Note Speller 3 for 1/2 credit (due at start of class) Tues, Wed
- Continue Country Dance
- Begin Accidentals, p. 24: Theme
from Fugue in A minor, Lagrima, Theme from Forlorne Hope Fancy
- Begin Chapter 4: Shifting up the Neck, p. 28.
- Note Speller 4 assigned--Due Monday, Tuesday of week 8
| Week 8: Mid-term Wednesday, Thursday
Written: Accidentals, dots, ties, other terms, --rhythm grouping (parentheses). Playing: TBA
- Note Speller 4 due at start of class Monday, Tuesday
- Technique: Begin fixed-finger exercises
- Continue Accidentals, p. 24: Theme
from Fugue in A minor, Lagrima, Theme from Forlorne Hope Fancy
- Begin Homage to Villa Lobos (p. 26)
- Begin Ex. 14--reading on the 1st string
- Begin Summertime -- blues in Am
| Week 9:
- Begin In the Style of
Leo Brouwer, p. 26
- Begin Chapter 5, Alternating P/i-m
- Begin Chapter 6, Rest Strokes: Ex.
29-31
- Begin Chapter 8, Chords and Arpeggios, p. 41
| Week 10
- Continue Ch. 5, Alternating p and individual fingers: Asturias, Malaguena
- Begin Sakura, p. 40
- Continue Summertime, Key of E min
- Continue Arpeggios
| Week 11
- Continue Chapter 5. Alternating p and individual fingers (free stroke).
- Continue Ch. 6
- Continue Arpeggios
- Sign up for Final Exam interview time.
| Week 12: no class Tues--finals.
Monday: complete study of all materials, review.
Sign up for individual interviews!
Final exam times: TuesThurs class: Friday, March 30, 4-6 pm; Mon/Wed class: Friday, March 30, 1:45-3:45
Final exam: TBA
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