MUS 152

Beginning Class Guitar - AH, D2

This introductory course for beginning guitar students establishes and develops fundamental musicianship and technical skills required for guitar playing in any style. Course activities will challenge students to acquire these fundamentals through active learning in daily practice, to think critically about the application of music fundamentals to music performance, and attain an understanding for the guitar and its varied roles in western music through historical and cross-cultural studies. Additional studies will provide basic contextual knowledge of guitar history, literature and repertoire. Assignments include a research paper, performance observations, readings and unit reports. All students may take this course

Units: 3.0