Teaching Guitar Workshop Levels
Date
June 5-September 1, 2023
Course Code
6143 for Level 1 and 6153 for Level 2
Credits
3 Graduate Credits
Tuition
Purchasing credits beyond the workshop registration fee is $180. Please click "Register" for more information.
Course Description
The Teaching Guitar Workshops were started by members of GAMA, NAMM and NAfME in 1995. The objective: help school music educators start or enhance classroom guitar programs and deliver more music making opportunities to children. Between 1995 and today over 4,000 school music teachers across the United States and Canada have enjoyed TGW. GAMA’s studies suggest that over 2 million students have learned guitar in schools because of the TGW. The program succeeded because it has created value for everyone involved.
#6143 Teaching Guitar Workshop Level I – Beginner Course (3 semester hours of graduate credit)
You will learn • Chord strumming w/ singing in various styles and keys • Beginning classical, finger-style, and pick-style right hand techniques • Improvisation w/ movable pentatonic scales • Note reading in 1st position • Basic theory including barre chords and power chords • Posture and hand positions • Classroom management • Pacing
#6153 Teaching Guitar Workshop Level II – Advanced Course (3 semester hours of graduate credit)
You will learn • Advanced accompaniment techniques: finger-style and pick-style • Practical application of barre and power chords • Improvisation with major, minor, modal, and blues scales • Note reading in upper positions • Beginning jazz chord studies • Intermediate classical solo techniques