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Guitar - Class Schedule
January 28 – February 1
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
January 28 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Tuesday
January 29 		Complete information cards
Expectations 		Index cards Compare your guitar with someone else’s and find two major similarities and two major differences
Wednesday
January 30 		Parts of a guitar, compare types of guitars, compare amplifier sizes http://www.iplaymusic.com/training_center.html
guitar diagram.jpg
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Behringer p. 4
Snyder p. 2–3
Study Guitar Parts
Thursday
January 31 		Tuning – using a tuner and by ear (string names) http://www.iplaymusic.com/training_center.html
Snyder p. 5 		Be able to tune your guitar using a tuner and by ear
Friday
February 1 		Posture (sitting, standing, strumming Q–Q–Q–Q–) http://www.iplaymusic.com/training_center.html
Snyder p. 8–9 		Strum Q–Q–Q–Q– , Q–e–e–Q–e–e using correct posture
  G7 and C chords (3 strings/full chord) Snyder p.10 ”Marianne” (Snyder p.10)

February 11 – February 15
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
February 11 		Primary Bass or Root Snyder p. 16  
  Note Names Grand Staff & Keyboard H.O.’s Lesson 16 H.O. – 2 Treble Clef lines
  Half–Step and Whole–Step    
  A Chord Snyder p.17 Snyder p.17 – Basic Rock/Blues Progression
Tuesday
February 12 		A Chord (D Blues Scale) Snyder p.17 Snyder p.17
  Blues Progression www.JamCenter.com  
  I–IV–V(–V7) Chord Progression Snyder p.17  
  I–IV–V–IV Chord Progression Snyder p.17  
  Strumming e–e–Q–––e–e–Q––– Snyder p.17  
Wednesday
February 13 		D Blues Progression (Improv) www.JamCenter.com Play D Blues Progression (Improvise to D Blues Progression)
(Double 1st) Mute Strumming:
me–(r)–me–(r)–me–(r)–me–(r)– 		Snyder p.18 Mute Strumming
  Latin Strum:
e–e–e–(r)–e–e–e–(r)– 		Snyder p. 18 Latin Strum
  Rock/Mute Strumming:
e–e–me–e–e–e–me–e 		Snyder p. 19 Rock/Mute Strumming
  Measure Repeat Sign ·/. Snyder p. 19
Rhtythm Patterns H.O. 		 
Thursday
February 14 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    

March 3 – March 7
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
March 3 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Tuesday
March 3 		G on the 1st String Snyder p.67  
  Melody Playing: B & C on the 2nd String Snyder p.69 Snyder p.69 – “B-C Mix” melody and chord
  Melody Playing: D on the 2nd String Snyder p.70 Snyder p.71 – “Easy Rock” melody and chords
Wednesday
March 5 		     
Thursday
March 6 		Review writing out rhythm counts, bouble bar lines, accidentals, stem directions, chord fingerings    
  D7 Chord    
  Determining chords to accompany melodies Snyder p.70 – “Breezin'” Snyder p.70 – “Breezin'” write in chords to accompany the melody, play melody, play chord progression
Friday
March 7 		Quarter Rest and Repeat Signs (G7 Chord) Snyder p.71  
  Melody Playing on the 1st & 2nd Strings Snyder p.71 Snyder p.71 – “Breezin'” and “Rock Out” play melody, play chord progression

March 17 – March 21
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
March 17 		Writing Scales Keyboard Diagram, Snyder p.76 & 77 Writing Scales worksheet
  F# on the 1st Sring Snyder p.76  
  G Major Scale Snyder p.77 Snyder p.77 – “G Scale Study”
Tuesday
March 18 		Key Signatures Snyder p.78 – “Folk Song” Snyder p.78 – “Folk Song”
  Duet “Notesheet #1” “Notesheet #1”
Wednesday
March 19 		Principal Chords Snyder p.78 & p.20 G, C, & D7 chords
  Triads Snyder p.20 D, G, & A chords
Thursday
March 20 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Friday
March 21 		G Major – Principal Chords Snyder p.21  
  C – full chord Snyder p.21  
  12 Bar Blues in G Snyder p.21 – “Basic Blues/Rock Progression” Snyder p.21 – “Basic Blues/Rock Progression”, Improvise using G Scale

March 24 – March 28
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
March 24 		Chord/Mute Strum Snyder p.21 – #21 “Chord/Mute Strum” Snyder p.21 – #21
  Swing Eighth Notes Snyder p.22 Snyder p.22 – #22 & #23
Tuesday
March 25 		D7 Chord Snyder p.23 Snyder p.23 – “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
  Blues Strum Snyder p.23 – #25 Snyder p.23 – “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
Wednesday
March 26 		Writing Music (notes and stems) “Worksheet #4” “Unit One Test”
Thursday
March 27 		12 Bar Blues in G Snyder p.21 – “Basic Blues/Rock Progression” Snyder p.21 – “Basic Blues/Rock Progression”, Improvise using G Scale
Friday
March 28 		NO SCHOOL    

March 31 – April 4
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
March 31 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Tuesday
April 1 		3 Chord Songs ”3 Chord Songbook“ Pick on song form ”3 Chord Songbook“ to work on melody and chords
Wednesday
April 2 		vi/Em Chord Snyder p.24 Snyder p.24 – #27
  Bass/Strum & TABS Snyder p.24 – #27 Snyder p.24 – #27
  I–vi–IV–V Chord Progression & Repeat Sign Snyder p.24 – #28 Snyder p.24 – #28
  Double Bass/Strum Snyder p.25 – #29 Snyder p.25 – #29
Thursday
April 3 		Dsus Chord Snyder p.25 & “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Snyder p.25 – “Dig It”
  1st & 2nd Endings Snyder p.25 Snyder p.25 – “Dig It” & p.26 #31
  Syncopated Strumming Snyder p.26 Snyder p.26 – #31
Friday
April 4 		Reading/Writing TABS Chords & Notes Tab/Staff paper Quiz Chords & Notes Tab/Staff paper Quiz
  Am Chord Snyder p.26 Snyder p.27

April 7 – April 11
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
April 4 		Review TABS Snyder  
  ii–V–I Chord Progression (Key of D) Snyder p.28 Snyder p.28 – “Help”
Tuesday
April 8 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Wednesday
April 9 		Chord Review Snyder Chord Chart
  Principal Chords in the Key of A / E & E7 Chords Snyder p.29 Snyder p.30 – #42 & #43
  Alternate Chord Forms Snyder p.30  
Friday
April 11 		Blues Shuffle in A Snyder p.31 Snyder p.31 – #44
  Chords in the Key of G G, Am, C, D, D7, DSus, Em Write an 8 measure chord progression in G

April 14 – April 18
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
April 14 		(Movable) Power Chords Snyder p. 32 Power Chord Chart
Tuesday
April 15 		Writing Melodies to Chord Progressions Student Chord Progressions Write a Melody to a Chord Progression in G (and practice playing it)
Wednesday
April 16 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Thursday
April 17 		B7 Chord Snyder p.33  
  Pricipal Chords in the Key of E Snyder p.33  
  12 Bar Blues in E Snyder p.33 Snyder p.33 – #49
  Turnaround Chord Snyder p.33 Snyder p.33 – #49
Friday
April 18 		Blues Techniques Snyder p.34 – #50 & #51 Snyder p.35 – #52

April 28 – May 2
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
April 28 		G Pentatonic Scale Finale Notepad  
  G Blues Scale Finale Notepad G Blues Scale
12 Bar Blues in G Chord Progression (G Blues Improv)
Tuesday
April 29 		12 Bar Blues in G Chord Progression using Power Chords    
  Playing a melody along with the 12 Bar Blues in G Improvisation Sheet #1 Improvisation Sheet #1
Wednesday
April 30 		Writing a 12 Bar Blues in G solo using standard notation and TABS Finale Notepad Writing a 12 Bar Blues in G solo
Thursday
May 1 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Friday
May 2 		Playing a written solo to the 12 Bar Blues in G 12 Bar Blues in G solo Improvising to the 12 Bar Blues in G using the G Blues scale

May 5 – May 9
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
May 5 		Review 12 Bar Blues in G power chords and solo Improvisation Sheet #1
CD track #15
  12 Bar Blues in G Improvisation Improvisation Sheet #1
CD track #15 		Improvising
Tuesday
May 6 		Blues Shuffle in E Snyder p. 35 – #52
CD track #36 		 
  Chord Embellishments – E, E6, E7, A7, A6, A7 Snyder p. 36 – #54
CD track #37 		Snyder p. 36 – #54
  Sixteenth Notes Snyder p. 37 – #55–57  
  Rock Ballad Strum Snyder p. 37 – #58
CD track #38 		Snyder p. 37 – #58
Wednesday
May 7 		E Pentatonic and Blues Scales
Playing a melody along with the 12 Bar Blues in E 		Improvisation Sheet #3
Improvisation Sheet #3 		12 Bar Blues in E Chord Progression
E Minor Pentatonic Solo from Improvisation Sheet #3
Thursday
May 8 		3 Octave E and G Blues scales
E and G 12 Bar Blues Improvising 		Improvisation Sheet #1 & #3, blank fretboard paper  
E and G 12 Bar Blues improvising
Friday
May 9 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    

May 12 – May 16
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
May 12 		Pricipal Chords in the Key of Em – Em, Am, B7
C7 chord 		Snyder p.38 Em, Am, B7 chords
C7 chord
  12 Bar Minor Blues in Em Snyder p.38 – #60, CD track #39 12 Bar Minor Blues in Em
  Walking the Bass Snyder p.39 – #61, CD track #40 Snyder p.39 – #61
Tuesday
May 13 		III, VI, & VII Chords in Minor Keys – G, C, & D in Em Snyder p.39 – #62 & #63 Snyder p.39 – #62 & #63
  Chord Embellishments – Am7, Gmaj7, & Cmaj7 Snyder p.40 – #64, CD track #41 Snyder p.40 – #64
  Latin Strum Variation Snyder p.40 – #62, CD track #42 Snyder p.40 – #62
Wednesday
May 14 		Pricipal Chords in the Key of Am – Am, Dm, E7 Snyder p.41 Am, Dm, E7 chords
  III & VII Chords in Am – C & G Snyder p.41 – #67, CD track #43 Snyder p.41 – #67
  Small Bar F Chord (Full Bar) Snyder p.42 Snyder p.43 – #68 & #69
Thursday
May 15 		More Embellished Chords – Am7 & Dm7 Snyder p.43 – #70, CD track #44 Snyder p.43 – #70
  Review Music Markings Worksheet #6 Worksheet #7 & #9
Friday
May 16 		Review Playing Melodies Snyder p.77 Notesheet #1 & #2
  Review Worksheet #5 & Unit Two Test  

May 19 – May 23
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
May 19 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Tuesday
May 20 		Shifting – G# & A on the first string, Natural Sign Snyder p.79 – #47–#49 Snyder p.80 – #50, CD track #69
Worksheet #6 & #7
Wednesday
May 21 		Writing a Melody to a Chord Progression Finale NotePad Notesheet #2
Thursday
May 22 		Writing a Melody to a Chord Progression Student 8 measure Chord Progression in G Write a Melody to a Chord Progression
Friday
May 23 		Putting a Melody and Chord Progression on Finale Finale NotePad
Student 8 measure Chord Progression and Melody in G 		 

May 26 – May 30
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
May 26 		NO SCHOOL    
Tuesday
May 27 		Putting a Melody and Chord Progression into Finale
Pair up and play compositions: composer–melody partner–chords		 Finale NotePad
Student 8 measure Chord Progression and Melody in G 		Practice Chord Progression and Melody in G
Wednesday
May 28 		NO CLASS – Double 2nd    
Thursday
May 28 		Open Bass Strings Snyder p.81–82 Snyder p.83
  4th String Notes Snyder p.84–85 Snyder p.85
Friday
May 30 		Fingerstyle Snyder p.86–87 Snyder p.87 – “Classical Study”

June 2 – June 6
Date Content Materials Assignments
Monday
June 2 		Flats & Chromatic Scale Snyder p.88  
  Tied 8th Note Rhythms Snyder p.89 Snyder p.89
Tuesday
June 3 		Blues Improvisation in E & G E & G Blues Scale  
Wednesday
June 4 		5th String Notes Snyder p.90–91 Snyder p.91 – “House of the Rising Sun”
  6th String Notes Snyder p.92  
  Chromatic Scale Snyder p.93 Snyder p.93 – “Blues Rock”
Thursday
June 6 		NO CLASS – Double Second
Friday
June 7 		Review Worksheet #8 & #9 Worksheet #8 & #9


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