The Guitar Workbook

Description

Designed for the music classroom teacher, The Guitar Workbook provides a practical toolbox for teaching guitar over the course of a school year. Organized into 20 lessons, the book offers tips on topics such as teaching pick-style playing, open chords, finger-style technique, and power chords, among many others.

• Presents a new and contemporary approach to guitar study in a classroom setting
• Includes creative projects for class use throughout the year
• Offers popular music examples to connect with students

About the Author(s)

Scott Seifried, Director of Guitar Studies, James W. Robinson Jr. Secondary School

Scott Seifried teaches classroom guitar at James W. Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia. He has served on the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Guitar-In-The-Schools Committee; the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Guitar Council, and was a contributor to the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) National Standards for Harmonizing Instruments, in addition to being a clinician for the Guitar & Accessories Marketing Association (GAMA).

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Lesson 1: Holding the Guitar, Making a Sound and Reading Tablature
Lesson 2: Reading Fretboard Diagrams and Playing Chords
Lesson 3: Reading Staff Notation
Lesson 4: Open Position Chords; Foundational Shape (FS) 3
Lesson 5: Playing Two Notes Together
Creativity Project I
Lesson 6: Eight Note Rhythms, Alternate Picking, and Chord Strumming
Lesson 7: The Half Barre; Foundational Shapes 4 and 5
Lesson 8: Open Power Chords, the A Pentatonic Minor Scale, and twelve-Bar Blues
Lesson 9: Building Triads, Harmonizing melodies, and Recognizing Chords Written on the Staff
Lesson 10: Slash Chords, Suspensions, and Rests
Creativity Project II
Lesson 11: Finger-style Playing, Rest Stroke and Open Bass Strings
Lesson 12: Embellished Chords and Advanced Strumming Patterns
Lesson 13: Completing Open Position
Lesson 14: Major Scales, Key Signatures, and Accidentals
Lesson 15: Creating Bass Lines and Power Chords
Creativity Project III
Lesson 16: Right Hand Arpeggios
Lesson 17: The Full Barre
Lesson 18:Two Octave Scales - A and E Major
Lesson 19: Music in Two Parts
Lesson 20: Roman Numerals, Transposition and Chromatic Pitches
Creativity Project IV
Appendix A: Assessment Rubrics and Grading
Appendix B: Suggested Resources for Further Study