Course Catalog Information (24-25)
MUSI 14A
Classical Guitar I
Course Description
This course will provide students with beginning instruction for playing the classical, nylon-stringed guitar, assuming there is no prior musical experience. It introduces basic note reading on the first four frets of the instrument, left and right-hand techniques, including free strokes, rest strokes, arpeggio technique, left-hand development of strength and independence. Chords, chord progression, and basic strumming techniques will also be introduced.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Identify notes and rhythms, and play in the first position of all six strings at a beginning level.
- Use right and left hand techniques to demonstrate their comprehension of rest strokes, free strokes, single line melodies, and chords.
Course Details
- Units
- 1.5 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 1
- Weekly Lab Hours: 2
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- ESL 261 and ESL 265, or ESL 461 and ESL 465, or eligibility for EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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