BEGINNING+GUITAR+CLASSES


 * WELCOME TO THE BEGINNING GUITAR CLASS AT PARKVIEW!**

__**Current skills the students are working on:**__

Single note songs on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings.

Playing songs that include a variety of rhythms including quarter notes, half note, dotted half notes, whole notes, quarter rests and half rests.

Playing full chords including: G, C, Em and D7

Playing various strumming patterns

Playing songs as duets.

__**Songs scheduled for upcoming performance assessments:**__

Eleanor Rigby - full chords (C and Em) and the D DU DU DU strumming pattern

Can You Feel the Love Tonight - single duets performed as a duet (students selected or were assigned a duet partner in class)

Aura Lee - melody which utilizes notes on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings

Duke of Earl - G Em C D7 chord progression with syncopated strumming patterns

__**What Will the Students Be Learning Ne**__ media type="youtube" key="i4BYMvVvMg0" height="187" width="252" align="left" __**xt?**__

Notes and Songs utilizing the 4th string

D and A7 chords

**The students in my first trimester guitar classes are doing a wonderful job! They are making expected progress and are utilizing class practice time very well! Keep up the good work!**