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pathway Home arrow Group Lessons   Thursday, 09 September 2010
Group Lessons Print E-mail

Group Guitar Lessons

  • All programs run for 10 weeks.
  • All programs are offered for a fee of $150.00, $15/hr/student (covers all materials and instruction)
  • All groups take place on Thursday evening.
  • Maximum group size of 8 students
  • Student must bring their own guitar

Adult Beginner Guitar Group

Learn to play the guitar in a fun environment with other adults.

  • Basic introduction to the guitar
  • Everything taught is song-based, so you will learn to play songs almost right away
  • Basic guitar chords, basic theory and strumming songs in a group environment
  • Groups start with skill development and quickly turn to applying the skills to playing songs

Course Outline

  • Major and minor chords in the basic keys
  • Basic music theory
  • Basic strumming patterns (4/4 & 3/4 )
  • Playing in different time signatures (2/4 & 6/8 )
  • Reading tablature (Tab)
  • Basic finger picking

Adult Intermediate Guitar Group

Polish your skills in a fun environment with other adults.

  • Serves as a continuation of Beginner program
  • Reinforcement of basics of guitar
  • Begin to explore various musical genres and techniques while remaining song-based

Basic Skill Requirement

  • Must know some basic chords
  • Must be able to play basic strumming patterns

Course Outline

  • Reading rhythm notation
  • Learning various strumming patterns
  • Playing in different time signatures
  • Learn bar chords
  • Basic finger picking patterns
  • Power chords
  • Tablature reading (reading tab)
  • Basic guitar picking
  • Playing melody lines on the guitar
  • Transposing and using a capo
  • Introduction to bar chords

Beginner Guitar Group for Youths

  • Basic introduction to the guitar
  • Basic guitar theory and strumming songs in a group environment
  • Groups start with basic skill development and quickly turn to applying the skills to playing songs

Course Outline

  • Playing notes on the guitar
  • Basic music theory
  • Basic strumming patterns
  • Basic chords
  • Reading tablature (Tab)
  • Playing melodic lines  

These groups are a ton of fun, but space is limited to a minimum group size of 5 students and a maximum of 8 students, so it would be best to register early.  
Facilitated by Rock City’s  Guitar Instructor, Greg Prowse

To register, contact us at 579-ROCK (7625) or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

 
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