Guitar 1 and Guitar 2 OPEN TO SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, AND SENIORS PREREQUISITE: NONE 1.0 MAJOR CREDIT AT LEVEL 8 / .5 ELECTIVE CREDIT This course is designed as an introductory experience in guitar performance. No previous guitar experience is necessary. Students will perform many genres of contemporary guitar from folk to rock, and learn to read traditional and tablature notation while performing simple melodies and chord progressions. This laboratory setting will include daily technical exercises and teaching demonstrations, followed by individual and group practice. The primary means of assessment will be performance-based with skills testing every few weeks, leading to a final recording project at the end of each semester. Beginning students may take this course for a full year or for one semester. Students with intermediate experience may elect to take Guitar 2 with instructor approval. This course fulfills the graduation requirement for fine and/or practical arts.