Guitar Level Prep

Feel free to follow this syllabus if you find it helpful. The timing on this is for an credited class, so the pace might be to fast for a once-a-week lesson, unless the student practices a lot!

By the end of the Preparatory Level, Guitar students will be able to:

• Identify all parts of the guitar
  

• Identify all open strings and note names through Fret 3

• Identify B (middle line) up to G (space above staff) on the Treble clef staff

• Sight read easy melodies on the B and E strings

• Identify understand a wide variety of musical signs and symbols

• Play the fretting hand

• Play downstrokes and alternating downstrokes and upstrokes with ease

• Choose and play repertoire that reinforces your learning

Students should have the following available:

• An acoustic or electric guitar
  

• Flash cards or Note Learning App

End Goal: To pass the preparatory level of guitar proficiency. Review and download the Requirements Here.