Guitar Basics

Thursdays, February 9 – March 29, 2012
6:30 – 8:00pm
Webster High School – Choir Room

Have you always wanted to learn to play guitar? Enrich your life with music in this class for guitar beginners. We will start at the beginning and take you through the basics of playing guitar including chords, reading chord charts, basic rhythms, and learning a few scales and some basic music theory. For beginner level students of all ages. Please bring an acoustic guitar to class.

Instructor: Tim Quinn
Class #26969
Cat. #60-805-605
Course Fee: $52
Senior Fee: $28

Recommended Books:

Guitar Basics
Essential Chords, Scales, Rhythms and Theory
Musicians Institute Press
Author : Bruce Buckingham
Available on Amazon and Music Dispatch

This pack gives essential instruction on open chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming; scales, rhythm playing, the blues, and moveable chord shapes. It includes inversions, ‘color’ chords, practice tips, chord charts, songs, and progressions.

Mel Bay’s Modern Guitar Method: Grade 1
Mel Bay Publications
Author: Mel Bay
Available on Amazon and Mel Bay

The world’s premier method for learning modern plectrum style guitar, time-tested and proven successful in building the theoretic and technical foundation needed to play in any style. All seven grades of this method are written in standard notation only to encourage better sight reading. In Grade 1, the student guitarist will learn to play solos, duets, scales, and chords in the keys of C, A minor, G and E minor. Even in Grade 1, the student is already exposed to the chord/melody concept of guitar performance. A supplementary study book entitled Grade 1 Studies, two different play-along CD recordings (pop and traditional), and a VHS or DVD video are available. The companion recordings feature Tommy Flint and William Bay playing in split-track format, with the solo parts performed on the right channel, and the accompaniment or second duet parts played on the left. The student can play along with the full recording, or tune out either channel and play the missing part.

Class size limited to 10 people. Pre-registration required.  Call WITC at (800) 243-9482 Ext.4221.