GUITAR 

Instructor – Paige Garwood  

Guitar classes are offered at several times during the day.  Our classes are one hour in length and are limited in size.  In this way, we can group students according to age and ability and help them to develop musically at their own level.  Beginner guitar students should be at least 8 years of age.

Guitar is such a fabulous instrument to play.  Our classes are designed to give you the tools to do so.  You will learn the fret board, memorize a variety of different scales, and train your fingers to quickly move from one chord to another.  Along the way, you'll learn some musical pieces to play as a group, and work on individual pieces, too.   Your success is determined by your diligence and determination.   

There are three levels of guitar classes.

Level One:  Beginner Guitar

Beginner… you ask questions like… what does this knob do? These strings have names? And you make statements like… Look! I can drive my parents bonkers if I turn THIS knob like this and hit all the strings really hard!  We will be learning the basics - the names of the strings, the first five chords they need to know, basic strumming techniques as well as introducing them to reading music and tablature on the instrument. We will also be learning several worship tunes in the process… I mean, after all – we want to play real songs, right? 

Requirements:  Your own guitar (electric guitar preferred), pick, notebook with graph paper, pencil and music stand.  The books we will be using are:  Semester 1      "Volume 1 - Beginner to Play the Guitar", authored by Paige Garwood.  The book is available online at www.Lulu.com/ffog in downloadable or in print form.   Semester 2    "Volume 2 - "Beginning to Read Music on the Guitar", authored by Paige Garwood.  The book is available online at www.Lulu.com/ffog in downloadable or in print form. 

Level Two:   Begin to Read Music on the Guitar
In this course, we will start in the first Semester by introducing the 2nd year guitar student to reading music on the guitar. The student will learn how to translate standard notation into Tablature and then play the melodies on their instrument. We will also begin to learn more Christian-centric tunes with the goal of being able to play not only the chords but also the melodies of these tunes.

Requirements: 
Your own guitar (electric guitar preferred), pick, notebook with graph paper, pencil and music stand.

Textbook (required)
 "Volume 2 Beginning to read Music on the Guitar".
The book will be available August 1st 2008 for order from my storefront www.lulu.com/ffog in downloadable or print format.

Level Three:
This class will introduce the 3rd year student to how chords are built, using the five basic chord shapes. What are these shapes? Show up and find out!

This course is a natural follow-on to what we learned last year concerning the CAGED system for soloing. The goal being the end of the year performance where each guitar student will perform as part of an ensemble or as a solist, demonstrating his/her knowledge of chords and soloing.

Requirements: 
Your own guitar (electric guitar preferred), pick, notebook with graph paper, pencil and music stand. 

Textbook (required)
 "Volume 3 Chords"
 The book for this class is available for ordering now and can be obtained from www.lulu.com/ffog in print or downloadable formats.
Order the title.