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| | | | | Performing and Creating |
| 1-3 | | | | a. Demonstrate various guitar techniques: strumming, picking, and chording. |
| 1-4 | | | | b. Perform a varied repertoire of instrumental literature with expression and technical accuracy. |
| 1-3, 5 | | | | c. Perform alone and in ensembles with one or more students on a part. |
| 1-4 | | | | d. Improvise stylistically appropriate harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic variations. |
| 1-4 | | | | e. Compose and arrange music in specified styles, demonstrating creativity in using the elements of music. |
| 1-3 | | | | f. Demonstrate ability to read tablature and standard notation for guitar. |
| 1, 3, 4, 6 | 4, 5, 7 | | | g. Explain characteristics of two or more arts, detailing their similarities and differences. |
| 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | h. Investigate careers in music fields. |
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| | | | | History and Culture |
| 1, 3 | 1, 2 | | | a. Study guitar literature and methods representative of various musical styles. |
| | 1-3 | 8 | | b. Classify by style and by historical period or culture unfamiliar but representative examples of guitar music and explain their classifications. |
| | 1-3, 6 | | | c. Identify sources of specific American genres, trace their evolution, and cite musicians associated with them. |
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| | | | | Evaluation and Analysis |
| | | 1, 2 | | a. Understand guitar styles and terminology. |
| 1-3 | | 1, 2 | | b. Demonstrate proper care and maintenance of the guitar. |
| 3 | | 1, 2 | | c. Understand basic theory necessary to play the guitar: I, IV, V, and V 7 chords in various major and minor keys. |
| 1-3 | | 1, 2 | | d. Develop technique in a variety of major and minor scales and modes. |
| 1, 4 | 1 | 1-4 | 4-6 | e. Analyze aural examples of a varied repertoire of guitar music representing diverse genres and cultures, by describing the uses of elements of music. |
| 1, 3, 4 | | 1-3 | | f. Develop specific criteria for making informed, critical evaluations of the quality of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations, and apply the criteria in personal participation. |
| 1, 3, 4 | 6 | 1, 2, 4 | | g. Evaluate a performance or composition by comparing it to similar or exemplary models. |