Instructor: Dennis
Davis
Office: 112 Foster Building
Phone: (859) 622-5007
FAX 859-622-1333
Email:dennis.davis@eku.edu
Office
Hours: By appointment
- Class Guitar I (Non-Music Majors). Two classes per week. May be retaken to a maximum of 4 hours
- Provides basic instruction in the essential elements of guitar playing in a format accessible to all students. A prerequisite knowledge of music or guitar technique is not required.
- All students need to have an acoustic guitar. Students will practice 5 hours per week (minimum). Exercises, pieces, and assignments are cumulative and are practiced every week without reiteration. Practice schedules are due by the third class. Right hand fingerings and rhythms will be written out for the text exercises each week.
- Students are required to attend all EKU guitar events as required by the instructor (including EKU Jazz Band Concerts). These dates include, but are not limited to: EKU Guitar Ensemble Recitals, Faculty Guitar Recitals, Student Guitar Recitals, EKU Guitar Studio Recitals, EKU Jazz Ensemble Recitals, and Guest Guitar Recitals. Note: Missing a requried concert will lower your grade by one letter. Carefully check the EKU guitar events calendar.
- You must fill out a concert attendance card and return it to the usher at the conclusion of the concert to receive concert attendance credit.
- Students learn to read and count music on the guitar.
- Students perform solo and ensemble works for guitar.
- Students demonstrate proper posture, hand position, and technique.
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Attendance is mandatory. Five unexcused absences result in a failing grade. Excused absences for legitimate reasons will be granted with proper documentation. Each unexcused absence will result in a 3% reduction of the final grade.
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Participation, Assignments, and Projects: 30%. Class participation is the primary means for assessment of student progress.
- Blackboard Quizzes: 20%
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Mid-Term Exam: 25%
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Final: 25%
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Missing required guitar concerts and related events will lower the final grade one letter (per event). See the EKU Guitar Calendar for events (above) and note that it is subject to change.
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100-90 = A, 89-80 = B, 79-70=C, etc.
- Student Progress: The instructor will provide students with information on their progress in the course at least once prior to midterm.
- The last day to drop the course or to withdraw from the University is in the Colonel Compass.
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Beginning Classroom Guitar 2nd Edition by Philip Hemmo (w/CD): Provides detailed instruction on guitar positioning, hand positioning, tuning, and note reading. Exercises and writings are presented along with etudes and studies from the major style periods. Other Supplementary materials will be copied as needed.
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Metronome (approx. $15-30.).
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Practical Theory by Sandy Feldstein (10.95 plus tax): Provides non-music majors an introduction to music theory and harmony.
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Mel Bay: Basic Chords for the Guitar (4.95 plus tax): Chord diagram reference book.
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Articles explaining guitar technique.
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Videos and CD recordings.
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Other items as announced.
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1/15 - 1/17 |
Basic positioning, essential technical exercises (shifting and slurs), counting and notation (Week 1); Text: pp. Vii -17. Notes on string 1. Begin taking Blackboard note quiz (no accidentals). Begin using the notation lessons, note trainer and guitar trainer at Musictheory.net. |
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1/22 - 1/24 |
Perform shifting and slurs exercises with counting. Discussion of how to write out right hand fingerings and plan Practice Schedules (projected v. actual). Text: pp. 17-21; 70-73. (notes on strings 1-2; Chords: Em, G) Read Practice Schedule readings on reserve in the Library. Ensemble pieces. Strumming pattern/counting. |
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1/29 - 1/31
1/31 |
Begin taking Blackboard chord quiz. Continue shifting and slur exercises. Discussion: Aguado Study
I, Tab vs. Notation, Chord Chart in Text p. 138. Assignment: Prepare
general practice schedule; Text: pp. 22-27 (notes on strings 1-3;
Chords: Em, G, C, G7); Aguado: ms. 1-8; |
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2/5 - 2/7 |
Perform Aguado 1-8, and Chords; Discussion: Harmonics and tuning pp. 12-13, 64-65. Text: pp. 28-35. Notes on string 4; Chords: Em, G, C, G7, D , A7, Dsus4. Ties. |
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2/12 - 2/14 |
Perform Aguado 1-16, and Chords; Discussion: rhythmic vocables part dux (triplets/eighths), DC al Fine, repeat signs, Guitar ensemble rounds. Text: 35-40; Chords: Em, G, C, G7, D , A7, Dsus4, E (problems with G fingering p.40) Assign selected ensemble and solo works. |
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2/19 - 2/21 |
Perform Aguado 1-16; Exercises on all six strings pp.41-46. Chords: Em, G, C, G7, D , A7, Dsus4, E, Basic Blues Handout and chord strumming tune (Eagles:Take it easy) |
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2/26 - 2/28 |
Perform Aguado with singing and phrasing; Compound meter, 2 voice music: pp. 47-50; Chords: Em, G, C, G7, D , A7, Dsus4, E, Am, Dm. CAGED system. |
3/4 |
Mid-Term Examination (Performance and Written) |
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3/6 |
Beatles - Come Together |
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3/10 - 3/14 |
Spring Break |
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3/18 - 3/20
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Aguado Phrasing; C major scales pp. 76-77. Perform Aguado; Prior exercises and ensemble pieces. Practice Eagles' Tune. Study Come Together. |
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10/23 - 10/25
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Text: pp.51-52 top, 54-55; Dynamics and Chromaticism. Aguado Phrasing; Chords: Em, G, C, G7, D , A7, Dsus4, E, Am, Dm., E7, B7; and C scale, Take It Easy (chord Strumming) and Come Together. |
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3/25 - 3/27 |
Text: pp.59-63, 67-68. Perform Aguado; Prior exercises and ensemble pieces. Practice Eagles' Tune and Come Together. Bar Chords, CAGED system part dux and Muting. |
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4/1 - 4/3
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Text: pp.76 (advanced scales), Continue prior work. Perform prior exercises, solo, and ensemble pieces. Practice Eagles' Tune and Come Together. All chords. Continue CAGED system part dux if necessary. |
4/8 - 4/10
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Text: pp.85-121 (solo and ensemble literature), Continue prior work. Perform prior exercises, solo, and ensemble pieces. Practice Eagles' Tune and Come Together. All chords. |
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4/15 - 4/17
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Contemporary Styles: Blues Progressions, Pentatonic Shapes, and Accompaniment Startegies. Continue practicing all previous material. All chords. Bob's blues and dead thumb style. |
4/22 - 4/24 |
Solo and ensemble pieces for final exam and review for final. |
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Perform ensemble selections during the EKU Guitar Studio Concert. |
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4/29 - 5/1 |
Solo and ensemble pieces for final exam and review for final. |
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5/6 (Tue) |
Final Exam: 10:30-12:30 pm. Room: Campbell 327. |
If you are registered with the Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities, please make an appointment with the course instructor to discuss any academic accommodations you need. If you need academic accommodations and are not registered with the Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities, please contact the office on the third floor of the Student Services Building, by email at disserv@eku.edu or by telephone at (859) 622-2933 V/TDD. Upon individual request, this syllabus can be made available in an alternate format.
Academic Integrity statement:
Academic Integrity: Students are advised that EKU’s Academic Integrity policy will be strictly enforced in this course. The Academic Integrity policy is available at www.academicintegrity.eku.edu < http://www.academicintegrity.eku.edu/ > . Questions regarding this policy may be directed to the Office of Academic Integrity.
University Writing Requirement:
Baccalaureate degree students must take the exam in the first semester of enrollment after completing the 60th credit hour. Transfer students who transfer 60 credit hours or more must take the exam in the first semester of enrollment. Students failing to register for, take and pass the UWR in the semester after they complete 60 credit hours will be subject to the enrollment limitation described in the undergraduate catalog.
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