Playing Pieces: Grade 12 Guitar, September, 2016
Grade 12 Guitar Method 3
Sept 6-9 “Homeward Bound”, Country Dance(Purple Book)
Sept 12-16 (107 Friday for Internet / ISU)
Five Pentatonic Patterns
Sept 19-22 (Library Tuesday: ISU)
September 23: PD DAY
-work on CBC songs
“Mumbo Jumbo” (exercise handout)
Sept 26-30 (Library Tuesday: Internet)
“One Chord”/”Barre Chord” (pp.10-11)
“Latin Blue (pp.12-13)
Travis Picking: pp.14-15 (“Country Thumpkin”)
Playing Test #1: Friday, Sept. 30
Oct 3-7
“Bach Prelude” (p. 17)
“My Spanish Thumb” (p.19)
“Guitar Rag” (pp.20-21)
Oct 11-14 (Thanksgiving Oct. 10)
“Hotel California” (pp.24-25)
String Bending: “Move It On Up” (pp.28-29)
D Minor (2nd position): (p.31)
Music Journals Due: Thurs. Oct. 13
Oct 17-20 (Coffee House, Oct. 20), P.D. Day Oct. 21
begin Keyboards, , Improv
“Prelude” (p. 32)
Rock Boogie Pattern:, all down-strokes, palm muting:“Way Cool Guitar” (p.34)
“Bluesfingers” (p. 37)
Playing Test #2: Tuesday, Oct. 18
Present LOOPS: Thurs. Oct. 20
Oct 24-28
Conferences, Oct. 27
Keyboards Playing Test, plus orchestrations of 4 layers of keyboards in Logic: Tuesday, Oct. 25
Ensembles begin
Major Challenge: (no tabs, classical): “Caprice in D Minor” (p. 39)
“Czardas” (p.41) a well-known Hungarian melody
Oct. 31 – Nov. 4
Present Ensembles: Tues. Nov. 1
Grade 8 visits: Nov. 2
Theory Test: Thurs. Nov. 3
“Stairway to Heaven”, including solo (pp.44-47)
Nov 7-11
Begin Uke, Mandolin, banjo or slide
Playing Test #3 (student choice): Thursday, Nov. 10
Rock Shop 3 (Purple):
Major Soloing (the Major Scale) (pp.22-23)
Minor Soloing (minor Pentatonic Scale): (pp.30-31)
Music Journals Due: Nov. 10
Nov 14-17 (Mighty Wind, Nov. 16, 17) (P.D. Day: Nov. 18)
Uke, Mandolin, Banjo, Slide Playing Test: Tuesday, Nov. 15
Minor Soloing/The Minor Scale (pp.36-37)
Heavy Metal Ballad (pp.40-41)
Nov 21-25 (Jazz, Alternate tuning)
Jerry Snyder’s Guitar School, Method Book 2 (Blue Book)
Jazz (p.48) Ninth Chord. Play “Blues a la Jazz” (Chords on p.48) while someone plays the melody on pp.48-49)
Jazz Comps (pp.54-top of 55)
Drop D (p.46) “Turning Back”
Nov 28-Dec.2
Playing Test #4: Wednesday, Nov. 30
Dorian Rock (Dorian mode) (pp.44-45)
Blues Scale (p.23, #43), “Gee Blues”
Blues Rock Soloing (pp.46-47)
More Blues: learn the chords on top of 47. “West Coast Blues” (p.47)
Dec 5-8 (Arts Night: Thursday, Dec. 8)
P.D. Day: Dec. 9
Reggae Style (pp.28-29). Play “Three Little Birds” and “Jammin’” by Bob Marley
Dec 12-16
Present Rock Band: Wednesday, Dec. 14
Dorian Mode (p.57, whole page)
Mixolydian Mode (p.58) Dorian and Mixolydian Mix (p.59)
Music Journals Due: Thurs. Dec. 15
Dec. 19-23, 2016 Oz: Dec. 21
Listening Test: Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016
Secondary Seventh Chords (p.34) Play “Horizon” including both versions on p.35.
Moveable Secondary Seventh Chords (p.36).
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Jan 9-13, 2017
Orchestrations(in Finale) Due: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017
Major Seventh Chords (p.37) Play whole page.
Travis Picking (pp.40-top of 43)
Jan 16-20
Grade 12 ISU Presentations: Jan. 16,17, 2017
Final Playing Test (“Mysterioso”): Friday, Jan. 20
Jan 23-26 (Exams begin on Jan. 27)
Original Recording Due: Monday, Jan. 23, 2017
Guitar Theory Exam: Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017