No Ka Papa Kīkā (Course Description):
Guitar is a one semester introductory course designed to help students learn many different styles and techniques of guitar playing. Students will learn strumming and picking techniques, how to read chord charts, music notation and tablature. Students will learn to play a variety of music styles, including classical, Hawaiian, contemporary, and jazz.
Nā Pahuhopu (Goals/Objectives):
Throughout the year, we will study the following:
1) The History of the Guitar, 2) The Parts of the Guitar, 3) Holding Position, 4) Tuning, 5) Music Notation, 6) Tablature, 7) Basic Chords, 8) Major and Pentatonic Scales, 9) Strumming, 10) Picking: Fingerstyle and with a pick, 11) Arpeggio Picking, and 12) Basic Slack-key.
Nā Hua Loaʻa (Learner Outcomes):
Students will be able to perform the following with a high level of comfort and proficiency:
1) Tuning, 2) Picking exercises, 3) Major and Pentatonic scales, 4) Songs/Exercises from Mel Bay's Mastering the Guitar Book 1A, and 5) Basic Slack-key and other Mele Hawaiÿi (be able to sing and play an array of Hawaiian songs).
Ke Kuleana O Ka Haumäna (Student’s Responsibility):
Nā Kaha (Grading):
Grades are based on points earned from daily participation, performance tests, written tests, concerts and performances (i.e. Lunch performances, Christmas Concert, Spring Concert), and extra credit. There is no late work allowed. If a student is absent, it is his/her responsibility to find out about the assignment and its due date. Students are expected to participate in daily individual and group practice, be able to perform test material individually for the instructor, and participate in at least one performance per semester.
Guitar is a one semester introductory course designed to help students learn many different styles and techniques of guitar playing. Students will learn strumming and picking techniques, how to read chord charts, music notation and tablature. Students will learn to play a variety of music styles, including classical, Hawaiian, contemporary, and jazz.
Nā Pahuhopu (Goals/Objectives):
Throughout the year, we will study the following:
1) The History of the Guitar, 2) The Parts of the Guitar, 3) Holding Position, 4) Tuning, 5) Music Notation, 6) Tablature, 7) Basic Chords, 8) Major and Pentatonic Scales, 9) Strumming, 10) Picking: Fingerstyle and with a pick, 11) Arpeggio Picking, and 12) Basic Slack-key.
Nā Hua Loaʻa (Learner Outcomes):
Students will be able to perform the following with a high level of comfort and proficiency:
1) Tuning, 2) Picking exercises, 3) Major and Pentatonic scales, 4) Songs/Exercises from Mel Bay's Mastering the Guitar Book 1A, and 5) Basic Slack-key and other Mele Hawaiÿi (be able to sing and play an array of Hawaiian songs).
Ke Kuleana O Ka Haumäna (Student’s Responsibility):
- Students should arrive to class on time with the appropriate supplies in hand (Guitar 1A book, tuner, picks)
- Students must comply with all Kamehameha School Maui rules and policies as stated in the KSM High School & Parent Handbook
- Students should show aloha & mälama in everything that they do (both in and out of class)
- Students are expected to mālama their assigned guitar at all times. If a student does not show proper care, he/she will lose the privilege of playing guitar for a week. He/she will be assigned a 5-page research paper to work on during class at the school’s library.
- Students and their guardian must sign an instrument contract in order to borrow a guitar to practice with at home.
- Students must also sign out the guitar with the instructor during lunch or after school. The guitar must be returned before or during Block 1 the following school day. If the student fails to return the guitar on time, he/she will lose his/her borrowing privilege for a month.
- No person other than the student is allowed to use the instrument.
- Students will be responsible for payment of a lost, stolen or damaged guitar.
Nā Kaha (Grading):
Grades are based on points earned from daily participation, performance tests, written tests, concerts and performances (i.e. Lunch performances, Christmas Concert, Spring Concert), and extra credit. There is no late work allowed. If a student is absent, it is his/her responsibility to find out about the assignment and its due date. Students are expected to participate in daily individual and group practice, be able to perform test material individually for the instructor, and participate in at least one performance per semester.