Guitar & Voice Applications for Music Therapy

Applied musicianship:

• singing melody by ear while accompanying self on guitar;
• playing repertoire from beginning to end without stopping;
• demonstrating duple and triple meters clearly in repertoire;
• creating introductions and clear endings in assigned repertoire;
• sight singing a vocal melody from a lead sheet;
• performing repertoire by memory: a minimum of ten assigned songs including lyrics, melody, harmony;
• understanding and playing basic chord progressions;
• transposing the following progressions to a variety of keys as determined by the instructor:
• I - ii (or II) - V7;
• I - IV - V7;
• I - vi - ii - V;
• recognizing the above-listed progressions within songs;
• transposing songs to appropriate keys;
• modulating within songs;
• introduction to improvisation.

Guitar-related:

• producing a clear tone;
• developing good posture and hand position;
• playing notes up to the 5th fret;
• playing open-position guitar chords;
• strumming patterns with root-note emphasis;
• fingerpicking patterns (basic);
• using a plectrum;
• tuning guitar by interval;
• changing guitar strings.

Other:

• acquiring healthy vocal technique and posture while playing guitar;