Please check back here often to review the schedule for the remaining weeks of the course.

Lesson Material

Release Date April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013

Due Date

Lesson 1: Acoustic / Electric Guitar and the Basics

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Choosing Acoustic Or Electric Guitar (video lecture)

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Getting to Know You (student survey)

May 6, 2013

Choosing the Right Guitar: Right-Handed vs. Left-Handed April 29, (video lecture) 2013 Parts of the Guitar (Electric and Acoustic) (video lecture) April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 May 9, 2013

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Quiz: Identifying the Parts of the Guitar

May 6, 2013

Essential Accessories for Acoustic Guitar (video lecture)

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Essential Accessories for Electric Guitar (video lecture)

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Quiz: Essential Accessories Chord Block Diagrams and Fretboard Maps (video lecture) Quiz: Chord Block Diagrams and Fretboard Maps

May 6, 2013

N/A

May 6, 2013

Lesson 1 Assignment

May 9, 2013

Lesson 1 Assignment Evaluations (Peer Review) Lesson 2: Getting Started: Fundamental Guitar Skills String Names and Numbers (video lecture) Quiz: String Names and Numbers

May 12, 2013

May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 May 13, 2013

Tuning Your Guitar with a Tuner (video lecture) Tuning Your Guitar by Matching (video lecture) Tuning Your Guitar with Harmonics (video lecture) Quiz: Tuning Your Guitar Picking Technique (video lecture) Finger Picking (video lecture) Quiz: Finger Picking (video lecture) Strumming the Guitar (video lecture) Lesson 2 Assignment Lesson 2 Assignment Evaluations (Peer Review)

May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 6, 2013 N/A May 6, 2013 May 16, 2013 May 16, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 May 23, 2013 May 19, 2013

Lesson 3: The Twelve Half Steps and Basic Notation

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Twelve Frets and Twelve Half Steps (video lecture)

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Quiz: Twelve Frets and Twelve Half Steps

May 20, 2013

Notes on the Fretboard (video lecture)

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Quiz: Notes on the Fretboard

May 20, 2013

Rhythm Basics (video lecture)

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Quiz: Rhythm Basics

May 20, 2013

Music Notation and Tablature (video lecture)

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Quiz: Music Notation and Tablature

May 20, 2013

Lesson 3 Assignment

May 23, 2013

Lesson 3 Assignment Evaluations (Peer Review)

May 26, 2013

Lesson 4: Scales: Constructions and Fingerings

May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 May 30, 2013 May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013

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Position Playing

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Quiz: Position Playing

May 27, 2013

The Chromatic Scale on a Single String

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The Chromatic Scale in First Position

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The Chromatic Scale in Other Positions

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Quiz: The Chromatic Scale

May 27, 2013

Major Scales

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More on Major Scales

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Quiz: The Major Scale

May 27, 2013

Lesson 4 Assignment

May 30, 2013

Lesson 4 Assignment Evaluations (Peer Review)

June 2, 2013

Lesson 5: Easy Triad and Power Chords

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Triad Chords

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Quiz: Triad Chords

June 3, 2013

Power Chords

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Quiz: Power Chords

June 3, 2013

Reading Chord Charts

May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013

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Quiz: Reading Chord Charts

June 3, 2013

Lesson 5 Assignment

June 6, 2013

Lesson 5 Assignment Evaluations (Peer Review)

June 9, 2013

Lesson 6: The Pentatonic Scale and Songs

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What is a Pentatonic Scale?

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Quiz: Pentatonic Scale

June 10, 2013

Solo-ing with the Pentatonic

June 10, 2013

Quiz: Fingerings for the Pentatonic/Fretboard maps

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Quiz: Solo-ing with the Pentatonic

June 10, 2013

Essential Electric Guitar Effects

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Quiz: Essential Electric Guitar Effects

June 10, 2013

Essential Acoustic Guitar Effects, and Amplification

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Quiz: Essential Acoustic Guitar Effects, and Amplification

June 10, 2013

Pentatonic Song

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JP Lullaby

N/A

Lesson 6 Assignment

June 13, 2013

Lesson 6 Assignment Evaluations (Peer Review)

June 3, 2013

June 16, 2013