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Fender Center Guitar Classes

Youth Levels 1 through 4

This a first year course consisting of four sessions each spanning eight weeks.  Lessons are taught once a week so that each session consists of eight lessons.

Course Description

            This is a basic course designed to teach the fundamentals of guitar performance while also giving a basic study in beginning music theory.  The goal is to provide a solid musical education with emphasis on guitar technique and performance.  The materials for the class include the Hal Leonard Method, and Supplements consisting of original materials and arrangements.

Level 1

Prerequisite:                None

Description:                 This is an eight-week beginning guitar course that is designed to give the student an understanding of basic guitar skills and technique as well as beginning music theory. The course covers identifying the main parts of the guitar, reading notes on the first three strings, and playing basic chords to simple songs.

Level 2

Prerequisite:                Completion of Level 1, or audition by an instructor.

Description:                 This is an eight-week beginning guitar course that continues where Level 1 ended. The course covers reading notes on the first four strings, strumming chords to songs, and technical development.

Level 3

Prerequisite:                Completion of Level 2, or audition by an instructor.

Description:                 This is an eight-week beginning guitar course that continues where Level 2 ended. The course covers reading notes on the first five strings, performing more structurally complete songs, technical development, and bar chords.

Level 4

Prerequisite:                Completion of Level 3, or audition by an instructor.

Description:                 This is an eight-week beginning guitar course that continues where Level 3 ended. The course covers reading notes on all six strings, performing several popular songs in complete structure, reading chord charts using major and minor bar chords, and improvising leads over chord structures.

Intermediate Guitar Class

Those Students that complete Levels 1 – 4 guitar classes generally are placed in the Intermediate guitar class.

The Areas of study in this class are:

  • More advanced reading notation including sharp and flat keys with eighth notes.
  • Major and minor scales
  • Improvisation strategies for rock, blues, and jazz
  • Basic Finger style playing
  • Chord Theory including M7, m7, Dom.7 chords
  • Reading Jazz charts for performing
  • Performance of pop and rock songs as played by original artists

Materials used for this class are a combination of original materials and arrangements, song charts, excerpts from periodicals, and several method books.

Advanced Guitar Class

Students that do well in the Intermediate guitar class, and show a strong willingness to grow as a guitarist and musician, are placed in the Advanced guitar class. Most of the students that are in this class are also in performance groups at their high school and in the KRF band program at the Fender Center.

The areas of study are similar to the intermediate but with a higher level of performance.  Some more advanced areas would also include:

  • Music theory as it applies to the guitar
  • Constructing 9th and 13th,  as well as altered chords
  • Improvising lead lines over key modulations
  • More classical guitar techniques

Materials used for this class are a combination of original materials and arrangements, song charts, excerpts from periodicals, and several method books.

 
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Fender Center for the Performing Arts
365 N Main Street  ±  Corona, CA 92880

951.735.2440
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