Maricopa Community Colleges  MUP123AC   19926-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02-25-92

MUP123AC  1992 Fall – 2009 Spring

L+L

0.50 Credit(s)

0.50 Period(s)

Studio Class/Guitar

Performance and laboratory class for students enrolled in private guitar instruction. Emphasis on demonstration and discussion of specific guitar problems.

Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: Private Guitar Instruction.

 

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

 

MUP123AC  1992 Fall – 2009 Spring

Studio Class/Guitar

 

1.

Demonstrate common performance techniques. (I)

2.

Utilize methods of releasing Performance Anxieties. (II)

3.

Exhibit efficient and accurate methods of musical preparation. (III)

4.

Identify literature of various style periods and languages. (IV)

5.

Interpret song texts or musical moods. (V)

 

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

 

MUP123AC  1992 Fall – 2009 Spring

Studio Class/Guitar

 

 

I. Performance techniques

A. Body alignment

B. Entrance/exit

C. Bowing/audience acknowledgment

D. Recognition accompanist

II. Performance anxieties

A. Breath control

B. Physical shaking

C. Self-imaging

D. Relaxation exercises

E. Competition

III. Musical preparation

A. Rhythmic

B. Melodic

C. Translation

D. Accompaniment

E. Memorization

IV. Style periods and languages

A. Renaissance

B. Baroque

C. Classical

D. Romantic

E. 20th Century

F. French

G. German

H. Italian

V. Interpretation

A. Expressing text

B. Facial expression

C. Musical expression

D. Attitudes

E. Eye focus

F. Dynamics

G. Tempo

 

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