Outcomes and Indicators or Things I Need to Learn!

     Outcomes are what you should be able to say and prove you can do at the end of a course!  

     Indicators (printed in green) are the specific skills and knowledge that I will be checking on for you in each area.

     The outcomes and indicators for Guitar 20L are:

CP 20.1  Demonstrate knowledge of guitar set up, maintenance, playing position, and playing techniques.

• Hold the guitar properly and demonstrate the proper finger positions.
• Demonstrate the ability to replace the strings of a guitar.
• Demonstrate the ability to amplify the guitar and adjust amplifier settings to create a characteristic tone.
• Play with a variety of down and up strumming patterns and combinations.
• Play with a variety of picking styles (e.g. finger-picking, p-i-m-a, palm muting, left hand muting)

CP 20.2  Play a variety of scales, chords, and chord progressions.

• identify and play a major scale using two different patterns.
• identify and play a minor pentatonic scale using three different patterns.
• Play a variety of open string chords as well as E form (six string) and A form (five string) barre chords.
• play a series of chords successively with increasing facility.

CP 20.3  Demonstrate increased aural skills.  

(aural means listening and hearing)

• Identify expressive elements such as dynamics, timbre, and articulation while listening and playing.
• Identify structural elements such as pulse, tempo, pitch, and form while listening and playing.
• Demonstrate the ability to tune the guitar using a starting pitch.
• Demonstrate chord recognition (major, minor, dominant 7th) through playing a variety of music.
• Use rote playing to demonstrate melodic echoes or dictations.

CP 20.4  Interpret and express one's own and other's musical ideas using traditional notation and tablature. 
(means writing music)

• identify and play treble clef notes in the staff.
• Identify and play quarter notes, eithth notes, and sixteenth notes.
• Identify and play both chords and single note melodies using tablature.
• Use traditional notation and tablature to record one's own and other's musical ideas.

CP 20.5  Develop and communicate original musical ideas using music techniques, elements, and the principles of composition.

• Incorporate a variety of composition tools such as repetition, tension and release, and transition into an original composition.
• Take personal and musical risks by trying new ideas, concepts, and styles.
• Collaborate with others to develop and refine musical ideas.
• Communicate a "finished product" to others.

CH 20.6  Identify and describe musical expressions from a variety of cultural and historical contexts.

• View and listen to a range of traditional and contemporary music selections from around the world.
• Explore and share brief biographical and historical information arising from the repertoire studied.
• Use the Internet and other sources to identify, discuss, and analyze musical expressions from a variety of different cultures and periods throughout history.
• Perform a particular type of music in a stylistically appropriate manner (Styles may include jazz, folk, rock, etc.)
• Recognize and identify the significant stylistic characteristics of the music of various historical style periods.

CH 20.7  Explore guitar music and its performers and educators and their influence int he world.

• Examine roles that guitar players might have beyond being performers and identify individuals who fit those particular roles.
• Identify influential guitar players, investigate why these players are so influential, and listen to their music.  Give special attention to players from Saskatchewan and Canada.
• Discuss the First Nations/American Indian heritage of guitar players and the effect of this heritage on their music and lives.
• Research career avenues in guitar playing and music in general.

CH 20.8  Examine the influence of guitar on current popular music styles with an emphasis on the music of Canada and Saskatchewan if possible.

• Investigate the role of guitar in current popular music styles (e.g. folk, country, pop/rock, hip hop, ska, etc.)
• Explore the role of guitar in the music of past eras, and make connections to the role of guitar in current popular music.

CR 20.9  Listen and respond to one's own and other's music as a guitar player.

• Listen to guitar music and analyze form, tone, dynamics, time, characteristic rhythms, and/or key.
• Analyze the characteristic sounds, licks, tone, and other elements of well-known guitar players.
• Know, predict, and/or anticipate what is next or might be next in the misioc and prepare for that while performing in the moment of the music.
• Recall previous experiences and knowledge (in music and in life) and integrate these into solo and group guitar performances.

CR 20.10  Listen to performances of guitar music and individually and collaboratively develop and apply criteria to use in critical evaluation of one's own and other's work.

• Listen to the music of great guitar players.
• Generate criteria of excellence through listening to the music of the great players (e.g. What is it that makes the music great?  What do the great performers do that the student or student's ensemble do not?)
• Design and implement a plan for improvement (personal and group) based on the criteria generated from listening to the great players.

CR 20.11  Demonstrate knowledge of, and personal implementation of, the skills, techniques, and attitudes necessary for successful group performance.

• Play in good time with the ensemble.
• Demonstrate leadership as a guitar player by offering help, ideas, and guidance to other players during and outside of class.
• Demonstrate a "professional" attitude towards conduct, focus, and communication skills in class, preparation of materials, and presentation of products as well as suggesting appropriate music for listening or performance.
• Know the value of individual practice, know how to practice, conduct an ongoing evaluation of one's own personal practice skills, and implement a plan to improve.