Music Program: Guitar

The Whitman Guitar class is open to 7th & 8th graders only. Guitar class is geared towards beginners with no prior experience on guitar or music. Students will learn open and barre chords, how to read music, chord diagrams, and tablature, several songs from different genres, songwriting, and improvisation. The final project is performing for other students around the school.

Guitars are provided but students are welcome to bring their own. Other recommended materials are guitar picks and an electric tuner.

Classroom Rules and Expectations

 Music rehearsals are built on respect. To perform a piece of music together is to have several people working as a cohesive unit. Disrespect therefore disrupts the music, the rehearsal, and all participating.

Examples of disrespect include (but are not limited to):
• Not having instrument or music
• Being careless with or damaging the instruments, school or privately owned
• Being careless with or damaging equipment (such as music stands) • Criticizing or making fun of other students
• Off-task behavior
 • Not paying attention to whoever is addressing the class • Arguing or disagreeing with someone in a disrespectful way

Remember that each group is a team and in order to succeed it is important for each member to behave properly and with a good attitude—including the director.

Home Recital Sheet >

Practice song for guitar students >
(mp3 format)

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