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MUI1010 Guitar Skills

Semester 1, 2023 Online
Units : 1
School or Department : School of Creative Arts
Grading basis : Graded
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Overview

The guitar has played a central role in the making of popular musics in the 20th century and beyond. It has a global reach - finding use with performers and songwriters on stage and in the studio, in the classroom, and in therapy spaces.

This course aims to provide students with a basic level of guitar playing skills from which to build an ongoing practice. In addition to examining the key recordings and literatures of the instrument, students will explore the instrument through basic, practical instruction in various popular styles.

Through an introduction to the basic performance practices of the instrument, students examine the guitar's techniques and literatures, its place within 20th century music, and its cultural significance.

Students will learn basic styles of guitar accompaniment and melody playing, and explore through playing the role of the guitar in a range of 20th century styles - folk, blues, popular and contemporary styles.

Through listening to representative recordings, reading of key texts in the guitar cultures literature, and practical in-class and online playing instruction, students will develop their own creative practice on the instrument. Students are assessed on the creation and evaluation of resource folio, and practical playing assessments on the guitar.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Describe and discuss the role of guitar in contemporary music
  2. Examine, evaluate and discuss guitar performances and texts
  3. Create guitar performances from symbols and notation
  4. Demonstrate introductory accompaniment techniques on guitar

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. The development of the guitar 10.00
2. The guitar as a global instrument 10.00
3. Genre and style
10.00
4. Exploring guitar symbols and notations
20.00
5. Accompanying on a guitar 30.00
6. Playing melody on a guitar 20.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Students must have access to a guitar for practice outside of class time.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%)
Assignments Written Annotated bibliography No 30
Assignments Creative Performance No 30
Assignments Creative Creative work No 40
Date printed 9 February 2024