Applied music- guitar

Course Details

Course Number: AMUS 3381-3383 Fall 2012

Location: Fain Fine Arts Center

Classroom Number: TBA

Days & Times:

To be scheduled

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MSU Faculty Member

Bruce Canafax
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Course Objectives

Junior Year

Students should at the end of the 1^st semester should have at least 7 of these pieces memorized and have a working knowledge of all the etudes required.

Students should at the end of the 2nd semester should have at least 6 of these pieces memorized and have a working knowledge of all the etudes required from this term as well as the previous one. Previous years etudes must be maintained with a working knowledge.

Students also should be proficient with all the major keys and all the modes along the entire fretboard, They should also be proficient with all triad forms major, minor, diminished and augmented in all positions and adjacent string combinations.

Senior Year

All students at this point should have a working knowledge of the entire 20 Sor Studies and the entire 25 Carcassi studies and most of the Villa-Lobos studies. These are essential works in the developing guitarist's technical and musical growth. These pieces provide the necessary technical and musical skills needed for the guitarist to play more advanced works.

The entire 120 Guiliani right hand exercises should at this point be mastered at a reasonable rate of speed (50-80 bpm) to facilitate right hand flexibility.

All the Segovia scales and major scale modes should have strengthened the student's left hand and created greater awareness of fingering possibilities across the fretboard. All scales should be played at a rate of 100-120 bpm with a 16^th note subdivision.

Recognition of triad quality and placement also should add to this flexibility and awareness.

While the under-graduate study of the guitar in college comes to an end, the pursuit of excellence does not. Along with this pursuit is an awareness that a vast amount of literature exists and is available to the performing and teaching guitarist.

At the end of each semester, each student should have 5 to 6 of these works ready for performance. This does mean having them all memorized.

Previous year's music must not be forgotten, especially the etudes. Constant review is needed to maintain a performing repertoire and continued growth of technical facility. If the music can not be remembered through memorization, then it must be remembered through music reading. The ability to read music well is something that must be nurtured as it will provide many benefits to a working musician.

To actively grow as a musician and guitarist, what has been done before must never lie dormant.

Course Expectations

Junior Year

Technique

All Major keys and their modes. All triads (major, minor, augmented, diminished) in all inversions

Guiliani 120 right hand arpeggios 81-120

Etudes

Studies 12, 18, 19, 20 by Fernando Sor

Studies 22, 23, 24, 25 by Mateo Carcassi

Studies 3,7, 9, 10 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Repertoire

Variations on a Theme of Mozart by Fernando Sor

Danza Characteristica by Leo Brouwer

Prelude 4 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Leyenda, Granada by Isaac Albeniz

Prelude, Minuet 1 and 2 from the 1st Cello Suite by J.S. Bach

Pieces Caracteristicas by Federico MorenoTorroba

The 3^rd 40 arpeggio studies by Guiliani should be played at a rate of 50-80 bpm.

Rondo Op. 22 by Fernando Sor

Rossinane Op. 119 by Mauro Guiliani

La Catedral by Augustin Barrios

Hommage to Tarrega by Joaquin Turina

Prelude 2, 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Prelude BWV 998 by J.S. Bach

Elogio de la danza by Leo Brouwer

Senior Year

Technique

All melodic minor keys and their modes-three notes per string. Chords on all degrees of scale. Chord Voicing Theory for fingerboard and application. Transcribing.

Etudes

Studies 4, 5, 2 and 12 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Repertoire

Prelude, Minuet 1 and 2 from the 4^th Lute Suite BWV 1006a by J.S. Bach

Fugue from BWV 998 by J.S. Bach

Choros 1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Suite Populaire Bresilienne by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Grand Overture Op.61 by Mauro Guiliani

Sonata Op.15 by Mauro Guiliani

Grand Solo Op.14 by Fernando Sor

Suite Compostelana by Frederico Mompou

Omaggio Le Tombeau de Debussy by Manuel de Falla

Nocturnal by Benjamin Britten

Sonata Classica by Manuel Ponce

Sonata in D major by Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco

Selected works of Brouwer, Barrios, Lauro, Rodrigo, Ponce, Granados, Albeniz, Dodgeson, Berkeley, Tansman, Harris, Martin, Scarlatti, Torroba, Turina, Sainz de la Maza, York, Koskin, Zenamon, Domeniconi, Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Grading Standards

Everyone begins with an "A". Progress through all the requirements of the semester must be observed to maintain your grade. There are no excuses good enough for not coming to lesson or class well prepared. Being unprepared consistently will have serious results on your final grade irregardless of how well you perform in your jury.

A's are reserved for only those students that achieve the highest quality in their performances, are always well prepared for their lessons/masterclasses and maintain good attendance.
B's will be given to those students who exhibit substantial progress through the semester but did not attain the high quality of performance and preparedness achieved by an "A" student.
C's and below are reserved for those students who attain minimal progress, mediocre performances and poor lesson/masterclass preparation. I might add that a student earning a C or lower might reconsider their role as a professional musician. Mediocrity in this business should not be an option. Only those students who exhibit their talents through hard work and diligence will achieve the highest level of success.
Attendance and lesson/ masterclass requirements will be a factor in the final grade.

Submission Format PolicyNote: You may not submit a paper for a grade in this class that already has been (or will be) submitted for a grade in another course, unless you obtain the explicit written permission of me and the other instructor involved in advance.

Plagiarism Policy Plagiarism is the use of someone else's thoughts, words, ideas, or lines of argument in your own work without appropriate documentation (a parenthetical citation at the end and a listing in "Works Cited")-whether you use that material in a quote, paraphrase, or summary. It is a theft of intellectual property and will not be tolerated, whether intentional or not.

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As an MSU Student, I pledge not to lie, cheat, steal, or help anyone else do so."

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Attendance Requirements

Attendance is mandatory since we only meet 13 or 14 times per semester. If two absences occur, your grade for the semester will be lowered by one letter grade from the final grade earned. For each absence after that, your grade will be lowered one more letter grade.

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