High School Musical Exploratory Courses

Advanced Guitar is a continuation of Beginning Guitar. This course is designed for the advanced guitarist covering the following: advanced Blues progression, scales, improvisation, power chords, Barre chords, finger picking, seventh chords and song writing. All students participating in Advanced Guitar are expected to sing. Students are assessed/graded on both performance aptitude and written exams including quarterlies, a mid-term exam and a final exam. Elective Credit Only. Musical Exploratory Courses are NOT Acceptable for Regents Diploma Graduation Requirement and Cannot be used to satisfy requirements for the 3- & 5-Unit Sequence in Music Education.

Advanced Piano is a continuation of Beginning Piano. Students will continue to advance methods through short musical excerpts from the standard keyboard literature. Students will continue to learn how to play the piano and how to read music in both the treble and bass clefs. Instruction will include basic music theory, rhythmic notation and keyboard harmony. Students are assessed/graded on both performance aptitude and written exams including quarterlies, a mid-term exam and a final exam. Elective Credit Only. Musical Exploratory Courses are NOT Acceptable for Regents Diploma Graduation Requirement and Cannot be used to satisfy requirements for the 3- & 5-Unit Sequence in Music Education.

Beginning Guitar is an introductory course in playing Acoustic Guitar beginner, having no prior instruction on Acoustic Guitar. Class instruction will include basic TAB/Chord notation recognition, “12 Bar Blues”, popular music with concentration in the “Classic Rock” Era. All students participating in this course are expected to sing. Students are assessed/graded on both performance aptitude and written exams including quarterlies, a mid-term exam, and a final exam. Elective Credit Only. Musical Exploratory Courses are NOT Acceptable for Regents Diploma Graduation Requirement and Cannot be used to satisfy requirements for the 3- & 5-Unit Sequence in Music Education.

Beginning Piano is an introductory course in piano playing. Students will learn basic piano methods through short musical excerpts from the standard keyboard literature. Students will learn how to play the piano and how to read music in both the treble and bass clefs. Instruction will include basic music theory, rhythmic notation and keyboard harmony. Students are assessed/graded on both performance aptitude and written exams including quarterlies, a mid- term exam and a final exam. No prior musical experience is necessary to enroll in this course. Elective Credit Only. Musical Exploratory Courses are NOT Acceptable for Regents Diploma Graduation Requirement and Cannot be used to satisfy requirements for the 3- & 5-Unit Sequence in Music Education.