This text contains a 180-day curriculum for the beginning player or for those who have completed Explore It! Guitar & Style. An essential companion product is the First Year Guitar Teacher Manual (contains lesson plans, tests, rubrics).

UNITS

• Getting Started
• Playing Rhythm Guitar
• Playing the Melody
• Playing R-5 Bass & the 3-Person Combo
• Barre Chords
• Major Scales and Key Signatures
• Arpeggios
• Tablature
• Natural Notes: Frets 1-12
• The 6/8 Time Signature
• Rock Guitar: Power Chords, Electric Guitar, and Amp Features
• Major Scales and Chords
• Transposition and Capo Use