{"id":664,"date":"2017-05-10T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T18:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/?page_id=664"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:59:44","slug":"guitar-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/faq\/student-curriculum\/guitar-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Dr. Lynn McGrath, Instructor<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #61812a\">Introductory Level<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shearer, A., <i>Classical Guitar Technique, Vol. 1, pp.1-47 (Belwin Mills, 1991)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Noad, F.<i>, Solo Guitar Playing, pp. 1-50<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Repertoire<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michelson, S., <i>New Dimensions in Classical Guitar for Children, (Mel Bay, 1991)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Suzuki, S., <i>Suzuki Guitar Scholl, Vol.1 (Summy-Birchard, 1978)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>RCM<i>, Guitar Series, Introductory Repertoire and Studies Album, (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic posture. Right hand rest stroke (fingers &amp; thumb).<\/li>\n<li>Reading skill. Notes in the first position.<\/li>\n<li>Scales: G major\/e minor, C major\/a minor. One octave.<\/li>\n<li>Repeated notes scales (quarters, eighths &amp; sixteenths).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #61812a\">Level I<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCM, <i>Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 1, pp.26-36 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Sor, F., <i>Op.44, 60<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Carcassi, M<i>., Op.60<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Repertoire<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCM, <i>Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 1, pp.1-26 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Duncan, C<i>., A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar, Book 1. P. 62 (Hall Leonard, 1991)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Shearer, A.<i>, Classical Guitar Technique, Vol. 1 pp. 72-78 (Belwin Mills, 1991)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Second position. Free stroke. Arpeggio. Chord technique.<\/li>\n<li>Scales: D major\/b minor, F major\/d minor. One and two octaves. Triplets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #61812a\">Level II<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCM., <i>Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 2, pp.38-47 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Carcassi, M., <i>Op.59\/III<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Aguado, D., <i>New Guitar Method, Studies<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Peter, U., <i>Classics of the Guitar, Vol. 1<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Repertoire<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCM, <i>Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 2, pp.1-38 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Noad, F., <i>The Renaissance Guitar, pp.22-26, 30-31 (Ariel Music Publications, 1974) &amp; Playing the Guitar pp.78-86 (Shirmer Books, 1972)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Domeniconi, C., <i>Klangbild 1-24 (Editions Margaux)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Kuffner, J., <i>Sonatina, Arietta<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Position change. Notes on the fifth fret. Simultaneous thirds with position change. Octaves.<\/li>\n<li>Scales: A major\/f<sup>#<\/sup> minor, B<sup>b<\/sup> major\/g minor. Various accents in groups of sixteenths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #61812a\">Level III<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCM<i>, Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 3, pp. 35-48 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Peter, U.<i>, Classics of the Guitar, Vol. 2<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Sagreras, J., <i>Lessons 53,54,55 (Las Primeras Lecciones)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Repertoire<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noad, F., <i>The Baroque Guitar, (Ariel Music Publications, 1974)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>RCM<i>, Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 3, pp. 1-35 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Savio, I, <i>Ten Brazilian Folk Tunes<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Noad, F<i>., The Baroque Guitar, (Ariel Music Publications, 1974)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Calatayud, B., <i>The Guitar Music of Spain<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Dowland,J., <i>Melancholy Galliard<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Cutting, F.,, <i>Greensleeves<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fifth position. Left hand slures. Sixths. Arpeggio patterns (Giuliani).<\/li>\n<li>Scales: Emajor\/c<sup>#<\/sup> minor, E<sup>b<\/sup> major\/c minor. Cadences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #61812a\">Level IV<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCM, <i>Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 4, pp. 41-52 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Peter, U.<i>, Classics of the Guitar, Vol. 3<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Brouwer, L., <i>Easy Etudes, 1-10 (Max Eschig)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Ponce, M.M., <i>Preludes, 1-5 (Tecla)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Repertoire<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCM, <i>Guitar Series, Repertoire and Studies Album 4, pp. 1-41 (Frederick Harris Music, 1997)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Noad, F<i>., The Baroque Guitar, (Ariel Music Publications, 1974)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Milan, L., <i>Pavanes<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Weis, S.L.<i>, Suite e minor (Ariel Music)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Dowland, J.<i>, My Lord Willoughby\u2019s Welcome Home, Mrs. Winter\u2019s Jump<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Sanz, G., <i>Suite (Espanoleta, Rujero, Zarabanda)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Riera, R, <i>Four Venezuelan Pieces<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Tarrega, F., <i>Lagrima, Marieta, Preludes (Berben)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Llobet, M., <i>Ten Catalan Folk Songs (Chantarelle)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Anonymus<i>, Romanza<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seventh position. Artificial harmonics. Tremolo.<\/li>\n<li>Scales: B major\/g<sup>#<\/sup> minor, A<sup>b<\/sup> major\/f minor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #61812a\">Level V<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Villa-Lobos, H., <i>Studies (1-5)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Legnani, L., <i>36 Caprices<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Coste, N., <i>Op. 38<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Giuliani, M., <i>Op. 48<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Brouwer, L., <i>Studies 11-20<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Sor, F., <i>Op. 6<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Dodgson, S., <i>Studies Book 1 (Ricordi)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Repertoire<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bach, J.S., <i>Lute, Violin, and Cello Suites (various movements)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Lauro, A., <i>Suite Venezolana<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Turina, J., <i>Hommage a Tarrega<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Barrios, A., <i>Mabelita, Madrecita, Preludio<\/i>,<\/li>\n<li>Torroba, F.M., <i>Sonatina, Suite Castellana<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Tarrega, F., <i>Adelita, Capriccio Arrabe, Rosita<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Sojo, V., <i>Melodias Venezoelanos<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Brouwer, L., <i>Tres Apuntes, Danza Caracteristica<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Sor, F., <i>Theme and Variations Op.9, 20, 26<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Villa-Lobos, H., <i>Preludes 1-5<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Giuliani, M., <i>La Folia Variations Op.45<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Rodrigo, J., <i>Tiento Antico<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Ponce, M.M., <i>Sonatina Meridional, Tres canciones populares mexicanas<br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ninth position. Notes above twelfth position.<\/li>\n<li>Scales: Three octaves. Various fingerings. Melodic and harmonic minor. Solid and broken intervals (thirds, sixths, octaves).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/handbooks\/student\">Student Handbook Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Lynn McGrath, Instructor Introductory Level Studies Shearer, A., Classical Guitar Technique, Vol. 1, pp.1-47 (Belwin Mills, 1991) Noad, F., Solo Guitar Playing, pp. 1-50 Repertoire Michelson, S., New Dimensions in Classical Guitar for Children, (Mel Bay, 1991) Suzuki, S., Suzuki Guitar Scholl, Vol.1 (Summy-Birchard, 1978) RCM, Guitar Series, Introductory Repertoire and Studies Album, (Frederick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":617,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-664","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/author\/rita-coulter\/","display_name":"Rita Coulter"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 9 years ago","modified":"Updated 10 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on May 10, 2017","modified":"Updated on August 8, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on May 10, 2017 2:08 PM","modified":"Updated on August 8, 2025 1:59 PM"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","coauthors","author_meta","relative_dates","absolute_dates","absolute_dates_time","featured_img_caption","featured_img","series_order"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32718,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions\/32718"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}