MiraCosta @ San Elijo campus based classes:

Music 109 -Class Home Page- Beginning Music theory for the Guitar

Monday nights from 6:30 to 9:15 in room 201 at the San Elijo Campus
Students enrolled in MUSIC 109 for the Fall 2009 semester, please click on this link to get to the Mira Costa department administration page:
MiraCosta Music dept home page

Music 109 details and notes from the MiraCosta catalog
Prerequisites: None     Acceptable for Credit: CSU,.UC     Lecture 3    hours.(1004.00)
Music theory is taught through guitar applications. Melody, rhythm, harmony, scales, improvisation, chord theory, and the fingerboard will be covered. This course is specially designed for guitarists who want to understand rudimentary music theory and apply it to guitar.
    
The overriding goal of the class is to teach introductory topics of music theory as realized through the guitar[see additional syllabus pages for topic outline]. The class is designed to help guitar players comprehend elementary music theory and apply it on the guitar. This class will also prepare the student for further music theory study. This class has proven to give the student a firm foundation if they wish to major in music. The class is not designed as a performance class. This means that the student will not be graded on their ability to perform any of the topics taught in the class nor will they be required to prove their comprehension of any of the topics by playing them on the instrument. The guitar is strictly a practice tool. The text book and the majority of the assignments are designed to be played as well written out. The student will better understand the topic if they take the time to try to play some, if not all, of the homework on the guitar daily. Be sure to bring the guitar to class so it can be used to teach the topics. 

Music 130 - Class Home Page Beginning Guitar   

Thursday afternoon from 12:30 to 2:15 in room 201 at the San Elijo Campus

M130 Catalog Description:
Overview of basic guitar techniques for both right and left hands. This course divides material between reading music for guitar and chordal playing of songs. In addition to song materials, which feature basic techniques such as alternating bass and arpeggio finger picking, students study classical scales, finger exercises, chord progressions, key transpositions, and other basic points of music theory for the guitarist.

Music 131 -Class Home Page - Intermediate/Advanced Guitar

Thursday afternoon from 12:30 to 2:15 in room 201 at the San Elijo Campus

M131 Catalog Description:
A continuation of MUS 130, this course focuses on technical studies in chord progression types, barre chord voicings/identification, transposition, blues improvisation, chord voicing in song arrangements, and case study project songs spotlighting various barre chords, chord progressions, and common chord/bass line patterns. Song materials feature blues, rock, popular, and folk styles.  (May be repeated two times.)