Online Guitar Grades 8 - 12

Online Piano Grades 8 -12

These programs can be started at any grade, at any time

Enrol through your Distance Education School. For more information, visit the Music Educators Institute Website at

http://www.meicanada.com/musicforeverybcresident/index.html

It is designed for situations where only one course is wanted. It covers basic chording and sight-reading skills and elements of music. It does not include the written assignments that the other classrooms have and thus is a shorter class. It is perfect for leisure beginner guitar, or situations where the emphasis is on learning basic music skills on a beginner guitar level rather than a graduated course of learning more advanced skills.

Basic Chords and Strumming
Enrol through your Distance Education School. For more information, visit the Music Educators Institute Website at www.meicanada.com.
This course covers all the information a beginning guitar player needs to know to become familiar with the instrument. The 18 most often used chords are taught and the melody lines are written in tablature, which is the most common form of writing for guitar. Basic strum patterns are introduced also. This comprehensive course is perfect for learning the fundamentals of playing guitar.

Included in this course are:

Elements of Rhythm
Elements of Expression
Form and the Principles of Design
Thoughts, Images, Feelings
Self and Community
Historical and Cultural

1. Materials cost $50. This package is intended for students who do not have a computer. This package includes:
2. a print version of all instructional material.
3. a detailed, instruction CD (audio) for teaching each technique and song used in the course.

All the required materials are available online.

Music sight-reading and elements

The written assignments include these topics:

Elements of Rhythm
Elements of Expression
Form and the Principles of Design
Thoughts, Images, Feelings
Self and Community
Historical and Cultural

1. Materials cost $50. This package is intended for students who do not have a computer. This package includes:
2. a print version of all instructional material.
3. a detailed, instruction CD (audio) for teaching each technique and song used in the course.

All the required materials are available online.

Elements of music theory, ear training, and improvising (4 credits)


Included in this course are:

Elements of Rhythm
Elements of Expression
Form and the Principles of Design
Thoughts, Images, Feelings
Self and Community
Historical and Cultural

All the required materials are available online.

Overview of the 12-bar chord progression, roots of modern music


Most of our modern music stems from styles relating to Blues music concepts. From Jazz, country, and Rock n’ Roll to the latest music fads, the concepts taught in this course promote performance of modern music. This broad spectrum of stylings is taught in relation to its roots. Chord shapes, progressions, rhythm patterns, and other essentials are taught.
This course goes into a detailed study of playing guitar in relation to modern music: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop, and related styles originating from the 12-bar stylings.

Topics in this course include:

Elements of Rhythm
Elements of Expression
Form and the Principles of Design
Thoughts, Images, Feelings
Self and Community
Historical and Cultural
Applications and Technology

All the required materials are available online.

Classical Repertoire and Open Tunings for Guitar (4 credits)

This course has the most popular repertoire for Classical guitar written in Tablature. In addition, this course demonstrates the more popular open tunings and gives ample material to practice them (advanced players frequently tune the guitar in various open tunings).

Topics in this course include:

Elements of Rhythm
Elements of Expression
Form and the Principles of Design
Thoughts, Images, Feelings
Self and Community
Historical and Cultural
Applications and Technology

All the required materials are available online.

Information about evaluation for all the Online Courses:

Students have access to teacher support at any time via email.
There are two exams. Both have an online portion (given via special software to insure the integrity of the exams) and a written portion.
The written portions of the exam can be sent via mail or email.