Online Guitar

Music 8 - 12, version 01 (4 credits)

These programs can be started at any grade, at any time, although starting at Music 8 will provide the most complete Guitar performance technique.

Introduction to Guitar (Online Classroom 6): A Short “Exploration” Course

Enrol through your Distance Education School. For more information, visit the Music Educators Institute Website at www.meicanada.com.
This course is the first part of classroom one and the first part of classroom two. 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.

Music 8 (Online Classroom 1): 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 9 (Online Classroom 2): Music sight-reading and elements

Enrol through your Distance Education School. For more information, visit the Music Educators Institute Website at www.meicanada.com.
This course covers the elements of musicianship. Music notation is the traditional way of communicating music ideas. The course covers how to read music, play it on the guitar and prepares the student to be a proficient sight-reader. The elements of timing and playing in various keys are also taught. The many details relating to this topic are demonstrated in a clear manner.

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.

Music 10 (Online Classroom 3):
Elements of music theory, ear training, and improvising (4 credits)

Enrol through your Distance Education School. For more information, visit the Music Educators Institute Website at www.meicanada.com.
Music Theory explains why things sound the way they do and organizes music into clearly defined areas. Ear training is a means of developing the ear to hear subtle differences in music. Improvising is the ability to make up musical phrases instantly. A basic introduction to each of these areas of music is taught in this course.

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.

Instrumental Music 11: Guitar 11:
(Online Classroom 4): Overview of the 12-bar chord progression, roots of modern music (4 credits)

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

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.

Instrumental Music 12: Guitar 12: (Online Classroom 5): Classical Repertoire and Open Tunings for Guitar (4 credits)

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

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.

Information about evaluation for all the Online Guitar 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.