Elementary Guitar
Elementary Guitar
Course description: Elementary Guitar is designed to introduce basic rhythm and music-reading skills to elementary-aged students. Proper technique will be reinforced, and students will learn to play simple songs.
Instructor: Mr. Zac Sullivan, Master of Arts, with at least 2 years' experience teaching guitar at the Birmingham School of Music. Zac has about 10 years experience teaching and tutoring, working with students from local universities including the University of Alabama, Samford University, and UAB. He has also taught several courses at UA and UAB and runs FretZeroGuitar.com. Mr. Sullivan is both an alumnus of Samford University and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (UA). He is married and loves playing with his nieces and nephew and hopes to someday be able to afford kids of his own. He is from the Birmingham area, attended Pizitz Middle School, and was home-schooled through high school.
Instructor contact info: Zac Sullivan, M.A.
Cell: 205-910-8053
E-mail: fretzeroguitar@gmail.com
Web: http://www.fretzeroguitar.com/
Location: Grace Presbyterian Chelsea
Days: Wednesday
Time: 2:10-3:00
Grade Level: 3rd - 6th grades
Homework Level: 10 repetitions of assigned exercise per day (approximately 15-30 minutes per day)
Registration Fee: $10 nonrefundable (applies toward 1st semester tuition)
Tuition: $150 per semester
Note: Registration and tuition should be made payable to the instructor of the class. Registration Form.
Building Use Fee: The building use fee for this class is $10 per student, per semester, not to exceed $100 per family. This fee is payable to Grace Presbyterian Chelsea on the first day of class.
Class Minimum: Minimum of 3 students and a maximum of 6 students. If class minimum is not reached, class will be cancelled and registration fee refunded.
Required Texts for Guitar I: Available through Amazon.com via the following link:
http://www.fretzeroguitar.com/music-store/
Text 1: Alfred's Basic Guitar Method, Book 1
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Alfred Publishing; 3rd edition (September 7, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0739047949 ISBN-13: 978-0739047941
Text 2: EZ Guitar - Vh1′s 100 Greatest Songs of Rock and Roll Vh1′s 100 Greatest Songs of Rock and Roll
288 pages
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN-10: 0-634-04111-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-634-04111-2
