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Level One
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the Guitar
Lesson Plan 1
1. Technique Focus - Sitting Position (3:57)
2. Individual Practice
3. Technique Focus - Right Hand (2:47)
4. Technique Focus - Rest Strokes (7:37)
5. Individual Practice
6. Change of Pace/Brain Break
7. Review
Lesson 2: Left Hand and Reading Music
Lesson Plan 2
1. Review
2. Technique Focus - Left Hand (4:52)
3. Individual or Group Practice
4. Technique Focus - Combining Hands (6:45)
5. Theory Focus - Music Reading (3:46)
6. Change of Pace/Brain Break
7. Preview Song
Lesson 3: One, Two, Buckle my Shoe
Lesson Plan 3
1. Warm-up (10:49)
2. Listening: Melody With Score (0:28)
3. Get Ready to Play (1:42)
4. Component Practice - Separating and Combining Hands (3:34)
5. Individual Practice
6. Play-along: Full Ensemble (0:29)
7. Change of Pace/Brain Break
8. Preview Song
Lesson 4: Duerme Mi Tesoro
1. Technique Focus - String Crossing (4:44)
2. Review Song
4. Get Ready to Play (3:12)
5. Component Practice - Measure 2 (5:36)
6. Individual Practice
8. Change of Pace/Brain Break
9. Preview Song
Lesson 4: Star Light, Star Bright
Lesson Plan 4
1. Warm-up (10:49)
2. Review (TOR only)
3. Listening (0:25)
4. Get Ready to Play (3:24)
5. Focused practice (2:42)
6. Individual practice (TOR only)
7. Ensemble practice (0:25)
8. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
9. Preview song
Lesson 5: Rain, Rain, Go Away
Lesson Plan 5
1. Warm-up (string crossing) (6:01)
2. Review songs (TOR only)
3. Listening (0:21)
4. New song overview (2:06)
5. Focused practice (2:46)
6. Individual practice (TOR only)
7. Ensemble practice (0:21)
8. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
9. Preview song
Lesson 6: Fly
Lesson Plan 6
1. Warm-up (10:49)
2. Review songs (TOR only)
3. Listening (0:35)
4. New song overview (2:54)
5. Focused practice (4:05)
6. Individual practice (TOR only)
7. Ensemble practice (0:35)
8. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
9. Preview song
Lesson 7: Ant
Lesson Plan 7
1. Warm-up (10:49)
2. Review Song(s) (TOR only)
3. Listening (0:40)
4. New song overview (1:45)
5. Focused practice (4:18)
6. Individual practice (TOR only)
7. Ensemble practice (0:40)
8. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
9. Ensemble with partner song
Lesson 8 - Ring around the Rosy, Chromatic Scale, Half Notes and Whole Notes
Lesson Plan 8 - Ring Around the Rosy
1. Warm-up (chromatic scale) (6:01)
2. Review song (TOR only)
4. Listening (0:21)
5. New song overview (1:55)
6. Focused practice (3:04)
7. Individual practice (TOR only)
8. Ensemble practice (0:23)
9. Change of pace/brain break (TOR only)
10. Review song (TOR only)
Lesson 9: Praying Mantis
Lesson Plan 9
1. Warm-up (12:05)
2. Review song (TOR only)
3. Sight Reading (TOR only)
4. Listening (0:41)
5. New song overview (1:07)
6. Focused practice (3:27)
7. Focused practice (3:33)
8. Individual practice (TOR only)
9. Ensemble practice (0:41)
10. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
11. Ensemble with partner song (0:44)
Lesson 10: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Lesson Plan 10
1. Warm-up (11:50)
2. Review song (TOR only)
3. Music reading II (the system of the staff) (10:09)
4. Listening (0:50)
5. New song overview (1:48)
6. Focused practice (2:37)
7. Focused practice (2:19)
8. Focused practice (3:12)
9. Individual practice (TOR only)
10. Ensemble practice (0:50)
11. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
12. Review song (TOR only)
Lesson 10: Chant
1. Warm-up (11:50)
2. Sight Reading
3. Review Song
4. Listening - Melody With Score
5. Get Ready to Play (1:42)
6. Focused Practice - First Phrases (5:10)
7. Focused practice - Scale Sequence (6:05)
8. Individual Practice
10. Change of Pace/Brain Break
Lesson 11: Un Elefante Se Balanceaba
Lesson Plan 11
1. Warm-up (11:50)
2. Sight reading (TOR only)
3. Review song (TOR only)
4. Listening (0:26)
5. New song overview (1:29)
6. Focused practice (3:59)
7. Focused practice (4:11)
8. Individual practice (TOR only)
9. Putting it together (Ensemble Practice) (0:30)
10. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
11. Review song (TOR only)
Lesson 12: Mouse
Lesson Plan 12
1. Warm-Up (11:50)
2. Sight reading (TOR only)
3. Review song (TOR only)
4. Listening (0:48)
5. New song overview (3:17)
6. Focused practice (4:32)
7. Focused practice (2:57)
8. Focused practice (3:07)
9. Individual practice (TOR only)
10. Putting it together (Ensemble practice) (0:48)
11. Change of pace/ brain break (TOR only)
12. Ensemble with partner song (0:51)
1. Warm-up
Daily Warm-up Routine II (page 18, MB I)