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1. Students will become familiar with the parts of the guitar, care of the instrument, tuning techniques and playing techniques.

2. Students will understand basic music notation and be able to read, write and play simple musical compositions written in both standard notation and tablature using the first 3 strings on the guitar.

3. Students will understand and be able to play from memory major, natural minor, harmonic minor and pentatonic scales.

4. Students will learn the following chords in the first position and be able to play them in simple strum patterns: G, G7, C, Am, D7, B7, D, Em.