Guitar 1B
Course Description:
Have you ever dreamed of playing the guitar? Whether you love music, want to play guitar for your family and friends, or desire to be a music star, this course is a great place to start. No prior music experience is needed. You will learn the fundamentals of music and the basic skills necessary to play a wide variety of music styles. Student guides, Carlos and Ariel, will guide you through each step of this journey towards becoming a skilled guitarist and musician. This course can be used as a performing/fine arts credit to meet the art requirement for high school graduation.
Course Details:
| Course Title (District): |
Guitar 1B |
| Course Title (NCES SCED) : |
Music—Other |
| Course Provider : |
Michigan Virtual |
| Content Provided By : |
Method Teacher |
| Online Instructor Provided By : |
Michigan Virtual |
| Standards Addressed : |
National Core Arts Standards |
| Alignment Document : |
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gQ2i8rt3cQEpGEBqXGMsxs7VASfh3mWnW9OpRtmhLW0 |
| Academic Terms : |
Semester, Trimester, Accelerated, Open Entry / Fixed End |
| NCES SCED Code : 05149 |
| Subject Area : |
Fine and Performing Arts |
| Course Identifier : |
Music—Other |
| Course Level : |
High School (Secondary) |
| Available Credit : |
0.5 |
| Sequence : |
2 of 2 |
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How To Enroll:
Students and Parents: It is important to work closely with your local school counselor or
registrar to follow the school's enrollment procedures. By clicking the "Start Registration
Request" button below, you will be able to notify the school of your interest in registering for
the online course. However, it is the responsibility of the district or school to review the
registration request and approve or deny the request. Please make a note to follow up with
your school after submitting a registration request.
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Additional Course Information:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (888) 889-2840
Additional Cost: $0.0
Additional Cost Description: You will need a playable six-string guitar and a way to record and submit a video performance to your instructor. A guitar is “playable” if it is the correct size for the guitarist, is easy to press the strings down against the frets, and plays in tune up and down the fretboard. There are three common types of six-string guitars: classical, steel string, and electric. If you do not already have a guitar, you may want to seek the advice of an experienced guitarist, a guitar teacher, or your local music store. Most guitars are built to be played right-handed, so that the right hand would pluck the strings and the left hand would press the strings down against the frets. Many left-handed guitarists play right-handed guitars. Many guitarists and teachers recommend that left-handed students try playing on a right-handed guitar when first learning. There are some guitars available that are built to be played left-handed. This course is taught using a right-handed guitar. Students choosing to use a left-handed guitar will need to adjust accordingly.
Read and play music using standard music notation.
Play a piece of music using AABA form.
Understand minor scale interval patterns.
Play minor scales.
Recognize key signatures.
Perform guitar parts, including melody, counter-melody, chords, and bass line, in duet arrangements.
Identify and analyze significant musical events within ensemble compositions.
Identify scale degrees using function names.
Understand how triads and seventh chords are formed in major keys.
Strum and improvise an accompaniment using primary chords.
Transpose primary chords from one key to another.
Play "E" and "A" blues scales and the A minor pentatonic scale, and improvise a blues solo.
Understand swing rhythm, and create a blues lick.
Use the tonic note to identify the key of a movable scale pattern.
Play movable scale patterns up and down the fretboard.
Improvise a chord accompaniment to a blues solo.
List styles of music and ways music can impact society.
Understand the origins of bluegrass, rock, and jazz music.
Play common licks, riffs, and chord progressions common to bluegrass, rock, and jazz.
Understand basic techniques used in jazz improvisation.
Perform a piece of guitar music demonstrating the many skills learned in this course.
iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses
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Students have the ability to rate the lesson as completed as well as a student evaluation at end of course. MV also has access to additional data regarding student success and satisfaction with courses. |
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The current version of the course was released in 2018; the previous version was released in 2010. |
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All MV instructors are certified in the state of Michigan, endorsed within their assigned content areas and grade levels, and highly qualified under state and federal guidelines. |
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MV instructors complete an onboarding course prior to teaching, annual professional development and conference attendance, participate in monthly department meetings, and are provided online resources for various instructional media. |
| The course provider offers technical support and course management assistance to students, the course instructor, and the school coordinator. |
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MV instructors have access to the MV Knowledge Base with tutorials to assist them as well as the Course Issue Tracker to request additional support for technical issues in a course. Students also have a Customer Care center that offers technical support and course management assistance. |
| Course instructors, whether face-to-face or virtual, have been provided professional development in the behavioral, social, and when necessary, emotional, aspects of the learning environment. |
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Students are offered MV-specific orientation lessons and activites within all courses in addition to the Online Learning Orientation Tool (OLOT) located on the LMS homepage for students with no prior experience in taking an online course. |
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| The course provides opportunities for students to engage in higher-order thinking, critical reasoning activities and thinking in increasingly complex ways. |
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Asks several reflective-type thinking questions beyond just rote memorization and learning to play (ex: how would life be without music, how does music impact a society...). Also complex thinking with relating poetry to music |
| The course provides options for the instructor to adapt learning activities to accommodate students’ needs. |
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Cannot edit vendor content accessed via LTI links in the LMS, but instructors could supplement course content with additional materials or activities added within Blackboard |
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Michigan Virtual (MV) instructor guidelines ensure such interaction through welcome letters, instructor introductions, and regular progress reporting. |
| The course provides opportunities for appropriate instructor-student and student-student interaction to foster mastery and application of the material. |
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Instructor-student interaction is covered, but only one required student-to-student collaboration assignment exists; no use of discussion boards. |
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| Ongoing, varied, and frequent assessments are conducted throughout the course to inform instruction. |
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| The grading policy and practices are easy to understand. |
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| The course architecture permits the online instructor to add content, activities and assessments to extend learning opportunities. |
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Instructors cannot alter content provided by the course vendor, but MV instructors are permitted to add supplemental materials as needed via the Blackboard LMS. |
| The course accommodates multiple school calendars; e.g., block, 4X4 and traditional schedules. |
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The calendar within the learning management system permits adjustments to the pacing guides, though MV has established start and end dates for fall, spring, summer, and trimester enrollment terms. |
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| Rich media are provided in multiple formats for ease of use and access in order to address diverse student needs. |
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| All technology requirements (including hardware, browser, software, etc...) are specified. |
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| Prerequisite skills in the use of technology are identified. |
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| The course is designed to meet internationally recognized interoperability standards. |
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| Copyright and licensing status, including permission to share where applicable, is clearly stated and easily found. |
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Communicated within the MV Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) through the website and the LMS. |
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| Course materials and activities are designed to provide appropriate access to all students. The course, developed with universal design principles in mind, conforms to the U.S. Section 504 and Section 508 provisions for electronic and information technology as well as the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility guidelines (WCAg 2.0). |
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"This rating is based upon limited testing of select WCAG 2.0 principles and guidelines. Further testing may be necessary to ensure full compliance. Suggested improvements: (i) While transcript alternatives to videos are present in the course, close captioning should be added; (ii) Avoid red-black color combinations in visuals; and (iii) Add Skip Navigation before icons and buttons at top of screen to permit keyboard and screen reader functionality to move directly to main content of lesson body. **Quick Links in Blackboard may allow for skip navigation to addressing note iii, however this does not pertain to the lesson environment accessed via LTI links from Blackboard. Other notes: Some areas of the course rely solely on color to emphasize or convey information. Because of the nature of the course, there are lots of visuals/images of the guitar and music scales/notes, not all of which is reiterated by text accompanying visuals. Use of the Tab key skipped over highlighted/underlined vocabulary terms, which prevented access to definistions revealed through “pop up” windows. " |
| Data Security |
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| Student information remains confidential, as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). |
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Course is password protected; the privacy policy is communicated in the Blackboard LMS. |
Review Conducted By: Michigan Virtual
Date of Review:
03/21/2018
Module 05: Beginning Music Theory
Module 06: Reading Guitar Music: Bass Strings
Module 07: Guitar Ensembles
Module 08: The Guitar in American Music
Segment II Exam
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01/17/2025 |
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03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
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05/30/2025 |
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$350 |
$0 |
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03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
07/01/2024 |
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$350 |
$0 |
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03/29/2024 |
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$350 |
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100 |
$350 |
$0 |
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03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
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06/20/2025 |
100 |
$350 |
$0 |
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Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
07/01/2024 |
02/28/2025 |
02/14/2025 |
06/20/2025 |
100 |
$350 |
$0 |
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Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
07/01/2024 |
03/07/2025 |
02/21/2025 |
06/20/2025 |
100 |
$350 |
$0 |
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Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
07/01/2024 |
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$350 |
$0 |
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Semester |
03/29/2024 |
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06/20/2025 |
100 |
$350 |
$0 |
| Drop Policy |
Completion Policy |
Term Type |
Enrollment Opens |
Enrollment Ends |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
| Students have 14 days from the enrollment start date to drop the course and receive a full refund. No refunds are given after 14 days. Drop dates are calculated and what is posted is the last possible drop date for enrollments created within the enrollment window. |
Students may access their course from their enrollment start date to their enrollment end date. A completion is a 60% final score or higher. |
Semester |
03/29/2024 |
03/14/2025 |
Students can use email or the private message system within the Student Learning Portal to access highly qualified teachers when they need instructor assistance. Students will also receive feedback on their work inside the learning management system. The Instructor Info area of their course may describe additional communication options.
Students will need a means of video recording themselves and sharing a the video file or link to the recording for instructors to view.
Please review the Michigan Virtual Technology Requirements: https://michiganvirtual.org/about/support/knowledge-base/technical-requirements/
Students must also have access to YouTube.
