Ultimate Guitar Booklet

The Ultimate Guitar Booklet is a booklet for an entire scheme of work on an introduction to guitar, including starter pages, all of the practical tasks (with Learning Objectives) for the entire scheme, and an assessment task with feedback page, along with a separate feedback box for whole class feedback.

The booklet is an introduction to guitar, using TABS, along with other visual resources for the students, to learn how to play guitar.

• The project starts with a few introductory notes played on the E string to improvise with, as a way of getting to understand TABs, along with practicing switching between notes and making the correct sound out of the guitar. Coordination is key for students here!
• Next, the students move on to playing a 4 note pattern, which is over 2 strings, and uses different Frets. This pattern will be revisited for the assessment task.
• After students learn the note pattern, there are 2 simple chords (E major and A Minor), which have images to show exactly where students need to put their hands and each finger when playing them.
• The final practical before the assessment is learning Seven Nation Army (along with a few other tunes).
• The final part of the project, leading up to the assessment is using Seven Nation Army and the chords the students have learnt in a duet.
• The Assessment will then follow this lesson, with students having to combine the 4 note pattern, chords and Seven Nation Army tune in a group performance. There is a planning page for the students to use to consider structure and texture of their performance, along with any other notes they wish to make, before the students are assessed on their performances.
• The back of the booklet has success criteria, along with a page for feedback on the assessment.