• FRONTIER HIGH SCHOOL GUITAR/SOCIAL INSTRUMENTS

    Louis Shafer

    lshafer@frontiercsd.org
    716.926.1720 x2179

     

    > 1/2 Year course offered in cooperation with Music In Our Lives, period 8

    > Basic guitar skills, chords, music reading with an introduction to other social instruments like bass, keyboards, drums and voice.

    > GOOGLE CLASSROOM code: oeffh4o

     
     
     
     

    March 16-April 20, 2020

    Take care of yourself.  Heed the warnings from officials.  You're our most important.

    Then take care of someone who's alone, elderly or comprimised.

     

    Practicing learning guitar from home

    If you're lucky enough to have a guitar at home, visit Google Classroom for assignments and suggestions for keeping up on your learning.

    If you do not have a guitar at home, try one of these options:

    1.  Borrow a guitar from a friend of family member:  More people than you may realize have a guitar packed away in a closet or basement that they haven't used in a while.  It's worth asking.

    2.  Share a guitar with another member of the class who has one:  You could each have dual custody of the instrument and set up a schedule.

    3.  Purchase a guitar:  Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist and dozens of other websites have used musical instruments for sale.  It doesn't have to be an expensive or high-end guitar for our purposes.  Just a decent instrument with 6 strings and reasonable sound.

     

    Suggested YouTube tutorials:

    My favorite basic instructor:  Marty Schwartz  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNSaXAe8tyg&list=RDCMUCmnlTWVJysjWPFiZhQ5uudg&start_radio=1&t=115

    My favorite intermediate instructor:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAlB-71Jq4A