MUSIC THERAPY GUITAR PROFICIENCY EXAM

MUS 280

PRELIMINARY DEMONSTRATION:
1. Name the major parts of the guitar.
2. Name the strings of the guitar.
3 Demonstrate raising and/or lowering a string's pitch until it matches another string's pitch.
4. Locate specified pitches, dictated by the examiner, within 5 seconds.
5. Complete a task analysis of the process of tuning a guitar.

EXAMINATION:
Perform the following songs from Guitar Songbook for Music Therapy:

The More We Get Together
Rock-A My Soul
He's Got the Whole World
This Old Man
Itsy Bitsy Spider
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
This Little Light of Mine
Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here

You will be rated on the basis of (a) chord accuracy, (b) clarity of sound, (c) steadiness of rhythm, (d) musical complexity of accompaniment pattern, and (e) ability to sing and play correctly at the same time.