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To Audition or Not to Audition in a Classroom Guitar Program
I recently received an email from a colleague guitar educator on the topic of auditioning guitar students for each level of their program. The resulting discussion led me to write this short opinion article of the topic. The guitar stands as one of the most accessible and engaging instruments for classroom music education. Its portability,…
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Classroom Guitar Curriculum in DOK Framework (curriculum supplement with examples)
INTRODUCTION The information in this article refers to a Guitar Course of Study offered in classroom or school-district setting. It is intended as an informative supplement to the already implemented curriculum. The purpose of the addendum is to realign the curriculum into organized competencies and objectives with emphasis on Depth of Knowledge (DOK). This supplement…
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Advocacy: Guitar Education as the Fourth Pillar of American Music Education
As American music education evolves to meet contemporary needs, guitar programs are emerging as the “fourth pillar” alongside the traditional triumvirate of band, choir, and orchestra. This development represents not just an expansion of music education options, but a fundamental shift in how we approach musical instruction in our schools. For over a century, American…
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The Expert Blind Spot Effect: Theory and Implications for the Guitar Educator
By Matthew Nishimoto Experts possess a large (potentially unlimited) number of domain-specific schemas. Hierarchically organized schemas represent experts’ knowledge in the domain and allow experts to categorize multiple elements of related information as a single, higher level element. When confronted with a specific configuration of elements, experts are able to recognize the pattern as a…
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