M-JP-DSGT

Profile, extension and depth: Practical Community Classes

3

5

15

One 60-minute group lesson per week plus one 1-hour individual session

16 hours. If there are fewer applications for this subject than indicated in the description, it will typically proceed with proportionally less contact time (and accordingly more individual attention per student).

68 hours

Admitted to year 2 Jazz & Pop with guitar as main subject. Students with a serious guitar- related minor are also welcome. This subject can also be followed online.

See Competencies Matrix.

Developing safe technique skills on guitar.

Related to the main subject guitar lessons.

This course focuses on developing safe(r) and ergonomic guitar playing, and aims to prevent injuries and help the guitarist get insight in what really constitutes healthy technique. We mainly work on practical foundations – everything from hand coordination, wrist position and interaction between hands, to overall tension reduction, working on healthy posture and breathing. This course combines small weekly group classes with a module that the student needs to work through and which will be assessed with an individual meeting at the end of the academic year.

First small group classes, with individual meetings at the end of the year.

Bringing the main instrument and a laptop or iPad/tablet is required.

n/a

Assessment by the instructor.

Students should have mastered the elements described under Contents.
Active participation.

The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.

Students are assessed at the end of the module. The assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the lessons.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.