Private Instruction - Guitar: All Levels

Course Number
PIGT-XXX
Description

Private instruction is part of the performance core for all Berklee students. Through private instruction, students develop proficiency on their principal instrument, synthesize and integrate knowledge of contemporary and traditional styles into musical interpretation, and synthesize and integrate knowledge of posture and instrumental technique into their daily practice routines. All Berklee students take private instruction levels one through four on their principal instruments. Performance majors continue on to do levels five through eight. 

The Guitar Department at Berklee encourages students to experiment with all styles to improve skills and develop instrumental craft. Students become guitarists with a strong musical identity. Berklee prepares students for today's music by building on traditional aspects of learning. In all instruction offered in the Guitar Department, emphasis is placed on achieving a solid foundation in the standard technical challenges of professional performance, including scales, chords, reading, improvisation, interpretation, and standard repertoire. Also included is intensive training in sight-reading and in the understanding of chord voicing.

  • PIGT-111: Private Instruction 1 – Guitar
  • PIGT-112: Private Instruction 2 – Guitar
  • PIGT-211: Private Instruction 3 – Guitar
  • PIGT-212: Private Instruction 4 – Guitar
  • PIGT-311: Private Instruction 5 – Guitar
  • PIGT-312: Private Instruction 6 – Guitar
  • PIGT-411: Private Instruction 7 – Guitar
  • PIGT-412: Private Instruction 8 – Guitar
Electable By
All guitar principals
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
Course Chair
Kim Perlak
Courses may not be offered at the listed locations or taught by the listed faculty for every semester. Consult my.berklee.edu to find course information for a specific semester.

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