Overview

For many generations running, no other instrument has captured the imagination of music lovers and musicians as the guitar. This versatile instrument is capable of producing a stunning range of tones, from the most delicate to the most resounding. Its versatility and adaptability is unsurpassed. It also happens to be an easy instrument to get started on. Shankar Mahadevan Academy's instructor-led courses for the Western Guitar will help students get started on the instrument and provide them with in-class and offline exercises to rapidly improve their proficiency as accompanist as well as soloist. The first course (Introduction to Guitar) will cover the basics of construction, playing chords and melodies, and reading tabulature sheets. Subsequent courses will build upon these basics and build a vocabulary of chords, licks and genre-specific playing styles.

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Prerequisites:

Prerequisite of the course: -

Interest in music and willingness to learn the instrument.

- Student should be 8 years and above

- Student should have a guitar

- GuitarTuna tuning app

Overview:

The Fundamentals of Guitar is an introductory course designed for students who are taking their first steps to learn the guitar as a musical instrument. The course will introduce the student to the basics of playing music on the guitar, including te…  

Topics covered:
  • Guitar Basics
  • Rhythm & Notation
  • Basics of Music
  • Songs
Prerequisites:

  • Student should be 8 or above
  • Have a guitar at home to learn and practice with
  • Be able to play the C major scale with proficiency on the guitar

Overview:

  This course is for students who wish to learn to play a song on the guitar.  The student can pick any one song and learn it in 4 sessions.    Hindi SongsPapa Kehten HainPal Pal Dil Ke PaasLagja GaleYaad Kiye Dilne Kahan Ho TumE…  

Topics covered:
  • Introduction and Warm Up
  • Learn to Play a Song
Prerequisites:

  • Student should be 8 or above
  • Have a guitar at home to learn and practice with
  • Be able to play the C major scale with proficiency on the guitar

Overview:

This course is for students who wish to learn to play  songs on the guitar.  The student can pick any three songs from the list below learn it in 12 sessions.  Hindi SongsPapa Kehten HainPal Pal Dil Ke PaasLagja GaleYaa…  

Topics covered:
  • Introduction
  • Learn to Play Songs
Prerequisites:

Course Prerequisites

◗ Student should be 8 years and above

◗ Student should have their own guitar so that they can practice at home

◗ Interest in music and willingness to learn the instrument as well as practice

GuitarTuna tuning app on their mobile device

◗ Student should have completed our “Fundamentals of Guitar” Course

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade Initial Course

Overview:

The Trinity College Initial Grade Acoustic Guitar course is designed to teach essential musical concepts to a beginner guitarist in accordance with the Acoustic Guitar Syllabus of the Internationally recognized Trinity College London. This course wi…  

Topics covered:
  • Guitar Technique
  • Rhythm & Notation
  • Musical Improvisation
  • Musical Knowledge
  • Ear Training
  • Songs
Prerequisites:

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade Initial Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 101 course)**

** Students who have not cleared the Grade Initial exam or 101 course will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 1

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 Course

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Guitar 101 course or have cleared the Trinity Acoustic Guitar Grade Initial examination .The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Stu…  

Topics covered:
  • Basics of Guitar and Guitar Terminology
  • Learning Power Chords and Applying Power Chords to Song
  • Basic 6-String Chords
  • Advanced staff notation reading lessons
  • Introduction to the A minor scale
  • Introduction to Chord Theory
  • Introduction to Harmony
  • Learning to harmonize melodies
  • Learning to play more advanced melodies
Prerequisites:

Completion of the 102 course.

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 Course

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Guitar 102 course (Acoustic Guitar - Trinity College London - Grade 1 Part 1). This course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are…  

Topics covered:
  • Arpeggios
Prerequisites:

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade 1 Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 102/103 courses)**

** Students who have not cleared the Grade 1 exam or 102/103 courses will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 2

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 Course

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Trinity College Grade 1 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to basic music theory.They will…  

Topics covered:
  • Practical: ( Pieces & Aural Skills)
  • Theory
Prerequisites:

 

Completion of 104 course

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 Course

 

 

 

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Trinity College Grade 1 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to basic music theory.They will…  

Topics covered:
  • Practical (Pieces & Aural Skills)
  • Theory
Prerequisites:

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade 2 Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 104/105 courses)**

** Students who have not cleared the Grade 2 exam or 104/105 course will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 3

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 3 Course

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Trinity College Grade 2 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to basic music theory. They wil…  

Topics covered:
  • Practical (Pieces & Aural Skills)
  • Theory/Technical Focus
Prerequisites:

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade 3 Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 106/107 course)**

Student should have Relevant Books for Trinity Grade 4 Acoustic Guitar Exam

 

** Students who have not cleared the Grade 3 lexam or course 106/107 will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 4

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Trinity College Grade 3 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to basic music theory. They wil…  

Topics covered:
  • Practical: ( Pieces & Aural Skills)
  • Theory
Prerequisites:

Completed the 201 course

Overview:

The course is for students who have completed the 201 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to music theory.They will learn melodies using techn…  

Topics covered:
  • Practical: ( Pieces & Aural Skills)
  • Theory
Prerequisites:

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade 4 Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 201-203 course)**

Student should have Relevant Books for Trinity Grade 5 Acoustic Guitar Exam

 

** Students who have not cleared the Grade 4 lexam or course 201-203 will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 5

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Trinity College Grade 4 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to basic music theory. They wil…  

Topics covered:
  • Practical: ( Pieces & Aural Skills)
  • Theory
Prerequisites:

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade 5 Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 204-206 courses)**

Student should have Relevant Books for Trinity Grade 6 Acoustic Guitar Exam

 

** Students who have not cleared the Grade 5 exam or 204-206 course will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 6

  

Overview:

This course is for students who have completed the Trinity College Grade 5 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to advanced music theory. They …  

Topics covered:
  • Practical (Pieces & Aural Skills)
  • Theory/Technical Focus