Guitar 1A & 1B
This course is open to all students regardless of music background. Students learn beginning guitar technique including selected major, minor, and seventh chords; basic finger picks and strums; and tuning technique in the Blake Music Technology Laboratory. Students will use a combination of traditional instruction and the latest in music technology to learn music notation, ear training, and sight reading. Music theory and historical perspective are studied as they relate to guitar performance. This course can be repeated for credit.

Guitar 2A & 2B
This course is open to students who have successfully completed Guitar 1A & 1B or have previous guitar training. Students will continue to develop guitar technique including major, minor, and seventh chords, finger picks and strums in the Blake Music Technology Laboratory. Students will use a combination of traditional instruction and the latest in music technology to continue their development of music notation, ear training, and sight reading skills. Music theory and historical perspective are studied as they relate to guitar performance. Guitar songs used are a variety of musical styles including popular and folk music. This course can be repeated for credit.

Music History & Perspectives
Students analyze and discuss jazz, folk, popular, and classical music representing a variety of eras and cultures. Through listening, performing, and composing, students learn about music notation, form, and style. They examine the art of performance from the perspective of the audience, the performer, and the critic. Attendance at live performances is encouraged.

AP Music Theory & Composition A & B
Students with a strong interest in music or music careers, including performers, arrangers, composers, producers, and music educators will gain increased fluency in all aspects of music notation while strengthening skills in tonal imagery and memory. Practice in sight-singing, dictation, composition, improvisation, and score analysis will prepare the students to meet the requirements of the College Board for advanced placement in music theory.

Music Technology A & B
This course is open to students in grades 10, 11, and 12 who have successfully completed a Blake music class or have teacher approval. Students use music, writing, and performance skills to create their own music compositions. Students learn the techniques of electronic sound production and manipulation in the Blake music technology lab. Using specialized equipment and computer software, students synthesize, modify, and record sounds. Students analyze and evaluate examples of electronic music, as well as works featuring the use of electronic music in combination with other art forms.  Students extend their knowledge and skills introduced in Music Technology A. They use computers to record and edit musical performances, and to create and print music notation. Career options in electronic music are explored.

Piano Lab 1A & 1B
Laboratory- type instruction is designed to acquaint students with beginning piano technique. Without pressure of public performance, students learn a variety of popular and folk songs, and learn about the functions of music in the Blake Music Technology Laboratory. Students will use a combination of traditional instruction and the latest in music technology to learn music notation, keyboard harmony, ear training, and sight singing. Music theory and historical perspective are studied as they relate to piano performance.

Piano Lab 2A & 2B
This course is designed to build on the skills learned in Piano Lab 1. Laboratory- type instruction is designed to extend playing technique to the intermediate and advanced levels. Students learn a variety of popular and folk songs, and expand their knowledge of music in the Blake Music Technology Laboratory. Students will use a combination of traditional instruction and the latest in music technology to learn music notation, keyboard harmony, ear training, and sight singing. Music theory and historical perspective are studied as they relate to piano performance.