1. Choose a song for your proficiency test. For this example I will choose "Song of Joy".
2. Hand out copies of the song to your students.
3. Guide them in making a REFERENCE CHART of the notes within the range of the piece. For example, starting on the third string G A B C D E F G.
4. Have the add the fret and string numbers in "fraction notation". 0/3, 2/3, 0/2, 1/2...etc. ALSO add the alphabet letters- G,A,B,C...etc.
5. Have them use the reference chart to add fractions to all the notes in the song.
6. Hint: to save time and develop peripheral vision, students should do all the C's, all the D"s etc.
7. Students should "over-learn" and memorize the piece.
8. Later, play the piece using standard notation only (without fractions), but insist that their eyes are on the music and they SPELL the note names as they play.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND IDEAS SEE MY BOOK "TEACHING CLASSROOM GUITAR"
http://www.rowmaneducation.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=160709388X
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