SS's Guitar Tortoise Shell Picks must successfully demonstrate:

• Notation, Staff, Musical Alphabet, Clefs, Quarter Note
• Clap and Count out loud 
• Notes E, F, and G, with Chords 
• Notes B, C, D 
• Half Note
• Notes G, A
• Major triads (C G D F) 
• Minor triads 
• Major scale pattern 
• 3 of a kind rule 
• Key signatures (C G F)

Students who successfull complete their Tortoise Shell Pick will earn the Star Medallion, Bronze.