Guitar

Provisional Class Date(s) Wednesday/Thursday 18th-19th March 2009

Note: Music for Classes 701-708 should be selected from ABRSM, Trinity/Guildhall, or LCM syllabuses (accompanied pieces only).
Please specify your choice of piece on the entry form. ADJUDICATORS' COPIES WILL BE REQUIRED
Please refer to Rule 16 concerning entry by grade.

700 Guitar - Preliminary Own choice. Time limit 2 minutes.
701 Guitar - Grade 1
702 Guitar - Grade 2
703 Guitar - Grade 3
704 Guitar - Grade 4
705 Guitar - Grade 5
706 Guitar - Grade 6
707 Guitar - Grade 7
708 Guitar - Grade 8
709 Guitar - Junior Open (up to and including Grade 5) One or more pieces of own choice. Total time limit 4 minutes.
710 Guitar Open (Grade 6 and above) One or more pieces of own choice. Total time limit 7 minutes.
711 Guitar Duet - Open Own choice. Time limit 4 minutes.
712 Guitar Ensemble - Open Own choice. Time limit 5 minutes.
RECINT Intermediate Guitar Recital Class See Intermediate Recital Page
REC(G) Senior Guitar Recital Class See Recital and Bircham Pages Please note Official Accompanist must be used. (Please see rule 18)

Acoustic Guitar

Provisional Class Date(s) Wednesday/Thursday 5th-6th March 2008

Note: The Acoustic Guitar is defined as having 6 steel strings and is to be played without any means of amplification. The strings are struck with plectrum or plucked with finger picks. The music played may be performed from guitar tablature (or from memory) and improvisation would be welcome, but the piece must be provided in musical notation for the adjudicator.

713 Acoustic Guitar - Elementary "La Bamba" from Alfred Guitar Method Book 1
713 Acoustic Guitar - Intermediate "Guitar Boogie" from Alfred Guitar Method Book 2
713 Acoustic Guitar - Elementary Own choice or any piece from the following volumes; "Fingerpicking Classics"-Jason Walcha, "15 Solo Etudes" - Jim Snidert, "Improvisations" - Pat Methany, "Classic Ragtime Guitar" - Grossman & Bay, "Greatest Jazz Solos" - trans Arthur Dick.