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. |