Acoustic Guitar Grade 6

ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 6	What’s Involved?
Up To 75 Marks For	You are required to play THREE pieces (each one attracts 25 marks) You can elect to play: all three pieces from those listed within our syllabus OR you can opt for three pieces of your own choice (please find guidance in ‘Own Choice’ Zone) OR you can mix repertoire featuring in our syllabus list combined with pieces of your own choice* (*again please visit ‘Own Choice’ Zone for guidance)
Up To 15 Marks For	CHORDS Strum or finger pick a song of your own choice in the key of F major containing a minimum of five different chords. A copy of the piece should be provided for the examiner Repeat transposed piece up to a major 2 or major 3rd as requested by the examiner. The new key should be named. Time is given for rewriting transposed chord symbol if necessary
Up To 10 Marks For	Tune a guitar on which four strings will need adjustment – A reference bass or treble E will be given if necessary. Candidates may use any preferred/practised method but should use a familiar digital tuner if opting for this means – a maximum of 1½ minutes will be permitted
Playing Skills Guide For This Grade	Changes of key and time signatures within a piece / hammer-ons and pull offs / three note power chords / harmonics / rhythm playing from given notation / swing feel – triplets / D.S. al Coda / right hand finger technique

CORE SYLLABUS PIECES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 6
PIECE(S)	BOOK	ISBN NUMBER
LAYLA (Unplugged) SCARBOROUGH FAIR	30 ACOUSTIC GUITAR HITS ACOUSTIC GUITAR SONGS	978-0-7390-4627-2
YESTERDAY WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD CRAZY	FINGERPICKING STANDARDS	1-84609-355-4