Electric Guitar Remit
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Electric Guitar ‘Own Choice’ Remit |
Recommended ‘Own Choice’ Bar Length Range |
‘Own Choice’ Playing Skills Guide |
Minimum Number of Required Playing Skills For Each ‘Own Choice’ Selection |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary 1 |
8-12 |
Use of E, B and G strings / open strings to fret three / octaves / lead in notes / semibreves, minims and crotchets / syncopation |
3 |
Primary 2 |
8-16 |
Use of A string / open to third fret / four-four and three-four time / lead in notes / tied notes / crotchet rests / dotted minims / use of C time signature |
4 |
Foundation 1 |
8-32 |
Use of six strings / dotted crotchet and quaver timing / open to fourth fret / optional swing or shuffle feel / quavers / accidentals / intervals of major and minor thirds, sevenths and octaves / anacrusis or lead in notes |
5 |
Foundation 2 |
12-32 |
Use of six strings / dotted crotchet and quaver timing / open to fourth fret / optional swing or shuffle feel / quavers / accidentals / intervals of major and minor thirds, sevenths and octaves / anacrusis or lead in notes |
5 |
Grade 1 |
12-32 |
Use of six strings / open to fifth fret / intervals of sevenths and octaves / optional swing or shuffle feel / quaver rests / accidentals / tied notes / repeats |
5 |
Grade 1a |
12-32 |
Triplets or shuffle rhythm / six-eight time / dotted crotchet and quaver timing / repeats / cut common time signature / intervals |
5 |
Grade 2 |
12-32 |
Use of seventh fret / power chords / rhythm playing / riffs on E and A strings / D.S. al Coda / picking |
5 |
Grade 3 |
12-32 |
Triplets in crotchets / slides / hammer-ons / 8va (higher) / half bends / vibrato / picking or arpeggios / use of the 15th fret / dropped D tuning |
5 |
Grade 4 |
14-45 |
Timing / syncopation / articulation / vibrato / double stops / use of distortion and or variation of tone / repeats / rhythm playing |
6 |
Grade 5 |
At least 24 |
Altered tuning / double stops / vibrato / slides and bends / pre-bends |
4 |
Grade 6 |
At least 32 |
Three note slurs / triplets / pre-bends / octave power chords / palm mute / octaves / coda / harmonics / reggae rhythm / arpeggios / change of time signature within a piece / three-eight time |
7 |
Grade 7 |
At least 32 |
Bending to pitch / ninth chords / 8va higher / vibrato / twelve-eight time / phrasing / picking |
5 |
Grade 8 |
At least 32 |
Sextuplets / consecutive sixths / double stops / dominant ninth chords / four note slurs / bends / vibrato / pull-offs / ornaments, articulation and phasing |
6 |
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