Acoustic Guitar Grade 1

ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 1	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 Play any of the following three and four-fingered chords as requested by the examiner:C 332010, C7 x32310, C major7 332000, Dm xx0231, Gm7 xx3333
Up To 10 Marks For	Touch and tone
Playing Skills Guide For This Grade	Finger picking and strumming / intervals / chords fingered up to third fret / cut common time / riffs built around a chord / use of capo

CORE SYLLABUS PIECES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 1
PIECE(S)	BOOK	ISBN NUMBER
THE BOXER WILD WOOD	justinguitar.com ACOUSTIC SONGBOOK 50 CLASSIC ACOUSTIC GUITAR SONGS	978-1-78038-683-6
A HORSE WITH NO NAME GOOD RIDDANCE	30 ACOUSTIC GUITAR HITS ACOUSTIC GUITAR SONGS	978-0-7390-4627-2
ANDANTE NO. 1	FIFTY EASY CLASSICAL GUITAR PIECES	0-8256-2827-X