Acoustic Guitar Grade 2
ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 2 |
What’s Involved? |
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Up To 75 Marks For |
You are required to play THREE pieces (each one attracts 25 marks)
You can elect to play:
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Up To 10 Marks For |
CHORDS Play any of the following three and four-fingered chords as requested by the examiner: Gm7 x03333 or 3×3333, Dm7 xx0211, Dsus4 xx0233, Dsus xx0230, Esus4 022200 |
Up To 15 Marks For |
Tune a guitar on which two string will need adjustment – candidates may use any preferred/practised method but should use a familiar tuner if opting for this means – a maximum of 3 minutes will be permitted |
Playing Skills Guide For This Grade |
Finger picking and strumming / intervals of a tenth / Three Four time / alternating bass and chord style / change of key within a piece / use of 4th fret / open string drone notes / three stringed barre / D.S. al coda / slides / triplets / hammer-ons / swing feel / dotted crotchet / quaver timing |
CORE SYLLABUS PIECES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 2 | ||
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PIECE(S) |
BOOK |
ISBN NUMBER |
SCARBOROUGH FAIR | FIFTY EASY CLASSICAL GUITAR PIECES | 0-8256-2827-X |
SOHO BLUES COLD COMFORT |
BLUES SOLOS FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR | 0-7119-2789-8 |
SPRING
FROM ‘THE FOUR SEASONS’ |
EASY PIECES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR | 978-1-84772-751-0 |
I WALK THE LINE | JOHNNY CASH VOL 115 |
978-1-4234-6984-1 |
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