Acoustic Guitar Grade 3

ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 3	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 four-fingered chords as requested by the examiner: B7 x21202, Am7 x05555, C♯m xx2120, A♭7 xx1112, G7 xx3343
Up To 10 Marks For	Tune a guitar on which three strings 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
Playing Skills Guide For This Grade	Picking and strumming / fifth chords / intervals / dropped D tuning / triplets / scales of C and F major / strumming to given rhythm / change of time signature within a piece / consecutive sixths / Six Eight time

CORE SYLLABUS PIECES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR GRADE 3
PIECE(S)	BOOK	ISBN NUMBER
WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS	30 ACOUSTIC GUITAR HITS ACOUSTIC GUITAR SONGS	978-0-7390-4627-2
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN AMAZING GRACE	EASY PIECES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR	978-1-84772-751-0
HOME HOOCH	BLUES SOLOS ARRANGED AND PLAYED BY JOHNNY NORRIS	0-7119-2789-8
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD	justinguitar.com ACOUSTIC SONGBOOK	978-1-78038-683-6