Acoustic Guitar Remit
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Acoustic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Grade 1 |
At least 12 |
Finger picking and strumming / intervals / chords fingered up to third fret / cut common time / riffs built around a chord / use of capo |
5 |
Grade 2 |
At least 12 |
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 |
5 |
Grade 3 |
At least 16 |
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 |
5 |
Grade 4 |
At least 16 |
Picking and strumming / harmonics / intervals / full and half barre / dropped D tuning / Six Eight time / D.C al fine / repeats / solo arrangements |
6 |
Grade 5 |
At least 24 |
Picking and strumming / key change within a piece / articulation / D.S. al Coda / rhythm playing / diminished sevenths / chord inversions / slash chords / solo arrangements |
6 |
Grade 6 |
At least 32 |
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 |
7 |
Grade 7 |
At least 32 |
Use of the full and half barre / intervals up to two octaves / triplets in crotchets and semiquavers / change of key within a piece / rubato / separation of melody from harmony / two part playing |
7 |
Grade 8 |
At least 32 |
Consecutive tenths / change of key and time signature within a piece / harmonics / repeats / D. S. al Coda / Five and Six Four time / syncopation / dynamics and articulation / use of fourteenth fret / ornaments / rubato / compound intervals |
8 |
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