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Acoustic Guitar - Trinity College London - Grade 2, Part 1

Prerequisites

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade 1 Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 102/103 courses)**

** Students who have not cleared the Grade 1 exam or 102/103 courses will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 2

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 Course


Overview

This course is for students who have completed the Trinity College Grade 1 course. The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to basic music theory.They will learn melodies using techniques they learn during the course. The course will preapre them for the  Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 Examination. The Grade 2 course is divided into 2 parts to ensure students have ample of practice to be able to perform a minimum of 3 pieces, if not all.

 

The Performance Pieces for this course are as follows

Bad Jack - Powlesland

Blue Rag - Morandell

House of the Rising Sun - Trad., arr. Pells

Jamaica - Powlesland

New Memory Lane - Pells

Rockodile Reggae - Morandell

Sail Away - T J Walker

Turkey in the Straw - Trad., arr. Sokolow

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (Thiele & Weiss), arr. Walker

The Technical Work for this course is as follows

Scales - D Major, Bb Major, E Harmonic Minor, A Jazz Melodic Minor

Arpeggio - D Major

Broken Chords - E Minor, A Minor

Chord Sequences - II - V7 - I in C Major & II - V - I in D Major

 

All Trinity College London courses will train student(s) to prepare for Trinity College London examinations. The exams and certifications are external and registration for this can be completed by going to

https://www.trinitycollege.com/

https://www.trinitycollege.com/qualifications/music/book-exam