Rockschool Acoustic Guitar Grade 8 2019

Rockschool Acoustic Guitar Grade 8 2019+

Featured Repertoire:

• The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
• Tommy Emmanuel - Tears For Jerusalem
• Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman Blues
• Brent Mason - First Rule Of Thumb
• Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
• Hiatus Kaiyote - Breathing Underwater

The pieces in the grade book can be used for both the Grade Exam and Performance Certificate. At Grade 8 they are longer, typically in the region of three to three and a half minutes in duration. The expectation and length of pieces are designed so candidates can demonstrate the required assessment criteria.

Technical Exercises:

At Grade 8 there are four groups of prepared technical exercises:

GROUP A – Scales

GROUP B – Arpeggios/Broken Chords

GROUP C – Chord Voicings

GROUP D – Stylistic Studies