Acoustic Guitar Grade 4
The essential syllabus for the aspiring, contemporary Acoustic Guitarist. This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 4, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.
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- Six 'hit tune' arrangements covering a range of contemporary styles
- Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
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- Technical Exercises
- Sight Reading
- Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests
- General Musicianship Questions
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- Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
- Bill Withers - Use Me
- Alanis Morissette - Ironic
- Eric Clapton - Layla
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin'
- Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
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Technical Exercises
- Group A - Scales
- Group B - Arpeggios
- Group C - Chords
- Group D - Acoustic Riff
Unseen Tests
- Sight-Reading
- Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests (Test 1: Melodic Recall, Test 2: Harmonic Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
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Pages 46-49
Technical Exercises Group B: Arpeggios: 2. Minor 7 arpeggio The final note of the example arpeggio (Bm7) has been changed to B at the 7th fret of the E (6th) string. (Updated 17 November 2022)
Pages 33-38
'Road Trippin'' Ties have been removed from the lower-voice part of bars 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 21, 22, 23 and 24. The previously tied notes should be played and tablature numbers have been added below these notes. In most cases (with the exception of bars 22 and 24) the result is a driving eighth-note rhythm played with the thumb, analogous to that played in bar 1.
Pages 39-44
Sweet Home Chicago
Bar 18, beat 2: D note removed from upper voice. Triplet notation removed from both upper and lower voices. Both voices now comprise a pair of 8th notes (swung due to the swing indication at the beginning of the music).
Bar 41: tablature amended to match treble clef notation. Note that the lower voice is tabbed exclusively on strings 6 and 5. The upper voice is tabbed on strings 4 and 3.
Bar 44, beat 1: The tablature has been removed from the "&" of beat one (upper voice) to match the notation.
Bar 46, beat 3. The notes in the upper voice (G#, D, E) have been tied to beat 4 and the tablature number associated with them updated (removed).
Pages 13-18
Use Me
Passages shown as containing harmonics have been clarified in the score to reflect the audio. Harmonics are partially muted and played at the 7th fret on the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings.
Page 51
Improvisation & Interpretation
The preparation time shown for the Improvisation & Interpretation test example in the book has been corrected to 90 seconds, to reflect the specification. The text "The test will be given in one of the four following keys: D major or G major, or D minor or A minor." has been updated to "The test will be given in one of the following keys: G major or A minor." to match the syllabus specification document.
Page 48
Technical Exercises – Group B: Arpeggios
Text has been added to this group as follows: "The tempo for this group is (quarter note) = 80 bpm." (Updated 16 September 2019)
Pages 20-25
Ironic
Bar 19 - All D string TAB is amended to '0' open string so to mirror the guitar treble clef.
Bar 31 - Rhythm amendment so to mirror audio performance.
Bar 42 - Beat 1 and 4 TAB amended to mirror guitar treble clef. (Updated 22 October 2019)
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