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Acoustic Guitar Grade 5
The essential syllabus for the aspiring, contemporary Acoustic Guitarist. This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 5, 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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Blackbird Track 1 of 6£3.99
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Fire And Rain Track 2 of 6£3.99
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Put Your Records On Track 3 of 6£3.99
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Songbird Track 4 of 6£3.99
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Tears In Heaven Track 5 of 6£3.99
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Wanted Dead Or Alive Track 6 of 6£3.99
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Supporting Tests£4.49
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- Six 'hit tune' arrangements covering a range of contemporary styles
- Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
- Downloadable audio
- Fact Files and Walkthroughs
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- Technical Exercises
- Sight Reading
- Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests
- General Musicianship Questions
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- James Taylor - Fire And Rain
- The Beatles - Blackbird
- Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
- Eva Cassidy - Songbird
- Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
- Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
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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 19-24
'Tears In Heaven' In bar 24, beat 1, the low F# note (fret 9 on string 5) has been moved back by an eighth-note so that it sounds together with the high C# note at end of bar 23. The F#m7 chord symbol has also been moved back with it. (Updated 27 July 2022)
Pages 19–24
Tears in Heaven
The indication "D.S. al Coda" in bar 21 has been changed to "To Coda".
Page 28
Songbird
A "To Coda" indication has been added to the end of bar 20. (Updated 07 February 2020)
Page 34
Put Your Records On
The chords above bar 27 had been removed and replaced with a single chord symbol "A" at the start of the bar. (Updated 07 February 2020)
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