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Acoustic Guitar Grade 8
The essential syllabus for the aspiring, contemporary Acoustic Guitarist. This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 8 exam, 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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Breathing Underwater Track 1 of 6£3.99
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First Rule Of Thumb Track 2 of 6£3.99
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Kind Hearted Woman Blues Track 3 of 6£3.99
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Minor Swing Track 4 of 6£3.99
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Tears For Jerusalem Track 5 of 6£3.99
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps Track 6 of 6£3.99
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Supporting Tests£5.99
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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
Plus
- Technical Exercises
- Quick Study Pieces
- Ear Tests
- General Musicianship Questions
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- The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Solo)
- Tommy Emmanuel - Tears For Jerusalem (Solo)
- Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- Brent Mason - First Rule Of Thumb
- Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
- Hiatus Kaiyote - Breathing Underwater
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Technical Exercises
- Group A - Scales
- Group B - Arpeggios
- Group C - Chords
- Group D - Stylistic studies
Unseen Tests
- Quick Study Piece
- Ear Tests (Test 1: Melodic Recall, Test 2: Harmonic Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
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There is no errata for this book.
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