USD 399


Course duration
12 week(s)
Max class size
2
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This course is for students who have completed the Guitar 101 course or have cleared the Trinity Acoustic Guitar Grade Initial examination .The course further expands on reading Guitar Tablature and Staff Notation introduced in the first course. Students are also introduced to basic music theory. The course will preapre them for the Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 Examination.. The Grade 1 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

Cuba Kick! - Pells

A Fistful of Pesos - Powlesland

The Hungry Ghost - Searle

Perfect Sky - T J Walker

Photograph - Ed Sheeran (with McDaid, Leonard & Harrington), arr. Rye

Sailor's Hornpipe - Trad, arr. Burden

A Tale of the Green Isle - Morandell

Tango Memories - Pells

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks (Davies), arr. Walker

 

The Technical Work for this grade is as follows

Scales - C Major, G Major, A Natural Minor

Arpeggios - C Major, G Major, A Minor

Chord Sequence - I - V7 - I in C 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

 

 

Objectives

 

1: To help students understand the concept of scales, arpeggios and chord sequences

2: To familiarize the student with using arpeggios over the chord progression.

3: To familiarize the student with the notes within each chord.

4: To give the student the ability to play more musically.

5: To prepare the student for the Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 Exam.

 

Student should have taken the Trinity Grade Initial Acoustic Guitar examination or covered all the pieces for the same (Taking the 101 course)**

** Students who have not cleared the Grade Initial exam or 101 course will have to get a counselling session done to acertain if they are indeed ready to learn content from Grade 1

Students should have the relevant books for Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 Course

Basics of Guitar and Guitar Terminology
  • Frets
  • Strings
  • Tabs
  • Positioning the guitar
Learning Power Chords and Applying Power Chords to Song
  • Power Chord theory
  • Power Chord structure on E and A strings
Basic 6-String Chords
  • E minor, G, D, A minor Chords
  • How to apply these chords to songs
  • Practicing these chords through song
Advanced staff notation reading lessons
  • Advanced staff notation reading lessons
Introduction to the A minor scale
  • Introduction to the A minor scale
Introduction to Chord Theory
  • Introduction to Chord Theory
Introduction to Harmony
  • Introduction to Harmony
Learning to harmonize melodies
  • Learning to harmonize melodies
Learning to play more advanced melodies
  • Learning to play more advanced melodies

1: Students would have learned a minimum of 3 songs (through all courses of Grade 1) required for the Trinity College London - Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 Exam.

2: Students would have learnt the technical work (scales,exercises & arpeggios) for the examination

3: Understanding grade specific theory