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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Initial Examinations

Selected guitar pieces from the Trinity Guildhall Guitar Syllabus 2010-2015.

Trad - The Drunken Sailor
Trad - Frere Jacques
J.S.Bach - Minuet (from the Anna Magdalena Notebook)
MacDowell - To a Wild Rose
Ryan - Cat Burglar
Fentimen - Cactus Sunset
Montgomery - Minor Mood
Powlesland - Get up Get Down
Soliory - King of the Jungle
Technical Suite (Exercises)

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 1 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces from the Grade 1 Trinity Guildhall Guitar Syllabus 2010-2015:

Carulli - Vals
Grieg arr. Baulch - In the Hall of the Mountain King
Montoaya arr. Thorlaksson - El conde olinos (A Spanish Folk Song)
Gagnon - Marrakech
Soliory - The Moon's a Balloon
Ryan - Day of the Match
Ryan - Habanera Era
Preiss - Olinda (Frevo)
Cracknell - Ole Jose
Technical Suite (Exercises)

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 2 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces from the Grade 2 Trinity Guildhall Guitar Syllabus 2010-2015:

de Visee - Minuet
Giuliani - Allegra op 50 no 1
Ponce - Preludio (no 1 from Seis preludios cortos)
Trad. arr Baulch - Mango Walk
Calatuyud Cerda - Vals (no 1 from Cuatro piezas faciles para guitarra)
Benham - Cubana
Rak - Spanish Dance
Soliory - Magnetic South
Powlesland - Sprite Nite
Technical Suite (Exercises)

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 3 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces from the Grade 3 Trinity Guildhall Guitar Syllabus 2010-2015:

de Murcia - Menuet
Carcassi - Menuet op 21 no 12
Mertz - Landler op 9 no 4
Trad. - Sakura
Hartog - Carratera Resbaladiza
Carlson _Valse Noble
York - Walking
Ryan - Banjo Bill
Soliory - Station to Station

Technical Suite (Exercises)

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 5 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces & exercises for the Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Grade 5 Syllabus:

Sor - Galopp
Cutting - Galliard
Mertz - Notturno op 4 no 1
Lauro - El Negrito (no 1 from Two Venezuelan Waltzes)
Lindsey-Clark - Rio by Night
Powlesland - Swing Thing
Ryan - Birds flew over the Spire
Oser - Soledad
Baulch - Bonza's Blues

Technical Suite (Scales, Arpeggios & Exercises)

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 4 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces from the Trinity Guildhall Guitar Syllabus 2010-2015:

dal Liuto - Pavana
J.S.Bach - Bourree
Giuliani - Bagatella op. 73 no. 3
Carcassi - Pastoral op.21 no.16
Ferrer - Ejercicio (no 2 from Coleccion 12a de Ejercicios)
Hartog -Nostalgia
Lindsey-Clark - Steely Blue
York - Garden Steps
Pujol - Buen augurio
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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 6 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces & exercises for the Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Grade 8 Syllabus:

Group A
Cutting - Almayne
Sanz - Canarios
J.S. Bach - Gavotte II (from Lute Suite BWV 995)
Diabelli - Allegro (from Sonata for Guitar in C, op 2 no 1)
Ferrer - Nostalgia

Group B
Catalan Folk Song arr Llobet - Canco del Iladre (from Diez Caniones Populares Catalanas)
Montoya arr Thorlaksson - El roble
Ponce - Balletto
Ellington - Don't Get Round Much Anymore

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 7 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces & exercises for the Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Grade 7 Syllabus:

Group A
Holborne - Fantasia
J.S.Bach - Allemande (from Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996)
Sor - Etude op 6 no 9
Rogers/Hart arr. Almeida - Blue Moon

Group B
Moreno-Torroba - Fandanguillo (no 1 from Suite Castellana)
Crespo - Nortena
Reis - Se ela perguntar (Waltz)
Pujol - Preludio triston (no 2 of Cinco preludios)
Soliory - Le quartier latin (from Le tango parisienne)

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Pieces & Exercises for Grade 8 Examinations

Selected guitar pieces & exercises for the Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Grade 8 Syllabus:

Group A
Dowland arr Baulch - The Right Honourable the Lady Clifton's Spirit
J.S.Bach - Prelude (from Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996)
Weiss - Fantasie
Sor - Rondo op 22
Mertz - Polacca op 5 no 3

Group B
de Falla - Danza del Corregidor
Piazolla arr Bentiez - Milonga del Angel
Moreno-Torroba - Sonatina
Ruiz-Pipo - Danza (no 1 of Ses canciones y danzas)

Technical Suite (Scales, Arpeggios and Exercises)

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Trinity Guildhall Guitar Scales and Exercises from 2007 Initial - Grade 8

Trinity Guildhall Guitar Scales & Exercises from 2007 Initial - Grade 8

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Trinity Guildhall 2010-2015 Guitar Duets for Initial-Grade 3 Examinations

Guitar duets from the Trinity Guildhall Guitar Syllabus 2010-2015

Initial
Rosseter - What then is love
Vivaldi - Winter
Mozart - Allegro
Soliory - Si la noche haze escura
Compton - Majorca
Powlesland - Dreamcatcher

Grade 1
Lully - Menuet
Trad - Mateixas d'es Figueral
Trad - Mareta, Mareta
Tchaikovsky - Old French Song op 39 no 16
Winfield - Hayride
Montgomery - El Caballo

Grade 2
Haydn - Tedesca
Carulli - Lezione
Trad - Acordai Doncela
Preiss - Cancion de Cuna

Grade 3
Mozart - Rondo
Sor - Valse op 44 no 1
Machado - Marchinha de Carnaval
Soliory - Danza Andaluza

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Trinity Guidlhall Guitar Examinations 2010-2015 CD - Initial - Grade 5

Recordings of all examination pieces and exercises for hed in Trinity Guildhall Examinations 2010- 2015 for Initial- Grade 5 exams including Guitar Duets.
Performed by Carlos Bonell with Abigail James

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Trinity Guidlhall Guitar Examinations 2010-2015 CD - Grades 6-8

Recordings of all examination pieces and exercises for hed in Trinity Guildhall Examinations 2010- 2015 for Grades 6-8.
Performed by Carlos Bonell with Abigail James

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Sound at Sight: Initial - Grade 3

Sight Reading Pieces for Guitar from Initial to Grade 3. This book offers a wealth of approachable and attractive sight reading pieces which are carefully graded to match Trinity's requirements: invaluable practice material for guitarists and vital preparation for Trinity examinations.

Publisher: Trinity College of Music
Grades: Initial-3
No of Pages: 15

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Sound at Sight Grades 4-8

Publisher: Trinity College of Music
Grades: 4-8
No of Pages: 24

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Specimen Sight-Reading Tests for Grades 1-8

A valuable resource to help the student to prepare for exams. Sight-reading tests for each grade.

Publisher: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Grades: 1-8
No of Pages: 15

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Scales and Arpeggios for Guitar - Grades 1 - 5

The practice of scales and arpeggios plays an important part in the development of both technique and musicianship.
Contains scales and arpeggios required for grades 1 - 5 of the Associated Board

Publisher: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Grades: 1 - 5
No of Pages: 19

EX103

Scales for Guitarists

Scales, arpeggios and cadences for grades 5 to 8

Publisher: Guildhall Examinations
Grades: 5-8
No of Pages: 28

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Scales and Arpeggios for Guitar - Grades 6 - 8

The practice of scales and arpeggios plays an important part in the development of both technique and musicianship.
Contains scales and arpeggios required for grades 6 - 8 of the Associated Board

Publisher: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

Grades: 6 - 8

No of Pages: 23

EX102

Guitar Prep Test

The Guitar Prep Test is for guitarists taking the preparatory test of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and has been specifically designed for guitarists who have been learning for a few terms. Built into it are all the sorts of skills they will be developing at this stage, such as a sense of pitch and rhythm, controlled and even playing, accuracy and quality of tone.
This book contains specially-commissioned tunes and pieces, as well as everything else that the player will need to take the test. There are also entertaining illustrations and a Fun Page - So practicing for the big day will always be enjoyable.

Grade: Preliminary
Publisher: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
No of Pages: 12

EX101

Musicianship Skills for Guitarists

Graded sight-reading and initiative tests for Guildhall guitar exams grades 5 to 8

Publisher: Guildhall Examinations
Grades: 5-8
No of Pages: 20

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Everything Else You Need to Know

Scales, graded sight-reading and initiative tests for Guildhall graded examinations preliminary to 4

Publisher: Guildhall Examinations
Grades: Preliminary-4
No of Pages: 31

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Take Five and Pass First Time

By Christopher Dunn.
Every thing you need to know to pass grade five theory of music.
TAKE FIVE takes a fresh approach to the teaching and learning of music theory. It is full of innovative methods, devices and tips to help the student learn and remember the rules and formulae of theory.
It is the essential independent manual for students preparing to take Grade 5 Theory of Music examination of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Publisher: Marlborough House
Grade: 5 (Theory)
No of pages: 48

M102

Guitar Repertoire - Book 1

Graded Repertoire: Preliminary and Grade 1 from Guildhall School of Music. 14 preliminary and 18 grade 1 pieces. 15 of the pieces have second guitar accompaniments. Composers include Vivaldi, Giuliani, Beethoven, Powlesland, Lawrence, Pope, Bach, Nockalls, Scarlatti, Handel, Offenbach, Haydn, Saint-Saens

Publisher: Guildhall Examinations
Grades: Preliminary-1
No of Pages: 35

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Guitar Repertoire - Book 2

Graded Repertoire: Grade 2-3 from Guildhall School of Music. 17 grade 2 and 18 grade 3 pieces. 7 of the pieces have a second guitar accompaniment. Composers include Campion, Giuliani, Bach, Haydn, Dowland, Clarke, de Saint Luc, Mozart, Grieg, MacDowell, O'Carolan, Sor

Publisher: Guildhall Examinations
Grades: 2-3
No of Pages: 43

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Guitar Plus - Book 1

More Graded Repertoire: Preliminary and Grade 1 from Guildhall School of Music. 9 preliminary and 14 grade 1 pieces. 9 of the pieces have a second guitar accompaniment. Composers include Purcell, Sollory, Powlesland, Compton, Lully, Duncombe, Praetorius, Schuman, Shostakovich, Anderson

Publisher: Guildhall Examinations
Grades: Preliminary-1
No of Pages: 24

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Guitar Plus - Book 2

More Graded Repertoire: Grades 2 and 3 from Guildhall School of Music. 18 grade 2 and 13 grade 3 pieces. 12 of the pieces have a second guitar accompaniment. Composers include Couperin, Bach, Haydn, Clarke, de Visee, Dowland, Kabalevshy, Goss, Ferrer, Carcassi, Cracknell, CPE Bach, Johnson, Rak, Koshkin

Publisher: Guildhall Examinations
Grades: 2-3
No of Pages: 39

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Technical Development for Guitarists

By Charles Ramirez, Professor of Guitar at the Royal College of Music.

Guitarists are taken step-by-step through a range of useful patterns, exercises and techniques on the road to technical mastery. Although devised for use in grade examinations the book can be used creatively as part of regular practice.

Publisher: Trinity College of Music
Grades: 8
No of Pages: 29

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The Mandeville Series - Guitar Book 1

Graded pieces selected and edited by William Grandison, Pieces are:

Grade 1: Anon - What if a day or a moneth or a year, Trezza, Carulli - Waltz, Giuliani - Allegro

Grade 2: Dowland - The sick tune, Aguado - Two Waltzes, Sor - Waltz

Grade 3: Anon - Allemand, Aguado - Waltz, Coste - Barcarole, Giuliani - Allegretto, Sor - Andante

Grade 4: Losy - Aria, Sarabande, Gigue, Anon - Packington's Pound, Diabelli - Minuet, Tarrega - Lagrima

Grade 5: Bach - Prelude in D minor, De Visee - Allemande, Legnani - Caprice, Aguado - Etude in G major

Publisher: Trinity College of Music

Grades: 1-5

No of Pages: 18

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The Mandeville Series - Guitar Book 2

Graded pieces selected and edited by William Grandison, Pieces are:

Grade 1: Twigg - The Hugh Christie Pieces

Grade 2: Dowland - Willson's Wilde, De Visee - Menuet, Carcassi - Allegretto, Carulli - Andantino, Diabelli - Tranquillo

Grade 3: Dowland - Mr Dowland's Midnight, De Visee - Prelude, Mertz - Adagio, Sor - Andante, Coste - Andantino

Grade 4: De Valderranbano - Soneto, Anon - Kemp's Jig, Sanz - Espanoleta, Molino - Prelude in D minor, Aguado - Lesson No 8, Sor - Study No 6, Carcassi - Caprice No 3

Grade 5: Johnson - Alman, Anon - Go from my window, Giuliani - Capriccio

Publisher: Trinity College of Music

Grades: 1-5

No of Pages: 24

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