Successful performance of the guitar audition requirements will place you in the MUS 161 level of applied guitar lessons (private study on guitar). However, you may choose to perform any pieces/scales that best reflect your current musical ability and will be placed in the appropriate level of applied study.
Technique Requirements
Perform a total of three scales using (free stroke) or (rest stroke) from the scale options below:
Major Scales
- One three octave Major scale starting on the 6th string.
- One two octave Major scale starting on the 5th string.
Minor Scales
- One three octave melodic minor scale starting on the 6th string.
- One two octave melodic minor scale starting on the 5th string.
- One two octave harmonic minor scale starting on the 5th string.
Repertoire Requirements
Perform a total of two pieces. Choose your selections from two different repertoire collections below:
- Level Three, The Royal Conservatory Repertoire for Classical Guitar
- 13 Moments for solo guitar by Jonathan Marshall (Published by Guitar Chamber Music Press)
- Twenty Leo Brouwer Etudes Simples estudios sencillos for Guitar
- Eight Discernments for Classical Guitar by Andrew York
- Twenty Studies for Classical Guitar by Fernando Sor
- Twenty-Five Studies for the Classical Guitar by Matteo Carcassi