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The programme

Four years, term by term.

From your very first chord to the level to lead at a university music school: sixteen terms, two grades a year, an exam in the app at every grade.

4 yearssixteen terms
Grades 1–8two a year
12 keyschords, scales, modes, arpeggios
96 lessonssix a term
Year 1

Grades 1 and 2

  1. Term 1

    First steps

    The lessons (6)
    1. Meeting the guitar
    2. Your first chords
    3. Strumming patterns
    4. Changing chords
    5. Your first songs
    6. Reading tab and rhythm
  2. Term 2Grade exam 1

    Chords and rhythm

    The lessons (6)
    1. Minor chords
    2. Seventh chords
    3. Major sevenths and minor sevenths
    4. Sus and add chords
    5. Power chords
    6. Barre chords
  3. Term 3

    Scales and solos

    The lessons (6)
    1. Minor pentatonic
    2. Major pentatonic
    3. The blues scale
    4. Bends and vibrato
    5. Hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides
    6. Your first licks
  4. Term 4Grade exam 2

    First styles

    The lessons (6)
    1. Pop rhythm guitar
    2. Twelve-bar blues
    3. Sega — the Mauritian six-eight
    4. Bollywood on guitar
    5. Fingerpicking
    6. Rock riffs
Year 2

Grades 3 and 4

  1. Term 5

    Harmony on the neck

    The lessons (6)
    1. The CAGED system
    2. Triads on the top strings
    3. Chord inversions
    4. Extended chords
    5. The chords in a key
    6. Capo and transposing
  2. Term 6Grade exam 3

    Playing solos

    The lessons (6)
    1. The five pentatonic positions
    2. Major scale positions
    3. Modes that matter
    4. Arpeggios
    5. Sequences and speed
    6. Phrasing
  3. Term 7

    Styles in depth

    The lessons (6)
    1. Blues in depth
    2. Sega and seggae
    3. Bollywood in depth
    4. Funk rhythm guitar
    5. Jazz: the language
    6. Country and folk
  4. Term 8Grade exam 4

    Repertoire and stage

    The lessons (6)
    1. Arranging a song
    2. Improvising over changes
    3. Playing with other people
    4. Practising properly
    5. Recording yourself
    6. Building a set
Year 3

Grades 5 and 6

  1. Term 9

    Advanced technique

    The lessons (6)
    1. Economy picking
    2. Legato
    3. Tapping
    4. String skipping
    5. Sweep picking
    6. Hybrid picking
  2. Term 10Grade exam 5

    Advanced harmony

    The lessons (6)
    1. Extended chords
    2. Drop-2 voicings
    3. Major and minor ii – V – I
    4. Substitutions
    5. Borrowed chords
    6. Voice leading
  3. Term 11

    Advanced styles

    The lessons (6)
    1. Funk
    2. Jazz
    3. Rock and metal
    4. Latin
    5. Reggae and Afrobeat
    6. Gospel and neo-soul
  4. Term 12Grade exam 6

    Acoustic and fingerstyle

    The lessons (6)
    1. Travis picking with a melody
    2. DADGAD
    3. Open D and slide
    4. Chord melody
    5. A classical study
    6. Percussive fingerstyle
Year 4

Grades 7 and 8

  1. Term 13

    Improvisation

    The lessons (6)
    1. Motifs
    2. Target notes
    3. Superimposition
    4. Outside and back
    5. Space and rhythm
    6. A solo over changes
  2. Term 14Grade exam 7

    Composition and arranging

    The lessons (6)
    1. Progressions with colour
    2. Writing melodies
    3. Reharmonising
    4. Arranging sections
    5. Parts for two guitars
    6. Form and key change
  3. Term 15

    Studio and stage

    The lessons (6)
    1. Tone in the hands and on the neck
    2. Recording: rhythm and double
    3. Recording: the lead
    4. Starting and ending together
    5. Never stop
    6. Lift the last chorus
  4. Term 16Grade exam 8

    Final project

    The lessons (6)
    1. Plan: the intro
    2. Compose: verse and chorus
    3. Arrange: rhythm and bridge
    4. Record: the solo
    5. Perform: the last chorus and ending
    6. Review: the whole song
The programme

At the end of the four years

All 12 keys

Chords, scales, modes and arpeggios in every key, round the circle of fifths.

Rhythm

Hold the tempo, change chords without breaking the beat, read and play a rhythm at sight.

Ear and reading

Recognise what you hear, read tab and the staff, play at sight.

Your own music

Improvise, arrange, compose, and play on stage or in the studio.

The keys of each exam

On exam day the app draws one key from the grade’s keys. From grade 6, it is all twelve.

  1. Grade 12 keys
  2. Grade 24 keys
  3. Grade 36 keys
  4. Grade 48 keys
  5. Grade 510 keys
  6. Grade 612 keys
  7. Grade 712 keys
  8. Grade 812 keys

The five parts of the exam

Every exam follows the books’ plan. You need at least 40% in each part.

  • Technique30 %
  • Study25 %
  • Reading15 %
  • Ear15 %
  • Theory15 %
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