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SophomoreJuryRequirements

GuitarDepartment

TheSophomoreJuryincludesthreeareasofassessment:

Performance,Reading,andTechnical.

PointWeighting100Pointspossible

SectionIPerformance=50points

PartIRhythmGuitar=16points

PartIIImprovisation=24points

PartIIISoloPiece=10points

SectionIIReading=20points

PartIaPreparedReading/Chords=5points

PartIbPreparedReading/Lines=5points

PartIISightReading=10points

SectionIIITechnical=30points

PartIScales10points PartIIChords10points

PartIIIArpeggios10points

Revised10/10

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ToneClean

Alternate

Picking

Useopenchords

ToneClean

ToneCleanand

Round

FreddieGreen

FreeComp

ToneCrunch

Usealldownstrokes

Section I Performance

This section is designed to assess a students ability to apply the technical and

intellectual information learned in a performance setting (with pre-recorded rhythm

tracks for the rhythm guitar and improvisation and alone for the solo piece).

PartI RhythmGuitar 16ptspossible

Studentswillbegradedontime,accuracy,andstylisticinterpretation.

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ToneClean

ToneClean

Alternate

Picking

ToneClean

Fingerpicked

ToneClean

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Minor

PartIIImprovisation

Studentswillbegradedonthecorrectinterpretationofharmony.Major

Major(modalinterchange)

CompositeMinor

Dorian

Phrygian

Lydian

Mixolydian

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PartIII SoloPiece

Maybeclassical,chordmelodyorfingerstyle.Preapprovalbyprivateinstructorisrequired.

Studentswillbegradedoncommandvs.difficulty,accuracy,andmusicality.

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Section II Reading

This section is designed to assess a students ability to apply the learned readingskills in both a prepared and sight-reading setting.

PartI PreparedReading

Studentswillbegradedonnoteandrhythmaccuracy.Swing=100

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PartIIa SightReading Lines

ToprepareforthissectionitisrecommendedthatyoureviewthefollowingmaterialsfromSightReadingandRepertoireIIII:

MelodicRhythmsbyWilliamLeavitt AModernMethodforGuitarIIIIbyWilliamLeavitt ReadingStudiesforGuitarbyWilliamLeavitt RhythmsCompletebyBugsBower ReadingfortheContemporaryGuitaristbyDaleBruner 14EtudesbyBobMintzer

PartIIb SightReading Chords

Thissectionwillincludesightreadingarhythmchordchart. Studentswillbegradedonchordandrhythmaccuracy.

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SectionIIITechnicalThis section is designed to assess a students knowledge of the neck from a scalar,chordal, and arpeggio standpoint.

PartIScales

Be prepared to play all scale patterns on this page from memory. Tempo 8th notes @ 80 BPM minimum Technique and Articulation - Alternate Picking Tone Clean & Dry Patterns Testers Choice of two per category (major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic

minor) and one each, whole-tone and diminished. Start and end on the tonic.

Key Testers Choice

MajorScales

MinorScales

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HarmonicMinorScales

MelodicMinorScales

WholeTone WholeDiminished

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Imin(maj7)IImin7b5bIIImaj7#5IVmin7V7bVImaj7VII7Imin(maj7)

Imin(maj7)IImin7bIIImaj7#5IV7V7VImin7b5VIImin7b5Imin(maj7)

PartIIChords(inharmonizedscalecontext)

Be prepared to play all voicings on this page from memory. Tone Clean & Dry Key Testers Choice Chords 5th and/or 6th string roots Physical Range within 6 frets Voicings Use from diagrams below

MajorScale

NaturalMinorScale

HarmonicMinorScale

MelodicMinorScale

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Maj7Maj7Dom7Dom7Min7Min7

Min7b5Min7b5Min(maj7)Min(maj7)Maj7#5Maj7#5

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PartIIIArpeggios

Be prepared to play all arpeggios on this page from memory. Tempo Eighth notes, quarter note = 80 BPM Tone Clean & Dry Key Testers Choice Arpeggios In position (see diagrams below) ascending and descending beginning

and ending on each root

MajorImaj7II 7III 7IVmaj7V7VI 7VII 7b5

MinorI 7II 7b5bIIImaj7IV 7V 7bVImaj7bVII7

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HarmonicMinorI (maj7)II 7b5bIIImaj7#5IV 7V7bVImaj7VII7

MelodicMinorI (maj7)II 7bIIImaj7#5IV7V7VI 7b5VII 7b5