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Trinity College London Guitar Exams -- Grade 3 -
Posted on 02/06/2013
Trinity College London Guitar Exams -- Grade 3 -

Three pieces are to be played, chosen from the solo pieces or any duets for the grade, to form a balanced program. Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition . If a duet (or maximum two duets) are chosen, the accompaniment must be played in the exam.
The following solo pieces are contained in the book Guitar Grade 3 Pieces & Exercises 2010--2015 published by Trinity College London:

Pieces Pieces (3 x 22 marks)

de Murcia Menuet (from Resumen de acompañar la parte con la guitarra)
Carcassi Minuet op. 21 no. 12
Mertz Ländler op. 9 no. 4
Trad. Japanese arr. Sollory Sakura
Hartog Carratera resbaladiza
Carlson Valse noble (from Eight Short Pieces for Solo Guitar)
York Walking (from 8 Discernments)
Ryan Banjo Bill
Sollory Station to Station
The following duet pieces are contained in the book Guitar Duets Initial--Grade 3 2010--2015 published by Trinity College London:

Mozart arr. Preiss Rondo
Sor Valse op. 44 no. 1
Machado Marchinha de Carnaval
Sollory Danza Andaluza
The following alternative solo pieces are also available:

Brouwer Étude 1 (from Études simples 1e série) Eschig ME7997
Brouwer No. 1 (from Estudios Sencillos Volume 1) Eschig ME7997
Carulli Walzer op. 121/1 (from Guitar Collection (Famous Pieces from Carulli to Tárrega)) Schott ED9694
Cracknell Robin's Revel (from Enjoy Playing Guitar: Going Solo) Oxford 9780193386358
Hartog Cancion Del Limpiabotas (from i toca Guitarra!) Alsbach-Educa ALE10391
Hartog Cancion Cantabrico (from Tapas de España) Alsbach-Educa ALE10591
Lindsey-Clark Zincarlo (from Simply Spanish) Montague Music MM116
Nuttall Cool Blues (from First Performance Pieces) Countryside Music
Nuttall Gaelic Song 1 (from Twelve Inventions) Holley Music Holl S007
Piazzolla Artisane (from Play Piazzolla) Boosey 9790060119712
Powlesland Turn to Dust (from The Real Guitar Book vol. 1) Camden Music CM191
Pratesi Elegy (from Vincenzo Degni Short Melodies For Small Hands) Ricordi M041320533
le Roy Branle de Bourgogne (from Le petit livre de guitare vol. 2) Les Productions D'OZ DZ12
Sor Étude op. 60 no. 7 (from Complete Studies for Guitar) Chanterelle 491
Trad. arr. Sollory Luiyang River (from Songs from the East) Camden Music CM268
Trad. Scottish Charlie is my Darling arr. Fiorentino (from Celtic Music for Classical Guitar) Carisch ML2601
Tromp Dance of the Dragon (from String Fingers) XYZ Huizen Holland XYZ1211
de Valderrábano Soneto del primer grado (from Hispanae Citharae Ars Viva ed. Emilio Pujol Vilarrubí) Schott GA176
Whitworth arr. Helston Floral Dance (from Diversions) Holley Music Holl S006
Technical Work (14 marks)

Candidate to prepare in full either Section 1 or Section 2

Section 1

Scales: C major - two octaves -- m-a fingering straight rhythm -- Candidate's choice of apoyando or tirando -- mf
D natural minor - two octaves -- m-a fingering straight rhythm -- Candidate's choice of apoyando or tirando -- p
D harmonic minor - two octaves -- i-m fingering swing rhythm -- Candidate's choice of apoyando or tirando -- mf
D melodic minor -- two octaves -- i-m fingering swing rhythm -- Candidate's choice of apoyando or tirando -- p
Arpeggio: Diminished 7th starting on A - one octave -- tirando -- mf
Exercises: tirando mf - C major in broken 3rds - Half barré in A minor
Section 2 -- Technical Suite

Exercises:
Candidates to prepare all of the following exercises; only two will be heard in the exam

Jiggery Pokery (scales)
Thurdles (broken chords)
Au lait (half barré)
Passagio (arpeggios)