BASIC SKILL REQUIRMENTS |
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Level |
Guitar |
Piano |
All Other |
| Beginning | -transition open chord forms -be able to read guitar tablature -play simple solo lines
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-play right hand solos proficiently -make root position chords -know the notes of the piano |
-know how to name notes on your instrument -be able to play beginning level solos -produce a clean, strong sound |
| Intermediate | -transition open chords quickly -play bar chords -know pentatonic scale patterns in various keys -produce a clean tone with single notes as well as chords |
-keep a rhythm between both hands with chords and root notes -know major, minor & pentatonic scale patterns in various keys -know the notes of the piano
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-understand basic music terminology: octave, scale, solo, lead line...
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| Advanced | -can improvise well in any key -can play various shapes of the basic 3 seven chords, minor chords and major chords-understand basic chord theory -good sense of beginning music theory |
-can improvise well in any key -can provide "comping" to music provided with chords -good sense of beginning music theory |
-can improvise well in any key -good sense of intermediate music theory |