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BASIC SKILL REQUIREMENTS
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Level
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Guitar
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Piano
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All Other
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| Beginning | •transition open chord forms •be able to read guitar tablature •play simple solo lines |
•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 |
•understand basic music terminology: octave, scale, solo, lead line… |
| 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 |