Which Guitar Exam ? Which Guitar Exam ? There are lots of different exam boards these days. So how do you know which guitar exam board is best? Let me try and explain the exam boards I use for my students. Rockschool For many years I have used the Rockschool Syllabus. With Rockschool you buy a book to study from, and then for the exam. There are 2 ways to do the exam. One is known as a...
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Acoustic Guitar Exams Exams in acoustic guitar are now available through video upload with The Registry Of Guitar Tutors. This takes the stress out of the exam room situation which can be very nerve racking for many people. Pictured here is Nadia Rogers aged 10 who scored 85% on her Grade one exam passing with Distinction. Nadia also passed he Initial grade earlier this year with...
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Exam Pass for 74 Year Old Margaret Fantastic exam pass for Margaret my oldest student at 74 years old. Margaret contacted me around 18 months ago. After been disappointed in her progress with her guitar playing, with another guitar tutor. On her first lesson I took a look at what she had been learning. And we decided on what route we were going to take to improve Margaret’s playing. We...
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Rockschool Grade 7 Distinction For Jordan Jordan Parton started guitar lessons with me in 2009 in 2010 he did his debut exam and passed with Distinction. When he first came to me for lessons. He told me he wanted to play guitar because he had seen video’s of AC/DC. Since starting to learn guitar with me Jordan has taken all of his grades up to grade 7. He has always worked hard on his...
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Acoustic Guitar Exams Acoustic Guitar Exams are now available. You can either do the full grade where you go to an exam centre, or a performance exam that can be a video upload to RGT. There has been over the last year or so more students are wanting to take up acoustic guitar. I think this could be down to a certain person called Ed Sheeran. I have always taught acoustic and...
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Highest Score At Rockschool Debut Exam Here is William Foggin. He has just past his debut guitar exam with distinction, and has the highest marks of any of my students ever at this level. William passed his exam with a massive 98%. So congratulations to William. He is 12 years old and he has been having lessons for around 18 months. After learning to read music he decided he wanted to take his...
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