Syllabus for guitar students

by George
(Richboro, PA, USA)

It would be useful to have a kind of graded syllabus or road map for learning guitar and music.

There are so many aspects of technique, theory, ear training etc. that it is hard to have solid, step-by-step goals that build skill in a rational way (and some teachers do not really provide that).

Such a plan could, for instance, categorize player ability by many levels or steps. Each step could have a goal of skills mastered or improved, theory understood and applied and a body of referenced music that players of that level can perform to demonstrate their achievement at that level.

Reference books (or sections of specific books) and music could be identified as applicable to a certain level. Could there be such a resource?

Hi George,

There are many grade books available that are quite good.Here in Australia we have the Australian Musical Examination Books (AMEB) and in the U.K. the Trinity Books for guitar are available.

I'm not sure of the equivalent books in the U.S. Maybe one of my site visitors will know.

Have you tried looking on the Sheet Music Plus site? There's some great books available.

Also, you'll find some good results if you do a google search using the term "graded classical guitar books" (without the quotation marks.

Keep an eye out on my site this year because I've been working on a product that goes close to what you've just asked. I've got a bit more work on it though to get it right.

Trevor M.