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Theres hardly any theory content and minimal sight reading requirements. It might be fun, and it might be useful for performance, but it has very little in common with classical standard requirements.
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I completely failed the ear training section because at the time I had no interest so didn't practice it, and I didn't even attempt the sight reading section. Still got a merit cos I played all the pieces/scales etc perfectly.
That seems a bit backwards to me.
Surely if it was a serious qualification they would weight the 'musician' parts equally with the 'guitarist' parts?
Which is more important? Being able to play an instrumental piece called Metal Maria, or being able to use your ear to play along with others or work out pieces for yourself?
There was a bit of Am, Em, Gm and Dm, and nothing particularly complex. A bit pointless really.
I think as it was aimed more at rock/pop guitarists then sight reading is a lower priority than would be for classical guitarists.
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Apparently you had to do the five before you could sit anything higher.
I did the RGT up to grade 7, I thought it was okay. The chord reading was much more involved than the melody sight reading though, which is probably more applicable to most non classical guitarists. Also, there was a fair bit of improvisation required over chord changes where key centres changed, which was quite involved.
I mainly am doing them to gain more knoweldge in theory. For that it has been useful for me.