IPFW SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Department of Music
Four-Year Guitar Concentration Syllabus
Each semester the student will be responsible for scale, arpeggio, tremolo and slur exercises directed by the instructor
Velocity requirements for all four years of study are:
First Year
quarter note = 60 (playing 16th note subdivisions)
quarter note = 80 (playing triplets)
Second Year
quarter note = 80 (playing 16th note subdivisions)
quarter note = 104 (playing triplets)
Third Year
quarter note = 96 (playing 16th note subdivisions)
quarter note = 126 (playing triplets)
Fourth Year
quarter note = 108 (playing 16th note subdivisions)
quarter note = 144 (playing triplets)
Velocity requirements for all four years of study are:
First Year - quarter note = 60 (playing 16th note subdivisions)
Second Year - quarter note = 80 (playing 16th note subdivisions)
Third Year - quarter note = 96 (playing 16th note subdivisions)
Fourth Year - quarter note = 126 + (playing 16th note subdivisions)
Materials for Technical requirements:
Open all open position scales (major and harmonic minor)
Segovia’s major and melodic minor movable scales (all positions)
Tarrega, F. Scale Studies
Shearer’s Slur, Ornament, and Reach Development Exercises.
Selected arpeggios and tremolo studies by Carcassi, Carulli, and Giuliani.
The basic repertory of the guitar concentration should acquaint the student with works form all the major historical periods and with styles particularly important to the guitar. The concentration should minimally learn:
Works are to be selected from each of the three groups semester:
FIRST YEAR
In the first year the student is expected to advance to a level of proficiency at which pieces can be performed with the following characteristics:
16th – 18th Centuries
Besard, Jean Baptiste. Selection of Pieces for Lte. Vol. 1. “Preludio,” Caillarde,”
“Branle,” and “Branle Gays.”
Brayssing, Gregor. Quart Livre de Guitar 6 “Fantasies”
Kraft, Norbert. Guitar Series Ed. Vol. 3 – Selections from A list
Le Roy, Adrian. Permier Livre de Guiterre. 2 “Fantasies”
Mills, John. Music from the Student Repertoire. Vol. 2
Noad, Frederick. The Baroque Guitar- Selected works
Noad, Frederick. The Renaissance Guitar- Selected works
Noad, Frederick. Solo Guitar Playing Vol. 1 Six Piece from the Italian Renaissance
Rooley, Anthony. 6 Anonymous Lute Solos
Tonazzi, Bruno. Arias and Dances of the Renaissance, Vol. 2
Milan, Luis. Pavanas
19th and 20th Centuries
Kraft, Norbert. Guitar Series. Vol. 3 Selections from List B
Noad, Frederick. The Classical Guitar. Select Pieces
Paganini, Niccolo. Complete Works for Solo Gutiar. Vol. 1
Poulenc, Francis. Sarabande
Quine, Hector. Easy Modern Guitar Music. 2 Volumes
Smith-Brindle, Reginald. Guitarcosmos. Vol. 1. Ten Simple Preludes.
Tansman, Alexandre. Douze Pieces Faciles pour Guitar. 2 Vols.
Trinity College Londan. Examiation Pieces. Vol. 5
Brouser, Leo. Etudes Simples. Nos 1 – 10
Kraft, Norbert Guitar Series. Vol. 3
Noad, Frederick 100 Graded Classical Guitar Studies.
In the second year the student is expected to advance to a level of proficiency at which pieces can be performed with the following characteristics:
16th – 18th centuries
Bach, J.S. The Solo Lute Works of J.S. Bach Ed. Frank Koonce. Selected movements.
Besard, Jean Baptiste. Selection of Pieces. Vol. 1
Chiesa, Ruggero. Antologia di msica antica. 2 Vols.
De Visee, Robert. Livre de guitarre. Suite in Dm.
Noad, Frederick. The Baroque Guitar- Selected works
Noad, Frederick. The Renaissance Guitar- Selected works
Noad, Frederick. Solo Guitar Playing Vol. 2 – Selected works
Trinity College Londan. Examiation Pieces. Vol. 6 – selected works
19th – 20th centuries
Lauro, Antonio. Selected Waltzes
Tarrega, F. Lagrima, Adelita
Llobet. Testament de Amelia
Giuliani, M. Andantino alla Siciliana, Divertimento Op. 40 No. 6, Allegro Spiritoso Op. 1 No. 10.
Sor, F. Variation on Lo Folia by de Fossa, Minuet Op. 11 No. , Complete Works for
Guitar. Divertimenti Opp. 1, 2, 8, 13. Petites pieces Opp. 5, 24, 32, 42, 44, 45;
Waltzes Opp. 17, 18, 51, 57; Bagatelles Op. 43.
Trinity College Londan. Examiation Pieces. Vol. 6
Brouwer, Leo. Etudes Simples Nos. 11 – 20
Noad, Frederick 100 Graded Classical Guitar Studies. Nos. 31-45
Smith-Brindle, Reginald. Guitarcosmos, Vols. 1 & 2. Selected Studies
At the end of the second year the student is required to take an Upper Divisional examination. The student must demonstrate in a performance before the faculty a second-year proficiency in appropriate repertory and technical accomplishment. All material must be up to tempo and otherwise show a complete command of technique and interpretation. One work is to be selected from each of the three repertory groups (subject to the instructor’s approval.) Contrasting tempos and textures are required. (see Student Handbook for further guidelines)
THIRD YEAR
In the second year the student is expected to advance to a level of proficiency at which pieces can be performed with the following characteristics:
16th – 18th centuries
Bach, J.S. Cello Suite No. 1, Lute Suite No. 3 BWV. 995
Corbetta, F. Suite in A minor
Scarlatti, D. Sonatas. (selected) Allegro.
Weiss, S.L. Sonata for Lute in E Minor. Fantasia.
DeVisse. Tombeau de Mouton
Corbetta Allemande
Dowland, J. Melancholy galliard, The King of Denmark’s Galliard, Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard, Lardy Hammonds’s Alman
19th – 20th Centuries
Brouwer, L. Berceuse, Danza Characticas
Giuliani, Mauro. Sonata in C Op. 15, Variations on a Theme of G. F. Handel. Op. 107
Lauro, A. Quartro Valses Venezolanos
Mertz, J.K. 6 Lander, Op. 9
Sor, F. Andante largo, Fantasy, Op. 7, Variations on La Folia, Op. 15
Ponce, M. Preludes 1-6
Tarrega, F. Doce composiciones
Villa-Lobos, H. Suite Populaire Brasilienne.
Noad, Frederick 100 Graded Classical Guitar Studies. No. 46-60
Villa-Lobos, H. Twelve Etudes
16th – 18th centuries
Bach, J.S. Prelude, BWV 999 and Fugue, BWV 100.
Handel, G.F. Sarabande and Variations
Weiss, L. Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy, Passacaglia
Scarlatti, D. Selected Sonatas
Da Milano, F. Fansatias
Cimerosa Three Sonatas
Dowland, J. Fantasies and Dances
Frescobaldi, G. Aria Con Variazioni
19th - 20th centuries
De Falla, Manuel. Homenaje le tombeau de Claude Debussy
Henze, H.W. Drei Tentos
Turina, Joaquin Hommage a Tarraga
Barrios, A. Vals Op. 8 No. 4
Llobet, M. Catalan Songs
Moreno-Torroba Suite Castellana
Albeniz, I. Asturian, Cadiz, Granada, Zamba Granadina
Giuliani, M. Grand Overture, Op. 61, Variations, Op. 107,
Ponce, M Tres Canciones Populares Mexicianas, Scherzino Mexicana, Vals
Noad, F. 100 Graded Classical Guitar Studies No. 61-75.
Villa-Lobos, H. Twelve Etudes.
SENIOR RECITAL
All guitar concentrations must present a solo recital of 25 minutes or more. Recital material is to be taken from the third and fourth years of study and must be approved by the instructor and a hearing committee. The recital program must be comprised of works from at least three contrasting historical periods. Studies are generally not acceptable. Miniatures, if any, should be combined into larger, musically unified groups; e.g. collections of dances, preludes, song settings, etc. (see Student Handbook for further guidelines)
* This syllabus is by no means a finite repertory list. It is intended to primarily serve as a model in determining appropriate material throughout the four-years of study. Students are encouraged to seek out others sources for repertory on their own. However, all chosen repertory must be approved by the instructor.