Rock Guitar

About LCME Rock Guitar Exams

There are eight LCME Rock Guitar grades, plus two introductory levels.

The Graded exams consist of a performance, an improvisation and an aural assessment.

We also provide alternatives to our standard examination format designed to offer something different for our diverse range of candidates:

  • Recital Grade – an entirely performance-based live exam
  • Filmed Performance Award – a performance-based assessment by video submission

Resources

LCME Rock Guitar syllabus

Changes to the 2019 syllabus

This syllabus replaces the Rock Guitar 2011 Syllabus 2011, Rock Guitar Exam Information Booklet, and Rock Guitar Performance Awards Combined Syllabus and Information Booklet. These are now combined into one syllabus. Major changes to the syllabus are as follows:

  • The levels Initial and Preliminary have been renamed Step 1 and Step 2
  • Live Performance Awards have been renamed Recital Grades

Redesigned handbooks are available for all levels; the content is unchanged, and candidates with copies of the existing handbooks can still use these for the exams.

Resources

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What’s in the exam

Pre-Grade 1

Exam content

Step 1:

  • Performance

Step 2:

  • Performance
  • Aural assessment
Grades

Exam content

  • Performance
  • Improvisation
  • Aural assessment
Performance Awards

Exam content

  • Performance pieces
Recital Grades

Exam content

  • Performance pieces