As you move into the upper levels of the Academy guitar program, exciting opportunities may be available to you for the first time, including participation in the Guitar Under the Stars concert and auditioning for the All-State Music Festival. We will continue to reinforce the essential basics of great guitar playing, including rest stroke scales, free stroke arpeggios, slurs, and coordination exercises. Because the music is of greater difficulty, we will focus on note-reading skills in higher positions and solving increasingly complex rhythms while improving ensemble skills. Most of the music we learn will be presented at our three concerts.