Your enrollment in this class implies a commitment to more serious work on the guitar and an interest in achieving advanced abilities as an instrumentalist and musician. Working from the strong foundation of previous courses, you will refine the skills you already have, including rest stroke scales, free stroke arpeggios, slurs, and coordination exercises. You will also develop new techniques, such as tone production, pizzicato, rasgueado, artificial harmonics, glissandos, complex chord shapes, and scale position shifts. As part of this course, you are encouraged to audition for the All State Festival. As the repertoire in this course changes each year, you may repeat this course through 12th grade. You may also audition for Advanced Guitar Orchestra or The Advanced Guitar Soloist during the second semester of Guitar Orchestra. You will perform in at least three concerts.