Scholarship Piece Help!

[applerocks]

Hey Guys,

I'm applying for a scholarship for the Guitar Institute in London to stary this coming October. In order to apply for the scholarship you need to "submit a solo performance of apporximately 3 mins (5 mins max) covering a range of styles and showing an ability to improvise.

Here's the problem, I've got no idea what to choose. I was wondering if perhaps the guys on this board could lend me a hand maybe help me out in choosing something suitable? I want play the best piece possible but I don't know what they want, do you think they mean stlyes as in rock, funk, jazz etc or playing styles?

Sorry for the confused post. I'm stressing a bit atm.

Anyway any ideas on the piece? Maybe if you can help me out in choosing one I can post recordings on it and you can help me critique it, so I can improve.

[Marcus]

Originally Posted by applerocks

Hey Guys,

I'm applying for a scholarship for the Guitar Institute in London to stary this coming October. In order to apply for the scholarship you need to "submit a solo performance of apporximately 3 mins (5 mins max) covering a range of styles and showing an ability to improvise.

Here's the problem, I've got no idea what to choose. I was wondering if perhaps the guys on this board could lend me a hand maybe help me out in choosing something suitable? I want play the best piece possible but I don't know what they want, do you think they mean stlyes as in rock, funk, jazz etc or playing styles?

Sorry for the confused post. I'm stressing a bit atm.

Anyway any ideas on the piece? Maybe if you can help me out in choosing one I can post recordings on it and you can help me critique it, so I can improve.

Wrong forum, but eh

I would probably look for a lead sheet of tune I knew really, really, really well. A tune that there really could be no conceivable way I'd mess up on. Other than that, I'd assume it's not necessarily the choice of song they're going to be analyzing, but the techniques and style you employ on the tune you chose.

If I had to audition tomorrow (I think I have to in a few months actually ) I'd probably bring Chick Corea's "Spain" so I could run the head, and unison and solo over the form. It's something I'm familiar with that makes me sound "good" and it's a very distinct tune.

[applerocks]

Thanks for the quick response!

This is something I had considered, perhaps getting a lead sheet for a Jazz piece and playing the melody once round, a supporting bass line the next and then the solo, going back in to the lead line.

What do you think?

[Marcus]

Originally Posted by applerocks

Thanks for the quick response!

This is something I had considered, perhaps getting a lead sheet for a Jazz piece and playing the melody once round, a supporting bass line the next and then the solo, going back in to the lead line.

What do you think?

Sounds good man, I wish you the best of luck. Try not to feel overwhelmed though, as hard as that may seem

I felt the same way for all of my Berklee auditions

[applerocks]

haha.

I'd love to go there man but it's just not feasable for me to goto the US I missed out on music at high school so I'm going to this college for a year and then hopefully going on to a conservatoire called Trinity in England.

Thanks for the advice!