Crane School of Music | SUNY Potsdam

Classical Guitar Audition Information

The audition must be played on a nylon-string classical guitar. Good music reading skills are essential. You will be asked to sight read single-line melodies up through the fifth position. In addition to the sight-reading, students should prepare the following:

• - Two major or minor Segovia scales, three octaves, using rest strokes and free strokes
• - A work by Bach, Weiss or Scarlatti
• - An etude by Sor (selected from the Segovia edition)
• - A 20th-century work at the difficulty level of a Villa-Lobos prelude

Note: Works learned from tablature or by ear will not be accepted.

                                                                                                                                                      Updated on 04/01/2019