>> In fact, it's helping to establish the guitar - outside of the
>> classical sphere - by paying some limited lip service to those who see
>> the instrument as somehow not worthy of academic status when it comes
>> to integration into the exam system. I've seen GCSE Music and B Tech
>> courses achieve far more success for kids who used to have to struggle
>> to submit guitar solos. Now the examiners are far more open to the
>> rather less restrictive nature of the instrument as they now have a
>> score to relate the performance to. Previously it was a real struggle
>> to stop kids trying to submit aimless solos and chord sequences that
>> really didn't constitute a solo performance. Now the examiners seem
>> far more prepared to accept what is becoming a truer representation of
>> the instrument in terms of a slightly more structured format.

>It's a double-edged sword though, in that the more "pop" music and
>particularly rock guitar are integrated into mainstream education