> 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.