<p>I have already submitted some pieces I recorded on guitar to various colleges, but I'm not sure if they will fall in the category of music the schools want to evaluate.</p>
<p>The first one I submitted was on electric guitar, Caprici Di Diablo by Yngwie Malmsteen, and the second one was the classical guitar solo in The Blinding Light Show by Triumph.</p>
<p>College</a> Guitar Supplement - YouTube</p>
<p>Do you guys think that they will hear electric guitar and toss it? Or do you think they will actually take the time to evaluate them, even though the pieces aren't classical etudes and such?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m afraid I don’t actually understand your question.</p>
<p>A music supplement is just that, supplemental information a college may or may not use to evaluate your general candidacy as a selected student in any given field.</p>
<p>For MUSIC SCHOOLS, it’s an entirely different matter, and they don’t typically use music supplements. Normally, in a suitable performance program, you might submit a prescreen to be selected for audition, or sometimes with popular music majors, perhaps a portfolio.</p>
<p>Those are always specific submissions, not what the common app calls a supplement.</p>
<p>So, what are you asking?</p>
<p>Are you applying to general programs and wondering if your supplement will help?</p>
<p>Or are you applying to music schoolsl/programs at universities. In the case of the latter, you should of course only be submitting samples as requested, eg. prescreen or portfolio, and if the program is contemporary/popular music or even jazz, would be valid submissions.</p>
<p>Sorry if I didn’t clarify enough, but yes, I am applying to a general program (engineering major actually haha). I was just wondering if the supplement would help my chances at all, despite the fact that it isn’t traditional music like Bach and such. Thanks!</p>
<p>It really depends on the school, but first of all, if you are applying for engineering, it’s only “iffy” on whether they will listen to it, regardless of style. Apart from that, if you were applying as a music student, most schools require specific pieces. A few, like Berklee, will allow much more flexibility in choice. In other words, if you were a music major, your pieces would be evaluated. Period. The type doesn’t matter for the listening. BUT, most would no doubt prefer classical or jazz. A few are more flexible. All of them should always at least listen.
As you are an engineering major, I don’t know whether they will even listen. But if they do, they are probably not as likely to be picky about your music choices because they won’t be impacted by them. That is to say, if you won’t be a student of the music dept, they won’t have to put up with ya! lol They would in this case be listening purely as a matter of seeing your character, your style, your versatility as a student — in other words, that you are an engineer who likes to play Yngwie!</p>