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Rockschool Piano Grade 5

Name: Rockschool Piano Grade 5
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Duration2h 19m

Modules29

LevelIntermediate

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (2h 19m)

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:46
- 02. Meet Paddy Milner
  1:31
- 03. Meet Marina Haywood-Lieberman
  4:32
- 04. Meet Andrew Johnson
  2:28
- 05. Meet James Beckwith
  1:42
- 06. Meet Ross Stanley
  3:30
- 01. Life on Mars, David Bowie (Performance)
  3:45
- 02. Hold On I'm Comin', Sam & Dave (Performance)
  Free lesson
  2:10
- 03. Let It Go, Frozen (Performance)
  3:50
- 04. Geek, James Uings (Performance)
  2:32
- 05. Slam Dunk Funk, Kit Morgan (Performance)
  2:41
- 06. Smack Talk, Simon Troup (Performance)
  2:28
- 01. Life on Mars, David Bowie (Lesson)
  16:12
- 02. Hold On I'm Comin', Sam & Dave (Lesson)
  14:17
- 03. Let It Go, Frozen (Lesson)
  10:00
- 04. Geek, James Uings (Lesson)
  6:04
- 05. Slam Dunk Funk, Kit Morgan (Lesson)
  11:35
- 06. Smack Talk, Simon Troup (Lesson)
  12:15
- 01. Developing your improvisation
  1:46
- 02. Intermeidate Blues Form
  4:00
- 03. Using chord tones
  2:23
- 04. Mixing chord tones and the blues scale
  2:38
- 01. Intro to scales, arpeggios and voicings - why they're useful
  2:49
- 02. Scales - Grade 5
  5:24
- 03. Arpeggios - Grade 5
  4:10
- 04. Chord voicings - Grade 5
  1:55
- 01. Sight reading with the "KAT TRAP" method
  9:04
- 01. Course outro
  0:49
- 02. About Rockschool & exams
  0:55

About this course

Welcome to Rockschool Piano Grade 5: the Multi-Media Video Guide.

This innovative course challenges you to be the best pianist and musician you can be, whatever your level.

For this grade we have assembled a team of top pro pianists to give you unique demonstration performances and lessons on 6 pieces. You also get loads of in-depth pro insight into topics like piano technique, scales and arpeggios and how to improvise on contemporary chord progressions.

With the MusicGurus video player you can loop and slow-down all the performances and demonstrations, so this course will allow you to see exactly what's going on and work out the tricky parts.

Please note - the pieces contained in this Rockschool video course are from the 2017-19 exam syllabus. However they can still be performed as ‘free choice' pieces in RSL exams.

Who it's for

Intermediate pianists preparing for Grade 5 or equivalent
Returning players rebuilding technique with structured repertoire
Self-taught pianists wanting pro guidance on contemporary styles

What you'll learn

Perform six contemporary pieces with confident phrasing
Improvise over chord progressions and a blues form
Apply cleaner technique to scales and arpeggios

What you'll need

An acoustic piano or weighted keyboard
Working knowledge of earlier grade material
A few minutes most days at the keys

Published with

RSL Awards

RSL Awards (Rockschool) is a UK awarding body specialising in contemporary music, with graded syllabuses for guitar, drums and piano developed over decades. MusicGurus partners with Rockschool to provide video guides and practice sheet music for their grade books, taught by professional musicians - many of whom played on the original performances and backing tracks recorded at Abbey Road and Real World Studios.

View the Exam Board page