Lesson 45 of 46GuitarAdvanced

About Rockschool exams

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An overview of Rockschool's graded guitar exams - what they involve and why working towards one can sharpen your practice. More info at rslawards.com.

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46 lessons (3h 57m) · 1 free

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:33
- 02. Meet Charlie Griffiths
  1:23
- 03. Meet Rob Luft
  3:02
- 04. Meet Stuart Ryan
  1:52
- 05. Meet Marcus Bonfanti
  2:12
- 01. Mohair Mountain
  Free lesson
  3:02
- 02. Striped Shirt
  2:36
- 03. That Sounds Like Noise
  2:26
- 04. Blue Espresso
  2:39
- 05. Cranial Contraption
  2:48
- 06. Favela
  2:43
- 01. Mohair Mountain
  21:13
- 02. Striped Shirt
  11:31
- 03. That Sounds Like Noise
  11:27
- 04. Blue Espresso
  12:05
- 05. Cranial Contraption
  21:04
- 06. Favela
  9:26
- 01. Intro to technical exercises
  2:44
- 02. Rob Luft on how to practice exercises
  3:31
- 03. Group A: Scales
  1:10
- 04. Group B: Modes
  1:28
- 05. Group C: Arpeggios
  2:13
- 06. Group D: Chords
  1:42
- 01. Alternate picking
  3:08
- 02. Legato (hammer-ons & pull-offs)
  5:29
- 03. Barre chords
  6:15
- 04. Vibrato
  7:37
- 05. Advanced Legato
  5:45
- 06. Natural harmonics
  3:16
- 07. Pinched harmonics
  5:01
- 08. String bending
  8:59
- 09. Tapping
  6:39
- 01. Intro to Approaches to Improv
  1:00
- 02. Embelleshing a melody
  5:36
- 03. Challenge: Submit your melody
  0:26
- 04. 7th chords
  6:38
- 05. Composing your solo
  8:53
- 06. Further extensions and sus chords
  4:19
- 07. Comping in two different musical styles
  8:36
- 08. Mixing Rhythmic and Melodic comping
  4:24
- 09. Rhythmic improv & comping
  9:55
- 10. Advanced strumming and embellishments
  5:40
- 01. Sight reading tips
  1:51
- 01. Course outro
  0:32
- 02. About Rockschool exams
  You are here
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- 03. Preparing for your Rockschool exam
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Lesson transcript

Rock School Syllabus Overview

This course has been based around the Rock School syllabus. If you're unfamiliar with Rock School, they offer graded exams on everything that you've learned in this course.