Lesson 28 of 28PianoBeginner

About Rockschool & exams

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A look at the Rockschool exam path - what the graded exams cover, from pieces and scales to sight-reading and improvisation, and why you might take one.

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28 lessons (1h 26m) · 1 free

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:46
- 02. Meet Andrew Johnson
  2:28
- 03. Meet James Beckwith
  1:42
- 04. Meet Paddy Milner
  1:31
- 01. Fallin', Alicia Keys (Performance)
  1:02
- 02. Clocks, Coldplay (Performance)
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  0:56
- 03. Lean on Me, Bill Withers (Performance)
  1:38
- 04. Beat The Mersey, Joe Bennett (Performance)
  0:59
- 05. Cashville, Kit Morgan (Performance)
  1:08
- 06. Helicopter, James Uings (Performance)
  1:05
- 01. Fallin', Alicia Keys (Lesson)
  5:49
- 02. Clocks, Coldplay (Lesson)
  5:20
- 03. Lean on Me, Bill Withers (Lesson)
  12:05
- 04. Beat The Mersey, Joe Bennett (Lesson)
  4:40
- 05. Cashville, Kit Morgan (Lesson)
  4:03
- 06. Helicopter, James Uings (Lesson)
  7:57
- 01. Improvisation - what is it?
  3:21
- 02. Getting started with Blues improvisation
  1:53
- 03. The 12 bar Blues form
  1:06
- 04. Using the Blues scale
  2:20
- 05. Adding accompaniment
  1:14
- 01. Intro to scales, arpeggios and voicings - why they're useful
  2:49
- 02. Scales - Debut Grade
  5:24
- 03. Arpeggios / broken chords - Debut Grade
  0:57
- 04. Chord voicings - Debut Grade
  2:04
- 01. Sight reading with the "KAT TRAP" method
  9:04
- 01. Course outro
  0:49
- 02. About Rockschool & exams
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  0:55

Lesson transcript

Rock School Syllabus and Exam Overview

So this course has been based around the Rock School syllabus.

If you don't know, the Rock School syllabus offers exams on everything that you've just learned:

The pieces
The scales
The sight reading
All the stuff about improvisation

Pretty much everything we've covered is part of the Rock School syllabus.

Why Take an Exam?

If you're interested in taking that further, then why not do an exam?

The Rock School exams are a great way of shaping your mind to approach the music world in a different way.

The Music Focus

You know, this is the music of:

Rock
Pop
Jazz
Soul
Funk
Reggae

We're talking about all the cool music.

A Goal Worth Pursuing

What better way to really learn and refine your abilities than to take an exam on it? It's a great goal to work towards, so I highly recommend doing it.

If you haven't already, check out the links on the website where you can book an exam or get in touch.

Good luck!

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