Lesson 29 of 29PianoBeginner

About Rockschool & exams

0:55

James explains how the Rockschool Grade 1 syllabus works and what taking the optional exam involves - from the pieces and scales to sight reading and improvisation.

Part of the courseRockschool Beginner Piano Lessons: Grade 129 lessons (1h 50m)

This lesson is part of the full course. 1 lesson is free to watch.

from$13/month

Subscribe to Watch

Explore the course

Cancel anytime30-day refund

What's in the course

29 lessons (1h 50m) · 1 free

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:46
- 02. Meet Paddy Milner
  1:31
- 03. Meet Andrew Johnson
  2:28
- 04. Meet James Beckwith
  1:42
- 05. Meet Ross Stanley
  3:30
- 01. Make You Feel My Love, Adele (Performance)
  1:26
- 02. The Long and Winding Road, The Beatles (Performance)
  Free lesson
  1:43
- 03. Read All About It, Part III, Emeli Sande (Performance)
  1:58
- 04. ICAUFO, Joe Bennett (Performance)
  1:23
- 05. Umbra Bella, Simon Troup (Performance)
  1:07
- 06. Fab Stomp, Deirdre Cartwright (Performance)
  1:15
- 01. Make You Feel My Love, Adele (Lesson)
  7:34
- 02. The Long and Winding Road, The Beatles (Lesson)
  11:34
- 03. Read All About It, Part III, Emeli Sande (Lesson)
  9:09
- 04. ICAUFO, Joe Bennett (Lesson)
  7:45
- 05. Umbra Bella, Simon Troup (Lesson)
  10:42
- 06. Fab Stomp, Deirdre Cartwright (Lesson)
  6:39
- 01. Improvisation - what is it?
  3:21
- 02. Starting out 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 - Grade 1
  8:19
- 03. Arpeggios / broken chords - Grade 1
  3:29
- 04. Chord voicings - Grade 1
  1:33
- 01. Sight reading with the "KAT TRAP" method
  9:04
- 01. Course outro
  0:49
- 02. About Rockschool & exams
  You are here
  0:55

Lesson transcript

Rock School Syllabus Overview

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

What is the Rock School Syllabus?

If you don't know, they offer exams on everything that you've just learned. This includes:

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.

Consider Taking the Exam

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

Benefits of Taking the Rock School Exams

The Rock School exams are a great way of shaping your mind to approach the music world in a different way. You know, this is the music of:

Rock
Pop
Jazz
Soul
Funk
Reggae

We're talking about all the cool music!

A Great Goal to Work Towards

What better way to really learn and refine your abilities on this than to take an exam on it? It's a great goal to be able 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!

Part of the courseRockschool Beginner Piano Lessons: Grade 129 lessons (1h 50m)

This lesson is part of the full course. 1 lesson is free to watch.

from$13/month

Subscribe to Watch

Explore the course

Cancel anytime30-day refund

$13/monthSubscription

Subscribe to Watch

29 lessons

1h 50m of structured video lessons