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Rockschool Piano Grade 2

Name: Rockschool Piano Grade 2
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Duration1h 37m

Modules29

LevelBeginner

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (1h 37m)

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:46
- 02. Meet Marina Haywood-Lieberman
  4:32
- 03. Meet James Beckwith
  1:42
- 04. Meet Andrew Johnson
  2:28
- 05. Meet Ross Stanley
  3:30
- 01. The Scientist, Coldplay (Performance)
  2:13
- 02. Halo, Beyonce (Performance)
  Free lesson
  1:56
- 03. Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars (Performance)
  1:45
- 04. The Faith Divide, Simon Troup (Performance)
  1:31
- 05. Ska'd For Life, Kit Morgan (Performance)
  1:34
- 06. Hit It Harder, Stuart Ryan (Performance)
  1:29
- 01. The Scientist, Coldplay (Lesson)
  8:24
- 02. Halo, Beyonce (Lesson)
  5:36
- 03. Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars (Lesson)
  6:17
- 04. The Faith Divide, Simon Troup (Lesson)
  9:09
- 05. Ska'd For Life, Kit Morgan (Lesson)
  6:30
- 06. Hit It Harder, Stuart Ryan (Lesson)
  1:29
- 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 2
  6:54
- 03. Arpeggios / broken chords - Grade 2
  2:58
- 04. Chord voicings - Grade 2
  1:58
- 01. Sight reading with the "KAT TRAP" method
  9:04
- 01. Course outro
  0:49
- 02. About Rockschool & exams
  0:55

About this course

Rockschool Piano Grade 2 is where both hands start working independently and your stylistic range opens up. A team of pro pianists give you demonstration performances and step-by-step lessons on six contemporary pieces - Beyoncé's Halo, Coldplay's The Scientist, Bruno Mars' Just the Way You Are, plus Ska'd For Life, Hit It Harder and The Faith Divide.

Around the repertoire you get clear, practical guidance on Grade 2 scales, arpeggios and chord voicings, your first steps into blues improvisation over a 12-bar form, and sight reading using the KAT TRAP method - taught by Ross Stanley, James Beckwith, Marina Haywood-Lieberman and Andrew Johnson. Loop and slow down any performance in the MusicGurus player to work out the tricky bars at your own pace.

Please note - the pieces 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

Beginners who've worked through their first piano basics
Self-taught players preparing for a Grade 2 exam
Returning pianists wanting structured contemporary repertoire

What you'll learn

Perform six contemporary pieces with confident phrasing
Improvise simple lines over a 12 bar blues
Play scales and arpeggios cleanly at tempo

What you'll need

An acoustic piano or weighted keyboard
Comfort reading basic notation in both hands
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