Lesson 29 of 29PianoBeginner

About Rockschool & exams

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A look at the Rockschool piano syllabus, the pieces, scales, sight reading and improvisation you've covered, and how taking the grade exam can be your next step.

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29 lessons (1h 37m) · 1 free

- 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)
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  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
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  0:55

Lesson transcript

Rock School Syllabus 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.

What's Included?

We're talking about:

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.

Explore Various Genres

You know, this is the music of:

Rock
Pop
Jazz
Soul
Funk
Reggae

We're talking about all the cool music. What better way to really learn and refine your abilities on this than to take an exam on it?

A Goal to Work Towards

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!

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