Lesson 32 of 32PianoBeginner

About Rockschool & exams

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An overview of the Rockschool syllabus and what a grade exam involves, from the pieces and scales to sight reading and improvisation, so you can decide whether to take one.

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32 lessons (2h 17m) · 1 free

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:46
- 02. Meet Marina Haywood-Lieberman
  4:32
- 03. Meet Andrew Johnson
  2:28
- 04. Meet Paddy Milner
  1:31
- 05. Meet Ross Stanley
  3:30
- 06. Meet James Beckwith
  1:42
- 01. Unfaithful, Rihanna (Performance)
  Free lesson
  1:40
- 02. Unfaithful, Rihanna (Performance by Jono)
  1:35
- 03. Skyfall, Adele (Performance)
  4:54
- 04. The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding (Performance)
  2:19
- 05. Overrated, Bob Graceful & Kung Fu Drummer (Performance)
  2:06
- 06. Reggae Island, Noam Lederman (Performance)
  1:59
- 07. Maiden Voyage, Joe Bennett (Performance)
  2:05
- 01. Unfaithful, Rihanna (Lesson)
  7:19
- 02. Unfaithful, Rihanna (Lesson by Jono)
  8:00
- 03. Skyfall, Adele (Lesson)
  8:49
- 04. The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding (Lesson)
  13:50
- 05. Overrated, Bob Graceful & Kung Fu Drummer (Lesson)
  10:10
- 06. Reggae Island, Noam Lederman (Lesson)
  12:38
- 07. Maiden Voyage, Joe Bennett (Lesson)
  5:33
- 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 3
  7:30
- 03. Arpeggios / broken chords - Grade 3
  3:44
- 04. Chord voicings - Grade 3
  3:57
- 01. Sight reading with the "KAT TRAP" method
  9:04
- 01. Course outro
  0:49
- 02. About Rockschool & exams
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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:

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.

Music Genres Covered

You know, this is the music of:

Rock
Pop
Jazz
Soul
Funk
Reggae

We're talking about all the cool music!

Benefits of Taking an Exam

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.