Lesson 29 of 29PianoIntermediate

About Rockschool & exams

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James explains the Rockschool syllabus behind the course and what a Rockschool exam involves, so you can decide whether to take your playing to a graded exam.

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29 lessons (2h 19m) · 1 free

- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:46
- 02. Meet Paddy Milner
  1:31
- 03. Meet Marina Haywood-Lieberman
  4:32
- 04. Meet Andrew Johnson
  2:28
- 05. Meet James Beckwith
  1:42
- 06. Meet Ross Stanley
  3:30
- 01. Life on Mars, David Bowie (Performance)
  3:45
- 02. Hold On I'm Comin', Sam & Dave (Performance)
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  2:10
- 03. Let It Go, Frozen (Performance)
  3:50
- 04. Geek, James Uings (Performance)
  2:32
- 05. Slam Dunk Funk, Kit Morgan (Performance)
  2:41
- 06. Smack Talk, Simon Troup (Performance)
  2:28
- 01. Life on Mars, David Bowie (Lesson)
  16:12
- 02. Hold On I'm Comin', Sam & Dave (Lesson)
  14:17
- 03. Let It Go, Frozen (Lesson)
  10:00
- 04. Geek, James Uings (Lesson)
  6:04
- 05. Slam Dunk Funk, Kit Morgan (Lesson)
  11:35
- 06. Smack Talk, Simon Troup (Lesson)
  12:15
- 01. Developing your improvisation
  1:46
- 02. Intermeidate Blues Form
  4:00
- 03. Using chord tones
  2:23
- 04. Mixing chord tones and the blues scale
  2:38
- 01. Intro to scales, arpeggios and voicings - why they're useful
  2:49
- 02. Scales - Grade 5
  5:24
- 03. Arpeggios - Grade 5
  4:10
- 04. Chord voicings - Grade 5
  1:55
- 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.

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.

Explore Various Genres

You know, this is the music of:

Rock
Pop
Jazz
Soul
Funk
Reggae

We're talking about all the cool music!

The 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.

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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