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Rockschool Piano Grade 6

Name: Rockschool Piano Grade 6
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Duration2h 28m

Modules28

LevelAdvanced

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (2h 28m)

- 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. Peel Me A Grape, Diana Krall (Performance)
  Free lesson
  6:26
- 02. Defying Gravity, Wicked (Performance)
  2:30
- 03. The Way It Is, Bruce Hornsby (Performance)
  5:12
- 04. Favela, Noam Lederman (Performance)
  2:45
- 05. Mohair Mountain, Joe Bennett & Kung Fu Drummer (Performance)
  3:03
- 06. Blue Espresso, Deirdre Cartwright (Performance)
  2:38
- 01. Peel Me A Grape, Diana Krall (Lesson)
  10:30
- 02. Defying Gravity, Wicked (Lesson)
  11:48
- 03. The Way It Is, Bruce Hornsby (Lesson)
  9:48
- 04. Favela, Noam Lederman (Lesson)
  13:23
- 05. Mohair Mountain, Joe Bennett & Kung Fu Drummer (Lesson)
  13:04
- 06. Blue Espresso, Deirdre Cartwright (Lesson)
  11:43
- 01. Improvisation - the next level
  1:33
- 02. Advanced blues form
  6:23
- 03. Advanced blues demonstration
  2:29
- 04. Advanced improvisation techniques
  8:08
- 01. Intro to scales, arpeggios and voicings - why they're useful
  2:49
- 02. Scales - Grade 6
  6:07
- 03. Arpeggios - Grade 6
  3:55
- 04. Chord voicings - Grade 6
  2:41
- 01. Site 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 6 is where contemporary harmony becomes something you shape rather than just read. Across six set pieces - from Diana Krall's "Peel Me A Grape" and Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" to "Defying Gravity" from Wicked - pro pianists Paddy Milner, James Beckwith, Andrew Johnson and Ross Stanley each perform a piece and then break down the phrasing, voicings and feel behind it.

You also get focused work on Grade 6 scales and arpeggios, chord voicings, sight-reading with the "KAT TRAP" method, and advanced blues improvisation. Loop and slow down any performance in the MusicGurus player so you can work out the tricky passages at your own pace.

Please note - the pieces in this 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

Pianists preparing for a Grade 6 level exam
Returning players rebuilding contemporary chops with structure
Self-taught pianists wanting pro insight on technique

What you'll learn

Perform six contemporary pieces with confident phrasing
Improvise lines over advanced blues progressions
Refine your scales, arpeggios and overall technique

What you'll need

A piano or weighted-key keyboard
The Grade 6 sheet music for the pieces
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