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About Rockschool & exams

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James explains the Rockschool syllabus and what a Grade 6 piano exam involves - the pieces, scales, sight-reading and improvisation you've been learning.

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28 lessons (2h 28m) · 1 free

- 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)
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  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
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  0:55

Lesson transcript

Introduction to the Rock School Syllabus

So this course has been based around the Rock School syllabus.

Overview of the Syllabus

If you don't know, they offer exams on everything that you've just learned. 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 Consider Taking 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.

You know, this is the music of:

Rock
Pop
Jazz
Soul
Funk
Reggae

We're talking about all the cool music.

Conclusion

And 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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