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Rockschool Welcome to Guitar Grade 4 Guitar Notation Explained Pieces: Enough Said Glide On Down Hold On I'm Going Rage Against Everything Secret Place There And Beck

Technical Exercises Sight Reading Improvisation & Interpretation Ear Tests General Musicianship Questions The Guru's Guide Entering Rockschool Exams

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e exam s ores in both standard guitar notation and TAB. The accompanying CD has full stereo "' acking tracks to play along with for practice, tuning notes and spoken two bar count-ins to each piece. ying the pieces and the marking schemes can be found in the Guru's Guide on page 22. If you have any · · or any other Rockschool exam, please call us on 020 8332 6303, email us at injo@rockschool. co. uk or visit uockschool. co.uk. Good luck!

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- Requiremen ts for Grades 4 & 5 · ~ e ~ oc'- chool grades are divided into four levels. These levels correspond to the levels of the National Qualifications _-QF). Further details about the NQF can be found at www.qca.org.uk!NQF. Details of all Rockschool's · cations can be found at www.qca.org.uk/openquals .

.....=..2: G:n;, e 4 is part of Level 2. This Level is for those of you who are confident in all the key skills on guitar and who are

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to more advanced skills and stylistic expression.

4: in this grade you use a range of physical and expressive techniques with confidence, damping and the use of double

adjacent strings, legato and staccato, slides, fretting hand and whammy bar vibrato, hammer ons and pull offs, and and you are experimenting with a range of dynamics from very quiet (pp) to very loud (ff). In this grade you are ·- · g to develop your ability to play with stylistic authority.

Grade 5: you will be confident in a range of physical and expressive techniques. You will be able to demonstrate your ==

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Gu:itar Exams at Grade 4 _.:.c:-e are two types of exam that can be taken using this pack: a Grade Exam and a Performance Certificate. Go:itJn' Grade 4 Exam: this is for players who want to develop performance and technical skills

_ · :;ers wishing to enter for a Guitar Grade 4 exam need to prepare three pieces of which one may be a free choice piece ;:;:o en from outside the printed repertoire. In addition you must prepare the technical exercises in the book, undertake -~ ' er a sight reading test or an improvisation & interpretation test, take an ear test and answer general musicianship __estions. Samples of these tests are printed in the book along with audio examples on the CD. Guitar Grade 4 Performance Certificate: this is for players who want to focus on performing in a range of styles

-:=-o enter for your Guitar Grade 4 Performance Certificate you play pieces only. You can choose any five of the six tunes ?Tinted in this book, or you can choose to bring in up to two free choice pieces as long as they meet the standards set out by ?oc • chool. Free choice piece checklists for all grades can be found on the Rockschool website: www.rockschool.co.uk.

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Group C -e ection of hords commonly used in the pieces. In Group D you will be asked to prepare the riff exercise and : :o- e CD backing track. You do not need to memorise the exercises (and can use the book in the exam) but the 'iu be looking for the speed of your response. The examiner will also give credit for the level of your musicality.

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