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TableofContents Introductions&Informa Introductions& Information tion 1 1 2 3 4 6
TitlePage TitlePage Acknowledgements Ackn Acknowl owled edge geme ment ntss Ta Tabl Tab ble leofContents of ofContents Welcome Welcometo elcometoRocksch Rockschool oolPiano PianoGrade Grade44 Performanceand Perf Perfor orma manc nce eandT Technical TechnicalGuidance echnical Guidance
RockschoolGradePieces 77 13 13 17 17 23 23 29 29 35 35
........................................ ................................. ............. JohnLegend ‘All Al lOf OfMe’ Me’’ .................... Me ..................................... ........................................ .................... ArethaFranklin ‘Respect’ ‘Resp Respec ect’ t’ ................. ....................................................... ................. From‘Frozen’(2013) ‘LetIt ‘LetItGo’ Go’...................................... . ........... EltonJohn ‘GoodbyeY ‘Good Goodby bye eYellow YellowBrick ellowBrickRoad’ Road’............ ‘ISee ‘ISeeFire’ Fire’ .................. ..................................... .................................... ................. EdSheeran ................... ............. BonJovi ‘Livin’On ‘Li Livvin’OnA APrayer’ Prayer’ ................................
TechnicalExercises Technical echnicalExercises 41 41 Scales,Arpegg Scales, Arpeggios, ios,Chord ChordV Voicings Voicings& oicings &T Technical TechnicalStudies echnical Studies
SupportingTests 49 49 50 50 51 52 52
SightReading SightReading Improvisation& Im Impr prov ovis isat atio ion n&Interpretation Interpretation EarTests Tests GeneralMusicianship General MusicianshipQuestions Questions
AdditionalInformation 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56
EnteringRockschool Ente nteri ring ngRockschoolExams Exams MarkingSchemes MarkingSchemes Copyright Copyrig htInformation Information PianoNotation PianoNotationExplained Explained
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WelcometoRockschoolPianoGrade4
Welcometo Welcome to Rockschool Rockschool’s ’sPiano Piano syllabus2019. syllabus2019. Thissyllabus Thissyllabus is designed designedto to support support pianistsin pianistsin their their progressi progression on from DebuttoGrade8,throughanengagingandrigorouspathwaycoveringallthegenres,stylisticelements,techniquesand musicalskillsrequired musicalskill musicalskillsrequiredforsuccessas srequiredforsuccess forsuccessasacontemporarypianist. asacontemporarypianist. acontemporarypianist.
PianoExams
Ateachgradeyou Ateach Ateachgradeyouhavetheoptionof gradeyouhavethe havetheoptionoftakingoneoftwo optionoftakingoneoftwo takingoneoftwodifferenttypesofexamination: differenttypesofexamination: GradeExam ■ GradeExam AGradeExamisamixtureofmusicperformances,technicalworkandtests.Youarerequiredtopreparethreepieces (twoofwhichmaybeFreeChoicePieces)andthecontentsoftheTechnicalExercisesection.Thisaccountsfor75%of theexammarks.Theother25%consistsof:eitheraSightReadingoranImprovisation&Interpretationtest(10%), twoEarTests(10%),andfinallyyouwillbeaskedfiveGeneralMusicianshipQuestions(5%).Thepassmarkis60%. Performance rmanceCertificate Certificate ■ Perfo APerformanceCertificateisequivalenttoaGradeExam,butinaPerformanceCertificateyouarerequiredtoperform fivepieces.AmaximumofthreeofthesecanbeFreeChoicePieces.Eachsongismarkedoutof20andthepassmark fivepieces.Amaximumofthreeofthesecanbe FreeChoicePieces.Eachsongismarkedoutof20andthepassmark is60%.
Allelementsrequiredtoparticipat Allelements requiredtoparticipateinaRocks einaRockschoolexamcan choolexamcanbefoundinthe befoundinthegradebook.These gradebook.Theseareasfollows areasfollows:: ■ ExamPieces The2019syllabuscomprisessix‘hittune’arrangements,benchmarkedanddevisedsoastoequipcontemporary pianistswithindustry-relevantskillsinanyperformanceenvironment.Thesefallintothreecategories: Melody&Accompanim Melody&Accompaniment ent Thesearrangementsareperformedtofull Thesearrangemen tsareperformedtofullbandbackingtracks,withthe bandbackingtracks,withthepianoperformingbothmelody pianoperformingbothmelody andaccompaniment SoloPianoArrangement Thesearefullsolopianoarrangements,performedwithoutbackingtracks VocalAccompaniment Thesearrangementscovertheskillsrequiredofcontemporarypianistsinensembleenvironments,betheyon thestageorinthestudio.Thebackingtracksfeaturevocalists,andthepianopartsarereflectiveofwhatsession pianistswouldperformliveoronmainstreamcommercialrecordings
Each‘hittune’arrangementisprecededbyaFactFile,givingsurroundingcontexttothepieceandtheoriginal performers/recording artists. Furthermore,attheendofeacharrangementyouwillfindnotesgivingadditionalsupportivecontexttogetthemost outofthepieces. TechnicalExercises echnicalExercises ■ Technical Thereareeitherthreeorfourgroupsoftechnicalexercise,dependingonthegrade:
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Debut–Grade Debut–Gra de8: 8: GroupA:Scales GroupB:Arpeggios/BrokenChords GroupC:ChordVoicings Grades4–8only: GroupD:TechnicalStudy
■ SupportingTests Therearethreetypesofunpreparedsupportingtestsintheexam: candidate’schoice): 1.Thefirsttypecanbeoneoftwooptions(thisisthe 1.Thefirsttypecanb eoneoftwooptions(thisisthe candidate’s Either:
SightReadingtests ,developingthemusician’sabilitytoreadandperformpreviouslyunseenmaterial; or:
Improvisation&Interpretationtests ,developingthemusician’sabilitytodeveloppreviouslyunseen materialinastylisticwayandperformimprovisedpassagesofmelody.Thebookcontainsexamplesof bothtypesoftest–equivalent‘unseen’exampleswillbeprovidedfortheexamination
2. EarTests Debut–Grade3:featureMelodicRecallandChordRecognition Grades4–8:featureMelodicRecallandHarmonicRecall
3. GeneralMusicianshipQuestions(GMQs) ,whichyouwillbeaskedbytheexaminerattheendofeachexam ,whichyouwillbe askedbytheexaminerattheendofeachexam
GeneralInforma GeneralInformation tion Youwillfindinformationonexamprocedures,includingonlineexaminationentry,markingschemes,informationon FreeChoicePiecesandimprovisatio FreeChoicePiecesand improvisationrequirementsforeachg nrequirementsforeachgrade. rade.
Audio Inadditiontothegradebook,wehavealsoprovid Inadditionto thegradebook,wehavealsoprovidedaudiointheformof edaudiointheformof backi backingtracks(minu ngtracks(minuspiano)andfulltracks spiano)andfulltracks (includingpiano)forall‘hittune’arrangements,technicalexercisesandsupportingtests(whereapplicable).Wehave providedprofessionalperformancerecordingsofallsolopianopiecesinthesyllabus.Thisaudiocanbedownloadedfrom www.rslawards.com/downloads www.rslawards.com/downloads RSLdirectlyat www.rslawards.com/downloads
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FurtherInformation YoucanfindfurtherdetailsaboutRockschool’sContemporaryPianosyllabusbydownloadingth YoucanfindfurtherdetailsaboutRockschool’sCon temporaryPianosyllabusbydownloadingthesyllabusguidefromour esyllabusguidefromour website: www.rslawards.com www.rslawards.com Allcandidatesshoulddownloadandread Allcandidatess houlddownloadandreadtheaccompanyings theaccompanyingsyllabusguidewhen yllabusguidewhenusingthisgr usingthisgradebook. adebook.
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PerformanceandTechnicalGuidance Fingering Anyfingeringannotationisgivenasaguideonly.
Interpretation Notationshould beperformedexactly Notationshould beperformedexactlyas as written,except written,except wherethereareperforman wherethereareperformanceindicat ceindicationstoad.lib, ionstoad.lib,impr improvise ovise,, develop,etc.Inthese deve lop,etc.Intheseinstance instances,thecandid s,thecandidatewill atewillbe be mark markedontheirability edontheirabilityto to inter interpretthemusi pretthemusicina cina styl stylistic istically ally appropriateway,commensuratewiththegradelevel.
Adaptation Asmalldegree ofadaptationis Asmalldegree ofadaptationisallow allowedwhere, edwhere, forexample,handstretch forexample,handstretchesdo esdonotfacilit notfacilitatetherequired atetherequirednotatedparts. notatedparts. Marksmaybe Mark smaybe deducted deducted ifadaptat ifadaptationresult ionresultsin sin over-sim over-simplific plification ation ofthenotation. ofthenotation. Ifin doubtyou doubtyou cansubm cansubmitany itany adaptationenquiriesto
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Articulation&Dynamics Wherearticulationanddynamic Wherearticulat ionanddynamicsare saremarke markedon don thenotation,theyshouldbefollowed thenotation,theyshouldbefollowed.Whereit .Whereitisopento isopentointer interpreta pretation, tion, thecandidateisfreetotaketheirownapproach.
Pedalling Thecandidatemayusethepedalfreel Thecandidate mayusethepedalfreelyatanygrade, yatanygrade,butitshouldbeapplied butitshouldbeappliedjudiciou judiciouslyasmarks slyasmarksmaybededucte maybedeductedforany dforany over ove rusa usageresu geresulti ltingin ngin anuncleartone. anuncleartone. Inaddition Inaddition,,whe wherepedal repedallin ling giswritt iswritteninto(or eninto(orout out of) of) the the notati notation, on, this thissho should uld beobserved.
ChordSymbols Mosthittunearrangementshavechordsymbolswrittenabovethenotation.Thisispurelyforguidance,andtoassistthe candidateandteacher.
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AllOfMe SONGTITLE: ALBUM: RELEASED:
‘ALLOFME’ LOVEINTHEFUTURE 2013
LABEL:
COLUMBIA
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‘AllofMe’wasthethirdsingletobereleasedfrom JohnLegend’sfourthstudioalbum, LoveintheFuture. ThesongwaswrittenasatributetoLegend’sthen Fiancée(andnowwife)ChrissyTeigen,whomhe metin2007onthesetofhisvideofor‘Stereo’.Legend achievedglobalsuccesswiththesingle,peakingat number2intheUKandtoppingthechartsintheUS byknockingPharrellWilliams’‘Happy’offthetop spotafteraten-weekreign.‘AllofMe’alsoproved tobeahitinAustralia,Canada,Ireland,Portugal, Sweden,SwitzerlandandTheNetherlands,inallof whichittoppedthesinglescharts.Attheendof2014 itwasannouncedthatWilliams’‘Happy’wasthebestsellingsongoftheyear,followedcloselybynoneother than‘AllofMe’insecondplacewith4.67millionsales fortheyear. JohnLegendwasbornJohnRogerStephensin JohnLegendwasborn JohnRogerStephensin 1978inOhio,wherehewasoneoffourchildren. AttheageofjustfouryearsoldLegendwasalready performingwithhischurchchoirandtookupthe pianoattheyoungageofseven.Aftergraduating fromHighSchoolLegendwentontostudyEnglishat fromHighSchoolLegendwenton tostudyEnglishat theUniversityofPennsylvania,whereheservedasthe presidentandmusicaldirectorofaco-edjazzandpop acappellagroupcalledCounterparts.Thegroupwere sosuccessfulthatLegend’snamebecameknownand nosoonerwashe beingintroducedtoglobalsuperstar LaurynHill.HillhiredLegendtoplayonhersong
‘EverythingisEverything’andthisledtothestartofa brilliantmusicalcareer. Whilstworkingonsongwritinganddemo recordingsto recordingstosendouttorecord recordingstosendout sendouttorecordproducers,Le torecordproducers,Legend producers,Legend gend wasintroducedtotheupandcomingstarKanye West.Shor West.Shortlyafterperformings est.Shortlyafter est.Shortlyafterperformings tlyafterperformingsomesession performingsomesessionvoca omesessionvocals voca ls forWest,LegendfoundhimselfsigningtoWest’s labelandsoonreleasedhisdebutstudioalbum labelandsoonreleasedhisdebutstudioalbum Get Lifted(2004). Althoughaworldwidesuccess,JohnLegendhad towaitalongtimeforhisfirstcharttopper.‘All ofMe’washisfirstUSnumber1 single,tenyears afterreleasinghis afterreleasinghisdebutalbum.A debutalbum.Afactwhichseems factwhichseems inconceivablewhen inconceivablewhenresearchinghis researchinghispastwork pastworkand and achievements.Todate,JohnL achievements.T odate,JohnLegendhaswon odate,JohnL egendhaswonan egendhaswon an impressivetenGrammyAwards,aswell impressivetenGrammyAwar ds,aswellasanAcademy ds,aswell asanAcademy Awardfor‘BestOriginalSong’.Althoughhewaited alongtimetoreceivetherecognitionhedeserved, alongtimetoreceivetherecogn itionhedeserved,it it isevidentthat isevidentthatheisnowviewed heisnowviewedintheindustryas intheindustryasan an incrediblytalentedsongwriterandmusician.
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[11] Words&MusicbyJohnLegend&TobiasGad ©Copyright2011JohnLegendPublishing/BMGSapphireSongs/GadflySongs/AtlasHoldings. BMGRightsManagement(US)LLC. AllRightsReserved. AllRights Reserved.IInternational nternationalCopyrightSecured. CopyrightSecured.
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Thereisapowerfulthemeofromancebehindthiscompositio Thereisapowerfulthemeofromancebehindthis romancebehindthiscompositio composition,emphasisedby n,emphasisedbybothapersisten n,emphasisedbybotha bothapersistentrhythmicpulse(asseen trhythmicpulse(asseenin in thestarkopenchordalrhythmsofbars1–4),versusflowingarpeggiolinesbetweenbothhands(bars29–30,forexample). Throughouttheperformancethereshouldbeastrongsenseofthequarter-notepulseinthebar,andtheteachercan encouragethepupiltointernalisethisbytappingonefoottothepulseduringpractice. Careisalsoneededtomakesurethattheson Careisalsoneededtomakesu rethatthesong’smelo g’smelodyisprojec dyisprojectedclear tedclearly.Fromlet ly.FromletterAuntilthe terAuntiltheend,thetoppartsho end,thetoppartshould uld singoutlouderthantheaccompaniment,andagoodmethodistopractisethemelodyinsectionsonitsown.Itcanalso helptoexperimentwiththeaccompanimentinisolation,balancingthechordtonesandarpeggiosagainstthelowestbass notes.. Notethat at notes atcerta certain in points points themelody the melody is isacco accompanie mpanied d by a weaving weavingconst constant anteight eighth-not h-note e figure, figure,for forexampl example e bars 25and29–32.Thestudentmustbeclear 25and29–32.Thestud entmustbeclearwhichnotesaremelod whichnotesaremelodyandwhichareaccompa yandwhichareaccompaniment nimentwithinthese withinthesepatterns patterns,and ,and studyingtheoriginalrecordingwillhelpachievethis. Ifthestudentfindstheindependenceofthehandschallengingattimes,itcanbehelpfulto‘loop’abarplayingjusttheleft hand han dpar part.Theymigh t.Theymightthenadd tthenaddbea beat t1of 1of the the rig righthandpart hthandpart totheloop, totheloop, the thenthe nthesec second ond bea beat,buil t,buildin dingup gup the the bar bar and sectioninthisway.Thedirectemotionalintensityofthissongwillonlybeportrayedwhenthestudentiscompletelyfamiliar withthemusic.Practisin withthemusic. Practisingin ginsecti sectionsslowly onsslowlywillhelphere,steadilyincr willhelphere,steadilyincreasin easingthetempoas gthetempoasthetechn thetechnicalstab icalstabilitydevel ilitydevelops. ops. Itisimportanttounderstandnotonlythedetailsofeachbar,buthowthewidersectionsplayarolewithinthecomposition.
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Respect SONGTITLE: ALBUM:
‘RESPECT’ INEVERLOVED AMANTHEWAY ILOVEYOU
RELEASED:
114 Soul
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LABEL:
ATLANTIC
GENRE:
SOUL
WRITTENBY:
OTISREDDING
PRODUCEDBY:
JERRYWEXLER
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‘Respect’waswrittenandoriginallyreleasedby MotownlegendOtisReddingin1965.Although Reddingachievedsignificantsuccesswiththe song, itbecamemorefamouslyknownasaglobalhitfor iconicvocalistArethaFranklin.Redding’soriginal intentionofthesongtellsthestoryofahardworking manbringingmoneyhometohisabidinghousewife. However,Franklinflipsthisonit’sheadanddelivers alyricdescribingastrongandindependentwoman. Manyhaveviewedtheoriginalasmisogynistic,while Franklin’sversionhasbeen Franklin’svers ionhasbeencitedasala citedasalandmarkfor ndmarkfor thefeministmovement–quitea thefeministmovemen t–quiteacontrast.Thehu contrast.Thehugely gely famousR-E-S-P-E-C-Tmiddleeight famousR-E-SP-E-C-Tmiddleeightwasactually wasactually addedbyFranklinherself,withherbackingsingers respondingwiththewell-knownreply“sockittome…”. ArethaFranklinwasanincrediblytalentedwoman andlentherhandtomanycourageousroles,such assinger,songwriter,actress,pianistandcivilrights activist.Herloveformusicbeganataveryyoung age,singinggospelatthechurchwhereherfather wasministerinherhometown.At18yearsoldshe signedforColumbiarecords,recordingsecularmusic andachievingminorsuccess.Itwasonsigningwith andachievingminorsuccess.Itwason signingwith AtlanticRecordsin1966thatFranklinachieved globalsuccess,withhitssuchas‘Respect’,‘Chainof Fools’,‘Think’and‘(YouMakeMe Fools’,‘Think’and ‘(YouMakeMeFeelLikea)Na FeelLikea)Natural tural Woman’(tonameafew).Thesingersoonbecame widelyknownas“TheQueenofSoul”.
FranklinsadlypassedawayinAugust2018atthe Franklinsadlypassedawayin August2018atthe ageof76,butleftbehindanunbelievablelegacy.Not onlydidsherecord112Billboardchartingsingles, onlydidshe record112Billboardchartingsingles, butshealsobecamethefirstfemaleperformertobe inductedintotheRockandRollHallofFamein1987. Shehasinspiredthousandswithherincrediblevocal andstunninginterpretationofendlesshits.In2008 RollingStoneMagazineactuallyrankedFranklinas thenumber1greatestsingerofalltime,aposition verymuchdeserved. verymuchdeserved. ‘Respect’sentFranklinflyingintosuccess,topping theBillboardchartsandpeakingatnumber10inthe UK.Itsoldwellover1millioncopiesandwentonto belistedbyRollingStonemagazineasthe5 thgreatest songofalltime.ThroughouthercareerFranklin receivedamesmerising44Grammynominations, 18ofwhichshewon,includingnomination 18ofwhich shewon,includingnominationsfor sfor BestR&BVocalPerformance(Female)fortenyears runningbetween1974and1984.Haditnotbeenfor runningbetween1974and1984.Haditnotbeen for hericonicversionof‘Respect’wemayneverhave knownthelegendthatwasArethaFranklin. knownthelegendthatwas ArethaFranklin.
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Studentswillneedtohaveasolidunderstandingofthemusic’srhythmicvocabularytohelpbuildasecureand confidentperformance. Beforeplayinganyofthenotes,studentsshouldlightlytapthequarternotepulseatamediumtempowithonefoot.Then theycanvocaliseabarof theycanvocaliseabarof16thnotesubdivisions,for 16thnotesubdivisions,forexampleby examplebysaying‘ta-ka-ta-ka’ saying‘ta-ka-ta-ka’or‘1-e-&-a or‘1-e-&-a 2-e-& 2-e-&-a -a 3-e-& 3-e-&-a -a 4-e-& 4-e-&-a’ 4-e-&-a’. -a’. Withregularworkonthisrhythmicfounda Withregu larworkonthisrhythmicfoundation,teac tion,teacherscanhelpstude herscanhelpstudentsunders ntsunderstandhowdifferen tandhowdifferent16thnoterhythmsfit t16thnoterhythmsfit togetherlateron,asfoundinthispiece. Topractisetheopening,stu Topractisetheopen ing,students dentscanclapcompo canclapcompositerhy siterhythmsoffirs thmsoffirsttwobars–thentapthe ttwobars–thentapthemoutastheyarespl moutastheyaresplitbetwee itbetween n bothhands.Studentswillnowbereadytoslowlyputtogetherthefirstfourbarsofthepianopart. LetterAandB presentdiffere LetterAandB presentdifferentrhythmi ntrhythmicchallen cchallengestotheopenin gestotheopeningbars,withinve gbars,withinventive ntiverighthandchorda righthandchordalworkandmore lworkandmore pronounced prono unced bass bass rhythmsin rhythmsintheleft.Thequartertheleft.Thequarter-notepulse notepulse andtheoverlaying16th-note andtheoverlaying16th-notesubdivisi subdivisionstillneedto onstillneedtobekept bekept inmind.Thegrooveinthesebarsmustbe,asfunkmusicianscallit, inmind.Thegrooveinthesebarsmustbe,as funkmusicianscallit, inthepocket. Thegrooveintensifiessubtlybetweenbar21and24,andwillneedcarefulattention.The16th-notephraseinthebassline needstobe legato ,andplayedwithfullweight. legato,andplayedwithfullweight. forteandsustainedinbothhands. TeachersshouldguidestudentstomakearealcontrastatletterC,wherethemusicis forte andsustainedinbothhands. Inthecoda,itisveryimportanttoplaythesingleeighth-notechordscrisply,carefullyarticulatingtherests.The16thnote legatophrasingasbefore. basslineneedstobeplayedwiththesame basslineneedstobe playedwiththesame legato phrasingasbefore.
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LetItGo
SONGTITLE: SONGTITLE:
LETITGO
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WALTDISNEY
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MUSICALTHEATRE
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WRITTENBY:
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Thissongrepresentsa Thissong representsadefiningmoment definingmomentinthe inthe Disneyanimatedfilm, Frozen Frozen,forQueenElsa; themomentsherealises themoment themomentsherealisesshenolongerhasto sherealisessheno shenolongerhas longerhastohid tohide hidee herabilitiesandisnowfreefromtherestrictive childhoodsheenduredtryingtokeepherpowers childhoodsheenduredtryingto keepherpowers secret.‘LetItGo’haswonbothanOscaranda Grammyandhasbecomeoneofthebiggestselling singlesofalltime. Thesongwasapparentlywritteninasingleday, withthehusbandandwifesongwritingteam(Kirsten withthehusbandandwife songwritingteam(Kirsten Anderson-Lopez&RobertLopez)improvisingonthe pianowhilstbrainstorminglyricalideas.Thepiano pianowhilstbrainstorminglyricalideas.The piano andvocalscorewasthensenttoorchestratorand composer,DaveMetzger,whocreatedtheorchestral score.MetzgerisalsoknownforhisworkonDisney’s 1999adaptionofTarzan,aswellasBoxOfficehits ArmageddonandHancock(tonameafew). Ithasbeensaidthatthesongitselfcauseda Ithasbeensaidthatthesong itselfcauseda rewritingofthemovietoensurethatQueenElsa becameoneofthemaincharactersandwaswrittenas afarmorecomplexandvulnerablecharacter;shewas originallymeanttoappearasa originallymeanttoappea rasavillain.Thestoryis villain.Thestoryis villain.The storyis basedontheHansChristianAndersontale TheSnow TheSnow Queen.Script-writerandDirectorJenniferLeesaid shehadusedthefilmanditsstrongfemalecharacter shehadusedthe filmanditsstrongfemalecharacterss toinspireherowndaughter,whohadbeenbullied atschool.JenniferLeehasbeenknownforhavingto
flitbetweenpeoplewho flitbetween flitbetweenpeoplewhosaidtheylovedthefilm peoplewhosaidthey saidtheylovedthe lovedthefilm filmto to apologisingforthenumberoftimesinwhichtheir childrenhaveincessantlylistenedtothesongsand watchedthemovie. Frozen haswontwo haswontwoOscars(one Oscars(oneofwhichwasfor ofwhichwasfor
thissong),twoBAFT thissong), twoBAFTAsandtwoGrammys.Ithas AsandtwoGrammys.Ithas earnednearly$1.3billiondollarsat earnednearly$1.3 billiondollarsattheboxoffice theboxoffice andhasbecomethehighestgrossinganimatedfilm todate.
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LetItGo KristenAnderson-LopezandRobert KristenAnderson-LopezandRobertLopez Lopez From‘Frozen’(2013)
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[9] MusicandLyricsbyKristenAnderson-LopezandRobertLopez ©2013WonderlandMusicCompany,Inc. AllRightsReserved. AllRights Reserved.IInternational nternationalCopyrightSecured. CopyrightSecured.
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Theopeningsyncopatedrhythmsmightneedtobepractisedslowly,onebaratatime.Oncethenoteshavebeenmastered,a lighttouchisrequiredtoachievetherighteffect. pianodynamic,itshouldprojectmorestronglythanthe The‘sung’melodybeginsatLetterA,and,althoughstillata piano introductionofthepiece.
Throughoutthesong,themelodyshouldbegivenplentyoflightandshade.Teachersshouldguidestudentswithhowto bringthetoplinealivewithcarefuluseofshapingandphrasingideas.Thiscanbehelpedbylisteningtotheoriginaland studyinghowthevocalistaddsemphasisandarticulationtocertainlines. AtletterC,wherethehandscrossover,thetoppartcanbethoughtofasamusicbox.Aclear,bellliketoneisrequiredat thispoint. Studentsmustensurethatthelefthandis staccato staccatointhefirstfourbarsofletterD,andslightlyquieterthantherighthand melody.Staccatodoesnotmeanaccented! Beawarethatthesudden pianoattheendbeginsonthelast16thnoteinbar43tocoincidewiththefinalvocalline.Thisisa dramaticcompositionaleffectwhichbringsanabruptbutsatisfyingclosetothepiece.
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GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad SONGTITLE:
‘GOODBYEYELLOW BRICKROAD’
ALBUM:
GOODBYEYELLOW BRICKROAD
RELEASED:
1973
LABEL:
MCA/DJM
GENRE:
SOFTROCK/GLAMROCK
WRITTENBY:
q
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122 Rock/Pop F
s C /E
ELTONJOHN/ BERNIETAUPIN
PRODUCEDBY: UKCHARTPEAK:
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‘GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad’wasthesecondsingle tobereleasedfromEltonJohn’sseventhstudioalbum ofthesamename.Thesinglehitthechartsin1973 ofthesamename.Thesinglehitthechartsin 1973 andquicklysurpassedthesuccessofhisprevious andquicklysurpassedthesuccess ofhisprevious single‘SaturdayNight’sAlrightforFighting’,making ittothetopteninboththeUKandUSsingles ittothetopteninb oththeUKandUSsinglescharts. charts. ByJanuary1974thesonghadreachedgoldstat ByJanuary1974thesonghad reachedgoldstatusin usin theUS,onlytobere-certifiedasplati theUS,onlytobe re-certifiedasplatinumin1995. numin1995. WithEltonJohnwritingthemusicandBernie Taupinthelyrics,thesongwassuretobea commercialhit.Taupin’slyricsareinspiredbythe classicstoryof‘TheWizardofOz’.The1939adaption wasthefirstfilmTaupineversawandsoitsplot remainedsomewhatnostalgictothewriter.John singsofwantingtoreturntohisrootsandtoasimpler time,similartothecharacterofDorothywhofollows theyellowbrickroadinherquesttogetbackhome. Theduoreceivedexcellentreviewsfortheirlatest hit,withmanyclaimingthatitwasJohn’sbestrelease yet.Allmusicdescribedthetrackasa“vocaltriumph” anda“pinnacleofitsstyle”,withothermusiccritics praisingitforitsdelicacyandbeauty.Thealbumon whichthesongfeatur whichthesong features,also es,alsonamed named Goodbye GoodbyeY Yellow ellow wasalsometby criticalacclaimandis mandis BrickRoad, wasalsometbycriticalacclai regardedasJohn’smostsuccessfulandrecognisable work.Onitsreleasein1993itenteredtheUSalbum chartatnumber17,beforeclimbingtothetopspot
whereitstayedforeightweeks.In2003thealbum wasinductedintotheGrammyHallofFameandwas rankednumber91onRollingStonemagazine’s‘The 500GreatestAlbumsofallTime’list.Withsalesof over8millioncopiesintheUS,theiconicalbumis nowcertified8xPlatinum. EltonJohnandBernieTaupinareoneofthe mostsuccessfulwritingteamsofthe20 thCentury, theirworkincludessmashhits‘Candleinthe Wind’,‘BennieandtheJets’and‘CrocodileRock’ tonamejustafew.Theirworkingpartnershipis highlyregardedinthemusicindustry,withmany fansthrivingtoknowmoreaboutthepair.Taupin haspublishedseveralbooksabouthistimeworking withElton,including‘BernieTaupin:TheOneWho WritestheWordsforEltonJohn’whichisactuallya collectionofallofhisworkforthealbum Goodbye YellowBrickRoad.
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GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad EltonJohn q 122 Rock/Pop Rock/Pop =
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[11] WordsbyBernieTaupin MusicbyEltonJohn ©Copyright1973Universal ©Copyright1973 Universal/DickJamesMusicLimited. /DickJamesMusicLimited. AllRightsReserved. AllRights Reserved.IInternational nternationalCopyrightSecured. CopyrightSecured.
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Aswithallthegreatestpopsongs,thelyrics Aswithallthe greatestpopsongs,thelyricsofthissong ofthissongareasimportantasthemusic.This areasimportantasthemusic.Thisarrangementpr arrangementpresentsstudents esentsstudents withaparticularchallenge:tomakethisinstrumentalversionasconvincingasthevocalone. Teachersmightrecommendthatstudentscanachievethisin Teachersmightrecommendthatstudentscanachievethisinthefollowingways: eachersmightrecommendthatstudentscanachievethisin thefollowingways: ■ Ensurethatthemelodysingsoutandisplayedsignificantlystrongerthantheaccompaniment.Thiswillrequire understandingwhichnotesintherighthandtake understandingwhichnotesintherighthandtakethemelodyline.Forexample themelodyline.Forexample:inbar6, :inbar6,thenoteswiththestems thenoteswiththestems pointingdownwardsareaccompaniment.Thewholeofbar12isalsoaccompaniment.Carefulstudyoftheoriginal recordingwillhelpstudentsbecomefamiliarwiththis. ■ Dynamiccontrasts Dynamic Dynamiccontrastsareveryimportantinthissong.Thisis contrastsarev areveryim eryimportant portantinthis inthissong.Thisisparticularl particularlytrue ytrueatletterB:studentsshouldmakesurethey atletterB:studentsshouldmakesurethey crescendoleadingintothissection,andalsothe diminuendo diminuendoattheendofit. observethe crescendo Tohelpnavigatethekeychanges,it Tohelpnavigatethekeychanges, it isrecommende isrecommendedthatstuden dthatstudentsbecom tsbecomeveryfamilia everyfamiliarwiththescales rwiththescalesof of Fmajorand A m maj major. ajor or.. Attentionneedstobepaidtotherighthandpartinbars9to11.Here,itisrequiredthatthenotesareplayedoneoctave lowerthanwritten. Thesongeffectivelyfin Thesong effectivelyfinishesinbar51,but effectivelyfinishesin ishesinbar51,butthediscipline ishesinbar51,bu bar51,butthedi tthedisciplineof thedisciplineofholdingth sciplineofholdingthefinalchordan ofholdingthe holdingthefinalchordandcounting e finalchord finalchordandcounting andcountingsilentlyu dcountingsilentlyu silentlyuptothe ptotheendof53 ptotheendof endof53 endof 53 isimportant.
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ISeeFire
SONGTITLE: SONG TITLE: ISEEFIRE ALBUM: THEHOBBIT: THEDESOLATION OFSMAUG, X(EDSHEERAN) X(EDSHEERAN) RELEASED: 2013 LABEL: WATERTOWERMUSIC,DECCA GENRE: FOLK WRITTENBY: WRITTEN BY: EDSHEERAN, CHARLIEMILNER PRODUCEDBY: EDSHEERAN UKCHART UK CHARTPEAK: PEAK: 13
Thissongfeaturedonthesoundtrackofthe2013 film TheHobbit:TheDesolationofSmaug, appearing attheendcredits.Thefilm’sproducer,PeterJackson, choseSheeranbecausehisdaughterwasafanof thesinger.Edagreedtowriteforthefilmduetohis childhoodconnectionwith childhoodconnect childhoodconnectionwiththebooks;thef ionwiththebooks; thebooks;thefirstbook thefirstbook irstbook hehadeverreadwas TheHobbit.Healsoenjoyed .Healsoenjoyed the LordoftheRingsTrilogybyauthorJ.R.R.Tolkein byauthorJ.R.R.Tolkein andwasafanofPeterJackson’smoviesbasedon thebooks.Inthespaceofoneday,Edsawthefilm, wrote,andrecordedthesong.Thesong,accordingto Jackson,isSheeran’semotionalresponsetothefilm andsaysthathewasadvisedbyJacksonto“writea songthattakestheaudiencebythehandandlead themfromMiddleEarthbackintoreality.”
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In2010,despitenothavinganygigsbooked, In2010,despitenothavinganygigs booked, SheeranboughthimselfaplanetickettoLosAngeles andsetoffinthehopeoflaunchinghismusiccareer. Heplayedseveralopen-micnightsbeforebeing spottedbyactorJamieFoxx.Foxxwassoimpressed hegaveSheerantheuseofhisrecordingstudioand lethimstayinhisHollywoodhomefortherestof lethimstayinhis Hollywoodhomefortherestof histrip.SheeranhaswonfiveBRITawardsandfour IvorNovelloAwards.Hehasbeennominatedforan astonishing13Grammy’s,fourofwhichhewon.His careerreachednewheightswhenhewasappointedan MBEin2017forhisservicestomusicandcharity.
Notably,Sheeranplaysmostoftheinstrumentson thetrackandsays:“Igotthechancetoproduceand playalltheinstrumentsonitapartfromthecello,and Imanagedtolearntheviolinforaday.”Sheerandid dictatethecelloparttothecellist,however,despite notplayingithimself. ThesongisinspiredbyCelticfolksoundsasPeter JacksonhadsuggestedthatSheeranwritesomething Jacksonhadsuggestedthat Sheeranwritesomething withinthefolkgenre.Thelyricsoftheballadtella story,basedonSheeran’sattemptstounderstandthe experienceandfeelingsofthecharacte experienceandfeelingsofthe charactersin rsinthefinal thefinal scenesofthefilm.
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ISeeFire EdSheeran
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[7] Words&MusicbyEdSheeran ©Copyright2013UnitedLionMusic. Sony/ATVMusicPublishing(UK)Limited. AllRightsReserved. AllRights Reserved.IInternational nternationalCopyrightSecured. CopyrightSecured.
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Thissonghasa quiet,understa quiet,understatedfeeling tedfeeling,but ,butshoul shouldstillbe dstillbe playe playedwith dwithasteadygroove.Inprepara asteadygroove.Inpreparationandpractice tionandpractice,, studentscouldlightlytapthequarternotepulsewithafootatslowertemposand/oralongwithametronome,before movinguptofulltempotoplayalongtothebackingtrack. Theopeningrighthandphrasewasoriginallyplayedontheguitar.Onthepiano,itcanbeslightlyawkwardifnotprepared properly.Fingeringpreferencecandifferonphrasessucha properly.Fingeringpreferencec andifferonphrasessuchasthese,soexperimentationisimpor sthese,soexperimentationisimportant.Studentsmaywishtoplay tant.Studentsmaywishtoplay theopeningdiadwith1&4,leavingtheminastrongpositionforthefasterF -E-Drun(5,4,3).Theymightthenwishtotake thelowernotesA&Bbothwith1,toensuretheycanmovebackuptopositiontoplaythefinalD,F andGwith1,4&5. Thegracenotesinbars2and4shouldbeomitteduntilthephrasecanbeplayedconfidently:thisisaguitarphrase,andthe Thegracenotesinbars2and4 shouldbeomitteduntilthephrasecanbeplayedconfidently:thisisaguitarphrase,andthe articulationischaracteristicofthatinstrument. Studentsshouldhaveanawarenessaboutwhichpartofthesongis‘sung’melodyandwhichisinstrumentalinterlude. Teachersmightdiscusswithstudentsabouthowthiscouldaffectinterpretation,andshouldguidestudentsin ensuringadifferencebetweenthetwoparts. Thevocallineisfromthelastbeatandahalfofbar4, Thevocallineisfromthelastb eatandahalfofbar4,totheendofbar12. totheendofbar12.Itreturn Itreturnsonlastbeatanda sonlastbeatandahalfofbar14,to halfofbar14,tothe the endofbar33.The2ndtimeendingisalsosung.Therestof endofbar33.The2nd timeendingisalsosung.Therestofthesongisinstrumental. thesongisinstrumental. StudentsshouldbeencouragedtobringoutthechorusatletterD,butwithoutdisturbingtheoverallpeacefulnessofthesong.
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Livin’OnAPrayer SONGTITLE: ALBUM:
‘LIVIN’ONAPRAYER’ SLIPPERYWHENWET
RELEASED: 1986 LABEL:
MERCURY
GENRE:
HARDROCK/GLAMMETAL
WRITTENBY:
q
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PRODUCEDBY:
BRUCEFAIRBAIRN
UKCHARTPEAK: 4
1
2
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‘Livin’OnaPrayer’wasa1986hitformulti-million sellingrockbandBonJovi.Thetrackwasthe second singletobereleasedfromtheirthirdstudioalbum, singletobe releasedfromtheirthirdstudioalbum, SlipperyWhenWet,andgavethemtheirsecond SlipperyWhenWet, andgavethemtheirsecond consecutiveUSnumber1singleprecededbythe iconic‘Y iconic ‘Y ‘YouGive ouGiveLovea ouGive LoveaBadName’ Lovea BadName’.Bon .Bon Jovi’shit shit was shitwas wellreceivedaroundtheglobe,toppingthecharts inCanada,NewZealandandNorwayaswellasthe US,peakingatnumber4onthe UKsingleschart andachievingtoptenstatusinAustralia,Belgium, Finland,Ireland,theNetherlands,SouthAfrica,Spain andSweden. ‘Livin’OnaPrayer’waswrittenbyBonJovi’s frontmanJonBonJovi,thenguitaristRichieSambora andrenownedsongwriterDesmondChild.Onfirst recordingthesong,theprestigiousfrontmanwas unhappywiththeresultandwantedtoscrapthesong, butSamborapersuadedhimtoperseveresayingthat theyhadsimplyapproacheditwrong.Instrument partswerechangedandre-recordedandtheband finallyagreedthatthesongshouldfeatureontheirup andcomingalbum, SlipperyWhenWet. SlipperyWhenWet.Thisdecision Thisdecision certainlypaidoff,withthesongoriginallymarking certainlypaidoff,withthe songoriginallymarking physicalsalesof800,000onitsreleaseandlaterbeing physicalsalesof800,000 onitsreleaseandlaterbeing certified3xPlatinumin2013forover3million digitaldownloads.
SlipperyWhenWet wasmetwithpositivereviews SlipperyWhenWet wasmetwithpositivereviews andreachednumber6intheUKalbumchart.It producedafurtherthirdsuccessfulsinglerelease with‘WantedDeadorAlive’,givingthebandthree consecutiveUStoptenhits.Thealbumhasnow beencertifiedDiamondintheUS,withsalesofover beencertifiedDiamondintheUS,withsales ofover th 12millioncopiesandwasranked44 intheRock andRollHallofFame’slist‘Definitive200Albums ofAllTime’.BonJovihavereleasedthirteenstudio albumstodate,andwithfiveofthemtoppingthe UKalbumchartstheyareclearlyanassettothe commercialworldofrockmusic.In1996theywon BestInternationalGroupattheannualBritawards, confirmingtheirimportanceinthe90srockscene. confirmingtheirimportanceinthe90s rockscene. Althoughtheline-uphaschangedsincetheir formationin1983,BonJovicontinuetotour worldwideandplansfora2019globaltourarewell underway.Thebandhaveperformedover2,700times inmorethan50countriesandhavesoldover100 millionrecordsworldwide,makingthemoneofthe best-sellingAmericanrockbandsofalltime. best-sellingAmericanrockbandsofall time.
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[9] Words&MusicbyJonBonJovi,RichieSambora&DesmondChild ©Copyright1986Sony/ATVTunesLLC,USA/AggressiveMusic,USA/BonJoviPublishing,USA/UniversalPolygramInternationalPublishing. Sony/ATVMusicPublishing(UK)Limited/UniversalMusicPublishingLimited. AllRightsReserved. AllRights Reserved.IInternational nternationalCopyrightSecured. CopyrightSecured.
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Thisisquintessentialrock Thisisquintessen tialrockmusicarrange musicarrangedforsolopiano,andneedstobeperformedwithallthedramaandpower dforsolopiano,andneedstobeperformedwithallthedramaandpower associatedwiththestyle. Thefamousintroductorybassandguitarfigure Thefamousintroductorybassa oductorybassandguitarfigure(or‘riff ndguitarfigure(or‘riff’)takenbythelefthandat (or‘riff (or‘riff’)takenbythelefthandatbars1and ’)takenbythelefthandat ’)takenbythe lefthandatbars1and2 bars1and2needs bars1and2needstobeclearandprecise 2needs needstobeclearandprecise tobeclearandprecise –thisisoneofthemosticonicpartsofthesong.Studentscanpractisehowbesttoarticulatethispassage,experimenting withthe‘weight’anddurationofthenotes. AtletterA,theleft-handpartplaysamoresupportiveroletotheright,withchordtonerootsandoctavesinasimpleand supportiverhythmicpattern,allowingspaceforthemelody.Therighthandcarriesboththevocallineandchordtones,to addrichnesstothetexture.Itisimportanttoachieveabalancesomelodytakesprecedence. Forthis piano piano arrangemen arrangement, t, t, mezzo mezzo mezzo piano piano isindicate isindicated ddyna dynamic mic intheint inthe introd roduct uction ion and and A Asec sectio tion ninorder inorder toallow toallow more more contrastwiththelatt contr astwiththelattersecti ersectionsofthepiece.Not onsofthepiece.Notehowa ehowabrief briefbutwell-judg butwell-judged ed crescendo crescendo(bar18beats3&4)willsetupthe (bar18beats3&4)willsetupthe dynamicofsectionB.Itisimpor dynamicofsectionB.Itisimportantnottoove tantnottooveremphas remphasisethis isethisshift,asthe shift,asthereneeds reneedstobeheadroomfor tobeheadroomforthe the mezzofortedynamicofsec mezzoforte chorusforte chorus fortedynamicatsectionC. forte dynamicatsectionC. Quarter-notetripletsfeatureatvariousplacesinthepiece,andtobecomefamiliarwiththisrhythmitcanbeahelpful exercisetotapaquarter-notepulsewiththefoot,whilstclappingsixquarter-notetripletsevenlywithineachbaroffour. Theoriginalguitarsoloisre-interpretedforsolopianofromletterD(bar37),andshouldbetreatedwiththesameapproach toprojectionasthemelody.Forimpact,asudden piano toprojectionasthemelody.Forimpact,asudden dynamicdropoccurs dynamicdrop occursinbar44,settin inbar44,settinguptheclimax guptheclimaxofthesolo ofthesolo piano pianodynamicdrop piano crescendo crescendothrough crescendo overa crescendothroughtobar46.Careisneede overa throughtobar46.Careisneededtoensureabarofthre dtoensureabarofthreebeatsiscou ebeatsiscountedatbar49,atimesig ntedatbar49,atimesignatu nature‘tric re‘trick’ k’ whichaddsweighttotheimpactofthekeychange which addsweighttotheimpactofthekeychangeinthefollowingbar. inthefollowingbar.Familiari FamiliaritywithbothGmajorandB tywithbothGmajorandB majorscales (andtheirrelatedpentatonics)willensurethatthesepassagescanbenavigatedsuccessfully. Finally,maintaininganinter Finally,maintai ninganinternalcount nalcountisimportant isimportantrightthroug rightthroughthefinalbars,ens hthefinalbars,ensuring uringthatthefinalchordisheldforthe thatthefinalchordisheldforthe durationindicated.
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T Technical echnicalExercises echnical Exercises
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GroupC:ChordVoicings Intheexamyouwillbeaskedtoplay oneofthe chord exercises exer exercisesbelow,frommemory.Theexaminerwillstatethechord cises below, below, frommemory. frommemory. Theexaminer Theexaminerwillstatethe willstatethe chord type.Thistestisperformedinfreetime(withoutbackingtrackorclick),buttheexaminerwillbelookingforthespeedof yourresponse. Ex1:Major9thChords
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Ex2:Dominant9thChords Ex2:Dominant9thChords
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GroupD:TechnicalStudies Intheexamyouwillbeaskedtoperformyourchoiceof oneof thefollow thefollowingthree ingthreetechnica technicalstudies lstudiesalongwiththe alongwiththe accompanyingbacking accompanyingbackingtrack. track. 1.IIm–V–Iprogressions&walkingbass
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SightReading Intheexam,youhaveachoicebetweeneitheraSightReadingtestoranImprovisation&Interpre Intheexam,youhavea choicebetweeneitheraSightReadingtestoranImprovisation&Interpretationtest tationtest.Th .Theex eexaminerw aminerwill illask ask youwhichoneyouwisht youwhich oneyouwishtochoosebefor ochoosebeforecommenci ecommencing.Onceyouh ng.Onceyouhavedecide avedecidedyoucan dyoucannotchan notchangeyourmi geyourmind. geyourmi nd.
Inthesightreadingtest,theexaminerwillgiveyoua8barmelodyinthe Inthesightreadingtest, Inthesight readingtest,theexamine theexaminerwillgive rwillgiveyoua8bar youa8barmelodyin melodyinthekeyofeitherEmajoror thekeyofeitherEmajororA keyofeitherEmajororA A major.Youwillfirstbe given90sec given90secondstopractise,afterwhichthe given90secondsto ondstopractise,afterwhichtheexaminerw practise,afterwhichtheex practise,after whichtheexaminerwill examinerwillplaythe aminerwillplaythebackingtracktwice.T illplaythe playthebackingtracktwice.Thefirsttime backingtracktwice.Thefir backingtrackt wice.Thefirsttimeisforyoutopractise hefirsttimeis sttimeisforyoutopractise is foryoutopractise andthesecondtimeis andthesec andthesecondtimeisforyouto ondtimeisforyoutoperformthefinalver foryoutoperformthefinalversionfortheex performthefinalversionforthe performthefinal versionfortheexam.For sionfortheexam.Foreach exam.Foreachplaythrou am.Foreachplaythrough,t eachplaythrough,thebacking playthrough,thebackingtrack gh,thebackingtrackwillbegin hebackingtrackwillbegin trackwillbegin willbegin withaonebarcount-in.Thetempois qq=60–130. Duringthepracticetime,youwillbegiventhec Duringthepracticetim e,youwillbegiventhechoiceofametronomeclic hoiceofametronomeclickthroughoutoraonebarcoun kthroughoutoraonebarcountinatthebeginning. tinatthebeginning. Thebacking Thebackingtrackis trackiscontinuous,so trackiscontinuous,so continuous,soonce continuous, sooncethefirstplaythroughhas oncethefirst oncethe thefirstplaythroughhasfinished, firstplaythroughhas playthroughhasfinished, finished,thecount thecountinofthese iin nofthese n ofthe ofthese secondplaying condplayingwillstartimmediate condplayingwillstartimmediately.. condplayingwillstartimmediately. willstartimmediately ly .
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Improvisation Impro visat visation&In ion&Interpr &Interpretation terpretatio etation n Intheexam,youhaveachoicebetweeneitheraSightReadingtestoranImprovisation&Interpre Intheexam,youhavea choicebetweeneitheraSightReadingtestoranImprovisation&Interpretationtest tationtest.Th .Theex eexaminerw aminerwill illask ask youwhichoneyouwisht youwhich oneyouwishtochoosebefor ochoosebeforecommenci ecommencing.Onceyouh ng.Onceyouhavedecide avedecidedyoucan dyoucannotchan notchangeyourmi geyourmind. geyourmi nd.
IntheImprovisa IntheImpro visation&Inter tion&Interpreta pretationtest tiontest,theexamin ,theexaminerwillgive erwillgiveyoua8–12barchordprogre youa8–12barchordprogressio ssioninthekeyofeither ninthekeyofeither EmajororA major.Youwillfirstbegiven90secondstopractise,afterwhichtheexaminerwillplaythebackingtrack twice.Thefirsttimeis twice.The firsttimeisforyouto foryoutopractiseand practiseandthesecond thesecondtimeisforyoutoperformthefinal thesecondtimeis timeisforyoutoperformthefinalversionforth timeis foryoutoperfor foryoutoperformthefinalv mthefinalversionforthe versionfortheexam.F ersionfortheexam.For eexam.Foreach exam.Foreach oreach each playthrough,thebackingtrackwillbeginwithaonebarcount-in.Thetempois q=60–130. Duringthepracticetime,you Duringthepract icetime,youwillbegiven willbegiventhechoiceof thechoiceofametronomec ametronomeclickthroughoutor lickthroughoutoraonebarcou aonebarcount-inatthebe nt-inatthebeginning. ginning. Thebackingtrackiscontinuous,sooncethefirstplaythroughhasfinished,thecount-inofthesecondplayingwill startimmediately startimmediately.. Youwillneedtoimprovise Youwillnee dtoimprovisediatonic,single diatonic,singlenotemelodies notemelodieswithrighthand withrighthandandchords andchordsinlefthand. inlefthand.
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Test1:MelodicRecall Test1:Melodic est1:MelodicRecall
Theexaminerwillplayyoua2bardiatoni Theexaminerwillplayyoua2bar diatonicmelodyinthe cmelodyinthekeyofCmajorwitha keyofCmajorwitharangeuptoasixth.Thefirstnotewill rangeuptoasixth.Thefirstnotewillbethe bethe rootnote.Youwillhearthetesttwice,eachtimewithaonebarcount-in,thenyouwillhearafurtheronebarcount-inafter whichyouwillneedtoplaythemelodytotheclick.Thetempois whichyouwillneedtoplaythemelodyto theclick.Thetempois q=95bpm. Itisacceptabletoplayoverthetrackasitisbeingplayedaswellaspracticingafterthesecondplaythough.Thelengthof timeavailable time availableafterthesecondplayt afterthesecondplaythroug hroughis hisprepre-recor recordedontheaudiotracksothecount-i dedontheaudiotracksothecount-inmaybeginwhile nmaybeginwhileyouare youare stillpractising.
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Test2:HarmonicRecall
TheexaminerwillplayyouachordprogressioncontainingchordsI,IVandVinanyorderorcombinationinthekeyof Cmajor.Youwillhearthechordprogressiontwice,eachtimewithaonebarcount-in.Youwillthenhearafurtherone barcountinbeforeplayingbacktoaclick.Pleasenote,thereisnorequirementforthechordstobevoicing-specific. Thetempois qq=95bpm.
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GeneralMusicianshipQuestions Thefinalpartof your examistheGeneralMusiciansh Thefinalpartofyour examistheGeneralMusicianshipQuestion ipQuestionssection, ssection,whichfeatures whichfeatures fivequest fivequestionsrelat ionsrelatingto ingtooneof oneof yourchoiceoftheperformancepieces. 11.. Y Youwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingto ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtotheharmonyfromasectionofoneof ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtotheharmonyfromasectionofoneofyourpieces yourpieces 22.. Y Youwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingto ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtothemelodyinasectionofoneofyourp ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtothemelodyinasectionofoneofyourpieces ieces 33.. Y Youwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingto ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtotherhythmsusedinasectionofoneofyourp ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtotherhythmsusedinasectionofoneofyourpieces ieces 44.. Y Youwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingto ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtothetechnicalrequirementsofoneofyourpieces ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtothetechnicalrequirementsofoneofyourpieces 55.. Y Youwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtothegenreofoneofyourpieces ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtothegenreofoneofyourpieces ouwillbeaskedaquestionrelatingtothegenreofoneofyourpieces FurtherguidanceonthetypesofquestionsaskedatthisgradecanbefoundattheRSLwebsite www.rslawards.co.uk
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EnteringRockschoolExams EnteringaRockschoolexamiseasy,justgoonlineandfollowoursimplesixstepprocess.Alldetailsforenteringonline, dates,fees,regulationsandFreeChoicepiecescanbefoundat www.rslawards.com www.rslawards.com ■ AllcandidatesshouldensuretheybringtheirownGradesyllabusbook Allcandidatesshouldensuretheybringtheirown Allcandidatesshould ensuretheybringtheirown Gradesyllabusbooktotheexam totheexamorhaveproofofdigitalpurchase orhaveproofofdigitalpurchase readytoshowtheexaminer. ■ AllGrade6–8candidatesmustensurethattheybringvalidphotoIDtotheirexam. AllGrade6–8candidatesmustensurethattheybringvalidphotoIDto theirexam.
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CopyrightInformation AllOfMe (Legend/Gad) BMGRightsManagement(UK)Limited/BuddeMusicUK Respect (Redding) UniversalMusicPublishingLimited/Warner/ChappellNorthAmericaLimited LetItGo(from“Frozen”) (Anderson-Lopez/Lopez) UniversalMusicPublishingLimited GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad (Taupin/John) Universal/DickJamesMusicLimited. ISeeFire (Sheeran) Sony/ATVMusicPublishing(UK)Limited Livin’OnAPrayer (Bon Jovi/Sambora/Child) Sony/ATVMusicPublishing(UK)Limited/UniversalMusicPublishingLimited
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PianoNotationExplained
THEMUSICALSTAVE showspitchesand showspitchesand
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GraceNote: Playthegracenoteon orbeforethebeatdependingonthe styleofmusic,thenmovequicklyto thenoteitleadsonto.
PedalMarking: Depressandthenreleasethe sustainpedal.Multiplepedal Multiplepedaloperationsin operationsina shortspaceoftime shortspace shortspaceoftimemay oftimemaybesimplifiedas maybesimplifiedasshown besimplifiedasshown shown inthelasttwobeatsofthebarbelow. twobeatsofthebarbelow.
SpreadChord: Playthechordfromthebottomnoteup (topdownonlyifthere (topdo wnonlyifthereisadownwardarrow isadownwardarrowhead). head). efinalnoteshouldsoundbythe appropriate notatedbarposition.
Glissando: Playthenotesbetweenthenotated pitchesbyslidingoverthekeyboard slidingoverthekeyboardwiththe withthe fingersorfingernails.
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FingerMarkings: esenumbersrepresent yourfingers.1isthethumb,2theindex fingerandsoon.
Tremolando: Tremolando: Oscillateatspeed betweenmarkednotes.
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