Music Practice Downloads
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Technical Exercises - Grade 4
00.00 Major Scale 02.25 Minor Scales 04.40 Minor Pentatonic 06.30 Major Pentatonic 08.10 Blues Scale 10.15 Major 7 Arpeggio 11.00 Minor 7 Arpeggio 11.45 Dominant 7 Arpeggio 12.30 Chords 15.55: Riff General Musicianship Questions In Grade 4 you will be asked:
Example Questions & Answers from Rockschool website: Grade 4 The theory questions here refer to the performance piece ‘Rage Against Everything’, pages 10-11. Q: What is the difference between the two markings at the beginning of bars three and four? A: Bar three contains a sharp sign and bar four is a natural sign Q: What do the markings ‘f’ and ‘mp’ mean? A: Loud and moderately quiet (forte & mezzo piano) Q: In bar 20, what type of notes are these and what does ‘pm’ mean? A: These are sixteenth notes (semiquavers) and ‘pm’ means palm muting Q: Explain what you do at the D.C. al Coda marking A: At this point you return to the beginning and play until you see the Coda sign and then skip to the Coda Instrument question: Q: How would you tune your guitar without using a tuner? A: Tune to the fifth/fourth fret or use harmonics |
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Iron Man - Rock School Grade 4
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Treasure - Rock School Grade 4
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Shut Up and Dance - Rock School Grade 4
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Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys
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Grade 3 - Riff & Melodic & Rhythmic Recall Examples
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Thinking Out Loud - Rock School Grade 3
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Old Bones Blues - Rockschool Grade 3
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Master Of Puppets - Metallica
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Smells Like Teen Spirit - Grade 3 Rockschool
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Preparing for Ear Tests - Rock School Grade 2
Good explanation of what you'll have to do. |
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Sight Reading Examples - Rock School Grade 2
Here's a few different examples to practice sight reading, you'll be given a fresh example in the exam. (ASK ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS) |
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Technical Exercises - Rock School Grade 2
NO EXCUSES - HERE'S A COMPLETE RUN THROUGH TO THE TECHNICALS (ASK ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS) |
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Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Capo 1st Fret E, A, G, C |
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Pointless - Lewis Capaldi
Verse: D, G, A, D Pre Chorus: G, A, D, G ... G,A,Bm,D,G,A Chorus: D, A, Bm, G D, A, G, A Bridge: D, G, Bm, G,A |
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Get Lucky
Capo 2nd Fret Chords: Am, C, Em, D |
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Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
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Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
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Domino - Grade 2 - Rockschool
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love - Grade 2 - Rockschool
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Highway To Hell - Grade 2 - Rockschool
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Enter Sandman - Rockschool Grade 2
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This City - Sam Fischer
Capo 4th Fret Cadd9, G Em, D |
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7475 - The Connells
Capo 4th Fret C, G
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Riptide - Vance Joy
Capo 6th Fret Verse: Em, D, G Strumming: D,D, UDU |
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Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
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Yellow - Coldplay
Capo 4th Fret Verse Chords: G D C Chorus Chords: C, Em, D |
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Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
Capo 2nd Fret Chords: Am (x4), C (x4) (without 1st finger), F (x8) |
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love - Grade 2 - Rockschool
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Something Just Like This
Chords: G(x3) , A (x1) , Bm (x3) , A (x1) Can either play the A string or the A chord. |
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
Capo: 1st Fret Chords: E, A, G, C |
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Holiday - Green Day
Capo 1st Fret Chords: Em, C, G, D DDU, DDU, DDU, DUDU |
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Dakota - Grade 1
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My Girl - Grade 1
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The Man Who Can't Be Moved - Grade 1
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Tune E string to F 
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Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
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Numb - Linkin Park
Capo 2nd fret Intro: Em, C, G, D Verse: Em, C, G, D x2 C, D Pre Chorus: Em, G, C, D Chorus: Em, C, G, D |
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Wake Me Up When September Ends
Chorus: G, F# (note), Em, Bm, C G, F# (note), Em, Bm, C , D
Strum G& F# chords twice each, then the rest 4 times each. 
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Green Onions - Rockschool Grade 1
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Have a go at this intro! |
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Hot Girl - Black Bear (Clean Version)
Capo 2nd Fret Chords: C, Am, Em, Bm 4 beats per chord |
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Hold My Girl - George Ezra
3rd Fret Capo Chords Verse: G, D, C, Em, D, G |
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Figure It Out - Royal Blood
E - - - - -0 (x8) - h -10 - - - - - |
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Wild Thing - The Troggs
Chords: A, D, E, D |
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Jingle Bells
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Enter Sandman - Metallica
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Happy Birthday
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Walk This Way - Aerosmith
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Believer - Imagine Dragons
Capo 1st Fret Chords: Am, F, G Am for 8 beats F for 4 beats E for 4 beats |
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Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
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Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses
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Wonderwall - Oasis
Verse: Em, G, D, A Strumming Pattern: D=Down U=Up D, D, D, DU Pre Chorus: C, D, Em (played 3 times) |
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Back In Black - AC/DC
Em (1 strum) D (3 strums) A (3 strums) Lick 1 E--3-p-0----------------------- B----------3-p-0--------------- G------------------3-p-2-0---- D------------------------------- A------------------------------- E------------------------------- Lick 2 A------------------------------ E--7-4-7-5-7-6-7-7-------- |
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Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
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Pretty Shining People - George Ezra
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Capo 5th Fret
Verse: (4 strums per chord) G, G, Em, D G, G, Em, D Em, D Pre Chorus: G, D, D G, Em, D, D G, Em, D, D Chorus: G, D, C, C, G, D, C, C
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Basket Case - Green Day
Capo 1st Fret
Verse Chords: D, A, Bm, F#m, G, D, A
Capo 1st Fret
Verse Chords: D, A, Bm, F#m, G, D, A
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Shotgun - Ed Sheeran
Capo 5th Fret Chords: C, F, Am, G Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DU |
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Gladiator - Zayde Wolf
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