Scales
Music Practice Downloads
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Technical Exercises - Grade 5
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Hell Aint A Bad Place - Grade 5 Guitar
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Sweet Home Alabama - Grade 5
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Back In Black- Grade 5
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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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Stick Season - Noah Kahan
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Mr Brightside - Killers
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Iron Man - Rock School Grade 4
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Shut Up and Dance - Rock School Grade 4
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Treasure - Rock School Grade 4
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Paradise City - Guns N Roses
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Rock Or Bust - AC/DC
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Sweet Child O Mine - Big Solo Fast Lick
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Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys
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Paranoid - Black Sabbath
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Song/Guitar Solo Suggestions
Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses |
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Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
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The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
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Welcome To The Jungle - Guns n Roses
Intro Riff - Slow the riff down to 0.5x Practise Main riff |
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ACDC - BACK IN BLACK
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Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
See video for chords |
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Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Intro A-----7----5------------5------- E--0----7----0--0--7-----------
Solo
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Under Pressure - Queen
Handy little video tutorial on the licks behind the main riff |
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Melodic & Rhythmic Recall Examples
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Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran - Rockschool Grade 3
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I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Capo 4th Fret G, D, Em, C ------ Every now and then they play a different chord which is an A7 (A without middle finger)
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Let Her Go - Passenger
Capo 7th Fret 
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Holiday - Green Day
Capo 1st Fret Intro: Em, C, G, D
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Old Bones Blues - Grade 3 Rockschool
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Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Intro: E:-------------------------------- B:-------------------------------- G:-------------------------------- D:-------------------------------- A:-------------------------------- E:--------------------------------- |
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Happy Together - The Turtles
Capo 2nd fret Intro: E:--------5--4---2--------------2-------2--- B:-------------------------------------5------- G:--------------------------------------------- D:----4----------------------4--------------- A:--4----------------------4----------------- E:--------------------------------------------- Verse: Em, D, C, B (8 beats) Chorus: E, Bm7, E, G (4 beats) |
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Summer Of 69 - Grade 3
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Smells Like Teen Spirit - Grade 3 Rockschool
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Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
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Yellow - Coldplay
Capo 4th Fret VerseChords: G D C Chorus Chords: C, Em, D |
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Enter Sandman Grade 2 - Rockschool
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Highway To Hell - Grade 2 - Rockschool
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Domino - Rockschool Grade 2 (official)
Grade 2 Exam Requires 3 pieces and accounts for 75% of the exam mark. Must do at least 1 piece from official Grade 2 Book & up to 2 optional "free pieces" from Rockschool Classics |
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This Town - Niall Horan
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I Love Rock & Roll
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Master Of Puppets
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Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
Intro: D, F#m (F#m is the bar chord on 2nd fret) - - - - - Next Lesson: Verse: D, F#m, D, F#m, Bm, G(x2), A(x2), Bm, A Chorus: D, Bm, D, Bm, x2 Bridge: G, A, D, Bm x2 G, A, Bm, A |
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Sweet Home Alabama
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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 Grade 2 - Rockschool
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Figure It Out - Royal Blood
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Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
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Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
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Green Onions - Rockschool Grade 1
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My Girl - Rockschool Grade 1
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Dakota Stereophonics - Grade 1 Rock School Guitar
Learn a section and then practise at a slower speed to start maybe 75% then speed up until you get to 100%. |
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The Man Who Can't Be Moved - Grade 1 Rock School Guitar
Learn a section and then practise at a slower speed to start maybe 75% then speed up until you get to 100%. |
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Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynryd
Finger Pick: D, C+9, G |
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Figure It Out - Royal Blood
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Enter Sandman - Metallica
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Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams
D, A finger picking |
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7 Years - Lukas Graham
Capo 3rd fret Chorus: Em, G, C, D Em, G, C Verse: Em, D,G (quick chord change from D to G) C, D, Em, D,G C, D |
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Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses
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End of intro
Pre Solo
Solo 1
Solo 2
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Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Gravitz
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Walking The Wire - Imagine Dragons
Capo 7th Fret Verse: A, D, E, D Pre Chorus: F#m, E Chorus: A, D, F#m, E Verse: A, D, E, D Pre Chorus: F#m, E Chorus: A, D, F#m, E Bridge: A, D, F#m, E, A Verse: A, D, E, D Chorus: A, D, F#m, E Outro: A, D, F#m, E, (x2) |
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Basket Case - Green Day
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Verse
Chorus:
G, A, D, D G, A, D, D G, A D, C, Bm, G, A Riff: D, A, Bm, A D, A, Bm, A |
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Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
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American Idiot - Green Day (clean version!)
Capo 4th Fret Verse Chords: E, A, D, A, E Chorus Chords: A, E, B, E, A, E, B 
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Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
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Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
| Knock On Wood.pdf |
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Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Take it slow and build up your speed gradually. I suggest using a pick. |
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Pretty Shining People - George Ezra
Capo 4th Fret Intro G x8 Verse G x8, Em x4, D x4 G x8, Em x4, D x4 Em x4, D x4 Pre Chorus G x4, D x8 G x4, Em x4, D x8 G x4, Em x4, D x8 Chorus G x4, D x4, C x8 G x4, D x4, C x8 |
Pre Verse
G x8 Verse 2 G x8, Em x4, D x4 G x8, Em x4, D x4 Pre Chorus G x4, D x8 G x4, Em x4, D x8 G x4, Em x4, D x8 Chorus G x4, D x4, C x8 G x4, D x4, C x8 Bridge (1 strum on each chord but hold for "x" beats) Play 4 times G x4, C x4, D x4 D string:---0--------------- A string:------3--2--3--2- Chorus (X= no chord) X x4, X x4, C x8 G x4, D x4, C x8 G x4, D x4, C x8 G x4, D x4, C x8 |
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Back In Black - ACDC
Alternative for the second lick after the chords E: --7--4--7--5--7--6--7--7 Solo idea: repeat 4 times played over chords Em, D, A, Em E:--------------------------------3-0- B:------------------------------------- G: -9-7-9---7-6-7---6-4-6-------- |
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Torture - James H
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Gladiator - Zayde Wolf
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AC/DC - T.N.T
Amp Setting: Little bit of distortion Verse Chords: E, G, A Chorus: A, G, E Notes: Timing is really important in this song. Listen carefully to the video. Solo.. Key is Em You can play any of the following notes: E string- 3 - 5 - 7 B string - 3 - 5 G string - 0 - 2 - 4 Start by sliding on G string from 2 - 4 and play 4 multiple times. Middle - any of the notes End - slide on E string from 5 - 7 |
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Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynyrd
Chords: D, C+9, G Finger pick these chords shown below 
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Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses
Standard Tuning. Practice with a plectrum. |
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Budapest - George Ezra
Tuning: D, G, C, F, A, D
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Paradise - George Ezra
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Hells Bells - AC/DC
You can use a pick or your fingers to pick this song |
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Swimming In Death Pools - James Flame
Verse Chords: Am, C, G, D Chorus: D, C+9, G, D, C+9 |
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Counting Stars - One Republic
Capo 4th Fret Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DDU Chords: Am, C, G, F |
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Shotgun - George Ezra
Capo 5th Fret Chords: C, F, Am, G Strumming Pattern: D, D, D, DU |
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Clocks - Coldplay
Start by learning the chords with a 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2 downward strumming pattern. Also a great easy tune to practise your finger picking! On your right hand use your thumb to pick the D string, 1st finger to pick the G string and middle finger to pick the B string. See image. Verse/ Chorus Chords: D, Am, Em |
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Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Fairly simple riff to play but a good one to speed up your fingers! |
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Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Intro 
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Paradise City - Guns N Roses
Chords: G, C, F, C, G Strumming Pattern: D, D, DU, U, DU, D This is for the chords in Bold. Strumming Pattern: D, D, DU This is for the chords F & C not in bold! |
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Johnny B. Goode
This song is played quite quickly but take it slowly and ensure you use the correct fingers.
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Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Part 1
Part 2
Sweet Child O Mine
Good song to practice with a plectrum.. this version is for an acoustic guitar.
Good song to practice with a plectrum.. this version is for an acoustic guitar.
Wonderwall - Oasis
Strumming Pattern: DU, D, D, DU (Verse, Pre Chorus part 1, Chorus)
Strumming Pattern Pre chorus part 2: G: D,DU F#: D,DU Em: D,DU D,DU A: DU, D, D, DU x4
Strumming Pattern: DU, D, D, DU (Verse, Pre Chorus part 1, Chorus)
Strumming Pattern Pre chorus part 2: G: D,DU F#: D,DU Em: D,DU D,DU A: DU, D, D, DU x4
Verse x 12
Pre Chorus Part 1.. x3 on 3rd time skip Em and go to part 2
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Pre Chorus Part 2
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Chorus .. repeat these two chords
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
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Slither - Velvet Revolver
Played at speed using first and second fingers on left hand. 
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Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
G x x C C G C G DD GG D G D G watch video for instruction! |
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Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
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Hells Bells - AC/DC
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Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Use a plectrum Intro x8 h = hammer on (if you can) 
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Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran
Capo 2nd Fret Chords: Em, G, D, C+9 Strumming Pattern: D=Down U=Up Em: DDUDU G: D D:DDUDU C+9: D |
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Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Intro 
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AC/DC - Highway To Hell
3 chords for this song. Check out the video, pay attention to the timing. Practice using a plectrum. |
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AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Played on the B string. Start off playing the notes individually and then at a later stage we can play using hammer ons and pull offs. 
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How Long - Charlie Puth
Capo 4th Fret Verse : Am , G , F , G Pre Chorus: Dm7 , G , F , Em.... Dm7, G , F , E Chorus: Am, G , F , G |
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Stitches - Shawn Mendes
Capo 1st Fret Chords Verse: Am, G, C, F Strumming Pattern: D=Down Strum U=Up Strum D, U, U, U, D, U |
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AC/DC - Back In Black
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Counting Stars Continued
- Practise counting the 4 beats in each chord along with this backing track.
- Try and find the Am chord each time it comes around.
- Try and play along in time to the backing track
- note the very last F chord is worth 16 beats!
- Practise counting the 4 beats in each chord along with this backing track.
- Try and find the Am chord each time it comes around.
- Try and play along in time to the backing track
- note the very last F chord is worth 16 beats!
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Counting Stars - Capo 4th Fret
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