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Rockschool Guitar Grade 3 (2018)
£17.30£18.00 (-4%)
Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.>For Rockschool’s 2018-2024 Guitar series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music’s rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool’s Classics series as part of the syllabus.>The arrangements have been written and performed by top session musicians who have worked with some of the biggest names in rock, metal and pop. The tracks were recorded at Real World’s acclaimed recordingstudios and feature live instruments and first rate performances for an unrivalled level of feel, authenticity and musicianship.>Featuring:>Nirvana – Smells Like Teen SpiritEd Sheeran – Thinking Out LoudOtis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The BayTaylor Swift – I Knew You Were TroubleBryan Adams – Summer Of 69Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary6 Rockschool OriginalsPlus:>Band and artist fact files with recommended listeningIn-depth walkthroughs of every trackEasy-access downloadable audioExample tests and exercisesAmp settings and tone advice for each track
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Additional information
| Publisher | Rockschool Ltd. (29 Aug. 2018) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 64 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1912352540 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1912352548 |
| Dimensions | 30.4 x 0.6 x 22.9 cm |
by Michelle b
Perfect book for the next exam on guitar. Quick delivery would highly recommend.
by Richard
So far I have really enjoyed learning to play using the Rockschool Guitar – Debut. I have learned the first three tracks and the information is clear and the demo and play-along tracks on the CD encourage a higher standard of playing. Having a framework to work in really is helping me and keeping me motivated. I plan to take the associated exam at the next opportunity. I would give this 5 stars but the overall costs (the book and the exams) are a little higher than I would have expected; also there is now an App for Rockschool Guitar and I do not yet know if you have to re-purchase each level to access the material via the App; hopefully this is not the case but I await a response on this. I also have a seven year old grandson that is starting to learn the guitar but I think the materials are too expensive for most young families.
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by Hena
Was requested by my son’s guitar teacher. Good quality.
by Gav
Its good to hear my son learning riffs and twiddly diddly bits on his guitar. This is a good course for the guitar and he appears to really be enjoying this. I do not find his practice objectionable at all.
You have to download the music to play to. I find that a chore on occasion, but other that that great.
by John M
This is an excellent learning aid for the electric guitar, although to maximise the experience it really needs a teacher to take one through some of the techniques.
It consists of six compositions for the electric guitar which cover a range of musical styles from Alternative Rock, Blues, Heavy Metal, Indie Rock, Progressive Rock and Pop Punk. These are composed specially for the Rockschool syllabus so they are novel pieces. Each are designed to include a variety of guitar techniques including chords, power chords, played both ringing and palm muted, together with solo phrases using hammer-on/pull-offs, slides, bends and vibrato etc. at the appropriate level of difficulty. Each piece has playing instructions and tips, describes the genre in which it is written giving examples of bands with similar styles, and includes recommendations for amp settings etc.
Together with this there are a listing of the required scales and arpeggios, and sight reading and ear-test examples, and examination details and techniques. There is also one preview composition piece from the Grade 4 book.
Learning guitar effectively and in a fun way requires are number of resources, however this series enables one to develop a range of techniques progressively. It is a really excellent syllabus, and well worth the investment even if one doesn’t enter for the examination.
Some have commented that a CD is no longer included in this series, which is correct. However the backing tracks with or without the guitar section can be downloaded using the code provided. This takes all of about a minute to do, and is then conveniently filed and accessible on the device; can’t see a problem with this!
by AndyL
I have this book. I have been playing for a while following a Charanga Guitar Training PC Program but wanted something else to play as well. I struggle to play TAB for most proper songs so wanted something I could work towards fairly easily (I can play basic RIFFs and power chords but I am not particularly fast or fluent). These were spot on for that and I am enjoying playing along to them. They are NOT copies of other artists music but do copy some of the basic styles and have quite a bit of teaching material in too.
by Geoff
No disc! On line only, not a plus for me