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    a GRADE 4 8) “y INSIDE: Full notation and TAB, plus backing tracks on CD TRACK LISTINGS Enough Said Glide On Down Hold On I'm Going Rage Against Everything Secret Place There And Beck Full Mixes auAwne 7 Tuning Notes Backing Tracks 8 — Enough Said 9 Glide On Down 10 Hold On I'm Going I] Rage Against Everything 12 Secret Place 13 There And Beck Tech Exercises 14 Riff Improvisation & Interpretation 15 Backing Track EarTests 16 Test | &Test 2 Better Guitar With... 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 rockschool www.rockschool.co.uk 10 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 24 Welcome To Guitar Grade 4 Welcome to the Rockschool Guitar Grade 4 pack, The book and CD contain everything needed to play guitar in this grade. In the book you will find the exam scores in both standard guitar notation and TAB. The accompanying CD has full stereo mixes of each tune, backing tracks to play along with for practice, tuning notes and spoken two bar count-ins to each piece. Handy tips on playing the pieces and the marking schemes can be found in the Guru's Guide on page 22. If you have any queries about this or any other Rockschool exam, please call us on 0845 460 4747, email us at info@rockschool.co.uk or visit ‘our website www.rockschool.co.uk. Good luck! Level 2 Requirements for Grades 4&5 ‘The nine Rockschool grades are divided into four levels. These levels correspond to the levels of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCE) introduced in early 2010, Further details about the QCF can be found at: www.ofqual.gov.uk Details ofall of Rockschool’s accredited qualifications can be found at: www.accreditedqualifications.org.uk. Guitar Grade 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 stepping up to more advanced skills and stylistic expression. Grade 4: in this grade you use a range of physical and expressive techniques with confidence, damping and the use of double stops and adjacent strings, legato and staccato, slides, fretting hand and whammy bar vibrato, hammer ons and pull offs, and accents, and you are experimenting with a range of dynamics from very quiet (zap) to very loud ( ff"). In this grade you are continuing 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 abilities across a number of styles and have control over tone and sound adjustments to suit the playing style of your choice. Guitar Exams at Grade 4 ‘There are two types of exam that can be taken using this pack: a Grade Exam and a Performance Certificate. Guitar Grade 4 Exam: this is for players who want to develop performance and technical skills Players wishing to enter for a Guitar Grade 4 exam need to prepare three pieces of which one may be a free choice piece chosen from outside the printed repertoire. In addition you must prepare the technical exercises in the book, undertake either a sight reading test or an improvisation & interpretation test, take an ear test and answer general musicianship questions. 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 To enter for your Guitar Grade 4 Performance Certificate you play pieces only. You can choose any five of the six tunes printed 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 Rockschool. Free choice piece checklists for all grades can be found on the Rockschool website: www:rockschool.ca.uk. Guitar Notation Explained ‘THE MUSICAL STAVE shows pitches and yt ands ivded by lines into (ars. Pitches are named ater the st seven eters ofthe alphabet ‘TABLATURE graphically represents the guar Fgerboard Bach horizontal line epreentsasting, and each mumber represents fret Definitions For Special Guitar Notation HAMMER ON: Pick the loner note, then sound the higher not by freting it without picking ——— | e 2 ring, 294 et PULL. OFF Pick the higher note then Sound the ower note iting the Finger without pking, Open D chord suggested fingering SLIDE: Pick the fist ne then lide ‘othe next wih the ame finger Aythm notation with ‘Adib and cont sim sections ‘re shown in slsh notation ‘STRING BENDS: Pick the frst note then ‘end (or release the bend) tothe pitch Indicated in brackets —— SS = = ——- t pu _eo 5—6)—5) GLISSANDO: A small slide ff ofa note VIBRATO: Vibrate the note by heading toward the end oft rhythmic ration. and releasing the ting sothly Do not slid int the following note ~ subsequent notes should be repicked, and continaoy. | ‘TRILL: Rapidly alterate between the two bracketed notes byhammering ‘onand pulling of [NATURAL HARMONICS: Lightly touch the feng above the indicated fret then plc to sound s harmonic PINCHED HARMONICS: Bing the thumb ofthe picking had into ontat with the string immediately ter the pick PICK HAND TAP: Sirk the indicated ‘ote with anger from the picking hand Usually felowed bya pall of 9 > 6 : 5—2—, PRET HAND TAP: As pick hand tap, but use freting hand Usslly folowed bys pall of o hamner on, ‘QUARTER TONE BEND: Fick the note indicated and bend the sing up byaquareer tone 'PRE-BENDS: Before picking the note, bend the string from the fret indicated between the staves, to the equivalent pitch indicted in brackets in the TAB WHAMMY BAR BEND: Use the whammy batt bend note othe pitches india in brecets in de TAB a ph D8, al Coda oa + Go ack tothe sign (then play unt the bar marked To Cada © then kip to the section marked © Coda + Go ack the beginning of the song and play ut the bar marked Fine Cen). + Repeat barshetween signs + When a repeated section has diferent endings, pay the st ending onthe rst. time and the second ending only the second time Enough Said mul) Hussein Boon iF ee ee ee ee ee ee Guitar Solo D’sus* o7 D7eus* 7 {© 2006 Rock School Ltd. “This music is copyright. Photocopying is illegal. Glide On Down nual) Joe Bennett 4285 Funky Reggae Em E [ T t 7 improvise natural harmonics DS. al Coda @ emai” Bm? emai” Ba! _—_——s ® Guitar Grade 4 Hold On I’m Going a) Steve Wrigley 4-110 Atlantic Soul ° 7 a feee (=== — == ee cs — o Cd a cr o er o ; 5 To Coda @ ene eee ene 9 = Seo ee c= * wv r i is coo se 5 53 3 asp 3 Pee sms —— Guitar Solo Coda ° F a ES pene FOE a _ == = FE = 14 wr +8 - aie ar 14 = 4 = = 4 © 2006 Rock Schoo! Ltd. “This music is copyright. Photocopying sillegal 2 Sees aus Rage Against Everything ‘ets & Deirdre Cartwright 4-100 Nu Meral To Coda @ Em Deus alict cs l rr # o “ ‘t 4 or T es BisA5 gS es Bs aS GS at = == o figigies gai? @ Gaqeaas Fe = ~ - = ba ee ee ee SSeS aa ae sree 5 og ais es oF {© 2006 Rock School Ltd. ‘This music is copyright. Photocopying is illegal. Secret Place wah?) Tan Woolway ar ey aT © 2006 Rock School Ltd. ‘This music is copyright. Photocopying is illegal. 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