Rockschool Acoustic Guitar Grade 3
with RSL Awards
- Sample Lesson Free
- Performance Pieces
- Performance of Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (Andy G Jones)
- Analysis of Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (Andy G Jones)
- Performance of Taylor Swift - Everything Has Changed (Carl Orr)
- Analysis of Taylor Swift - Everything Has Changed (Carl Orr)
- Performance of Foo Fighters - Best Of You (James Betteridge)
- Analysis of Foo Fighters - Best Of You (James Betteridge)
- Performance of Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (James Betteridge)
- Analysis of Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (James Betteridge)
- Performance of Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All (Andy G Jones)
- Analysis of Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All (Andy G Jones)
- Performance of Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road (Andy G Jones)
- Analysis of Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road (Andy G Jones)
- Technical Exercises
- Tech Exercises - Walk-through, general practice & exam tips
- Grades 1 to 3 - Assessment Criteria and getting a disctinction on your exam
- Group A - 1. A major scale
- Group A - 2. A major scale
- Group A - 3. Eb major scale
- Group A - 4. Eb major scale
- Group A - 5. F# natural minor scale
- Group A - 6. C natural minor scale
- Group A - 7. F# harmonic minor scale
- Group A - 8. C harmonic minor scale
- Group A - 9. C lydian scale
- Group A - 10. Chromatic scale on A - Ascending
- Group A - 11. Chromatic scale on A - Descending
- Group A - 12. Chromatic scale on Eb - Ascending
- Group A - 13. Chromatic scale on Eb - Descending
- Group B - 1. A major arpeggio
- Group B - 2. Eb major arpeggio
- Group B - 3. F# minor arpeggio
- Group B - 4. C minor arpeggio
- Group B - 5. C major 7 arpeggio
- Group B - 6. C major 9#11 arpeggio
- Group B - 7. C major 13#11 arpeggio
- Group C - 1. C major 7 chord voicings
- Group C - 2. C dominant 9 sus 4 chord voicings
Lesson plan (3h 15m)
This course is available for free when you checkout with the code: G3FREE
We've recorded these lessons with the original Rockschool authors and London's foremost guitarists - Andy G Jones, Carl Orr and James Betteridge - to help you master the songs from the 2016 Rockschool Acoustic Guitar syllabus.
James Barratt, an experienced rockschool teacher with a 100% student pass rate will drill you in the technical exercises, scales and arpeggios as well as the music theory relevant to this grade.
By the end of this course, you'll be able to play iconic songs from the likes Foo Fighters, Alison Krauss, Ed Sheeran, Aerosmith, Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts.
You'll also Understand the theory behind the songs and be comfortable playing dozens of relevant new scales, chords and arpeggios.
This course is ideal for beginner to intermediate guitarists, who want to learn a few iconic Rock and Pop songs as well as fundamental techniques needed become a skilled guitarist.
It's also perfect preparation for guitaritst who want to ace their Rockschool Grade 3 Exam.
This course is structured in two main parts: Performance pieces (songs) and Technical exercises
- In part 1, Andy, Carl and James will walk you through the 5 songs below.
- In part 2, James will help you practice the scales, broken chords, chord voicings that you'll need at this level.
Pre-requisite: To learn the pieces you'll need the sheet music and tab from the official Rockschool Acoustic Guitar Book click here to get the book in digital format.