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Rockschool Guitar Grade 2 (2018)
£18.00
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:>AC/DC – Runaway Train (Rock ‘N’ Roll Train)The Beatles – Helter SkelterOne Direction – What Makes You BeautifulArthur Conley – Sweet Soul MusicThe Meters – Cissy StrutJessie J – Domino6 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) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 64 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1912352532 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1912352531 |
| Dimensions | 30.4 x 0.4 x 22.9 cm |
by Tom R
My students really enjoy the rockschool grade books. Trusted exam board
by j garfield
My son is doing the rock school grades the books are easy to follow and the tracks and fun to learn. The backing tracks are downloadable so no CD needed.
by Moon
Great but is a bit complicated on the chords
by Linden Baxter
This grade book with the white guitar on the front is not the up to date 2019 syllabus. It does not contain all the new songs. The new one book for 2019 has a rock star on the front.
Cannot fault the seller though – the book arrived quickly and was exactly as described.
by RIMS
Covers the ground needed to pass the rock school exam at grade 2, and does so in a friendly and straight forward way.
It is harder however to assess how good a book it is overall compared to the competition. It is required for the Rockschool exam. Ie you have to show the book, and get it signed, presumably so it can’t be used for the exam by someone else.
That means a) it has no second hand value, which affects the value for money. (What happens if you have more than one in the family who is taking their grades. Does reach have to have their own new copy?)
b) you HAVE to have bought their book inorder to sit the exam. In addition to the examination fee that is. (Seems to me that the exam should be a test of competence, however acquired. Not a test of whether you have purchased their book?)
by Amazon Customer
These books are usually more expensive so this one is good value and has some good tunes to learn
by Lulu
Prompt delivery. Good resource for a budding guitarest.
by Michael Green
Tab is very easy to follow and the addition of the 2 downloadable backing tracks for each song made it super easy to hear either how it should sound or you can just play along with the backing track.
This really helped me to learn and get my timing better, however, most of the songs are incomplete. Enter sandman misses out the famous intro! So this is a great learning resource that will help you play better, but if you want to learn the whole song then you need to look elsewhere.