RockSchool Archives - Bass Works Australia https://www.bassworks.com.au/product-category/sheet-music-and-cds/rockschool/ Double Bass Tuition, Workshops, Repairs, Restoration, Sales and Accessories. Now also stocking other string instruments, including Cellos and Violins. Sun, 24 Nov 2024 02:03:35 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.bassworks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/favicon.png RockSchool Archives - Bass Works Australia https://www.bassworks.com.au/product-category/sheet-music-and-cds/rockschool/ 32 32 Rockschool Ukulele – Grade 1 (2020+) https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/rockschool-ukulele-grade-1-2020/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 03:13:00 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=6017 This book will provide you with everything you need for your Ukulele Grade 1 exam including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.

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  • Six ‘hit tune’ arrangements covering a range of contemporary styles
  • Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
  • Downloadable audio
  • Fact Files and Walkthroughs
  • Technical Exercises
  • Sight Reading
  • Improvisation & Interpretation
  • Ear Tests
  • General Musicianship Questions

Repertoire:

Ben E King – Stand By Me
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Israel KAmakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Cat Stevens – Wild World
Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Jess Glynne – Take Me Home

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]]> Rockschool Acoustic Guitar – Grade 5 (2019+) https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/rockschool-acoustic-guitar-grade-5-2019/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:36:12 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=6014 This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 5 exam, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.

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  • Six ‘hit tune’ arrangements covering a range of contemporary styles
  • Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
  • Downloadable audio
  • Fact Files and Walkthroughs
  • Technical Exercises
  • Sight Reading
  • Improvisation & Interpretation
  • Ear Tests
  • General Musicianship Questions

Repertoire:

James Taylor – Fire And Rain
The Beatles – Blackbird
Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
Eva Cassidy – Songbird
Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead Or Alive

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]]> Rockschool Acoustic Guitar – Grade 4 (2019+) https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/rockschool-acoustic-guitar-grade-4-2019/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:25:38 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=6012

This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 4 exam, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.

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  • Six ‘hit tune’ arrangements covering a range of contemporary styles
  • Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
  • Downloadable audio
  • Fact Files and Walkthroughs
  • Technical Exercises
  • Sight Reading
  • Improvisation & Interpretation
  • Ear Tests
  • General Musicianship Questions

Repertoire:

Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
Bill Withers – Use Me
Alanis Morisette – Ironic
Eric Clapton – Layla
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Road Trippin’
Robert Johnson – Sweet Home Chicago

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]]> Rockschool Acoustic Guitar – Grade 2 (2019+) https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/rockschool-acoustic-guitar-grade-2-2019/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:50:31 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=5442 This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 exam, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples. Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 features: Six ‘hit tune’ arrangements covering a range of contemporary […]

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]]> This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 exam, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.

Acoustic Guitar Grade 2 features:

  • Six ‘hit tune’ arrangements covering a range of contemporary styles
  • Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
  • Downloadable audio
  • Fact Files and Walkthroughs

Plus:

  • Technical Exercises
  • Sight Reading
  • Improvisation & Interpretation
  • Ear Tests
  • General Musicianship Questions

Contents:

Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga – Shallow
Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Passenger – Let Her Go
KT Tunstall – Other Side Of The World
Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts

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]]> Rockschool Acoustic Guitar – Grade 1 (2019+) https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/rockschool-acoustic-guitar-grade-1-2019/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:36:21 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=5440 This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 exam, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples. Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 features: Six ‘hit tune’ arrangements covering a range of contemporary […]

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]]> This book will provide you with everything you need for your Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 exam, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.

Acoustic Guitar Grade 1 features:

  • Six ‘hit tune’ arrangements covering a range of contemporary styles
  • Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
  • Downloadable audio
  • Fact Files and Walkthroughs

Plus:

  • Technical Exercises
  • Sight Reading
  • Improvisation & Interpretation
  • Ear Tests
  • General Musicianship Questions

Contents:

Nirvana – Come As You Are
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
David Guetta (feat. Sia) – Titanium
Bob Marley and the Wailers – Redemption Song
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
Ed Sheeran – Perfect

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]]> Popular Music Theory Guide for Rock & Pop – Grade 6 to Grade 8 https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/popular-music-theory-guide-for-rock-pop-grade-6-to-grade-8/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 04:15:43 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=5286 The Rockschool Popular Music Theory Guidebook (Grades 6 – 8) is a music theory handbook for students taking Rockschool’s new Level 3 (Grades 6 – 8) theory exams. Use it along with the accompanying Popular Music Theory Workbooks (Grades 6 to 8) to ensure success in your exams. Rock and pop music is analysed in depth, making this essential reading for students of all rock and pop styles.

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-Advanced music notation

-Time signatures

-Modes and modal key signatures

-Advanced scales

-How transposition works

-Extended chords and voice leading

-How to write for instruments in different styles of music

-A guide to improvisation

-How to read and analyse a musical score + more

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]]> Popular Music Theory – The Essential Guide for Rock & Pop – Debut to Grade 5 https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/popular-music-theory-the-essential-guide-for-rock-pop-debut-to-grade-5/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 04:01:15 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=5284 The Rockschool Popular Music Theory Guidebook (Grades Debut – Grade 5) is an introduction to music theory for students taking Rockschool’s new theory exams. Use it along with the accompanying Popular Music Theory Workbooks (Debut to Grade 5) to ensure success in your exams. Rock and pop music is analysed in depth, making this essential reading for students of all rock and pop styles.

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-How music is constructed and written on the stave

-The most common scales in rock and pop

-Rhythm notation and time signatures

-Directions, dynamics and articulations

-Harmony theory and common chord progressions

-Specialist notation and techniques for all rock band instruments

-The role of the instruments in different styles of music

-How to read and analyse a musical score + more

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]]> The RockSchool Ukulele Method – Book 1 https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/the-rockschool-ukulele-method-book-1/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:12:49 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=5282 The Rockschool Ukulele Method takes readers from the initial approaches to playing ukulele through to performing their first pieces. By the end of the book 2 readers should be proficient enough to enter for their Debut exam.

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]]> The RockSchool Ukulele Method – Book 2 https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/the-rockschool-ukulele-method-book-2/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:08:19 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=5280 The Rockschool Ukulele Method takes readers from the initial approaches to playing ukulele through to performing their first pieces. By the end of the book 2 readers should be proficient enough to enter for their Debut exam.

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]]> Popular Music Theory Workbook – Grade 8 https://www.bassworks.com.au/product/popular-music-theory-workbook-grade-8/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 02:30:26 +0000 https://www.bassworks.com.au/?post_type=product&p=4012 The Rockschool Popular Music Theory Workbook (Grade 8) is the ideal preparation for students taking Rockschool’s new theory exams. Practise each section of your Rockschool Popular Music Theory exam in isolation, then study a specimen paper from the Grade 8 exam! Use your Grade 8 Workbook along with the accompanying Popular Music Theory Guidebook (Grades 6 – […]

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]]> The Rockschool Popular Music Theory Workbook (Grade 8) is the ideal preparation for students taking Rockschool’s new theory exams. Practise each section of your Rockschool Popular Music Theory exam in isolation, then study a specimen paper from the Grade 8 exam! Use your Grade 8 Workbook along with the accompanying Popular Music Theory Guidebook (Grades 6 – 8) to ensure success in your exams!

Includes sample questions from each of the following sections of your theory exam:
-Music notation
-Popular music harmony
-Band knowledge
-Band analysis
-Grade 8 specimen paper included

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