Music transcends borders. Learning the piano with our materials will improve your technical proficiency whilst providing a comprehensive understanding of musical theory, enabling you to confidently articulate your musical ideas and concepts to other musicians – no matter where you are in the world.

The Rockschool and RSL Classical graded music publications provide you with everything you need to take a graded exam: a diverse range of repertoire (including professionally arranged and recorded backing tacks), a truly innovative range of technical exercises and supporting tests.

Throughout the grades, we’ve hand-picked tunes from some of the world’s biggest artists and composers across a diverse range of genres. This expansive choice of songs can be used in your graded music exam, as material for auditions, or for your own enjoyment.

Our innovative app and e-books, powered by MatchMySound, come complete with an interactive score player allowing you to slow down and loop specific sections of pieces. Gamify your learning experience by receiving automated feedback on your practise sessions!

You can plot your stylistic specialism on your instrument as you progress through the methods. Develop an in-depth understanding of the types of playing you identify with most, whether that is pop, rock, metal, blues, country, funk, jazz, reggae, or classical.

For over 30 years we have been producing materials to help people learn musical instruments and assess their progress. RSL Awards now assess over 100,000 people each year across 50 countries. Come and join this world-wide community of creative people.

All our qualifications have been designed with industry relevance, student engagement, and academic rigour in mind. Upon completion of an RSL graded music exam, you will have earned a globally recognised qualification, designed to support progression routes towards higher education and the creative industries.

RSL Awards’ graded music exams motivate and encourage musicians of all ages and abilities through a system of progressive mastery. From our introductory grades all the way through to Grade 8, these graded qualifications enable candidates to develop and enhance their musical skills, knowledge and understanding in an exciting, engaging and consistent manner.