Rockschool music qualifications are tailor-made for the contemporary musician.
Bass Grade 8
The Bass Grade 8 book will be indispensable as you tackle the complex performance and theoretical challenges of Grade 8, which also earns UCAS points towards a university application.
What you'll learn at Grade 8
- Time signature changes, two-handed tapping, fast blues basslines
- Whole Tone, Diminished, Natural Minor and Altered scales, Dominant 7♯5, Dominant 7♭5, Dominant 7♯9, Dominant 7♭9 Arpeggios and Dominant 7th, Major 7th and Minor 7th chords. Diminished arpeggio and Stylistic Study
- Session work
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Anthem Track 1 of 9£3.99
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Breathing Underwater Track 2 of 9£3.99
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Copenhagen Track 3 of 9£3.99
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Dean Town Track 4 of 9£3.99
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Four By Twelve Track 5 of 9£3.99
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Higher Ground Track 6 of 9£3.99
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Run for Cover (Live) Track 7 of 9£3.99
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Spain Track 8 of 9£3.99
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The Switch Track 9 of 9£3.99
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Supporting Tests£5.99
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Rockschool Bass Grade 8 Hit Tunes
- Chick Corea – Spain
- Haitus Kaiyote – Breathing Underwater
- Rush – Anthem
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
- Marcus Miller – Run for Cover (Live)
- Vulfpeck – Dean Town
Rockschool Originals | Bass Grade 8
- Copenhagen
- The Switch
- Four By Twelve
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Pages 15-20
Breathing Underwater
"RP" has been removed from bar 35. The note is repicked, but there's no need for the "RP" indication as the note is played on a different string. (Updated 5 September 2024)
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The opening repeat notation at the beginning of bar 61 has been removed. (Updated 5 September 2024)
Pages 29-33
Higher Ground
Bar 31: The tablature of the first note of the triplet on beat 2 (D) has been updated to fret 5 on the A string. (Updated 5 September 2024)
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