Drums Grade 4
Rockschool's Drums Grade 4 book is an in-depth guide to the expressive techniques that you'll be performing in your Grade 4 exam, such as Ghost snare, flams and ruffs and hand and feet patterns.
What you'll learn at Grade 4
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- 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists & 6 Rockschool Originals
- The most diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
- Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
- Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
- Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
- All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
- Aretha Franklin - Respect
- Coldplay - In My Place
- David Bowie - Let’s Dance
- Fugees - Ready Or Not
- Stormzy - Scary
- 6 Rockschool Originals
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Technical Exercises
- Group A - Single and Double Strokes
- Group B - Paradiddles
- Group C - Flams and Ruffs
- Group D - Hand and Feet Patterns
- Group E - Fill
Unseen Tests
- Sight Reading
- Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests (Test 1: Fill Playback and Recognition, Test 2: Groove Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
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Pages 5–8
Sweet Home Alabama
Bar 8 has been updated. It is identical to bar 7 but with a closed hi-hat on beat 1 instead of a crash.
Pages 49-54
Mind The Gaps
Bar 55: The final eighth note of the bar has been changed to an eighth-note rest.
Pages 29-34
Cry Me A River
Bars 57 and 58 have been updated.
Pages 49–54
Mind The Gaps
Bar 21, beat 1: Staccato removed. (Updated 22 July 2020)
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