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Drums Grade 6
Drums Grade 6 earns you valuable UCAS points towards your university application; this book is your guide to the increasingly sophisticated theory and performance techniques you'll face in the grade exam.
What you'll learn at Grade 6
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Chameleon Track 1 of 12£3.99
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Dutch Flowerz Track 2 of 12£3.99
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Favela Track 3 of 12£2.29
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I Got You (I Feel Good) Track 4 of 12£3.99
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Mind Sweeper Track 5 of 12£2.29
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Mohair Mountain Track 6 of 12£2.29
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Pop It In The ToP Track 7 of 12£2.29
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Rock The Bells Track 8 of 12£3.99
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Space Future Track 9 of 12£2.29
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Superstition Track 10 of 12£3.99
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You Can Call Me Miguel Track 11 of 12£2.29
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Ziggy Stardust Track 12 of 12£3.99
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Supporting Tests£5.99
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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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- David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
- James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
- Stevie Wonder - Superstition
- Skream - Dutch Flowerz
- LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
- Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
- 6 Rockschool Originals
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Technical Exercises
- Group A - Single and Double Strokes
- Group B - Paradiddles
- Group C - Ratamacues
- Group D - Rolls
- Group E - Stylistic Studies
Unseen Tests
- Quick Study Piece
- Ear Tests (Test 1: Fill Playback and Recognition, Test 2: Groove Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
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Page 77
General Musicianship Questions
The fourth question, on the use of drum voices, has had the following note added. "Note: if there is no solo section in the selected piece, the examiner will ask you to explain how you would approach constructing a solo in the context of the piece/style, using a combination of the following components: drum voices, rhythms OR techniques."
Page 31–36
Chameleon
Bars 26, 40 and 64:
Beat 1 of each bar has been amended as follows: 8th-note kick > 16th note-snare > 16th note-kick (Updated 7 April 2021)
Page 43–48
Pop It In The Top
Bar 48: kick drum notes added on beats 3& (second eighth-note of beat 3) and 4e (second 16th-note of beat 4). (Updated 7 April 2021)
Page 11–14
I Got You (I Feel Good)
The cross stick snare in bars 26–29 (p.12) have been replaced with regular snare drum. (Updated 4 December 2019)
Page 19–24
Dutch Flowerz
Page 22, bar 48, beat 4: The snare and crash cymbal have been moved to the 'and' of beat 4. The upper voice of beat 4 is now as follows: eighth-note rest, eighth-note snare+crash The lower voice of beat 4 is unaffected. (Updated 4 December 2019)
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