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Electric Guitar Grade 3
The Guitar Grade 3 book is the go-to guide for all the theory and info you'll need to pass your Grade 3 exam, focusing in-depth on pedal tones, bends, arpeggios, scales and other expressive guitar techniques.
What you'll learn at Grade 3
- Open-string pedal tones, bends, pre-bends, cross picking
- Major and Natural Minor scales. Major and Minor Pentatonic scales, Blues scales
- Major and minor arpeggios, barre chords
- Playback and performance skills
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Born to Be Wild Track 1 of 9£3.99
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Camden Square Track 2 of 9£3.99
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Getting Started Track 3 of 9£3.99
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Good 4 U Track 4 of 9£3.99
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Is This Love Track 5 of 9£3.99
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Knock on Wood Track 6 of 9£3.99
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Longbeach Skyline Track 7 of 9£3.99
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On Broadway Track 8 of 9£3.99
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Restless Track 9 of 9£3.99
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Supporting Tests£4.49
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- 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists & 3 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
- Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
- All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams
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Rockschool Guitar Grade 3 Hit Tunes
- George Benson – On Broadway
- Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Is This Love
- Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
- Sam Fender – Getting Started
- Eddie Floyd – Knock On Wood
Rockschool Originals | Guitar Grade 3
- Camden Square
- Restless
- Longbeach Skyline
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Technical Exercises
- Group A - Scales
- Group B - Arpeggios
- Group C - Chords
- Group D - Riff
Unseen Tests
- Sight Reading
- Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests (Test 1: Melodic Recall, Test 2: Rhythmic Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
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Pages 11-14
Good 4 U
Final bar (bar 73) removed. The updated version is now 72 bars long. (Updated 7 October 2024)
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E chords in the following bars should be played as per the tablature (four-note chord voicings): 24, 28, 32, 36, 68, 72. The notation in the upper stave has been amended accordingly, and some missing chord symbols have been added. (Updated 15 May 2025)
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Palm mute indication has been added to bars 53–55 and first two beats of bar 56. (Updated 23 December 2025)
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