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Electric Guitar Grade 8
The Guitar Grade 8 book is a vital aid to mastering the pro-level material in your exam. Earn those UCAS points and become a pro-level musician by working through the sophisticated techniques and theory in its pages.
What you'll learn at Grade 8
- Time signature changes, 16th-note triplets, fingerpicked chords
- Whole Tone, Diminished, Altered scales, Dominant 7♯5, Dominant 7♭5, Dominant 7♯9, Dominant 7♭9 arpeggios and chords, Diminished arpeggios 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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Cliffs of Dover Track 3 of 9£3.99
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Copenhagen Track 4 of 9£3.99
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Every Piece Matters Track 5 of 9£3.99
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Four By Twelve Track 6 of 9£3.99
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Silence of Saturday (Live on EMG TV) 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 Guitar Grade 8 Hit Tunes
- Chick Corea – Spain
- Haitus Kaiyote – Breathing Underwater
- Rush – Anthem
- Plini – Every Piece Matters
- Nili Brosh – Silence of Saturday (Live on EMG TV)
- Eric Johnson – Cliffs Of Dover – Instrumental
Rockschool Originals | Guitar Grade 8
- Copenhagen
- The Switch
- Four By Twelve
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Pages 7-13
Spain
Bar 95: The tablature for the first note of beat 3 (G##) has been updated to fret 14 on the third string. (Updated 27 September 2024)
Pages 20-25
Silence of Saturday
Bar 43, beat 2, a natural symbol has been added to the fourth 32nd-note so that it now reads C natural. (Updated 4 September 2024)
Pages 27-33
Every Piece Matters
The melodic content of bar 40 has been moved to an eighth-note earlier. The first note of the phrase now starts on beat 4& of bar 39, and the final E note has been extended by an eight note (Bar 41 is unaffected). In addition, the first note has been corrected to D, which remains at the fret 10 of the 1st string. (Updated 27 September 2024)
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The tablature of some notes has been updated, the new fret numbers are shown below. Note that in each case the fret number remains on the same string, but the fret number itself has been changed. Bar 13: - first grace note changed to fret 7 - third grace note changed to fret 6 - fourth grace note changed to fret 8 Bars 29 and 31: - sixth eighth-note changed to fret 16 - third grace note changed to fret 15 - seventh eighth-note changed to fret 16 (Updated 4 September 2024)
Pages 51-55
Copenhagen
Bar 50, beat 2: Tablature of the second eighth-note has been updated from fret 7 to fret 6. (Updated 4 September 2024)
Pages 56-61
Four by Twelve
In bar 12, beat 1, the "BD" indication in the tablature has been changed to "BU". (Updated 4 September 2024)
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Bar 84, first note (Eb) tablature changed to fret 11 on the 4th string. Bar 84, on beat 2&, the lowest note of the unison bend has been chaned to a Db at fret 14 on the 2nd string. Bar 85, on beat 2&, the lowest note of the unison bend has been chaned to a Fb at fret 17 on the 2nd string. Bar 84, third note (C) changed to a Cb at fret 12 on the 2nd string. Bar 86, on beat 2&, the lowest note of the unison bend has been chaned to a Fb at fret 17 (2nd string). Bar 86: A unison bend has been added at beat 2&, identical to the unison bar in bar 85 except up two frets (Ab, plus Gb bending up to Ab). (Updated 27 September 2024)
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