Rockschool music qualifications are tailor-made for the contemporary musician.
Piano Grade 8
The essential syllabus for the aspiring, contemporary pianist. Piano Grade 8 will provide you with everything you need for your Grade 8 exam, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.
Important information about the 2019 Piano Syllabus: This syllabus is valid for exam entries until 31 August 2026. For exams after this date, please use the 2025 syllabus. For more information, please visit our Piano Grades page.
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Birdland Track 1 of 6£3.99
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Bohemian Rhapsody Track 2 of 6£3.99
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End Credits Track 3 of 6£3.99
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Rather Be Track 4 of 6£3.99
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Spain Track 5 of 6£3.99
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These Are The Days Track 6 of 6£3.99
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Supporting Tests£5.99
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- Songs from Rock and Pop, Jazz, Blues and Soul, Film and Musical Theatre
- Professional backing tracks for pieces and supporting tests
- Downloadable audio
- Fact files
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- Ear Tests
- Technical Exercises
- Sight Reading Examples
- Improvisation and Interpretation Examples
- General Musicianship Questions
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- Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - 'Rather Be'
- Weather Report - 'Birdland'
- Jamie Cullum - 'These Are The Days'
- Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (Solo)
- Chick Corea - 'Spain'
- John Williams - 'End Credits (E.T.)' (Solo)
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Technical Exercises
- Group A - Scales
- Group B - Arpeggios
- Group C - Chord Voicings
- Group D - Technical Studies
Unseen Tests
- Sight Reading
- Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests (Test 1: Melodic Recall, Test 2: Harmonic Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
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Pages 47-52
Spain
Bar 43: The G note in the bass clef has been corrected to G#. (Updated 27 July 2020)
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