Trinity Rock & Pop Guitar – Grade 1 Book (2018)

Trinity Rock & Pop Guitar – Grade 1 Book (2018)

Whether you are self-taught or taking lessons, learning for fun or heading for a career in the music industry, Trinity College London Rock & Pop exams will help you develop valuable playing skills and achieve your musical ambitions.

Performance is at the heart of Trinity’s Rock and Pop exams – whether self-taught or taking lessons, learning for fun or heading for a career in the music industry, these exams help musicians develop valuable playing skills and achieve their musical ambitions.

You can access everything you need to prepare for the performance part of the exam in our new graded songbooks. Our Rock and Pop books are available for Initial to Grade 8 and each includes eight songs with performance hints and tips. There’s also useful background information so you can explore the story behind, and techniques used in, the songs.

Rock and Pop Guitar exams help you develop essential skills and techniques including basic chords and positions, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and bends, while playing the music you love. Song lists include music from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Coldplay, Amy Winehouse, AC/DC, and Arcade Fire.

The exams are supported by a range of resources that provide essential support for learners:

• Graded songbooks containing all the songs needed for the exam, and performance tips and background information on the songs
• Demo and backing tracks for the songs in the book
• Additional Trinity Rock and Pop arrangements suitable for use as own-choice songs, check here for the latest additions
• Session skills example tests books

Song Titles Include:

1. Mr Tambourine Man
2. Jerk It Out
3. Love Is The Drug
4. I Can’t Explain
5. Oh Yeah
6. Ready To Start
7. September Gurls
8. Sixteen Saltines