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    rock ae GRADE5 ar Ae Pei iTS SEPT FROZEN Luis Seu Rackschool compositions rockschool” Piano Grade 5 depth Performance pleces, technical exercises, su “guidance for Rockschoo Allacompanying and 1 Piano Grade Acknowledgements bled by Rockachool Ld ©2015. ‘Catalogue Number RSK200006 ISHN 978-1.908920.85.0| Revson2| 17 November 2015 Spllabur writen and devised by Nik Preston Sllabus constants: Hannah Vasantha Marti, Stuart Site, Jono Harrison, Simon Troup and Jena Troup ‘Hittune arrangements by ono Harson and Nik Preston Supporting tess writen by Jono Hieron, ik Preston, Ash Preston and Hannah Vans Plano arrangements of Rackachoo competion by Bran Henry Slabs disor: Mary Keene, Patrick Hea Emily Nath Dan Phelps nd Mike tlianow unisine Fac Fle ten by ula Marin Joe Bennet, Chas Gis Stephen Lawson, Simon Pit, Stuart Ryan and James ings Music engraving and book yo by Simon Trop and Jennie Troup of Dig Mac Art roo reading and copy eding by Simon Troup, ele Troup, Jonathan Pres, Mary Keone, Stat ltr and Nik Preston (Cover design by Philp Mills (Coser photograph © en Dicson/Redferns/Gety Images Prodaced by Ath Preston Jono Harrison rian Henry and Mari Sales Enginered by Ash Peston, Jono Harrison, Bean Henry and Mus Sales Mize and mastered by Ah Peon Edited by Ash Preston Supporting Tes eeorded by Aah Peto Jon Mastered by Aah Preston Executive proces John Simpson an Norton York Jono Harrin, Hannah Vasnth, rin Henry, Nik Preto, James Aen, Jason Bowl, Sturt Clayton, Andy Crompton, ‘Nel Dhora wal, Fergus Geran, Felipe Karam, Kshon Khan Noam Lederman, D] Harty Lov, Dave Mas, Jon Murra ke Painter, Richard ary, Rose Stanly, Cael Sein, Henry Thomas, Caio Tada, Steve Wale, (Chis Webster, Norton York, NieZ Excuse Distributors: Mus Sls Lad sera con “Tekepone 4 (8454604747 Ema: ifodrlamardscom Table of Contents Introietions& Information Acknowledgements “ableof Contents ‘Welcome to Reckschoo! iano Grade $ Pano Notation Expsned Rockachool Grade Pieces B Fy ” Hold On tm Comin LetGo Leon are Geek ‘Sm Dunk Funk Sick Talk ‘Technical ercses a Scales, Arpepgos Chord Voings ‘Supporting Tests Bes Sigh Reading Inprovetion&oterprestion General Musiinship Questions ‘Additional Information 2 5 Entering Reckchoo! Exams Masking Schemes Copyright information Tntrndcing Rockachool Poplar Musi Theory 1 Piano Grade (Pano Grades Welcome to Rockschool Piano Grade 5 Wlcome to Racichoots 2015 Piano slabs. This sylsbus as heen designed o equip all aspiring pianists with both « Alverse ang of sisal appropriate induty elevates anda thorough engaging learning experience ising an zray of wellknown reper, Rakichoos own composition and a truly Innovative range of supporting tests the continued progitsion of any candidate i ard from Debut though to Grade 8. Adina the Rockschool ompostions which ar the th Sth and 6h pices feted in cach book, have ben arranged fr Bass Drums, Piano and ‘Garat Grades 3,3 aad 8 a order to lp pant perform epertouein an ensemble environment where aalabe “The labus has ben authored to ene that panne can develop as accompanist, soloists, sight readers and improves ‘whl enabling both teacher nd candidate choos the eas that they wih specie Rockscoas Jong staning commitment to raking academic standards, esessng indusryrelevantshils and ensuring Student engagements world renowned. Th 2015 Plano syllabus hasbeen conceived inorder to bull upon this sucess nd ‘Contino he eveution of the contemporary muse wor ist awarding boy. \When combined with Rodkichoots Popslar Maric Theory sllabus, the 2015 slibus is guaranteed to forish every ante wth both the practise tnd theoretical understanding necesay to perform at the highest eve, cross 3 ‘whole ange of contemporary musk Preon- Hea of Produc Devsopment ad Publishing iano Fxams Attach grade you hase the option of aking one of wo diferent ypes af exami + Grade Exam ‘A Grae Exam it nue of ns performance, techni Work and tet You are require to prepare three pieces {two of which mey be Pree Chic Pees) and the contents ofthe Tehnal Exercise secon. Ths accounts for 73% of theesom marks Fhe ther 25% consists of ether Sight Reading ora provision 8 nerpretation ts (108), two nT (10%), and nally you lb asked ie General Musiclanship Queios (5). The ass marks 60%, + Pecformance Cetifcate | Performance Cert s quvalent ta Grade Exam, but in a Performance Cette you ar required to perform Firepieces A maxim ofthe ofthese can be Free Choice Pieces Eich song is marked out of 20 andthe pass mark ook Contents ‘The ook edie into a number of sections Exam Pieces Tris book yoo wl ind sx pieces f Grade standard. Each ong ix preceded by a Fact le detain information shout the orginal econding the compose andthe aris who performed it Every exam pec is notated fr piano Bars selection also have the vocal melody netated This encoded a reference material and is not itended 0 be Prtformed in he exam ic ln your enn you mst perform tthe backing tacks provided Technical Exercises “There ar either theo four types of technical eerie, depending onthe grade ‘Group A scales {GroapB~arpeggis/braken chords (Group C cord vocings| ‘Group D~o choice ofits, Pease nots, Group D ony extsat Grades 6-8 + Sopportng Tests are rquled to undertake three kinds of anprepared, supporting test 1, Sigh Reading or an Inproistion & Interpretation tet t Debut to Gade Plas not these re replaced by mandatory Quick Stady Pieces (QSP) a Grades 6-8. 2, Far Tests Debut to Grade 3 feature Meade Recall and Chord Recognition Grades 4 etre Melodie Recall and Harmonic Real. 2, General Masicanip Questions (GMC) which you wl be asked bythe examiner at the end of ech exam, ach book fntres example ofthe ype of unprepared tetsikely to apperin the exam. “The examiner wl gv You a diferent version nthe exam, + General Information ‘You il nd information on exam procedures, inctding online examination entry marking schemes information ‘on Pee Chole Pieces and improvisation requirement foreach grade Audio In addon tothe Grade book, we hae slo provided audio inthe form of backing tacks (minus piano) and examples including piano) or both the ies and the supporting tts where applicable Thi can be davnloaded from RSL drety a reneaardscom/downloade ‘You wil eed to input this coe when prompted: SSCAR7ZNHT “The aio fie ac supplied in MP3 format, Once doveloaded you willbe abe play them an any compatible device. You ind further deals bout Rockschools Pano shut by downloading the sylbus guide rom our webie: sewnrawandscom ‘candidates shold download and red the secomspusyingslabusgulde when using this rade book. & Pano Grades aoe Piano Notation Explained Peeper te Eee. uc) + A a yt. DS. al Coda D.C. al Fine mca vent pt ‘no TTELE HOLD ox TM coe ALINE FORD OF, TR CoP RELEASERE 1965 ABE: STAX/ATUANTIC coum: RAYTEN wD BILESYSOUT, vor st Hoon sar ‘DATE PRATER ‘Bk: BOOKER 7 AND TE MS ‘AND THE MAREREYS HORUS (GOTEAR: STEVE CROPPER Asse DONALD MUCH DUNE DRUMS AL TOON JR REBOUNDS: BOOKER JONES ITOIOR SATOPHONS CHARLES "PATIO ATOR SUROPHONES Dow ME CTRINPER: WATE CHSC ‘meNBONT WANKE THEREON onan Tsiac fxr WRETTEN Bre ISAC RATES, ‘DAVID PoREER [PRODUCED BY: JT STEWARD “The ong isthe ist lee fom the debut albums ‘of Soul doo Sam and Davo the sae ie “Te tle for the tack apparently came bout when sac Hayes was trying to et his songwriting partner, David Porter to eve the restrooms a tax Stadion snd return to seconding. The tie walls and lors of Therestoom produced en echo and reve tht was ‘often used on Sax recordings The cording tern Ind places speak tothe mes restroom to pipe ‘the musi in and thea placed microphone there, {over the reverberate sound then returned to ‘he stain, When sia Hayes told Porter to harry ‘up the microphone pcked up his response "hall on, incoming: ‘Sam and Date icknamed "double dynamite ~ performed togeter far ent ears om 1961 TSH The do recorded Soul and RA song Sam & Dave | Hold On I’m Comin’ They enjoyed age secest whist sane othe St label and during this tine ther cord sales were second nly to Aretha Fraklin, They ae ceed with ping define the Soul genre wth thee single Soul Man They were one of he st ac groups > fan success inthe chart with song fering the ord Sou Legendary proce, Jerry Weaker sad the do: “tbe ive et esi with animation, rnony and seeming goodwill He mentioned hat the pur ha very dent ypes of ces however, likening Sam to Sm Cooke o Solomon Burke aad Dave darker and more gravely vice to Levi Stubbs rom the Band, the Fou Tos). Ie isofen sid thatthe aces of Sar artiste es ‘heft they had aces tothe hose Band: Booker ‘andthe MGs andthe Mat Key Horn (bth which fen ature a collection ofthe ame mascns). ‘They wee world-class musicians who ofen ontibued to the development nd econding process lnthe studio. The song has abo fentured in thems ‘Blues Brothers and American Gage, Pino Grades © Fiano Grade Hold On I’m Comin’ Sam & Dave Pano Grade 5 s9rmpoung ot ‘ono OTHE LER TT 99 soso From RELEASE 2015 JASE: Wane DIS CoARES MUSICAL THEAIRE YocaEs: TOMA MEL COROSSRRATION: DAVE MENODER, RIDER Bre KRISHRY ANDERSON-LOPE, FORER LOP=2 [PRODUCED BY KRIST ANDERSON ‘OPE, RORERD TOPE oO, TOR HACDOUCALE, ‘e crue Pra: «2 “The song tepresent a defining momentin the Disney animated fm, Frozen, for Quen Els: the moment she ele she no longer as to hide her bilities andi now re fom te restrictive luldhood she endured yng tokaep her powers Secret The song has woa both an Oscar and (Grammy and ha als become oe of the bigest seling singles fl ime ‘The song was apparent finished in singe day wih te bd and wile songwriting team Impeovising onthe pano whist brainstorming Igreal eas. The iano and vocal score was then sent to orchestrator, Dave Meter, who created the ‘cher core The pana you bea onthe it ‘ecoeding was the original serach piano part fom the demo tht wa played singer dia Menzel headptones as she recorded er vod part thas ben sd that the song caused & rewrtingaf the movie ensue tht Queen Elst ‘ectme one of the man characters and wae wten 1s far more complex and vulnerable character she ‘es originally meant to apear a vila. The story Ir based onthe Hans Cristian Anderson tory The Sow Quen. Seipt-weter apd Dtctor Fenner Leese ba ed thei and i strong eae Frozen | Let It Go characters tn naire he nm daughter, wh ad been tui stuchol Lee sid tha se had been bled hetttoo, jennifer Lee has lo sid hase a tne rom thaaing people ho sald hey loved the fm to apologising wien pares sd the sil bad o Tse othe song several esa dy. athe requ of their children, Frozen has won two Oscars (one of which was for this song, two BARTAS and two Grammys. has armed early $1.3 bon dollars a the box office fd bas become the highest grosingantatd ln toda eva lo the most ileal downloaded Film of 20 Pano Grades Let It Go rye dai idid | == agit = Pano Grade David Bowie | Life on Mars son INDE: LIFE ow ARS saat: SUNY DoRY [RELEASE 1973 ‘LABEL: REA creme: ROCK ‘oo DAD BOWIE ag: RICK WAKA COUTEARS MEK. RoNRCH ASS TREVOR SOLDER RUNS: MICK WoocRANSEY weuuormon & sone ARRANGE ME eNO \weanTE Hr: DAMTD BoWTE [PRODUCED Bs KEM scoeT te cree Pre: 5 “Te song was released in 197325 singe fom the 1971 bum Hunky Dory (owes fourth alban) nd stayed inthe UK charts fr hircen weeks, peaking et Nok. wae ranked by The Dail Tega tp of ‘Grete its of Al Tine lt and was decibel by {he BBC across between road msi and Salvador Dal punting” features Rick Wakeman as et pianist ri the rogenive ock band, Yes “The wong wa allegedly writen a parody of Frank Sate recording of al Anka song My Way with ‘hele notes of Bow song eading nied by Fran. Bose as efered othe song at "my Kind of ‘oder take ony Way although he often provides Aree explanation tothe sng nesning. He has sid ite about a elation. "youl in ve, yor wave sang Thi ea kre sng’ Althogh head previously sad that s was about a young gt stogging wth elites being tol there far rst Iie somehere and sev biter sapped fe doce here aces tit Bowie himself sid that he compo he Song atthe pano and" the whale ic and ‘melody fined by tester? Rick Waker fbellshed Bowie orginal plano parts and Mick Ses He the fea + Ki - et Ronson rata sting arangement that layered ‘over this David Bowie has often boon described a one ofthe most neil eh rock tars dat his Innovative Kes, He had an interest in embodying lfleent personae (uch Ziggy Star) and ‘the denoting cinematic stores. The selection ‘ofan he gathered to play on thi album and ‘the produce, Ken Sot woul allbecome past ofthe Ziggy Sas andthe Spiders rom Mars phase. Bore thnks Hunky Dory ise ofthe most, Ennortant abn in is exer sying:"h ws fm finding my feet Tm starting to communicate what rant td fou liten closet the end ofthe tack, you can ara telephone ringing Pano Grade Life on Mars David Bowie 3 ft ioe Piano Grade $ ae catt tm ni Abaatoh r tm cn? ow? BB Piano Grade S Pano Grade 5 Pano Grade BR Pino Grades Pano Grades song SITU: Oo rage: 1 Ter: E mao cones: AYES INOS PERGRINELe STUART REA (OTR) DATE MARS (RASS) on EDEN (ORIN) oveRuTE “Sec isa pop punk pec inthe lof Gren ay. The Ofipeing and Bly Talent (THE BIOGER PICTURE Punk was fay eclectic gente alas from the start The Cask were neo the fe punk oop ‘absorb inencs from other gente ther er ‘bums ced at much to Rokably and Reggae a ‘hey id the Ramones. Although they were ertist by some, The Clash et an example that aso ‘esl ater punk groups adopting x more dere ‘pprach fo the development of thet sounds ‘Green Day another bad tht et ut ina narsow punk eld lgned toa major record label tid hotbed technique snd songeriting tsk alien totheir gene. The any have setae tang fro frontman Ble Joe Armteong, whose inuences ere ostensibly his lel punk scene ad the groups Fisker Di and The Replacements. However, be ze up singing Jaseat home with his drummer father and ha profesed ose of The Who an Cheap Trick Rockschool | Geek bats Metal geo tr sundance oe ‘pentose ifince thi caer prowrese “Arercana bir 998 bur jumped fom New ‘Wie t HipHop to Rocksteady to Matic [REQONMENDED EISTENTNE (Gren Day operatic America iit (200) rary among punk rock albums yt snl to The ‘Whos emmy (1950) The Otspeng Aero is ‘heirmowt divert album to dt Phan Grae James Uings Piano Grade 5 Piano Gade ono OTOL sa DIN PUK creme: PIM. mage ee a REE © umioR conrecem: mn oR PERSORNEDE KEP HOGAN (OR) HENRY THOWUS (HAS) ous Leer (ORNS) OvERITEN ‘Slam Dank Funk apes the style of Red Hot cil Peppers (RHP), Funkadelic and Sly & The Family Stone. sma Fos Asits name suggest, Funk Rock is mixture oftwo styles. From Funk we get trong rphasin fon the one (the ist beat ofeach ar) and those Aitintive syncopated 16" note rhythms. The rock influence can be heard inthe gente distorted (git ifs and soon {NE BIOGER PICTURE IF Tames Brown evented Fak wih is scaly radial singe Cold Sweat in 1967 Sy Stones gual the venir of Funk Rock Stone ws leader ‘the group Sy & The Fam Stone who broke down ‘scl bari with hi 1969 album Stand wich Combine the dancefloor endl hth of Funk wth the ditored gar ik of Rock Arse same tine, nt Mendes was becoming 3 rock guitar hero who incorporated elements of Sul Rockschool snd R&S into his music which he had absorbed ee Touring asa seston guanist wih The ley Brother However inventive and infuentl Hen and Stone wer, the Fk Rock ound was rly defined. ‘by George Clinton who began is recording earer the frentman of doo-wop vol rp cilled The Paalaments I the lt 196s, Clintan covered ‘the musi of Hendrix and Le Zeppelin. He changed course musa and renamed is newly utarhesyy roup Funkadl, Inthe 19805, Clinion prodced the RHCP album ‘ray Sipe (1985) and hlped ster the band ‘ards their own unique fank rock sound REXMMENDED LISTENING 1 1965, Sy &'The Family tone Stn fed ‘ements of Funk Rock, Pop apd Soul and guitarist Freddy Stones diniorted gtr tone inflated ‘thesound of many Funk and Funk Rok bands Fonkadlic Stoning On The Verge Of Gting it (0n(1974) lof tght Funk Rock ifs andthe colen lend gitar of Ede Hate Inthe 19505 RHC lea hele ost conser fuk lam BlodSuguSexMagt (198). Piano Grades Slam Dunk Funk | Be Pa by SONG TELE: SACK HOHE comme SS ROK ere: 15 BPH et: ¢ IER comPeser: STON sRCUP ‘PERSON: SWWARE RUAN (GER ERR THOS (HAS) ow TEDEMUN (RUS) Os STANTS (REIS) oneRUTEN ‘smack Talk is modern luc rock sommposton Ingpced by Joe Bonamassa Gary Moore This i emp track etree agg and tack {ype a ths style Is normal forthe slo nti ‘le of mire to ake om henry ck character, ore FOS Blues rock developed from the late 19608 ‘onwards athe influence of ands like Cream and The fn Hendrix Experience started to tickle dowa tothe neat generation of bunds. Groups like Desp Purple took the 1-1V-¥ format ofthe Bes and developed minor pentatonic based ifs sound i REXOUMENDED LISTENENG lasic Gary Moore tracks are"Walking By yee Parisenne Walhwaye and his emotve ‘till Got The Blut although there ae many other _gemsin his back catalogue. From 1990 oneard Healbuns tended toward Bester than the Heavy Rock and Heavy Metal that wes the focus ofhis eater eater. Joe Bosamasss own outpat Rockschool | Smack Talk Bonamassas modern take on the blues rock sound ‘am be heard on You And Me (2006) and Live At The Royal Alert Hall (2010) Smack Talk Simon Troup wy om 8 E Pano Grade B Piano Grades [] am mimi) e « or = oO on S10) Fiano Grae 5 Pano Grae 5 Technical Exercises In this seton, you willbe ahed to ply selection of eerie drown from ich ofthe groups low. Te eater wl be ooking forthe sped of your response td wil al ie ced forthe level of your maa All exerci ned to be played: ‘From rary. {Hans together, ascending and descending, nthe key and tempos shown, "neither swung orsraight eas dieted bythe examine. * Over octaves xcept contrary motion sae (2 octaves) and etendd arpeggios (2 octaves are shown nthe examples bow for ference) "Nowe that Groups A and B need tobe played toa click and any agerigs shown are suggestions oly Group A: Seales ‘The empo for this groups 1-126 bpm 1. Rmjor sale (3 ctw, 2 cave example shown) 2. sor eal contrary motion 4. Dbmjor sae contrary mation Phan Grades B Plano Grades “Technical Exercises 9. Clcran sae (3 eteve, 2 acta ecampl show) 40. Chromatic cle on#( etaes,2actave example shown) vests Nets UE Rlale be babe ae st 1. Chromatic sale on Ds caves, 2 ctv example chown) ‘Technical Exercises Group B:Arpegos “The tempo forth group shy 1. Bor arpeggi (3 octaves, 2actae example shown) Pano Grade B Plano Grade s 6.C diminished seventh (Cm? or C*) arp (9 actoes, 2 acta example shown) ttt ph By Group C: Chord Voleings In the exam yoa wil basket ply, rom memory, your choice of wo chor voicing from exch ofthe following exert st tempo of your choice, wathou! the aid of backing tack or metroneme, However, for practice purposes demonstration ‘ofthe coeds layed toa moetronome cick savalble inthe downloadable audi 1.€ diminished 7 2.€ minor 795 Sight Reading In this section you havea choice betwen ether sight eadg test an inprovso and interpretation tt eng ge “The examine will ak you which one you with to choose before commencing, Once you have deve you cant change your iad tn the sight reading tes the examiner wl ie you a 8-16 bar melody inthe hey of Db major or B majo. You wl int be ven 90 seconds rats, slr which the examine wl play the backing trace ice. The Hist ime efor You to pace Sd the second time fr you to perorm the final version forthe exam or ech lyhzough, the backing tac wl Bein ‘th one bar coun, The tempo During the practice time, you willbe given the choice of + metronome click throughout or @ one Bir count in at the beginning "he backing track is continvous, s0 once the ist playthrough bs ished, the count-in of the second playing wil statimmedtely, Please note: You wile required to play al notation and crete sppropit part to chord symbols. ‘Tine ignatares wll be ether 40 1, Sight Reaing| Example 1 4.00 Please note: The es show ise eample, The came wil give you diferent versian i th exam, Pano Grade Sight Reading ‘Sight Reading | Example 2 J20 Pls nte: The tt shown ean expe The examiner wl give you a aire eso in he exam B Piano Grades Improvisation & Interpretation Inthe improvisation and interpretation test, the examine wil ve you a 8-16 bar chord progresion inthe key ofD jor

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