GRADE 3 7 USD Tea acral cetceacminele erred es IX AMR oCn ING)CD TRACK LISTINGS es Hazi Tayi t 2 3 4 5 Litile Shady 6 7 8 Trenchtowa Lag Teds Hari Taxi io ick Been There 9 Download 10 Pipetive Th Little Shady 12. Trenehtown Sadingitads 13 Hari a ‘With Chek 14 Roan share 1S Dewntoad 16 Pioetice 17 Uitts Shady. 18 cencttown™ ierises 191 ae Lrmproisation & : Interpretation 20 Backirg Track ftet 21-22 Test | 23 Test? a a i \ : : |Weicome ta Drums Grace 3 Drums Notation “plained Seen There Download Pipeline Little Shady Trenchtown Technical Exercises Sight Reading Improvisation & Interpretation Ear Tests General Musicianchip Que tion: The Guru’s Guide Entering Rockschool Exams22 Drums Grde3 Welcome To Drums Grade 3 ‘Welcome to the Rockschool Drums Grade 3 pack. The book and CD contain everything needed to play drums in this grade. In the book you will ind the exam écores in drum notation. ‘The accompanying CD has full stereo mixes of each tune, backing tracks to play along with for practice, one with a ciel ard one without for each song, and spoken two bar count-ins to cach piece. Handy tips on playing the pieces and the marking schemes can be found in the Guru's Guide on page 22. If you hive any queries about this or any other Rockschoot exam, please cal us on 020 832.6308, email us at iyfo@rockschool. ‘ak oF visit our website www.rockschoolca.uk. Good luck! devel Requirements for Grades 1,2 &3 The wine RockSchool grades are divided into four levels. These levels correspond to the levels of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). Further details about the NQF can te found at wiwgaeorguuk/NQF. Details of all Rockschools accredited qualifications can be found at ww.gea.orguk/oper qua. Drunys Grade 3 is part of Level 1. This Level is for players wo are just starting out and who are looking to build a solid technical and stylistic foundation for their playing Grade 1: A player of Grade | standard should be able to play uy: to 32 bars of music composed of quarter and eighth notes and associated rests. There are simple notated fills usually played at the end of a four or eight bar section. Some hi hats are played open and crash and side cymbals are also played. ‘Grade 2: in this grade you are beginning to develop your groove playing wwhile building a solid technical foundation for the future. Grooves feature development and variation and you may be asked to show this in your playing. Notated fills feature at the end of four or eight bar sections. Jn this grade you well also begin to work on your stylistic appreciation, Grade 3 this grade continues the foundation work started in Grade 2, As a player you will be encountering syncopated eighth and sixteenth note grooves and a greater degree of hand-foot co-ordination around the kit. The pieces of music are now longer, covering two pages, giving you opportunities for inventive fills and part development. You should be developing, your stylistic awareness Drsans Reams at Grade 3. ‘There are threetypes ot exam that can be taken using this pack: a Grade Exam, a Performance Certificate and a Band Exam. Dewons Grade 3 Exam: this is for players who want to develop performance and technical skills Players wishing to enter for a Drums Grade 3 exam need to prepare three pieces of which one may be a free choice piece ‘chosen from outside the printed repertoire. In addition you must prepare the techincal exercises in the book, undertake either a sight reading test or an improvisation & interpretation test, take an ear test and answer general musicianship questions. Samples of these tests are printed in the book along with andio examples on the CD. Drums Grade 3 Performance Certificate: this is for players who want to focus on performing in a range of styles, “To enter for your Drums Grade 3 Performance Certificate you play pieces only. You can’ choose any five of the six tunes printed in this book, or you can choose to bring in up to two Liee choice pieces as long as they meet the standards set out by Rockschool. Free choice piece checklists forall grades can be fund en the Rockschool website: wwnnrockschool.co.tk. Level 1 Band Exam in Guitar, Bass and Drums: this is for players who want to play in a band ‘The Level 1 band exam is forall of you who would like to play the repertoire at Grade 3 as a three piece band, consisting of sguutes, bass and drums. You play together in the exam, using the paris printed in the Grade 3 Guitat, Bass and Drum books. Like the Drums Grade 3 Performatice Certificate, you play any five of the six printed tunes, or you can include up to two “Yee choice pieces a8 long as they meat the standards set ont by Rockschool. Ifyou take this exam you will be marked as a iit with each player expected to contribute erually to the oveyell per®r: ance of each piece played.Drums Notation Explained DRUM VOICES: 1. Kickdram & Bose Soare AL Biterconed 2 ooreom 2 Metismtom 1 Bitatopen 5 Soaredm Ke Biptom TB Ceashomia © Rimsnor 3 Wise cyabel 14 Hs oe) 5 Ghost sate 1, Rik cymbal on be 1S. Hite open lee) = 16. 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Groups B-F should ke played at. J=70, Group A: Single Strokes You! will be asked to play this as @ continuous sequence. Group B: Double Strokes L. In sixteenth notes a - Group C: Paradiddles {, Btandard paradiddle in sixteenth notes moving around thet s fez seietattdatatit . MiFSS Seer Group D: Flams & Drags 1. Hams in quacter notes2. Drags in quarter notes Group E: Triplets 4, Standard triplet Aucceee - fa eS = ee oS 2. Reversed triptst ane ee gees eee get eee Group F: Hil Jn the exam you will be asked to play the three bar grove sl:can b-tow ftowes! by one of the notated fills chosen by the examiner. You will perform this exercise in the exara‘o the bac*ing track on the CD. das mp Hep Drams Grade 3 gDrums Grade} e Sight Reading Jn this section you have a choice between either a sight reading test or an improvisation & interpretation test (sce facing pre). Printed below is the type of sight reading test you are likely to encounter inthe exam. The piece will be composed in the style Of etthor rock or blues. The examiz.er will allow-you 9. seconds to prepare it and will set the tempo for you on a metronome. The teropo is J 0. kokImprovisation & Interpretation tale Printed below is an example of the type of improvisat‘on cs interpretation test you are likely to encounter iran exam. You will be asked to play an improvised groove to a bacliag track io the style of rock or blues played by the examiner an a C1. Aan inital groove of two bars willbe notated and you shoeld inchide a two ba solo at the end ofthe eight bar segnence. You will be allowed 30 seconds to prepare and the examiner wil set the tempo. You will then be allowed to fractise through one playing of the test on the CD before playing ita second time for the exam. This testis continuous with a one bar count in at ‘the beginning and after the prictice session, The tempo is 4 =90. ms. Joop 2 ee SS Drums Grade 3Unums Graae's a Ear Tests “There are two ear tests inthis grade. The exarsiner will of test youll be given n the exain printed below ‘shit stto you on CD. You will find one example of each type ‘Test £: Fill Recagnition ‘The examiner will play you one bar of snare drusn fill twice ua CD and you will then be asked to play it back. You will ‘thon be asked to identify the fill rom the two prirte’ examples s+ o.. below. The tempo is 4=70. ‘Test 2: Geoove Recall ‘The examiner will play you a two bar drum groove repeate1on a CD twice. You willbe asked to play back the groove as you have heard it on the CD. The tempo is J = 80.General Musiciansh?p Questions ‘You will be asked five General Msicianship Questions zt the end of the exam. ‘The examiner will sk questions base! on pieces you have played inthe exam. Some ofthe theovet Topics: 1) Music theory i) Knowledge of your instromest ‘The mmssic theory questions wll cover the recognition of th: feovsing at this grade: Drum voices on the stove Note values Rests "Time Signatures Repeat markings (inchnding frst and second tisre bars) Dynamic markings (p, mp maf and f) Cresc. and dim. DS.and D.C. al Coda ‘The instrament knowledge questions ill cover Ube fe Wat ple at this grade Names and position of all drum voices Procedures for tuning drums Procedures for changing a snare drum head Knowledge of principal drum makes Questions on all these topics will be hase-t on pieces playe ' by you in the exam, Tips on how to approach this part of the ‘exam can be found inthe Rockschor! Companion Guide asd oa the ixockschool website: wwrwrockschoolc.uk. sums Grade 3 = pb‘The Guru’s Guide To Drums Grade 3 This section cantains some handy ints compiled by Rackschool’s Drums Guru to help you get the most out of the petfarinanice pieces. Do feel free to adapt the tunes to suit your playing style. Remember, these tunes are your chance to Show your mustial imagination and personality. ‘The stickings shown in the music are suggestions only. Feel free to use different sticking combinations as they suit you. Please also note that-any solos featured in the full mixes are not meant to be indicative of the standard required for the ‘ere, The track listings below are grouped: 1-16; full mixes; 7-12: backing tracks without clicks; and 13-18: backing tracks with clicks Teams Grade 3 Tanes Roclschool tunes help you play the hit tunes you enjoy. ‘The pleces have been written by top pop and rock composers and players according to style specifications drawn wp by Rockschool. ‘The tunes printed here fall nto two categories. ‘The frst category can be called the ‘contemporary mainstream’ and features ‘current styles in today’s charts, The second category of pieces consists of ‘roots styles those classic groaves and genres which inlluence every generation of performers. ‘OD full mix track 1, backing tracks7 & 13: Had 'uaxd ‘Vic modern guitar pop piece in the style of the Kaiser Chiefs is propelled'along by its insistent (and loud) eighth note kick ddeun and quarter note snare and crash cyanbal groove. Each four bar sectidn ends in fil, the first of which is notated in \viplet shythmn.. The main groove a a variation of the openting with the kick drum playing off-beat eighths. Make fll use of te cont. sim section, ‘The end of this section builds with open hi hats and a fill around the kt party in triplet time. Watch {or the changes groove as the song progresses and for the occasional punctuating fil Cotmposer: Jasoa Woolley ‘CD Full max trac2 backing tracks 8 & M4: Been There This punk pop tune begins with a driving four ber four to the floor kick drum pattern played moderately lond. ‘The main ‘g:0ove is announced from bar 9 onwards and the snare-kick are played mainly in quarter notes. ‘This groove develops as the song progresses and you should think about developing it further if you wish. At the segno sign the fist time around the eighth note cymbal pattern switches to the ride and the éynamie shifts to loud. In the cod, the four to the floor kick dram bails to rousing climaxc when counting the time, dont forget the alternating bars of 2/4 and 4/4 ‘Composer: Deirdre Cartwright. ‘€D fol misc track 3, backing tracks 9 & 45: Download A no-nonsense rock track with a driving, no nonsense groove behind it, The quarter note snare-kick combination is developed by adding eighth notes to both, some of which fall on the off-beat in the kick drum part. There are some stabbed, fills (note the litle flar fill in bar 20), ‘The second half of the song allows you to develop the groove but watch out for the triplet kick dram pattern in bars 33-42 where the cytabal quarter notes alternate between ride, hi hat and crash. “A round kit fill 0 fins Composer: Hugsein’Boon, ‘CDP vic track 4 backing tracks 10 & 16 Pipeline ‘The opening groove here is quite intricate and builds in volwae fiom quiet to Toud. The main groove is mainly played in ‘ightir notes and should be developed as indeed can the variant groove that begins aftet bar 17. Bass and drums swap two boar solos in the second half before a restatement of the variant groove before the del segno. Composer: Steve Wrigley.CD fall mix track 5, backing tracks 11 & 17: Little Shady "The opening eight bar groove features quarter ute hi hats and a kick drum pattern played partly on the offbeat. This off beat kick drum continues in the main groove. Watch for the open hi hats on the 6* eighth note of each bar. There are short fills around the kit and one bar is played on the off-beat in both Kick drum and open hi hats. There is a cont. sim. section in the second half allowing for development of the groove. Make sure you include the erescendos and the accents where indicated. Composer: Noam Lederman, CD fall mix track 6 backing tracks 12 & L8rTrenchtown, ‘The drum part in this laid back reggae shythm is characteristically sperse and should be played with sensitivity. The snare partis played on the rim and notice the offbeat eighth hi hats that e¢~"r Hherwahnt he erm The man annvn i 9 repetitive s0 feel free to develop the part with some stabbed fills and a and the snare accénts Composer: Adrian York. (CD Musicians: Guitars: Deisdre Cartwright; Keith Airey; Hussein Boon Bass: Henry Thor Drums: Peter Huntington; Noam Lederman Keyboards and programming: Alastair Gavi Drums Grade 3 Marking Schemes ‘The table below shows the marking scheme for the Drums Grade 3 exam. PASS ‘MERIT DISTINCTION 13 out of 20 15 out of 20 17+ out of 20 13 out of 20 15 out of 20 17+ out of 20 Piece 3 13 out of 20 1S out of 20 17+ out of 20 “Technical Exercises Tout of 5 12-13 out of 15 las oucorls Fither Sight Reading enone ate Gout of 10 7-8 outof 10 94 out of 10 Ear Tests Gout of 10 7-8 outof 10 9+ out of 10 General Musicianship Questions Bout ofS Zoutof5 Sout ofS ‘Total Marks Pass: 65% Merit: 7596+ ‘Distinction: 85% + ‘The table below shows the marking scheme for the Drums Grade 3 Perforinance Certificate and the Level ! Band Exam, ELEMENT, Pass. MERIT DISTINCTION, Piece 1 14 out of 20 16 out of 20 18+ out of 20 Piece 2 Mout of 20 16 out of 20 18+ out of 20 Piece 3 14 out of 20 I6out of 20 184 out of 20 Piece 4 14 out uf20 16 out of 20 18+ out of 20 Prece 5 Mout of 20 16 out of 20 18+ ont of 20 ‘Total Marks Passe 70964 Merits 94 Distinction: 90%ns Grade Entering Rockschool Exams Entering a Kocksctool exam 1 easy. Please read through these instructions carefully before filling in the exam entry form, Information on current exam fees can be obtained ror: F. 1 hy tingi »g 020 8332 6303 or by logging on to our ‘website wnonerischoal.co.rk. ‘You should enter for your exam when yo fre ready, ‘You can enter for any one of three examination periods. iZiese are shcwn below with their closing dates. PERIOD DURATION ‘CLOSING DATE Period A "February to 15° March, 1* December Period B 1" May to 31*July 1 April Period C 23rd October to 15" December 1 October ‘These dates will apy from Ist September 2606 until further notice Please complete the form giving the information required. Please fill in the type and level of exam, the instrument, along with the period and year. Finally, fil in the fee box with the appropriate amount. You can obtain up to date information on all Rockschool exam fees from the website: wwsz.rockschool.cc w!. Yeu should send this form with a cheque or postal order {Payable to Rockschoa! Ltd) to the address shown on the order furia, PYease also indicate on the form whether or not you ‘would like to receive notification vfa email. + Applications received after the expiry ofthe closing date raay 2e accepted subject to the payment of an additional fe. + When you enter an exam you will receive from Rockschodl an acknovrleagement letter or email containing a copy of our exam regulations. + RocKschool will allocate your entry to a centre and you will receive notification of the exam, showing a date, location and time as well as advice of what to bring to the centre. We endeavour to give you four weeks’ notice of your exam, + You should inform Rockschool of any cancellations or alterations to the schedule as soon as you can as itis usually not possible to transfer entries from one centre, or one period, to another without the payment of an additional fee. + Please bring your music book and CD to th dlse in another exam. The exa if you use someone else's music. exam, You may =ot use photocopied music, yor the music used by someone will sign each book during each examization. You may be barred from taking an exam. + You should aim to arrive for your Grade 3 exam fitteen ssinutes Lee the time stated on the schedule. + Bach Grade 3 exam is scheduled to last for 20 minutes. You can use a small proportion ofthis time to tune up and get rend + Two to three weeks after the exam you will receive a copy of the ex. rinses mark sheet, Every successful player will receive a Rackschool certificate of achievement.DRUMS +—- GRADE 3 ee Coen Bere cas Re Rete mee eo tye ea eRe Let on enc ae ae Mc eae Dee ete tate Pte Desens gee ee eee kee Cora Ens Petr Det Se Beto ts ree Ce eng Se a paar ity pode as j cS ne Ena} Se ae mde Se) eer cen tar ito beet ne toes eee | Seneca ate ee eee eT eter PC ce Re ec ta rte ey Rae oe Rode a eee ns | CN reba Str tuo ete arte tate Oe tece er a eee) ne ent eo Ce eet eee et oa cata Se ee Pe Cee rer era Peers Poe enn ace anon ean cad Loy DRM UPR RSPAS Molen tine ccauee (cella www.rockschool.co.uk i i i