Rockschool Grade 6 Scale & Arpeggios demo

Video lesson demonstrating the scales and arpeggios for Rockschool Grade 6 Guitar. The exercises are played at half and full speed and there are words of advice and reminders of what you need to do.

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Music

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• Rockschool
• Guitar
• Scales
• and
• arpeggios

[ibanez2damaxx]

What does it mean by playing the Ionion/Dorian scales and Dorian/Phrygian consecutively? Thank you very much.

[JacarandaRock]

@ibanez2damaxx sorry to take a while, wanted to check again with the book. If you look at the early comments this has been covered already, but doubt remains as to whether you should start on the same note for each. I would say that as the book does not specify, you should assume starting on the same note eg say G Ionian then G Dorian, or G Dorian then G Phrygian. I suggest you email them to ask, then you can say you did so if challenged by the examiner.

[NickRidd]

Hello. First of all, great video, Helped clear alot of things up.

My question is when you say 'up to speed' when you repeat each example. Is that the the exact speed i will need to play them the exam. I ask because the book provides a temp but doesn't provide a time signature. If the book is anything to go by then it would suggest that i would need to play 7 notes per beat. hopefully i am wrong and the speed shown here is correct as its much better to play :) Cheers

[JacarandaRock]

@NickRidd hi Nick and thanks for the question. You are quite right, as in various things Rockschool hasn't quite got its theory sorted. But strictly there would equally need to be a 7 (septet) over the groups of semis if they were meant to be the beat. Anyways, you play 4 semiquavers per 60 crotchets a minute, as you say, much more manageable. Hopefully the revised syllabus will address this...in fact, I'll email them about it!

[mynameisstojan]

n the exam, are you allowed to finger them how you want?

[JacarandaRock]

@mynameisstojan yes you can; the book doesn't specify any fingerings (or even pick directions) so its up to you. They are of course looking for a performance that is smooth, confident, accurate etc etc, so hopefully you can find fingerings that will help in that direction.

[NickRidd]

@JacarandaRock I have noticed that rockschool are a bit slack when it comes to theory. I did find that if i were to play at 7 notes a beat, although it isnt too tricky, a lot of the accuracy tends to slip away, so hearing that i can use crotchets is a great relief. Thank you for getting back to me regarding this. Cheers again

[fenderstratgirl]

@JacarandaMusic

indeed they do, i shall and thankyou for putting a great vid up!

[JacarandaMusic]

@fenderstratgirl yes I think the arpeggios tend to take more work - take it slowly and carefully!

[fenderstratgirl]

brilliant dude, im currently doing the scales and arpeg's for grade 6 at the moment, and the arp's are getting me,so thanks for the tips!