Rockschool Grade 6 Chords & Tapping demo

Video lesson demonstrating the chords and the Tapping Study. The Tapping Study is demonstrated slowly and in close up as well as at full speed with the backing track.

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• Rockschool
• Guitar
• Grade
• Chords
• Tapping
• Study.

[EvilToaster626]

Hi, I'm studying grade six currently and I confused about how to prepare the chords in the keys G-B and C-E. To me the description in the book is a bit vague and my exam is not long away can you please help

Cheers

[JacarandaRock]

@EvilToaster626 its like the scales; they print one in G and you learn it and then apply it starting on the frets up to B to give the different keys. Learn the chord progressions as they print them, then apply them starting on the different frets as required. Surely I covered that in the video...? Anyway, I suggest first do the keys two frets away from where they're printed, then the ones in between when you've really nailed it.

[Jgrafix7]

Bit-off topic to the chords idea, but would I get marked down if I added vibrato when not noted in the book on 'Big-big-big'?

[JacarandaRock]

@Jgrafix7 I don't think so as long as what you are doing is reasonably tasteful; they do say you should put your own stamp on the tracks, but that has to be 'within reason etc etc' and taste is by definition subjective. I do think the markings for vibrato are rather random in Big3 and have made all sorts of additions myself...come to think of I did that track when I did G6 myself, and no doubt messed around with vibrato. So in summary, do what you think sounds right for the track.

[Jgrafix7]

@JacarandaRock Thanks for the reply :) I'm taking my exam tomorrow :D

[JacarandaRock]

@Jgrafix7 best of luck... :-)

[Maestrp37388]

Sadly, there shall be no exam for me. I am in the US, and there is no officiating body to grade me.  I have to learn the material and do it as well as I cna, then get opinions from other musicians as to my proficiency with the piece before I decide to move on to the next grade. To make up for this, i have learned almost every piece in every grade up to now so that my understanding of the material is a scomplete as I can get it. I have done every book for 1 to 6 pretty much cover to cover.

[JacarandaRock]

@Maestrp37388, yes its true there are a whole load of ways of doing something like that, and a big act has access to all of them.

For purposes of the exam I'd suggest you do your own thing there rather than trying to copy that player's ideas.

[Maestrp37388]

@JacarandaRock Grade 6 is awesome and as nice as the material is, I want to reproduce the best I can, and you offer some amazing insights. It reminds me too of deep purple, I saw a video of them doing Highway Star live and they used some trick like that, it looked like Blackmore palmed the whole pickup system, all three sets or something, but the effect was quite like that.  I wondered if, as sudden as the trick is, if they didn't do it at the board. thoughts?

[JacarandaRock]

@Maestrp37388, not a problem. Its a bit weird that ending, not least nothing like that is asked for there in the book. Seems to be an example of the kind of personalisation you can do to the given notes. It sounds a bit sudden to be a vol pot trick to me, nearest I can get is picking the octave with fingers and damping straight away.

Reminds me of some Deep Purple for some reason...