Gcse Performance Pieces - Drums

The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. Each book has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner and overseen by our Series Editor Andrew Coxon who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the best opportunity to show off their instrument and skills with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from. This book forDrums: is suitable for all exam boards contains ten songs with a range of difficulty appropriate for GCSE level is accompanied by a CD of professionally recorded backing tracks It includes songs by: Oasis Bon Jovi Franz Ferdinand Queens of the Stone Age The Beatles Sam and Dave Foo Fighters Metallica The Killers Wolfmother A YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book along with additional suggested listening such as interesting cover versions or other songs for cultural context allowing the student to explore ideas for their own interpretation.

Hot Rock Drums - Grade 2 includes eight hit songs to play in your Rockschool exam, GCSE music or just rocking out. Hot Rock Drums- Grade 2 works in addition to your Rockschool Drums Grade 2 book to provide you with further song choices for your exam.You can select up to two pieces from Hot Rock to play in your Rockschool Drums Grade Exam or three to play in your Rockschool Drums Performance Certificate.Featuring:Plug In Baby [Muse]V.I.C.E. [Razorlight]Iron Man [Black Sabbath]Enter Sandman [Metallica]You Really Got Me [The Kinks]Should I Stay Or Should I Go? [The Clash]You Shook Me All Night Long [AC/DC]The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret [Queens Of The Stone Age]Plus:8 of the best rock tracks - 8 world renowned artistsStandard Drum NotationGCSE friendly: schools can use for GCSE musicFact Files: band and artists background information with recommended listeningWalkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every trackClick and non-click backing tracksDownloadable audio: use your download card for easy access to your audioLearn by playing the music you love / Batterie

Hot Rock Drums - Grade 3 includes eight hit songs to play in your Rockschool exam, GCSE music or just rocking out. Hot Rock Drums- Grade 3 works in addition to your Rockschool Drums Grade 3 book to provide you with further song choices for your exam.You can select up to two pieces from Hot Rock to play in your Rockschool Drums Grade Exam or three to play in your Rockschool Drums Performance Certificate.Featuring:America [Razorlight]Roll With It [Oasis]Back in Black [AC/DC]Roxanne [The Police]Pride (In The Name Of Love) [U2]Nothing Else Matters [Metallica]When You Were Young [The Killers]Burn The Witch [Queens Of The Stone Age]Plus:8 of the best rock tracks - 8 world renowned artistsStandard Drum NotationGCSE friendly: schools can use for GCSE musicFact Files: band and artists background information with recommended listeningWalkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every trackClick and non-click backing tracksDownloadable audio: use your download card for easy access to your audioLearn by playing the music you love / Batterie

The Hot Rock series is about playing the music you love. Each grade book contains 8 classic rock tracks with specially edited exam pieces and the full transcription. Rockschool grade exams have an element of Free Choice. Out of the 3 exam pieces a Candidate has to prepare 1 can be a Free Choice piece – a track to the Candidates choosing – this is where Hot Rock comes in. With specially edited classic rock tracks Candidates can now play the music they love AND get a qualification. With full transcriptions and vocal lines Hot Rock is also great for GCSE students.Features: Fact files– Each song has a Fact File that includes background information about the song and band and further recommended listening Walk throughs – Each song has a Walk Through that covers the tone for the song and gives bar by bar hints and tips with alternative fingering and performance suggestions Standard Notation Edited Exam versions of each song Full Transcriptions of each song X2 CDs with exam versions exam version backing tracks (click and no click) full transcription full mixes full transcription backing track with click Hot Rock Drums Grades 4 & 5 from Rockschool on Vimeo .