Music education is going digital. Young musicians today are digital natives. They have lived their whole lives in the age of the internet and they know how computers, and even smartphones, can benefit their musical creativity. That's why Rockschool Ltd. (RSL) has established a graded exam syllabus for music production.
Just like instrumental exams, the RSL music production qualifications run from Grades 1 to 8 and involve theory and practice elements. The assessment process has a strong emphasis on coursework, allowing candidates to develop their technical skills in parallel with their own creative projects.
RSL was founded in 1991 as the world's first graded assessment body for popular music. Exams were initially offered in guitar, bass and drums. The music production syllabus was introduced in 2016 and follows a similar structure. RSL also has a graded exam system for Popular Music Theory, which has proved attractive to Music Production candidates seeking to bolster their theoretical knowledge. Theory – both musical and technological – is also assessed in the music production exams but the focus is on practical skills, which make up 60% of each grade.
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