After more than three decades in operation, the Rockschool grades are firmly established in the UK's popular music education pipeline. Often acting as a relevant and timely qualification for entry into further and higher education courses, they also offer familiar ground to parents who remember the grading system from their own orchestral instrumental learning and wish for similar structure for their children.
Over the years RSL has refined the model and crucially switched from an all-original syllabus of tunes in the style of pop genres to actual examples from well-known and much-loved songs. Overcoming the publishing headache of accessing this material is much to their credit. Offering students familiar songs, including many that are recognised as essential repertoire in a number of performance settings requiring cover songs (from jam sessions to function bands) is also an achievement.
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