Trinity College London Rock & Pop: Bass - Grade 5

Trinity College London’s Rock and Pop graded songbooks contain real songs from legendary artists, with specially written performance notes for the Rock and Pop exams from 2018.

This book contains material intended for Guitar at initial grade.

At Grade 5 you can develop a range of skills and techniques including high melodic playing, dynamic contrasts, feature riffs, and octave patterns. In the exam you’ll play a setlist of three songs and demonstrate your playback or improvising skills. 

Songlist

1. Car Wash (Personality: Rose Royce)
2. Cause I'm A Man (Personality: Tame Impala)
3. Day Tripper (Personality: The Beatles)
4. Heartbreaker (Personality: Led Zeppelin)
5. Smooth Criminal (Personality: Alien Ant Farm)
6. Reach Out I'll Be There (Personality: Four Tops)
7. Sweet Child O' Mine (Personality: Guns N' Roses)
8. Wake Up (Personality: Rage Against The Machine)

The Grade 5 Bass songbook includes everything you need for your exam, including sheet music for eight songs, along with performance hints and tips and background information for each song.

It also contains a code that gives access to downloadable demo and backing tracks for each of the songs.