Trinity College London Rock & Pop: Drums - Grade 1

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 Drums at grade. 1

At Grade 1 you can develop a range of skills and techniques including double snare hit, semiquavers, push note and counting. In the exam, you’ll play a setlist of three songs and demonstrate your playback or improvising skills. 

Songlist

1. Another One Bites The Dust (Personality: Queen)
2. Billie Jean (Personality: Michael Jackson)
3. Fever (Personality: The Black Keys)
4. Float On (Personality: Modest Mouse)
5. Mustang Sally (Personality: Wilson Pickett)
6. Seven Nation Army (Personality: The White Stripes)
7. The Weight (Personality: The Band)
8. Uptown Funk (Personality: Mark Ronson)