Trinity College London Rock & Pop: Drums - Grade 8

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. 8

At Grade 8 you can develop a range of skills and techniques including metre changes, multiple strokes on the bass drum, accent pattern and outro fills. In the exam, you’ll play a setlist of three songs and demonstrate your playback or improvising skills. 

Songlist

1. Fire (Personality: The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
2. Rosanna (Personality: Toto)
3. Schism (Personality: Tool)
4. Silly Putty (Personality: Stanley Clarke)
5. Seven Days (Personality: Sting)
6. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (Personality: David Bowie)
7. The Spirit Of Radio (Personality: Rush)
8. War Pigs (Personality: Black Sabbath)