Trinity College London Rock & Pop: Guitar - 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 Guitar at grade 1.

At Grade 1 you can develop a range of skills and techniques including single note riff, power chord riff, articulation and picking precision. In the exam you’ll play a set list of three songs and demonstrate your playback or improvising skills. 

Songlist

1. Mr Tambourine Man (Personality: Bob Dylan)
2. Jerk It Out (Personality: Caesars)
3. Love Is The Drug (Personality: Roxy Music)
4. I Can't Explain (Personality: The Who)
5. Oh Yeah (Personality: The Subways)
6. Ready To Start (Personality: Arcade Fire)
7. September Gurls (Personality: Big Star)
8. Sixteen Saltines (Personality: Jack White)

The Grade 1 Guitar 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.