The Guitar Grade 3 book is the go-to guide for all the theory and info you’ll need to pass your Grade 3 exam, focusing in-depth on pedal tones, bends, arpeggios, scales and other expressive guitar techniques.

What you’ll learn at Grade 3

• Open-string pedal tones, bends, pre-bends, cross picking
• Major and Natural Minor scales. Major and Minor Pentatonic scales, Blues scales
• Major and minor arpeggios, barre chords
• Playback and performance skills

Guitar Grade 3 features:

• 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists & 6 Rockschool Originals
• The most diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes
• Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening
• Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track
• Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
• All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams

Songlist:

• Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
• Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble
• Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
• Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69
• Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
• 6 Rockschool Originals