**LATEST 2024 SYLLABUS* Rockschool Drums Grade 1- GRADE 8 Drum Exam Book Paper Sheet
What you’ll learn at Grade 1
Moving between cymbals, open hi hats, syncopated accents
Single and double strokes, paradiddles
Playback skills
What you’ll learn at Grade 2
8th note triplets, four-way coordination, syncopation
Single and double strokes, paradiddles, flams, triplets
Playback and performance skills
What you’ll learn at Grade 3
Introduction of solo and improvisation passages, reggae one drop feel, syncopated pushes
Single and double strokes, paradiddles, flams, triplets
Playback and performance skills
What you’ll learn at Grade 4
Solo and Improvisation passages, Ghost snare, rim shot, riding on the toms
Single and double strokes, paradiddles, Flams and ruffs, hands and feet patterns
Playback and performance skills
What you’ll learn at Grade 5
Snare drum techniques: cross stick, rim shot, Texas shuffle, four-way coordination
Single and double strokes, paradiddles, flams and ruffs, rolls, hands and feet patterns
Playback and performance skills
What you’ll learn at Grade 6
Time-signature changes, bass-drum doubles, polyrhythms, 6/8 trip hop groove
Single and double strokes, paradiddles, ratamacues, rolls, Stylistic Studies
Playback and performance skills
What you’ll learn at Grade 7
Broken 16th-note rolls, 32nd-note rolls, ‘Amen Break’
Single strokes developed, paradiddle-diddles, Pataflafla, single and double ratamacues, 7- and 9-stroke rolls, Stylistic Studies
Playback and performance skills
What you’ll learn at Grade 8
Double bass drum, advanced stylistic grooves, complex time-signature changes and syncopation
Single strokes developed, alternative paradiddle-diddles, Swiss Army triplet, pataflafla, single and double triple ratamacue, rolls, Stylistic Studies
Playback and performance skills
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