Rockschool Bass Grade 3 (2018)

The Bass Grade 3 book focuses on the key techniques you’ll need to master to pass your exam: including walking basslines, ways to improvise, minor and 7th arpeggios and other essential stylistic playing techniques.

What you’ll learn at Grade 3
Soloing, improvising, walking basslines
Major and Natural Minor scales. Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. Blues scales, Major and Minor arpeggios, Dominant 7th arpeggios
Playback and performance skills

Bass 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

Repertoire
The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
James Brown – Sex Machine
The Clash – London Calling
6 Rockschool Originals