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Tiberius Guitar Solo Unofficial Example – Grade 5 Rockschool


This grade 5 guitar solo is a transcript of a constructed solo used by a student for their grade 5 Rockschool exam. You are free to use this as a guide or for ideas for what to do at grade 5, but I recommend changing parts or making up your own too.

In  the first 3 bars, we have a quick sextuplet legato pattern. You pick the first note and pull off the second and third notes, and then repeat this pattern throughout.

For the 2/4 bar there is a lead part that mimicks the backing guitar part.

For the next 3 bars, we bend the 3rd string using 2 fingers (second and third) to bend up, and keep the first finger in position on the second string without bending it. Play both strings together like a chord and bend up the 3rd string.

The final bar is a quick rundown using mostly alternate picking in 16th notes. There is a quick hamme on and pull off on the (12h13p12) using your first and second finger and for this you only pick the first note.

End on a slide down to knowhere, which means lift off and mute the slide before you get to fret 1.

Next there’s a pretty fast riff to get stuck into so be prepared to go straight into that.

 

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1 Octave major scale exercises for Grade 5-6 in 5 positions with legato and vibrato techniques

These 5 major 1 octave scale exercises are in the key of A major.

The 1 octave scales in 5 positions can get a bit laborious when you have to practice them, so why not add a bit of flair and work out your techniques at the same time? These are a requirement for RGT grade 5 and above, but anyone would benefit from learning them. When you know the scales, it means you can transfer melodies to different places on the neck to achieve different tones, and it also opens up different possibilities in terms of which techniques can be used (e.g. hammer-ons between certain notes cannot be achieved in all 5 positions).

Try playing these with and without a click at various tempos.

Also try linking two, three or even all 5 exercises together.

Exercises 2-5