Rockschool Male Vocals Grade 3
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Introductions & Information Title Page Male Vocals Grade 3 Performance pieces, technical exercises and in-depth guidance for Rockschool examinations www.rslawards.com Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Published by Rockschool Ltd. © 2014 under license from Music Sales Ltd. Catalogue Number RSK091411R ISBN: 978-1-912352-33-3 This edition published July 2017 | Errata details can be found at www.rslawards.com AUDIO Backing tracks produced by Music Sales Limited Supporting test backing tracks recorded by Jon Musgrave, Jon Bishop and Duncan Jordan Supporting test vocals recorded by Duncan Jordan Supporting tests mixed at Langlei Studios by Duncan Jordan Mastered by Duncan Jordan MUSICIANS Neal Andrews, Lucie Burns (Lazy Hammock), Jodie Davies,Tenisha Edwards, Noam Lederman, Beth Loates-Taylor, Dave Marks, Salena Mastroianni, Paul Miro, Ryan Moore, Jon Musgrave, Chris Smart, Ross Stanley, T-Jay, Stacy Taylor, Daniel Walker PUBLISHING Compiled and edited by James Uings, Simon Troup, Stephen Lawson and Stuart Slater Internal design and layout by Simon and Jennie Troup, Digital Music Art Cover designed by Philip Millard, Philip Millard Design Fact Files written by Stephen Lawson, Owen Bailey and Michael Leonard Additional proofing by Chris Bird, Ronan Macdonald, Jonathan Preiss and Becky Baldwin Cover photography © JSN Photography / WireImage / Getty Images Full transcriptions by Music Sales Ltd. SYLLABUS Vocal specialists: Martin Hibbert and Eva Brandt Additional consultation: Emily Nash, Stuart Slater and Sarah Page Supporting tests composition: Martin Hibbert, James Uings, Jon Musgrave, Jodie Davies, Ryan Moore, Chris Hawkins, Jonathan Preiss Rhythmic test lyrics: Lucie Burns (Lazy Hammock) DISTRIBUTION Exclusive Distributors: Music Sales Ltd. CONTACTING ROCKSCHOOL www.rslawards.com Telephone: +44 (0)845 460 4747 Email: [email protected] RSL-121359032617 / 1 Louise Metcalfe [email protected] Male Vocals Grade 3 Grade Vocals Male 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents Introductions & Information 1 Title Page 2 Acknowledgements 3 Table of Contents 4 Welcome to Rockschool Male Vocals Grade 3 Rockschool Grade Pieces 5 Gnarls Barkley ....................................................................... ‘Crazy’ 11 David Bowie ..........................................................................‘Heroes’ 19 The Lumineers ...................................................................‘Ho Hey’ 25 Ed Sheeran .................................................................. ‘Lego House’ 33 John Newman ....................................................‘Love Me Again’ 41 Imagine Dragons ..................................................... ‘Radioactive’ Technical Exercises 46 Scales, Arpeggios, Intervals & Technical Studies Supporting Tests 48 Sight Reading 49 Improvisation & Interpretation 50 Ear Tests 51 General Musicianship Questions Additional Information 52 Entering Exams, Exam Procedure & Marking Schemes 53 Musical Interpretation & Free Choice Pieces 54 Copyright Information 55 Rockschool Digital Downloads 56 Rockschool Popular Music Theory RSL-121359032617 / 1 Louise Metcalfe [email protected] Male Vocals Grade 3 Grade Vocals Male 3 Welcome to Rockschool Male Vocals Grade 3 Welcome to Rockschool Male Vocals Grade 3 Welcome to the Rockschool Male Vocals Grade 3 pack. This book and accompanying audio contain everything you need to sing at this grade. Vocals Exams At each grade you have the option of taking one of two different types of examination: ■ Grade Exam: a Grade Exam is a mixture of music performances, technical work and tests. You prepare three pieces (two of which may be Free Choice Pieces) and the contents of the Technical Exercise section. This accounts for 75% of the exam marks. The other 25% consists of: either a Sight Reading or an Improvisation & Interpretation test (10%), two Ear Tests (10%), and finally you will be asked five General Musicianship Questions (5%). The pass mark is 60%. ■ Performance Certificate: in a Performance Certificate you sing five pieces. Up to three of these can be Free Choice Pieces. Each song is marked out of 20 and the pass mark is 60%. Book Contents The book is divided into a number of sections. These are: ■ Exam Pieces: in this book you will find six well-known pieces of Grade 3 standard. Each song is preceded by a Fact File detailing information about the original recording, the artist who sang on it and some recommended listening if you wish to research the artist further. ■ Piano and guitar notation: every exam piece is printed with a piano part and guitar chords. Both are a representation of the overall band arrangement. These have been included to assist you with your practice should you wish to use a piano and/or guitar for accompaniment. In your exam you must perform to the backing tracks provided. ■ Vocal score: in addition to the piano/vocal/guitar arrangement there is also a separate vocal-only score to allow you to view the vocal part on a single sheet of paper. ■ Technical Exercises: there are a range of technical exercises in this grade. Some are notated in full, and some give a range of starting notes. ■ Supporting Tests and General Musicianship Questions: in Vocals Grade 3 there are three supporting tests – either a Sight Reading or an Improvisation & Interpretation test and two Ear Tests – and a set of General Musicianship Questions (GMQs) asked at the end of each exam. Examples of the types of tests likely to appear in the exam are printed in this book. ■ General Information: finally, you will find information on exam procedures, including online examination entry, marking schemes, information on Free Choice Pieces and improvisation requirements for each grade. Audio Each song in Vocals Grade 3 has an audio track which has been provided for you. This is a backing track with the vocal taken off so you can sing along with the band. The backing tracks should be used in examinations. There are also audio examples of the supporting tests printed in the book. The audio files are supplied in MP3 format. All candidates should read the accompanying syllabus guide when using this grade book. This can be downloaded from the RSL website: www.rslawards.com RSL-121359032617 / 1 Louise Metcalfe [email protected] Male Vocals Grade 3 Grade Vocals Male 4 Rockschool Grade Pieces Gnarls Barkley ‘Crazy’ Crazy Gnarls Barkley Words & Music by Thomas Callaway, Brian Burton, Gianfranco Reverberi & Gian Piero Reverberi SONG TITLE: CRAZY ALBUM: ST. ELSEWHERE RELEASED: 2005 q = 112 Dm LABEL: WARNER BROS. μ GENRE: SOUL PERSONNEL: CEE LO GREEN (VOX) 1. I re- mem- ber when, I re - DANGER MOUSE (VARIOUS) UK CHART PEAK: 1 US CHART PEAK: 2 Fmaj7 BACKGROUND INFO NOTES An unlikely musical partnership writes a soulful electronic exploration of mental illness – and it Danger Mouse explained the song’s creation to becomes a worldwide hit, of course. the New York Times in 2006: “[We] started talking… about-mem how- ber,people Iwon’t re take- mem an artist- ber seriously when unless I lost my mind. There was they’re insane. And we were saying if we really wanted THE BIGGER PICTURE this album to work, the best move would be to just kill ourselves… So we started jokingly discussing ways US producer Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) we could make people think we were crazy. We talked made his name by skilfully (and illegally) fusing Jay- about this for hours, and then I went home. But while I was away, Cee Lo took that conversation and made Z’s The Black Album with music from The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ to produce it into ‘Crazy’, which we recorded in one take. That’s The Grey Album in 2004. It achieved cult status, then a cease and desist order the whole story. The lyrics are his interpretation of that conversation.” Despite the dark, brooding vocal for its use of uncleared samples. Damon Albarn liked it so much, he enlisted Danger Mouse to produce swirls in the background of Danger Mouse’s sparse production, it’s Cee Lo’s voice that steals the spotlight. Gorillaz’ Demon Days in 2005. This led to further Engineer Ben Allen told collaborations, including Beck’s Sound On Sound: “The goal Bb'9 Modern Guilt, The with Gnarls Barkley was to make something that Black Keys’ Attack & Release, the Broken Bells band, and the forthcoming U2 album. Gnarls Barkley is a sounded both old and new at the same time, so that free-form, musically adventurous collaboration with the backing was like a vintage record, while Cee Lo’s ex-Goodie Mob rapper/singer Cee Lo Green, who vocals sounded modern… [They] always sound the RSL-121359032617 / 1 / Louise Metcalfe / [email protected] left the hip hop act to start his solo career. They were shiniest, brightest, thing in any given song.” signed to major labels Atlantic and Warner on the some- thing so plea- sant a- bout that place. Ev- en your e- mo- tions had an strength of demos of several songs, including ‘Crazy’, which was based on a song called ‘Nel Cimitero Di RECOMMENDED LISTENING Tucson’ from the 1968 Spaghetti Western Preparati Both Gnarls Barkley albums are brimming with La Bara!: the song’s original writers appear in ‘Crazy’’s songwriting credits. great production and vocal performances: if you like ‘Crazy’, try ‘Who’s Gonna Save My Soul’. Male Vocals Grade 3 5 © Copyright 2006 Chrysalis Music Limited (35%)/Warner/Chappell Music Publishing (35%)/Atmosphere Music Limited (30%). All Rights Reserved.