RSL Classical Guitar Grade 7 (2022)

Overview

RSL Classical Guitar Grade 7 (2022) is designed for students who have extended their advanced-level classical guitar playing. Building on Grade 6, it develops greater technical security, expressive control, rhythmic complexity, fluency and musical understanding.

The book contains 10 benchmarked repertoire pieces, together with Technical Exercises, Sight Reading or Contemporary Improvisation & Interpretation, Ear Tests, General Musicianship Questions, Fact Files, Walkthroughs and professionally recorded audio.

Key Features

• Official RSL Classical Guitar 2022 Grade 7 resource

• 10 benchmarked arrangements across classical and contemporary styles

• Classical, jazz, Latin and popular repertoire

• Professionally recorded audio and backing tracks

• Composer and repertoire Fact Files

• Detailed Walkthroughs for each arrangement

• Advanced Technical Exercises

• Sight Reading or Contemporary Improvisation & Interpretation

• Melodic and Harmonic Recall Ear Tests

• General Musicianship Questions

Featured Repertoire

The Grade 7 collection includes:

• Allemande BWV 996 – J. S. Bach

• Desafinado – João Gilberto

• Estudio No. 18 in E♭ Major – Fernando Sor

• Forgotten – Madame Sidney Pratten

• If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys

• Our Spanish Love Song – Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny

• Prelude 3 – Heitor Villa-Lobos

• Reason – PinkPantheress

• Ticklin’ Toes – Florence Price

• Un Dia de Novembre – Leo Brouwer

The repertoire gives advanced students experience across Baroque, Romantic, Latin, jazz, contemporary classical and popular styles, supporting greater stylistic flexibility and individual interpretation.

What Students Will Develop

Students will develop:

• Advanced classical-guitar technique

• Greater left- and right-hand independence

• Faster and more secure scale and arpeggio playing

• Three-octave technical fluency

• Dominant 7th and diminished 7th arpeggios

• More sophisticated harmonic awareness

• Greater rhythmic complexity and control

• Refined tone, articulation and expressive devices

• Stronger understanding of musical form and structure

• Mature stylistic awareness

• Individual musical interpretation

• Sight-reading or improvisation skills

• Melodic and harmonic aural recognition

RSL describes Grade 7 candidates as having developed notable security in technique, expressive devices, rhythmic complexity, fluency and musical understanding, together with mature stylistic awareness and developing individuality.

Technical Exercises

Group A – Scales

Students prepare:

• Major scales, root 6: G, A♭, A, B♭ and B – 2 octaves

• Major scales, root 5: C, D♭, D, E♭ and E – 2 octaves

• G Major – 3 octaves

• Harmonic or melodic minor, root 6: G, A♭, A, B♭ and B – 2 octaves

• Harmonic or melodic minor, root 5: C, C♯/D♭, D, D♯/E♭ and E – 2 octaves

• G Harmonic Minor and G Melodic Minor – 3 octaves

• Chromatic scale starting on E – 3 octaves

The Grade 7 scale work is performed at a recommended minimum of ♩ = 144, with tirando/apoyando requirements specified for selected exercises.

Group B – Arpeggios & Broken Chords

Students prepare:

• Two-octave major and minor arpeggios from root 6 and root 5

• Three-octave major/minor arpeggio from G

• Two-octave diminished 7th arpeggios

• Two-octave dominant 7th arpeggios

• Broken Chord Exercise 1 – D Major

• Broken Chord Exercise 2 – A Minor

The arpeggio work is performed using tirando with thumb-and-finger technique, at a recommended ♩ = 126.

Group C – Technical Study

Students choose one of three Technical Studies provided in the Grade 7 book.

Product Details

• Brand: RSL Awards / Rockschool

• Series: RSL Classical Guitar

• Instrument: Classical Guitar

• Level: Grade 7

• Syllabus: 2022

• Publisher: RSL Awards

• Publication Year: 2022

• Pages: 68

• Product Type: Graded Music Exam Book

• Includes: Performance repertoire, technical exercises and supporting tests

• Audio: Digital / downloadable audio and backing tracks