Rockschool (RSL Awards) Acoustic Guitar · Grade 1
Rockschool Acoustic Grade 1 guitar
Smoother chord changes, first fingerpicking and songs you actually know.
Run as digital exams by default, recorded in the lesson and submitted to RSL, with in-person exams available on request.
Set pieces
Tap any piece to open its own page with a play-along video, amp settings and practice tips. You'll still need the official grade book for the notation.
Every piece across all Rockschool Acoustic Grade 1 books(9)
- Call Across the Mountain— Rockschool Original Play
- Deep River— Traditional Play
- Ignite— Rockschool Original Play
- Issues (Acoustic)— Julia Michaels Play
- Million Reasons— Lady Gaga Play
- The Scientist— Coldplay Play
- The Tracks of My Tears— Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Play
- Toledo Sun— Rockschool Original Play
- Zombie— The Cranberries Play
Books and exam booking
The Trinity Grade 1 book and the exam booking both come from Trinity College London directly.
Technical work at Grade 1
- Full set of open major and minor chords
- Simple fingerstyle patterns with p, i, m
- Down and up strumming with eighth notes
- Basic bass-note picking
What's in the exam
- Three performance pieces (or five for the Performance Certificate)
- Technical exercises
- One supporting test
- Ear tests and general musicianship questions