Rockschool (RSL Awards) Acoustic Guitar · Grade 7
Rockschool Acoustic Grade 7 guitar
Demanding arrangements requiring stamina, tone and musical maturity.
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.
All Rockschool Acoustic Grade 7 pieces(9)
- Barn Door Breakdown— Rockschool Original
- Byte-Size— Rockschool Original
- Echoes of Spain— Django Reinhardt
- From the Start— Laufey
- Guitar Blues— Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson
- La Puerta Abierta— Rockschool Original
- Little Martha— The Allman Brothers Band
- Me and My Chauffeur Blues— Memphis Minnie
- Never Going Back Again— Fleetwood Mac
Books and exam booking
The Trinity Grade 7 book and the exam booking both come from Trinity College London directly.
Technical work at Grade 7
- Full modal system and altered tunings
- Complex fingerstyle and hybrid picking
- Advanced rhythmic subdivisions
- Improvising over changing harmony
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