Rockschool (RSL Awards) Electric Guitar · Grade 6
Rockschool Electric Grade 6 guitar
Performance-level playing with real interpretive freedom.
Books for this grade
You can pick your exam pieces from any of these books — the current one, the previous edition or the Rockschool Classics series. Tap a book to see its full song list.
Current book · 2024Rockschool Guitar Grade 6The current syllabus book — the default choice for exams today.See the 9 songs →
Previous book · 2018Rockschool Guitar Grade 6The previous edition. These pieces are still accepted in exams.See the 21 songs →
Rockschool ClassicsRockschool Classics Guitar Grades 6-8Rockschool Classics (previously Hot Rock). Benchmarked repertoire — usable in your exam at this grade.See the 6 songs →
I run these as digital exams by default — recorded in the lesson and submitted to RSL — unless a student would rather sit an in-person exam, which I'm happy to arrange.
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 Electric Grade 6 books(27)
- The Chicken— Jaco Pastorius Play
- If I Could Change Your Mind— HAIM Play
- Parallel Universe— Red Hot Chili Peppers Play
- Smooth— Santana (feat. Rob Thomas) Play
- Easy Lover— Philip Bailey & Phil Collins Play
- All Along The Watchtower— Jimi Hendrix Experience Play
- Shadow Realm Play
- Delicate Play
- Third Quarter Play
- Blue Espresso Play
- Cramp Your Style— Breakestra Play
- Cranial Contraption Play
- Crossroads— Cream Play
- Favela Play
- Fell On Black Days— Soundgarden Play
- I Wanna be Your Lover— Prince Play
- If I Ain't Got You (Live) Play
- Mohair Mountain Play
- Striped Shirt Play
- That Sounds Like Noise Play
- The Real Thing/The Way (Live) Play
- You Shook Me All Night Long— AC/DC Play
- No One Knows— Queens Of The Stone Age Play
- Rope— Foo Fighters Play
- 2 Minutes To Midnight— Iron Maiden Play
- We Were Born To Be Loved— King’s X Play
- Holier Than Thou— Metallica Play
Books and exam booking
Everything you need for Grade 6 comes from RSL directly — the grade book with notation and backing tracks, and the exam booking itself. Most of my students book the Performance Certificate first.
Technical work at Grade 6
- Modes of the major scale
- Harmonic and melodic minor
- Sweep and economy picking introduction
- Chord-tone soloing
What's in the exam
- Three performance pieces
- Technical exercises
- One supporting test
- Ear tests and general musicianship questions