Rockschool (RSL Awards) Electric Guitar · Grade 7
Rockschool Electric Grade 7 guitar
Advanced technique combined with genuine musical maturity.
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 7The current syllabus book — the default choice for exams today.See the 9 songs →
Previous book · 2018Rockschool Guitar Grade 7The previous edition. These pieces are still accepted in exams.See the 12 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 7 books(27)
- Are You Gonna Go My Way— Lenny Kravitz Play
- Broadway And 9th Play
- Cause We've Ended As Lovers— Jeff Beck Play
- Chaos Pad Play
- Natchez Trace Play
- Reunion— Lettuce Play
- Soma Play
- Sultans Of Swing— Dire Straits Play
- The Pants Era Play
- Times Square Play
- Umbrella— Rihanna Play
- Walk This Way— Run DMC Play
- Falling In Between— TOTO Play
- (It's Just) Talk— Pat Metheny Group Play
- Soul With A Capital 'S'— Tower Of Power Play
- Watcher In The Sky— Ghost Play
- Grito Mudo— Sandy, Mateus Asato Play
- Texas Flood— Stevie Ray Vaughan Play
- La Puerta Abierta Play
- Just For The Record Play
- Byte-Size 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 7 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 7
- Full modal system across the neck
- Tapping and advanced legato
- Complex rhythmic subdivisions
- Improvising over changing harmony
What's in the exam
- Three performance pieces
- Technical exercises
- One supporting test
- Ear tests and general musicianship questions