Level 4 Skills

Practice the exercises in Intermediate Drum Kit Studies to develop these skills:

Theory

  • Broken 16th note combinations

Technique

  • Paradiddle Rudiments

  • Flam Rudiments

  • Hand and foot combinations

Drum Kit

  • Funk beats

  • Ghost notes and rim shots

  • Linear beats and fills

Set Lists

Choose one or more of the following set lists to learn:

Rockschool Grade 4

  1. Weak - Skunk Anansie

  2. Alive - Pearl Jam

  3. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor

  4. The Changingman - Paul Weller

  5. Getting Started - Sam Fender

  6. You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes

  7. Conjunction

  8. Promise

  9. The Jump

Trinity Rock & Pop Grade 4

  1. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

  2. Can't Get Enough - Bad Company

  3. Car Wash - Rose Royce

  4. Come Together - The Beatles

  5. Jump - Van Halen

  6. Le Freak - Chic

  7. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops

  8. You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller

Trinity College London Grade 4

  1. Spain - Chick Corea

  2. Helpless (from Hamilton)

  3. Film Noir

  4. Algo Latino

  5. Step It Up

  6. Kerfuffle Shuffle

Assessment

Teacher Assessment: Demonstrate the Level 4 skills in your lessons.

OR

Grade Exam: Enrol for an exam with Rockschool or Trinity to be assessed by an external examiner.

    • Song 1 - Choose a song from the book.

    • Song 2 - Choose a song from the book or a free choice song.

    • Song 3 - Choose a song from the book or a free choice song.

    • Technical Exercises.

    • Supporting Tests: Sight Reading or Improvisation, Ear Tests, Musicianship Questions.

    • Song 1 - Choose a song from the book.

    • Song 2 - Choose a song from the book.

    • Song 3 - Choose a song from the book or a free choice song.

    • Song 4 - Choose a song from the book or a free choice song.

    • Song 5 - Choose a song from the book or a free choice song.

    • No technical exercises or supporting tests.

    • Song 1 - Choose a song from the book.

    • Song 2 - Choose a song from the book or a free choice song.

    • Song 3 - Choose one of the Technical Focus songs from the book.

    • Session Skills - Choose either playback or improvising.

    • Song 1 - Choose a song from the book (Group A)

    • Song 2 - Choose a song from the book (Group A)

    • Song 3 - Choose a song from the book (Group B)

    • Grade 4 Rudiments

    • Grade 4 Exercises

    • Supporting Tests - Choose two from the following: sight reading, unpitched aural, improvisation, music knowledge.

Further Study