Level 5 Skills

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

Theory

  • 16th note triplets

  • 32nd notes

Technique

  • Drag Rudiments

  • Introduction to double bass

Drum Kit

  • 16th note triplet beats and fills

  • 32nd note beats and fills

Set Lists

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

Beat Industry

  1. Hall Of Fame - The Script

Rockschool Grade 5

  1. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder

  2. Black Smoke Rising - Greta Van Fleet

  3. Keep Yourself Alive - Queen

  4. Canned Heat - Jamiroquai

  5. Bros - Wolf Alice

  6. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police

  7. Flight Check

  8. 7th and 42nd

  9. Down at the Abbey

Trinity Rock & Pop Grade 5

  1. Alive - Pearl Jam

  2. Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

  3. Musicology - Prince

  4. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age

  5. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

  6. Riff Raff - AC/DC

  7. The Riverboat Song - Ocean Colour Scene

  8. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse

Trinity College London Grade 5

  1. The Buddy System (from City of Angels)

  2. Snidey Kitten

  3. Where’s Juan?

  4. Footprints - Wayne Shorter

  5. Gimme Five

  6. Barrak’s Boogie

Assessment

Teacher Assessment: Demonstrate the Level 5 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 5 Rudiments

    • Grade 5 Exercises

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

Further Study