Level 8 Skills

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

Theory

  • Quintuplets and septuplets

  • Subdivision combinations

  • Polyrhythms and metric modulation

Technique

  • Polyrhythmic accents

  • Polyrhythmic hand and foot combinations

  • Advanced ostinatos

Drum Kit

  • Advanced odd time beats and fills

  • Quintuplet and septuplet swing

  • Open solo development

Set Lists

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

Rockschool Grade 8

  1. Spain - Chick Corea

  2. Breathing Underwater - Hiatus Kaiyote

  3. Anthem - Rush

  4. <maybe> it’s my fault - WILLOW

  5. La Peligrosa - Alexander Abreu and Havana D’Primera

  6. Tidal Wave - Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes

  7. Copenhagen

  8. The Switch

  9. Four by Twelve

Trinity Rock & Pop Grade 8

  1. Fire - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

  2. Rosanna - Toto

  3. Schism - Tool

  4. Silly Putty - Stanley Clarke

  5. Seven Days - Sting

  6. Drown - Bring Me The Horizon

  7. The Spirit Of Radio - Rush

  8. War Pigs - Black Sabbath

Trinity Grade 8

  1. Victory

  2. Purple Pumpkin

  3. Overture from Gypsy

  4. The Lingo

  5. Sucka Punch

  6. Battercada

Assessment

Teacher Assessment: Demonstrate the Level 8 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, Stylistic Studies.

    • Supporting Tests: Quick study piece, 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.

  • Rockschool Grade 8

    • 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 8 Rudiments

    • Grade 8 Exercises

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

Further Study