PRACTICE ROOM - ARTICLES
Articles by examiners, teachers and musicians.
On this page:
Meet The Examiners
Meet The Musicians
Improvising In A Style
Teaching Tips
MEET THE EXAMINERS
Hear from members of our Rock & Pop Examiner Panel about their experiences and thoughts on how to prepare for your exam.
- JJ WHEELER: See the article
- KATE PROUDLOVE: See the article
- MATT FISHER: See the article
- MIKE MANSBRIDGE: See the article
- ROSS BRENNAN: See the article
- SALLY MARTIN BROWN: See the article
- SOPHIE YOUNG: See the article
MEET THE MUSICIANS
Find out more about the session musicians featured in our videos in this series of interviews.
- NEW! DAVID DYSON, DRUMS: See the interview
- NEW! AIDAN GLOVER, KEYBOARDS: See the interview
- NEW! ELLEN O'REILLY, BASS: See the interview
- DAVID KYLE PAYNE, BASS: See the interview
- MATT BROOKS, DRUMS: See the interview
- LUKE HIGGINS, GUITAR: See the interview
- ROSA ULLMANN, KEYBOARDS: See the interview
- BRENDAN REILLY, VOCALS: See the interview
- CHARLOTTE LUBBOCK, VOCALS: See the interview
IMPROVISING IN A STYLE
A series of articles looking at the different styles of music you might come across in your Rock & Pop exam, with information about origins, examples of influential artists, and helpful tips about how to approach improvising in these styles. Each article includes videos looking at improvising in the style on a range of Rock & Pop instruments.
- BALLAD: See the article
- BLUES: See the article
- BOOGIE-WOOGIE: See the article
- COUNTRY: See the article
- DISCO: See the article
- FUNK: See the article
- FUSION: See the article
- HEAVY ROCK: See the article
- JAZZ: See the article
- LATIN: See the article
- METAL: See the article
- POP: See the article
- REGGAE: See the article
- R'N'B: See the article
- ROCK: See the article
- SHUFFLE: See the article
- SOUL: See the article
TEACHING TIPS
Teachers working with students learning a rock and pop instrument share their top teaching tips.
- "Put theoretical concepts and techniques in context" - Steve Gisby, bass teacher. See all of Steve's teaching tips
- "Get into sounds, gear and your students’ practice set-up" - Julie Parker, keyboards teacher. See all of Julie's teaching tips
- "Encourage students to memorise" - James Sedge, drums teacher. See all of James' teaching tips
- "Choose a programme of songs that will suit your students" - Vicky Matthews, vocals teacher. See all of Vicky's teaching tips
- "Find materials that can be used to set goals" - Paolo Vanoncini, guitar teacher. See all of Paolo's teaching tips
