Rockschool Drums Grade 3 (2012-2018)

Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.

For Rockschool's 2012-2018 Drums series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music's rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use titles from Rockschool's Classics series as part of the syllabus.

The Drums Grade 3 book will help you get to grips with improvisation and solo passages, as well as style-specific techniques such as the reggae one drop, in preparation for your grade exam.

What you'll learn at Grade 3
Introduction of solo and improvisation passages, reggae one drop feel, syncopated pushes
Single and double strokes, paradiddles, flams, triplets
Playback and performance skills