1: Introduction
2: Guitar Errata
3: Bass Errata
4: Drums Errata
5: Vocals Errata - Male
6: Vocals Errata - Female
As with any large syllabus undertaking, the grade books do contain some errors. We have tried to eradicate most of these prior to publication but some do slip through. However, it is worth considering what constitutes an "error".
We always refer to the printed music as the "ur-text": the printed score is the starting point. The audio is a secondary text, an idealised performance of what is on the written page. The audio should contain the right information to enable the player to perform the piece in an exam (right length, correct backing etc) but we do not expect the audio always to be an exact note for note recreation of the printed page (nor vice versa).
This is popular music after all, an idiom where performers very often make small changes to the same song in every performance. Therefore if there are minor variations between the printed text and the audio we will correct them only if the candidate would otherwise be confused or misled if the corrections were not made.
Therefore, as a general rule, we consider the following to be written errors that should be corrected:
- Incorrect harmonic or notation information
- Incorrect structures (eg, repeat marks in the wrong place etc)
- TAB fingerings in guitar and bass showing the wrong strings/frets
- Incorrect or misleading rubric
A number of general corrections will be made as the books are reprinted:
- The address and phone numbers will be changed to reflect our change of address
- New audio mixes of the backing tracks are available from December 2007. These include spoken count-ins on the full mixes. A full selection of these is also available for download here.
Please note:
The players on the recorded versions on the songs may vary the written lines a little on repeat - this is deliberate and does not constitute an error. As a general rule, candidates are expected to play the written part note for note the first time a section is played, but are free to play similarly styled variations during repeated sections in an examination. Such improvisation and ad libitum playing is not expected in the earliest grades, but is recognised in the mid and upper grades if in keeping with the style of the piece.
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General:
- The glissando in the legend on page 3 has been inserted in all reprinted Guitar books.
- We have added in the time signatures to the examples in the Sight Reading, the Improvisation & Interpretation tests, Grades 1-5, and the Ear Tests 1-8 after the first books were published to bring guitar in line with bass and drums.
- The words "practise" and "practice" have been corrected as required.
Grade Books:
The following errors have been corrected in the first reprints of the grade books.
- Debut:
- The original Debut Guitar book has been replaced by a Debut Grade book which contains the same tunes but also has additional Technical Exercises, Sight Reading, Ear Tests and General Musicianship Questions.
- Grade 1:
- P10 - the rubric in paragraph 1 says "arpeggios" but should read "chords"
- Grade 2:
- P10 - the rubric in paragraph 1 says "arpeggios" but should read "chords"
- P14 - the rubric in Test 1 says "bass" but should read "guitar"
- P16 - the tune "Ghost Town" has now been properly referenced in the Guru"s Guide
- Grade 3:
- P20 - the rubric in Test 1 says "bass" but should read "guitar"
- P20 - the bottom line of the TAB is missing (the text box was not extended down far enough to fit in the EPS file). This has been corrected.
- Grade 4:
- P10 - System 5 Bar 2 (bar 41 of the whole piece) the tab for the first chord is missing, these should be the same as the following four chords.
- P20 - the rubric in Test 1 should include vibrato along with the other physical techniques listed.
- P22 - "Holland-Dozier-Holland" in the Guru's Guide.
- Grade 5
- P6 - F# grace chord added above the second bar of the third system
- P17 - TAB missing in last bar of fourth system
- PP22-23. The rubric to the exercises in Groups A and B has been clarified. The Scales are to be prepared from keys: G-B; the Arpeggios from C-E
- P26 - in Test 1 the bend (BU) has been changed to a hammer on (HO)
- P28 - some entries in the Guru's Guide tidied up
- Grade 6:
- P10 - The sextuplets in bars 17 and 18 are incorrect. Ignore the first two notes of the sextuplet group and and play the following four notes as straight semi-quavers.
- P24 - Ear Tests Test 1, rubric changed to include a "drum and bass backing". P24 - the slide up to the quarter note in bar three of Test 1 removed
- Grade 7:
- P8 - In bar 7 of "Deja Vu" all the G notes should be natural, not sharp.
- P22 - technical exercise rubric clarified. Group A is played from root 6th string; Group B from root 5th string
- Grade 8:
- P27 - there should be no double bar line at the end of the fourth bar, fourth system.
- P29 - the second full stop at the end of the second sentence has been removed.
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General:
- The words "practise" and "practice" have been corrected as required.
Grade Books:
The following errors have been corrected in the first reprints of the grade books.
- Debut:
- The original Debut Bass book has been replaced by a Debut Grade book which contains the same tunes but also has additional Technical Exercises, Sight Reading, Ear Tests and General Musicianship Questions.
- Grade 1:
- P10 - the tempo marking in the second paragraph should read "crotchet = 70".
- P14 - the tempo markings in Ear Tests 1 & 2 should each be 70 bpm
- Grade 2:
- Grade 3:
- P9 - In Download the D.C. al Coda should be a D.S. al Coda. Click here
for an ammended version in PDF format.
Grade 4:
- P17 - there is a two bar count in to the Group C Bassline
- P20 - Ear Test 2 is performed to a drum and guitar backing
- Page 20 - Harmonic recall: The chord 'A' (III) should be replaced with 'B' (IV) as only I IV V are to be used in this grade.
Grade 5:
- P5 - The "To Coda" sign should be 2 bars earlier.
- P5 - The notes in bars 2 to 12 of the bass solo should be notated as unpitched rhythm notation.
Grade 6:
- PP13-14 - the slap and pull figure played in the last two systems of page 13 and the top two of page 14 should be played as follows: Image or PDF
Grade 7:
- PP19-21 - the audio for the piece "Rage Against Everything" is incorrect. A correct full mix of this track can be downloaded here.
- P22 - Group B Arpeggios should also include examples of Major 7th and 6th arpeggios.
- P26 - Ear Test 2 should be titled "Harmonic Recognition & Recall"
Grade 8:
- P9 - the Coda of Bonzo should be in 7/8 time.
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General:
- The words "practise" and "practice" have been corrected as required.
- The Technical Exercises from Grade 4 onwards need to be played to a click track.
Grade Books:
The following errors have been corrected in the first reprints of the grade books.
- Debut:
- The original Debut Drums book has been replaced by a Debut Grade book which contains the same tunes but also has additional Technical Exercises, Sight Reading, Ear Tests and General Musicianship Questions
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- Grade 1:
- P6 - the track number in the CD icon should read "3, 9 & 15"
- Grade 2:
- P10 - unnecessary second full stop has been removed from the end of the second sentence in the second paragraph.
- Grade 3:
- P9 - an eighth note kick drum note has been removed from the end of the first bar, third system.
- Grade 4:
- P6 - some EPS strangeness in the last bar of the bottom system has been corrected.
- P7 - a hi hat foot has been inserted in the second beat of the Coda. The preceding rest in now a quarter note rest.
- P9 - in the second bar of the fifth system, two quarter note open hi hats have been added and the grace note on the last hi tom note has been aligned to the same drum voice.
- P12 - the tempo of Hugo Bossa is 100 bpm, not 120 bpm
- P13 - another hi tom grace note is aligned in the second bar of the second system.
- P16 - The text: "All exercises must be played to a metronome click" was added in bold.
- P23 - in the Guru"s Guide, the 70s Stevie Wonder track is "Superstition" from Talking Book.
- Grade 5:
- P6 - the opening repeat sign should not be there.
- P9 - All Funked Up: the second bar of the third system should start with a closed HH not a crash.
- P15 - a bar should be added in the bass solo section in the sixth system between the first and second bars.
- P16 - Seven stroke roll - the sextuplet marking should be removed and the last stroke in each beat should be a 16th. (i.e. every seven stroke roll will be six 32nd notes followed by one 16th).
- P16 - The text: "All exercises must be played to a metronome click" was added in bold.
- P17 - the second exercise in Group D is a Drag Tap in eighth notes
- P20 - Groove Recall: There should be a kick drum on the last eighth beat of the second bar.
- Grade 6:
- P5 - a second time bar marking has been inserted above the first bar of the second system.
- P7 - bars one and two in the first system should be the same.
- P8 - Eat My Ferrari's tempo is 90 bpm. Some corrections to the second bar of the fourth system should be inserted.
- Grade 7:
- P6 - in the full mix audio version of Eleven AM, bar 4 is missing. However, the backing track audio and the printed notation are correct. Candidates should use the full mix audio for reference only and treat the backing track audio and printed notation as definitive. This will be corrected in the next edition of the book.
- P8 - the 4:4 marking under the sixteenth notes in the second bar of the seventh system have been removed.
- Grade 8:
- P14 - the buzz snare marked in the last beat of the first bar of the second system has been removed.
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Grade Books:
The following errors have been corrected in the first reprints of the grade books.
- Debut:
- Grade 1:
- Grade 2:
- Grade 3:
- Grade 4:
- Grade 5:
- Grade 6:
- Grade 7:
- P24 - This exercise should be sung as written although in the backing track the middle C of bar 19 will be heard a bar earlier (bar 18).
- Grade 8:
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Grade Books:
The following errors have been corrected in the first reprints of the grade books.
- Debut:
- Grade 1:
- Grade 2:
- Grade 3:
- Grade 4:
- Grade 5:
- Grade 6:
- Grade 7:
- P25 - This exercise should be sung as written although in the backing track the middle C of bar 19 will be heard a bar earlier (bar 18).
- Grade 8:
