Membership Expired Beckie Tunnicliffe
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I always use the excuse “everyone’s voice is different, so that is why I can’t sing as low/high as you”
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Hi everyone,
I’m looking into using LCM for Popular Vocal exams – I have a question for anyone who has used them before, are there any books? I can’t seem to find any online that relate to each grade, only a general one that oversees grade 1-8 for teachers.
Or if anyone can tell me their experiences of LCM or Trinity Rock & Pop, I would be really grateful:)
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For Rockschool there isn’t a theory requirement like there is with ABRSM, they do build some music theory questions into the exam though. They obviously do advise learning the theory though!
From what I remember, I found the technical exercises challenging because of the speed and having to use my full range in quite quick movements! There were a lot of semitones as well. The rhythm wasn’t too bad because I treated it like I was learning a new song, it was just that it moved through different keys and scales quite quickly!
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Sorry for the late reply – I’ve been on holiday! I got a Merit overall:)
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I took my Grade 8 in December 2013, with the old Rockschool Syllabus (the new one came out the following September) – it was hard work! I ended up singing Apologize by One Republic, Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler and Dynamite by Taio Cruz (this was a Grade 5 song but at Grade 8 you can pick one song from any grade). I found the technical exercises quite difficult, I had to spend a fair bit of time sitting at my piano working them out! Ruth guided me really well through it all so she gets some credit too:)
