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Female Vocals

Grade 5
Performance pieces, technical exercises and in-depth guidance
for Rockschool examinations

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Acknowledgements

Published by Rockschool Ltd. © 2014 under license from Music Sales Ltd.
Catalogue Number RSK091405R
ISBN: 978-1-912352-27-2
This edition published July 2017 | Errata details can be found at www.rslawards.com

AUDIO
Backing tracks produced by Music Sales Limited
Supporting test backing tracks recorded by Jon Musgrave, Jon Bishop and Duncan Jordan
Supporting test vocals recorded by Duncan Jordan
Supporting tests mixed at Langlei Studios by Duncan Jordan
Mastered by Duncan Jordan

MUSICIANS
Neal Andrews, Lucie Burns (Lazy Hammock), Jodie Davies,Tenisha Edwards, Noam Lederman,
Beth Loates-Taylor, Dave Marks, Salena Mastroianni, Paul Miro, Ryan Moore, Jon Musgrave,
Chris Smart, Ross Stanley, T-Jay, Stacy Taylor, Daniel Walker

PUBLISHING
Compiled and edited by James Uings, Simon Troup, Stephen Lawson and Stuart Slater
Internal design and layout by Simon and Jennie Troup, Digital Music Art
Cover designed by Philip Millard, Philip Millard Design
Fact Files written by Stephen Lawson, Owen Bailey and Michael Leonard
Additional proofing by Chris Bird, Ronan Macdonald, Jonathan Preiss and Becky Baldwin
Cover photography © IBL / Rex Features
Full transcriptions by Music Sales Ltd.

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SYLLABUS
Vocal specialists: Martin Hibbert and Eva Brandt
Additional Consultation: Emily Nash, Stuart Slater and Sarah Page
Supporting Tests Composition: Martin Hibbert, James Uings, Jon Musgrave, Jodie Davies,
Ryan Moore, Chris Hawkins, Jonathan Preiss

DISTRIBUTION
Exclusive Distributors: Music Sales Ltd.

CONTACTING ROCKSCHOOL
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Email: [email protected]
Female Vocals Grade 5

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Table of Contents

Introductions & Information

1 Title Page
2 Acknowledgements
3 Table of Contents
4 Welcome to Rockschool Female Vocals Grade 5

Rockschool Grade Pieces

5 Pixie Lott............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘Mama Do’


13 Adele.. . . ......................................................... ‘Set Fire To The Rain’
19 Jennifer Hudson.. ............................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘Spotlight’
27 Rihanna.. .............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘Stay’
35 KT Tunstall........................................................ . . . . ‘Suddenly I See’
43 Tina Turner.............................................. ‘Nutbush City Limits’

Technical Exercises

50 Scales, Arpeggios, Intervals, Melodic Study and Backing Vocals

Supporting Tests

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52 Sight Reading
53 Improvisation & Interpretation
54 Ear Tests
55 General Musicianship Questions

Additional Information

56 Entering Exams, Exam Procedure & Marking Schemes


57 Musical Interpretation & Free Choice Pieces
58 Copyright Information
59 Rockschool Digital Downloads
60 Rockschool Popular Music Theory

Female Vocals Grade 5

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Welcome to Rockschool Female Vocals Grade 5

Welcome to the Rockschool Female Vocals Grade 5 pack. This book and accompanying audio contain everything you need
to sing at this grade.

Vocals Exams
At each grade you have the option of taking one of two different types of examination:
■■Grade Exam: a Grade Exam is a mixture of music performances, technical work and tests. You prepare three pieces
(two of which may be Free Choice Pieces) and the contents of the Technical Exercise section. This accounts for 75%
of the exam marks. The other 25% consists of: either a Sight Reading or an Improvisation & Interpretation test (10%),
two Ear Tests (10%), and finally you will be asked five General Musicianship Questions (5%). The pass mark is 60%.
■■Performance Certificate: in a Performance Certificate you sing five pieces. Up to three of these can be Free Choice
Pieces. Each song is marked out of 20 and the pass mark is 60%.

Book Contents
The book is divided into a number of sections. These are:
■■Exam Pieces: in this book you will find six well-known pieces of Grade 5 standard. Each song is preceded by a Fact File
detailing information about the original recording, the artist who sang on it and some recommended listening if you
wish to research the artist further.
■■Piano and guitar notation: every exam piece is printed with a piano part and guitar chords. Both are a representation
of the overall band arrangement. These have been included to assist you with your practice should you wish to use a
piano and/or guitar for accompaniment. In your exam you must perform to the backing tracks provided.
■■Vocal score: in addition to the piano/vocal/guitar arrangement there is also a separate vocal-only score to allow you to
view the vocal part on a single sheet of paper.
■■Technical Exercises: there are a range of technical exercises in this grade. Some are notated in full, and some give a

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range of starting notes.
■■Supporting Tests and General Musicianship Questions: in Vocals Grade 5 there are three supporting tests – either a
Sight Reading or an Improvisation & Interpretation test and two Ear Tests – and a set of General Musicianship Questions
(GMQs) asked at the end of each exam. Examples of the types of tests likely to appear in the exam are printed in this book.
■■General Information: finally, you will find information on exam procedures, including online examination entry,
marking schemes, information on Free Choice Pieces and improvisation requirements for each grade.

Audio
Each song in Vocals Grade 5 has an audio track which has been provided for you. This is a backing track with the vocal
taken off so you can sing along with the band. The backing tracks should be used in examinations. There are also audio
examples of the supporting tests printed in the book. The audio files are supplied in MP3 format.

All candidates should read the accompanying syllabus guide when using this grade book. This can be downloaded from the
RSL website: www.rslawards.com
Female Vocals Grade 5

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Mama D
Pixie Lott

SONG TITLE: MAMA DO


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ALBUM: TURN IT UP

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RELEASED: 2009
LABEL: MERCURY
GENRE: POP Uh oh, uh
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PERSONNEL: PIXIE LOTT (VOX)
MADS HAUGE (VARIOUS)     

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ANDERS KALLMARK (SYNTH)

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night I go,

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1. Ev - ’ry

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PHIL THORNALLEY (PIANO)

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BACKGROUND INFO NOTES
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the door.

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sneak - ing out

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‘Mama Do’ was the lead single from Pixie Lott’s ‘Mama Do’ was written by two songwriters/
debut album, Turn It Up.
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producers. Mads Hauge, a Norwegian, had previously
written the single ‘Soulmate’ for Natasha Bedingfield   

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and has also worked with Eliza Doolittle and

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THE BIGGER PICTURE Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes. The other

Victoria Louise Lott was born in London in 1991.   


songwriter on ‘Mama Do’ was Englishman Phil
Thornalley, a musical colleague of Hauge’s who
Her mother called her Pixie because she was “such co-wrote Natalia Imbruglia’s hit ‘Torn’. Thornalley and E¨m
a tiny, cute baby who looked like a fairy”. Lott began Hauge often work together on tracks, with Thornalley

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singing at an early age – though it was hymns at the producing and Hauge providing melodies and lyrics.

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church school she attended before she discovered pop “It’s about sneaking out the house and going to see a
via Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. She would specific person without your parents knowing about

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impersonate her musical heroes at family gatherings, it,” said Pixie, “It’s a really cool song because it suits les

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help -

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ba - by I’m

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where the encouragement of relatives led her mum to my age and I can relate to it. I mean, there have been

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enrol Lott, aged 11, at the famous Italia Conti stage a couple of occasions when I might have sneaked out
school. The school’s musical theatre focus wasn’t for 
the house and not told my mum and dad.”

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Lott, who had been writing her own songs and had

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her sights firmly set on a career in pop. At 15, Pixie
Lott was signed to Island Def Jam Music Group, until RECOMMENDED LISTENING
a change of managers led her to Mercury Records 
in the UK and Interscope Records in America. She ‘Cry Me Out’ has a similar soul/R’n’B vibe to ‘Mama
Female Vocals Grade 5

signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Do’ and was written by Lott, Hauge, Thornalley and
Publishing in 2007 and has written for Alexandra Colin Campsie for Turn It Up. ‘Boys And Girls’ was a
Burke among others. Her debut album, Turn It Up, Number 1 single from the same album, with more of a
was released in 2009. Lott co-wrote 10 of its 12 tracks, pop sheen reminiscent of Girls Aloud and Sugababes.
including the Top 20 singles ‘Boys And Girls’, ‘Cry Me ‘All About Tonight’ is a more uptempo track that
Out’ and title track ‘Turn It Up’. brought Lott’s sound up to date in 2011.

5
Mama Do
Pixie Lott

Mama Do
Words & Music by Phil Thornalley & Mads Hauge

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E¨m Uh oh, uh oh.

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1. Ev - ’ry night I go, ev - ’ry night I go


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sneak - ing out the door. I lie a lit - tle more,

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ba - by I’m help - less. There’s

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some - thing ’bout the night and the way it hides

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(2.) should I feel a - shamed? Feel - ing guil - ty at the

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all the things I like. Lit - tle black but - ter-flies

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men - tion of your name. Here we are a - gain:

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deep in - side me.

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What would my

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it’s near - ly per - fect.

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 
     

                       
say (Uh oh, uh oh.) if he saw me


                       
     
        
     

 
1.
B¨ E¨m

        
6fr


          

          
   
Female Vocals Grade 5

       


hurt this way? Uh oh, uh oh.


         
     


         
     

     
8

2.
E¨m

                             
6fr


μ

                
Uh oh, uh oh. 2. Why Uh oh, uh oh.

    
   

       

  
E¨m

    

   
6fr

 
     

               
(Ooh...) What would my Ma - ma do?

       

  
        
    
   
  
 

 
    

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A¨m B¨

        
4fr




        

                       
    
(Ooh...) A - ha... (Ooh...)

          
     
  

    
    
        
       
E¨m Cb5


6fr 7fr

 
                   
     

                      
Female Vocals Grade 5

    
What would my Dad - dy say?

        

  
  
   
 
   
            

          
9
B¨5 Cb5 B¨5 Cb5

                      
6fr 7fr 6fr 7fr

 
    

                      
 
All the things a girl should know, are the things she can’t con - trol,
  

              

    

    


B¨5 Cb5 B¨5

                       
6fr 7fr 6fr

                            

all the things a girl should know, she can’t cont - rol. What would my

                     
 

        

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A¨m E¨m

            
4fr 6fr

      
         

                               
Ma - ma do (Uh oh, uh oh.) if she knew ’bout


                           

   
 
               
      
B¨ E¨m

         
6fr


       
   

                              
Female Vocals Grade 5

    


me and you? (Uh oh, uh oh.) What would my

               

             
                   

          
10  
A¨m E¨m

   
4fr 6fr

  
    
       

                       
Dad - - dy say (Uh oh, uh

                  
    
  
        
    
 

       

     

                      
oh.) if he saw me hurt this way?

       

                  
            

   
     


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E¨m

                      
6fr


 
          
Uh oh, uh oh. Uh oh, uh oh.

       
   
               
   

          

           
μ

               
Female Vocals Grade 5

Uh oh, uh oh. Uh oh, uh oh.

       
 
              
    

11
12
Female Vocals Grade 5

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Set Fire To T
Adele

SONG TITLE: SET FIRE TO THE RAIN


ALBUM: 21 q = 108
Dm F
RELEASED: 2010
LABEL: XL
  
GENRE: POP
 
PERSONNEL: ADELE (VOX)

 
FRASER T. SMITH (VARIOUS)
    
UK CHART PEAK: 11
      
US CHART PEAK: 1
      

Con pedale

F C
Dm

       
 
BACKGROUND INFO NOTES

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‘Set Fire To The Rain’ was the third single released ‘Set Fire To The Rain’ was co-written by Adele And as it f
from Adele’s second album, 21. fall,
and songwriter/producer Frasermy
heart.
T. Smith, who once

 
worked as Craig David’s guitarist and co-wrote

     
   
‘Broken Strings’ by James Morrison. “When she
THE BIGGER PICTURE walked into the session I already had a rolling drum
beat going and some chords in my head,” said Smith,

 
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in London in “She delivered a great vocal and we bashed it out.”
1988. She began singing at the age of four and later
became a fan of the Spice Girls, of whom she has said,    
The demo he and Adele recorded was so good,
Smith was asked to produce the final version for the
“They made me what I am today.” As a teenager, she album 21 – and Adele’s demo vocal was kept. Adele
attended the BRIT School and graduated in the same claims she came up with the idea for the song when
year as Leona Lewis and Jessie J. Like Jessie J, Adkins her lighter stopped working in the rain. “It’s about
is herself an accomplished songwriter and wrote F “One
the contradictions in relationships,” she said.
Dm
many of the songs on her debut album, 19, which was person says this, one person says that. I was really


released by XL Recordings in 2008. The album went heartbroken when I met who the song’s about and

     
    
to Number 1 in the UK and eventually went double he kind of brought me back to life and put me back

 
platinum (selling more than two million copies) in together… and he was a ******** as well!”
America. Her second album, 21, was co-written with
various songwriters but rather than giving up control you un - til
dark and I was o - ver
of her writing and recording process, Adkins seemed RECOMMENDED LISTENING

  
more and more to be calling the shots as she grew

are goodexamples
 ofAdele’s   FeelbutMyit Love’

Female Vocals Grade 5

   
in confidence. For example, when Rick Rubin was ‘Chasing Pavements’ and ‘Make You
employed to produce finished versions of demos that
she had recorded previously, she rejected the new
   vocal talent, was
later singles ‘Rolling In The Deep’, ‘Someone Like You’

 
versions in favour of the demos. Fans of the singer and ‘Skyfall’ that showed how much the singer had

   
often admire this personal strength as much as they grown in such a short space of time – between the
do her considerable artistic merits. ages of 19 and 21, in fact.

13
Set Fire To The Rain
Adele

Set Fire To The Rain Words & Music by Fraser Smith & Adele Adkins

q = 108
Dm F C Gm
3fr


      

1. I let it


              
    
    
        
     
Con pedale

Dm F C Gm

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3fr

              
     
fall, my heart. And as it fell you rose to claim it. It was

               
  
    
        
     

Dm F C Csus4 C

    
              
      
dark and I was o - ver un - til you kissed my lips and you saved me. My

            
Female Vocals Grade 5

 
        

   
      

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Dm F C

            
     
hands they were strong, but my knees were far too weak
(2.) I lay with you I could stay there, just close

                  
       
   
  
    
Gm Dm F
3fr

            
   
to stand in your arms with - out fall -
my eyes, feel you here for - ev - er. You and me

                     
  
 
     

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  
C Csus4 C Bb6

         
           

- ing to your feet. But there’s a side to you that I
to - geth - er, noth - ing gets bet - ter. ’Cause there’s a

   
               
 
 

   
     
  
Gm Dm
3fr

                 
    
Female Vocals Grade 5

nev - er knew, nev - er knew. All the things you’d say, they were nev - er true, nev - er true. And the

            
           
  

        
      
15
Bb Csus2 C
μ

   
     
    
    
games you’d play you would al - ways win, al - ways win. But I set

  
          
       
 
  
               
Dm C

 
               
   
 
fire to the rain. Watched it pour as I touched your face.


 





  

 


                       

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Gm
3fr

  
     
                
When it burned, well, I cried ’cause I heard it scream - ing out your
 
     





 
  

                 
      
1. 2.
Dm C C Dm

                    

 
 
Female Vocals Grade 5

name. Your name. 2.When I set fire to the

 
  
   
 


 

 
 

  

    
     
16
C

   
                  
 
rain. And I threw us in - to the flames. When we fell,

 
         
      

 
                      
Gm Bb C
3fr

  
                
       
 
some- thing died ’cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time. Some - times I

      

 
     

 
  
                         

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Bb F/A Am C

          
           
wake up by the door that heart you caught must be wait - ing for ya. E - ven now

                       
                
   
         
      
Bb Fmaj7 Am C

       
         
         
Female Vocals Grade 5


when we’re al - read - y o - ver. I can’t help my - self from look - ing for you. I set

            
               
          
   
          
     
17
Dm C


                  
   
 
fire to the rain. Watched it pour as I touched your face.
fire to the rain and I threw us in - to the flames.
3° & 4° vocal ad lib.

      

   
   
 

                       
Gm
3fr

  
     
                
When it burned, well, I cried ’cause I heard it scream - ing out your
When we fell some - thing died. ’Cause I knew that that was the last

       
 
    

        
           

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   
1, 3. 2.
Dm Bb C

    
          
       
name. Your name. I set time, the last time.

       
  
         

 
           

      
4.
Bb C


   
Female Vocals Grade 5


   
   
 

  
 
         
       
18
Spotligh
Jennifer Hudson

SONG TITLE: SPOTLIGHT


q = 110
ALBUM: JENNIFER HUDSON
Gmaj7
RELEASED: 2008
LABEL: ARISTA
  
GENRE: R’N’B
 
PERSONNEL: JENNIFER HUDSON (VOX)

      
UK CHART PEAK: 11
     
US CHART PEAK: 24
 
   
Con pedale
A
Bm

      
BACKGROUND INFO  NOTES 

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‘Spotlight’ was the first single from Jennifer ‘Spotlight’ was written for Jennifer Hudson Ooh, o
ooh.

  
Hudson’s self-titled debut album. by platinum-selling recording artist Ne-Yo and
 

     
Norwegian songwriting/production duo Stargate

THE BIGGER PICTURE    
(Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen). Ne-Yo,
Hermansen and Eriksen regularly work together. Two
 
of their most successful collaborations are ‘Unfaithful’
 
  
Jennifer Kate Hudson was born in 1981 in Chicago. by Rihanna and ‘Irreplaceable’ by Beyoncé. As a duo,
She began singing at the age of seven, performing in Stargate wrote ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ (Rihanna),
her church choir. As a teenager, Hudson worked at ‘Firework’ (Katy Perry) and ‘Beautiful Liar’ (Beyoncé
Burger King until she got a job on a Disney cruise & Shakira). Ne-Yo met Hermansen and Eriksen
ship, playing the muse Calliope in Hercules – A in Sony Music Studios, New York, while he was
Muse-ical Comedy. At that time, she had ambitions working on material for his debut album, In My Own
to compete in the TV singing contest American Idol: Bmbegan their musical A
Words. The three hit it off and
“I said, ‘If I can get through the ship, that means

relationship by writing ‘So Sick’ for In My Own Words.
 
 
    
I’m cut out for Idol.’” In 2003 Hudson auditioned It was released as the second single from the album
successfully for the third season of American Idol,
judge Randy Jackson describing her cover of Aretha   
and went to Number 1 in America and the UK.

Franklin’s ‘Share Your Love With Me’ as “brilliant”. Ooh


Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
However, the singer only made it as far as the final RECOMMENDED LISTENING

   of‘AndI Am  
seven, despite being considered one of the strongest
singers. Hudson’s fortunes changed the following
  
Jennifer Hudson’s performance 
 

drew comparisons   
Female Vocals Grade 5

year, when she starred in the musical Dreamgirls with Telling You I Am Not Going’ from the film Dreamgirls
Beyoncé. Her performance in the film won several with Barbara Streisand, Bette
awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Actress in Midler and Aretha Franklin. ‘Think Like A Man’ puts
a Supporting Role. She was signed to Arista Records the singer in a more contemporary R’n’B setting –
in 2006 and released her debut album in 2008.
  
where she sounds equally at home.
 
19
Spotlight
Jennifer Hudson

Spotlight Words & Music by Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith

q = 110
Gmaj7 A

  
        
Ooh, ooh, ooh,

      
     
        
  
     

Con pedale
Bm A Gmaj7

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  
               
ooh. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Ooh, ooh.

 
      
             
 
 

  
    
     

Bm A

  
             
    
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Ooh, ooh. 1. Are you a man

      
     
 
         
Female Vocals Grade 5

     

   
  

20 © Copyright 2008 Imagem Music/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited/EMI Music Publishing Limited.
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
Gmaj7 A Bm

 
                
      
who loves and cher - ish - es and cares for me? (Is that you, is that you,

 
(2.) - tion ship ful - fill - ing your needs as well as mine? (Is that you, is that you,
       

                    
     
      

A Gmaj7 Bm



                    
is that you?) Are you a guard in a pris - on, max - i - mum se - cu - ri - ty?
is that you?) Or is this just my sen - tence, am I do - ing time.?
           
       
     
    
      

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A Gmaj7


     

                
(Is that you, is that you, is that you?) Do we stay home all the time ’cause
(Is that you, is that you, is that you?) If this is love, real, real, love,
       
           

  

     
   
     
A Bm A


         
              
you want me to your - self? (Is that you, is that you, is that you?) Or am I locked
Female Vocals Grade 5

 
then I’m stay - ing, no doubt. (Is that you, is that you, is that you?) But if I’m just
       
            

  
      
      

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Gmaj7 Bm A


                    
a - way out of fear that I’d find some - one else? (Is that you, is that you?)
love’s pris - on - er then I’m bust - ing out. (Is that you, is that you?)
         

                  
   
     

Gmaj7 A


           
     

Well, I don’t like liv - ing un - der your spot -
Ba - by, I don’t

   
         
             
   
       

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          
Bm A Gmaj7


              

  
- light, just be - cause you think I might
         
           
  
      
         
          
Bm A Gmaj7


        
       

Female Vocals Grade 5

find some - bod - y wor - thy. Oh, I don’t like liv -


    
                 



  
   
      
              
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A Bm A


                 

 
- ing un - der your spot - light, may - be if you treat me
       
          

  
    
  
           
 
     
Gmaj7 Bm A


    

      


right then you won’t have to wor - - ry.
       
                   

   
         
         

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1. 2. Em7


                  
  
2. Is this - a re - la - Oh, you ough - ta be a -
         
              
  
  

   
       
      
       
A/G

 
      
3

          
Female Vocals Grade 5

- shamed of your - self. What the hell do you think you’re do - ing lov -
  
         
              
   
                     
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F#m7 Bm7


            

 
    

- ing me, lov - ing me so wrong? Ba - by,
  
       

  
       
        

   
                     
Em7

 
           
all I do is try to show you that you’re

     

          
        
 
   
      
              

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A/G F#m7

       
           
 
my one and on - ly guy, no mat - ter

 

 
 
 

 
  
 
   
       

   
                     
Bm7 A

             
   
  
who may come a - long. O - pen your eyes, ’cause ba - by, I don’t
Female Vocals Grade 5

 
      
   
   
           
 
   
                     
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Gmaj7 A Bm

  
                
 
 
lie. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Ooh, ooh.
     
                   

     
     
     
A Gmaj7 A

 
            
   
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Hey, well I don’t
 
          
 
 
 
   



   
  
     
 
   

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Gmaj7 A Bm

 
                

 
like liv - ing un - der your spot - light, just
      

   
               
   
 
          
         
A Gmaj7 Bm


              
be - cause you think I might find some - bod - y wor -
     
Female Vocals Grade 5

         
           
   
        
            
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A Gmaj7


      
     

- thy. Oh, I don’t like liv -


          
          
  
    

  
 
          
    
A Bm A


                 

 
- ing un - der your spot - light, may - be if you treat me

    

           
  
   
   
 
           
 
     

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Gmaj7 Bm A


        
    

right then you won’t have to wor - - ry.
      
  
                 


   
             
     
1. 2. G'9

  
       

          
Oh, I don’t I don’t like.

  
Female Vocals Grade 5

      
  
           
   
      
        
    
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Stay
Rihanna

SONG TITLE: STAY


ALBUM: UNAPOLOGETIC
q = 112
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RELEASED: 2013


LABEL: DEF JAM
4 ∑
&4
GENRE: POP

PERSONNEL: RIHANNA (VOX)


MIKKY EKKO (VOX)
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BACKGROUND INFO NOTES

‘Stay’ was the second single released from Rihanna’s& ‰‘Stay’ was œ œ œ
œ co-written by guestœ vocalist œ œ
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Ekko
seventh studio album, Unapologetic. and Justin Parker. Ekko is a singer-songwriter
to RCA Records. Besides releasing hissown
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including David Guetta (on the song ‘One Voice’).

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Justin Parker is an English singer-songwriter who has

Barbados. She grew up listening to reggae and started & œ


Robin Rihanna Fenty was born in 1988 in written for Lana Del Rey, Bat For Lashes and Ellie

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Goulding. Ekko says he was “freaked out” when he
singing around the age of seven. In her early teens, found out ‘Stay’ was going to be recorded by Rihanna,
Fenty formed a girl group with two classmates. The
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as it has such a personal meaning to him. However,
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trio caught the attention of holidaying songwriter/ he came round to the idea when he met Rihanna and
producer Evan Rogers (who had worked previously
with N Sync, Boyzone and Christina Aguilera) in
heard the vocal she had recorded: “The track had
become so special to me as well,” Ekko said, “and w
2004. The group was invited to audition for Rogers, knowing what the track means to me and what I
who said: “The minute Rihanna walked into the think it means to her too, it really worked. It speaks to
room, it was like the other two girls didn’t exist.” For a such an intimate side of her that is so rare andA‹so far A‹
year, Fenty travelled back and forth between Barbados C from what people thinkD‹
removed of her.”
and Rogers’s home in Connecticut, USA, where the
experienced Rogers mentored the fledgling performer.
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& ‘Pon œ œfirst single
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When Fenty turned 16, she relocated to America and RECOMMENDED LISTENING
moved in with Rogers and his wife. By 2005, she had
Female Vocals Grade 5

a four-song demo, which Rogers shopped to record


companies, quickly landing Fenty a contract with of four tracks on hot
the demo thatdgot
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signed
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Def Jam. By August, Def Jam had released her debut Jam. Since then, the singer has had an endless stream
album, Music Of The Sun – the start of a recording of hit singles. Some of the best – ‘Umbrella’, ‘Take A

& œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œœ œ
career that’s made Rihanna the most successful female Bow’ and ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ – feature on her first
singer of her generation. Number 1 album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007).

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KT Tunstall

SONG TITLE: SUDDENLY I SEE


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RELEASED: 2005 μ
LABEL: RELENTLESS RECORDS    
GENRE: POP  
PERSONNEL: KT TUNSTALL (VOX+GTR)
  
UK CHART PEAK: 12     
US CHART PEAK: 21

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Dsus2

NOTES  
   

BACKGROUND INFO

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‘Suddenly I See’ was the third single from KT ‘Suddenly I See’ was inspired by the American
Tunstall’s debut album, Eye To The Telescope. singer-songwriter and poet Patti Smith. KT wrote the

 
lyrics about the famous black and white photograph

  
of Smith on the cover of her album Horses. The song
THE BIGGER PICTURE
 
was featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada,
which helped it to Number 21 in the American singles
Kate Victoria Tunstall was born in 1975. She was chart (KT’s only other single to chart in the States
adopted as a baby and grew up with her adoptive was ‘Black Horse & The Cherry Tree’, which went to
family in St. Andrews, Scotland. At 15, she started
writing songs and spent her early teens learning to   
Number 20). Tunstall was surprised by the success
of her song – inspired by the ‘godmother of punk’
play guitar, piano and flute. She formed her first band,
The Happy Campers, while taking a scholarship at  
and a Commandeur of France’s cultural institution,
the Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres – in the context of a
a school in Connecticut, USA. KT (she dropped film about a woman in thrall to the fashion industry.
‘Kate’ because it sounded like “a farmer’s daughter”) “I didn’t realise the lyrics could perfectly fit a chick
then studied music at Royal Holloway University, flick,” she said, “and it could sound like I was singing
London, where she and a mandolin player won a about wanting to be a f***ing model!”


battle of the bands. After university, she spent six
years unemployed back in Scotland, performing and
 
writing songs with the ambition of having an album
out by the age of 30. Thanks to the offer of a contract RECOMMENDED LISTENING

with Relentless Records, which she initially rejected, ‘Black Horse & The Cherry Tree’ was the song KT
Female Vocals Grade 5

Tunstall achieved her goal, releasing her debut album, Tunstall performed on Later… With Jools Holland, a


Eye To The Telescope, in 2004. “It was real luck,” she performance that’s often cited as her breakthrough. It’s
said. “My album came out in December and I turned worth finding online to see how Tunstall skilfully uses
30 in June.” She came to the nation’s attention in the
UK after replacing rapper Nas with 24 hours’ notice    
a looper pedal to provide all her backing. ‘Other Side
Of The World’ is an affecting ballad from the same 
on the TV show Later… With Jools Holland. album, her debut, Eye To The Telescope.

  35
 
Suddenly I See
KT Tunstall

Suddenly I See Words & Music by KT Tunstall

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Dsus2

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 
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1. Her


2. And I

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 
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
               

face is a map of the world, is a map of the world.


feel like walk - ing the world, like walk - ing the world.

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 
You can see she’s a beau - ti - ful girl, she’s a beau - ti - ful girl.

 And you can hear she’s a beau - ti - ful girl, she’s a beau - ti - ful girl.

                  
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her is a sil - ver pool of light. The
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black

and white.

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    
 
     
Bm G
3fr


   
       
It makes you calm. She


- ber what you heard. She

  
          
     
 
   

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Gm7 D
3fr

  
            
 
  

holds you cap - ti - vat - ed in her palm. Sud - den - ly I

likes to leave you hang - ing on a word.
 
                 
           
        
 
Bm F# G D


          
         
Female Vocals Grade 5

 
see this is what I want to be. Sud - den - ly I
     
                   
 
   

 
       
38
Bm F# Gm7 C7
3fr 3fr

  
               
see why the hell it means so much to me.
  
                 
 
   

   
     
Bm F# G D

       
 
   
   
         
(Sud - den - ly I see.) This is what I want to be. Sud - den - ly I
 
             
          
     


 
       

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Bm F# Gm7 C7
3fr 3fr

  
        


      
see why the hell it means so much to me.
   
      
            
   
   

    
     
Dm7


   
3 3 3 3
              
Female Vocals Grade 5

And she’s tall - er than most and she’s look - ing at me.
 3 3 3 3
                        
 
 
         39

               
I can see her eyes look - ing from a page in a ma - ga -

           
         
 
    

    
 
3
            
- zine. She makes me feel like I could be a
      3
          
    
  

 
 

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    

 
          
         
tow - er. Big strong tow - er, yeah. The pow - er to be,
 
         

     
     
 
 
       


          
              
the pow - er to give, the pow - er to see, yeah, yeah. (Sud - den - ly I
Female Vocals Grade 5


    
      

 


          
 
 
       
40
Dsus2

 
        
                   
see.) She got the pow - er to be, the pow - er to give, the pow - er to see, yeah, yeah.
 
          
        
             
  
    
1-3. 4.
D7 Bm

      
     
     

 
(Sud - den - ly I Sud - den - ly I see
  
       
    
     
    
    
 

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     
F# G D

      
         
    
this is what I want to be. Sud - den - ly I
       
    

 
        

   
  
     
Bm F# Gm7
3fr


         
Female Vocals Grade 5

see why the hell it means



 
       
    
   

 
     
41
C7 Bm F#


3fr

   
        
         
so much to me. (Sud - den - ly I see.) This is what
       
        
        
 

        
G D Bm

    
            
I want to be. Sud - den - ly I see
    
      
         

 
   
 

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1.
F# Gm7 C7


3fr 3fr

 
Repeat ad lib.

              
why the hell it means so much to me.
   
    
    
    

   
    
   
2.
Gm7 C7 D


3fr 3fr

  
       
      
Female Vocals Grade 5

why the hell it means so much to me.


 
      
 
         
 

 
   
 
42
Tina Turner

SONG TITLE: NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS


ALBUM: NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS
RELEASED: 1973 q = 156
  
LABEL: UNITED ARTISTS A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A


GENRE: FUNK ROCK

PERSONNEL: TINA TURNER (VOX)        
JAMES LEWIS (GUITAR)

    
UK CHART PEAK: 4
US CHART PEAK: 22
 

 
A6 A A6 A7
A

NOTES
  
BACKGROUND INFO

  

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‘Nutbush City Limits’ was the lead single from Ike Tina Turner wrote the lyrics for ‘Nutbush
& Tina Turner’s 1973 album of the same name. City Limits’ as a tribute to her home of Nutbush,

    
Tennessee. Nutbush isn’t actually a city – more a


rural area inhabited by a couple of hundred people.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
     
As such, there are no city limits; clearly Tina Turner
was using poetic licence here. However, it does
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939 have signs around its boundaries marked ‘Nutbush
in Nutbush, Tennessee. As a child, Bullock sang in Unincorporated’, which wouldn’t have made for
the choir at her local Baptist church, but showed no quite so catchy a title. Tina Turner has recorded the
interest in a career in music through her childhood song several times. This article refers to the original
and teenage years. Her break came in 1958 when she recording. It was rumoured for years that Marc Bolan G
  
and her sister went to a nightclub in Detroit to watch of T. Rex played guitar on this version. However, this
Ike Turner and his band the Kings Of Rhythm. The idea was scotched in a 2008 interview with Kings Of
group would often invite female members of the
      
Rhythm guitarist James ‘Bino’ Lewis, who revealed

 
audience onstage to sing a song with them, and that himself to be the guitar player on the record.
night a microphone was thrust in front of Anna Mae’s
face. Turner and his bandmates were so impressed
that they asked Anna Mae to stay onstage and RECOMMENDED LISTENING


           
perform some more. She joined the band, changed
her name to Tina and, under the tutelage of Ike, began From her days as one half of Ike & Tina Turner,
recording. Her first single was ‘Box Top’, on which ‘Proud Mary’ (a rip-roaring cover of a Creedence
Female Vocals Grade 5

she appeared as ‘Little Ann’. She later married Ike and Clearwater Revival song) and ‘River Deep, Mountain
took his name. Their troubled relationship was the High’ are just two highlights. Turner’s most successful
subject of the film What’s Love Got To Do With It. The work as a solo artist leant more towards pop than
couple divorced in 1976. Since then, Tina (who kept funk and R&B. Tracks like ‘What’s Love Got To Do
her stage name) has built a solo career so successful it With It’, ‘The Best’ and ‘I Don’t Wanna Lose You’ are
eclipses her time with Ike. good examples of this later period of her career.

  A A6 A A6 A7 A6

  43
Nutbush City Limits
Words & Music by Tina Turner
Nutbush City Limits
Tina Turner
Words & Music by Tina Turner

q = 156
  A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

 
                 
  

                    

 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 C


                

            
          

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
G

   
       

                       
   

 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

       

1. A



             
Female Vocals Grade 5

                   
                 

44 © Copyright 1973 EMI Catalogue Partnership/EMI Unart Catalog Incorporated/Huh Music Corporation, USA.
Warner Bros. Publications Incorporated/IMP Limited.
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
 
A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6

          
 
church house gin house, a school house out house



                  
              
           


A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

             
 
on high - way num - ber nine - teen. The



                    

               
           

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
A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 C

          
    
peo - ple keep the ci - ty clean, they call it Nut - bush,



                  

              
            

 G

        
 
oh Nut - bush, call it


Female Vocals Grade 5


                

       
  

                
               
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
A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

            

Nut - bush ci - ty li - mits. 2. Twen - ty



                 

                 
   

A
  
A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6
  
              
five for the speed li - mit, mo - tor - cy - cle not al - lowed in it,

 
(Verses 3 & 4 see block lyrics)

 
            

      
          

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 
A7 A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6
      
         
you go to store on Fri - days, you go to


              

         
       


A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 C

              

church on Sun - days, they call it Nut - bush, lit - tle old


Female Vocals Grade 5


          


       
       
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To Coda 
 
  
G

       
  
town, oh Nut - bush, they call it


  
 

 
        
       

                     

1.


A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

              
Nut - bush ci - ty li - mits. 3. You go to
 

                   

  
                     

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2.

A7(#9) A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6
   
   
Synth.
  
      
        
    
          
        

A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

               
   


Female Vocals Grade 5


                 

            
         
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
A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6
       
         
   



                 

           
        
C G G7
             
 
 

 
      
      
    

                              

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   
A A6

A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A7(#9) D. $ al Coda
 
         

      
4. No
     
 
             
    

 
                  

 CODA

A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

             
Nut - bush ci - ty, Nut - bush ci - ty li - mits.
   
Female Vocals Grade 5

   
            
        
          
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          
A A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

           
Lit - tle old town in Ten - es - see, it's called

     
                  
     

       
                

Repeat ad lib. to fade


A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6 A A6 A A6 A7 A6 A A6

                 

a quiet lit - tle old com - mun - i - ty. A

    
    
                  

  
                 

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Verse 3:
You go to the fields on weekdays
And have a picnic on Labour Day
You go to town on Saturdays
And go to church on Sunday.

They call it Nutbush etc.

Verse 4:
No whiskey for sale
If you get drunk no bail
Salt pork and molasses
Is all you get in jail.

They call it Nutbush etc,


Female Vocals Grade 5

Fade out:
A one horse town
You have to watch
What you're putting down
In old Nutbush, oh Nutbush.

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Technical Exercises

Group A: Scales
The minor pentatonic scale should be prepared as shown below. You may select any starting note from A–E. You will be
asked if you would like to sing along to a metronome click or hear four clicks before you start. Whichever option you
choose, you will hear your chosen starting note before the count starts. You may perform this test using any vocal sound
except humming or whistling. The tempo is q =80.

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q = 80

4 Ó
&4 œ œ œ œ œ
w w œ œ œ œ œ œ

Group B: Arpeggios
In this group, the arpeggio exercise needs to be prepared as shown below.

This test is performed to a metronome click track and you may select any starting note from A–E. You will hear the root
note played on piano followed by a one-bar (three click) count-in. You may perform this test using any vocal sound except
humming or whistling. The tempo is q =80.

A major arpeggio (ascending) and E 7 arpeggio (descending)

## ¿ ¿ ¿
q = 80

œ œ œ
& # 43 œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ Œ Œ
˙. ˙. œ œ

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Group C: Intervals
In this group, both the minor 6th and minor 7th intervals need to be prepared as below. You will be asked to perform one of
them in the exam, as chosen by the examiner.

The examiner will choose a starting note within the range A–C. You will hear this note followed by a four-beat count-in. You
may perform this test using any vocal sound except humming or whistling. The tempo is q =90.

Minor 6th interval

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q = 90

& 44 w
Candidate sings:


w ˙

Minor 7th interval


Female Vocals Grade 5

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q = 90

& 44 w b˙
Candidate sings:

w ˙

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Group D: Melodic Study
In this group, the melodic test must be prepared as shown below. The test starts with a root note followed by a four-beat
count. The test should be performed to the appropriate backing track which can be found in the audio.

Melismas and Scoops

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q =125

4 Œ j‰ Œ
Am G

&4 w w œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ
Yeah, you need a help - ing hand.

Œ Œ w
Dm F Am

& œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
I’m gon - na, I’m gon - na be the one who’s there.

Group E: Backing Vocals


In this group, both backing vocal parts need to be prepared as shown below. You will be asked to perform one of them in
the exam, as chosen by the examiner. The chosen part must be sung alongside the other part on the recording. The backing
tracks for these can be found in the audio.

q =120 Rock
A

& b 44 œ Ó Œ ‰ œ œ œ Œ
Dm Gm 3 Dm

œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ

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Now let’s do it a - gain, just like be - fore, there’s no - thing more.
B

& b 44 œ Ó Œ ‰ Œ
3

œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Now let’s do it a - gain, just like be - fore, there’s no - thing more.

Female Vocals Grade 5

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Sight Reading

In this section you have a choice between:

■■Either – a sight reading test


■■Or – an improvisation and interpretation test (see facing page).

The examiner will ask you which one you wish to choose before commencing. Once you have decided, you cannot change
your mind.

You will be given an eight-bar melody in the key of either D major, B b major, B minor or D minor. It will feature lyrics and
cover a range of up to an octave. At this grade there is an element of improvisation. Bars 5 and 6 are a repeat of bars 1 and 2,
and you need to improvise a melody in the final two bars. You will be given 90 seconds to practise, after which you will
perform the test. The tempo is q =85–95.

During the practice time, you will be given the choice of a metronome click throughout or a count-in of four beats at the
beginning. Whichever option you choose, the practice time will start with the examiner playing the root note. You will
receive the same choice when performing the test. The test will start with the root note.

You may perform the improvised bars in this test using any vocal sound except humming or whistling.

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q = 85

b
& b 44 ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
w w ˙
Ev - ’ry - thing is al - right, yes it’s al - right

b
&b Ó
Improvise melody

’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’

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˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ
now. Ev - ’ry - thing is al - right,

Please note: the test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam.
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Improvisation & Interpretation

The examiner will give you a chord sequence in the key of either D major, B b major, E minor or D minor. You must
improvise a melody over the backing track. At this grade, there is also an element of sight reading, consisting of a two-bar
section featuring lyrics, at the beginning of the test. You will be given 30 seconds to practise, after which the examiner will
play the backing track twice. The first time is for you to rehearse and the second time is for you to perform the final version
for the exam. The backing track will begin with a root note and a four-beat count-in on both playthroughs. The backing
track is continuous, so once the first playthrough has finished, the root note and count-in of the second playthrough will
start immediately. The tempo is q =90–100.

During the practice time, you will be given the choice of a metronome click throughout or a count-in of four beats at the
beginning. Whichever option you choose, the practice time will start with the examiner playing the root note.

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q =100 Rock

4 œ œ œ œ
& b 4 .. w œ Œ
Dm

w œ œ œ œ
Take my mon - ey, take my pay.

Bb
Improvise melody

&b ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ..
C Gm C Dm

’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’

Please note: the test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam.

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Ear Tests

In this section, there are two ear tests:


■■Melodic Recall
■■Harmony Vocals

You will find one example of each type of test printed below and you will be given both of them in the exam.

Test 1 | Melodic Recall


The examiner will play you a two-bar melody played to a drum backing. It will use the B b major or A natural minor
scale (the examiner will decide which) and the first note will be the root note. You will hear the test twice. Each time
the test is played, it starts with the root note and a four-beat count-in. There will be a short gap for you to practise after
each playthrough. Next, you will hear a vocal count-in, after which you should sing the melody to the drum backing.
The tempo is q =90.

It is acceptable to sing over the track as it is being played as well as practising after the first two playthroughs. The length of
time available after the second playthrough is pre-recorded on the audio track, so the vocal count-in may begin while you
are still practising.

You may perform this test using any vocal sound except humming or whistling.

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q = 90

b
& b 44 .. œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
..
w w œ œ

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Please note: the test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam.

Test 2 | Harmony Vocals


The examiner will play you a four-bar melody in the key of either A major or F major based on the I–IV–V chords. The
recorded vocal part will sing the root or 3rd of each chord and you need to harmonise a diatonic third above this part using
the same rhythm. The examiner will give you the lyrics.

You will hear the test twice. Each time the test is played, it starts with the root note and a four-beat count-in. There will be
a short gap for you to practise after each playthrough. Next, you will hear a vocal count-in, after which you should perform
the harmony line. The tempo is q =90–110.

It is acceptable to sing over the track as it is being played as well as practising after the first two playthroughs. The length of
time available after the second playthrough is pre-recorded on the audio track, so the vocal count-in may begin while you
are still practising.

## ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q =100 Candidate hears: (You will not be shown this in the exam)

& # 44 .. j‰ Œ j‰ Œ Ó ..
A D E A

˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ ˙
w w
Tell me, tell me, tell me to go.

## ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
q =100 Candidate sings: (you will not hear or be shown this in the exam)

& # 44 .. j j ..
œ ‰ Œ œ ‰ Œ Ó
Female Vocals Grade 5

A D E A

˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙
w w
Tell me, tell me, tell me to go.

Please note: the test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam.

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General Musicianship Questions

In this part of the exam you will be asked five questions. Four of these will be about general music knowledge and the fifth
will be about your voice or the microphone.

Part 1 | General Music Knowledge


The examiner will ask four music knowledge questions from the categories below. The questions will be based on one of the
pieces (including Free Choice Pieces) as performed by you in the exam. You can choose which one.

If there are handwritten notes on the piece you have chosen, the examiner may ask you to choose an alternative.

You will be asked to identify:


■■Any pitch name. (You will need to state an appropriate flat, sharp or natural.)
■■Whole-, half-, quarter-, eighth-, triplet eighth- and 16th-note values, and adjacent note value combinations.
■■Whole-, half-, quarter-, eighth- and 16th-note rests, and adjacent rest combinations.
■■Recognition of any interval up to an octave between two adjacent notes. (You will not need to state major,
minor or perfect.)

You will be asked to identify and explain:


■■The meaning of any time signature.
■■The meaning of ‘ad lib’.
■■The meaning of any dynamic marking.
■■The meaning of the tempo marking.
■■The meaning of the key signature. (State either major or relative minor.)
■■The meaning of the swung rhythm marking.

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Part 2 | Your Voice And The Microphone
The examiner will also ask you one question about your voice or the microphone. They will decide which. Brief demonstrations
to assist your answer are acceptable.

You will be asked:


■■Using your articulators (mouth/lips/tongue/teeth/jaw), how can you modify a bright ‘ee’ sound to produce a
less bright tone?
■■How would you prevent straining during prolonged use of louder dynamics?
■■Suggest two exercises that can help develop control over dynamics across your range.
■■Explain how you would use microphone technique to be able to sing at different volumes.

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Entering Exams, Exam Procedure & Marking Schemes

Entering Exams
Entering a Rockschool exam is easy. You can enter online at www.rslawards.com or by downloading and filling in an exam
entry form. The full Rockschool examination terms and conditions as well as exam periods and current fees are available
from our website or by calling +44 (0)845 460 4747.

Exam procedure
In the exam you can decide whether to start with the Performance Pieces or the Technical Exercises. These will be followed
by the Supporting Tests (Ear Tests, Sight Reading and Improvisation & Interpretation) and General Musicianship Questions.

Use Of Microphone
At Levels 1 and 2 (Grades 1–5) microphone use is optional, although candidates may use one if they feel it will enhance their
performance. At Level 3 (Grades 6–8) microphone use is obligatory for all aspects of the exam.

Marking Schemes
Below are the marking schemes for the two different types of Rockschool exam.

Grade Exams | Grades 1–5

ELEMENT PASS MERIT DISTINCTION

Performance Piece 1 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20

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Performance Piece 2 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20

Performance Piece 3 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20

Technical Exercises 9–10 out of 15 11–12 out of 15 13 + out of 15

Either Sight Reading


6 out of 10 7–8 out of 10 9 + out of 10
or Improvisation & Interpretation

Ear Tests 6 out of 10 7–8 out of 10 9 + out of 10

General Musicianship Questions 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5

TOTAL MARKS 60%+ 74%+ 90%+

Performance Certificates | Grades 1–8

ELEMENT PASS MERIT DISTINCTION

Performance Piece 1 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20


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Performance Piece 2 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20

Performance Piece 3 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20

Performance Piece 4 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20

Performance Piece 5 12–14 out of 20 15–17 out of 20 18+ out of 20

TOTAL MARKS 60%+ 75%+ 90%+


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Musical Interpretation & Free Choice Pieces

Musical Interpretation
Musical Interpretation is allowed at all grades in both the Grade Exam and Performance Certificate. Rockschool encourages
individual musicality, articulation, expression and use of dynamics when performing. This applies anywhere in the exam
other than the technical exercises where articulation when specified must be observed. Candidates are reminded that all
musical interpretation should be stylistically appropriate.

Free Choice Pieces (FCPs)


Free Choice Pieces are accepted in all Vocals grades. An FCP is defined as any piece outside the grade book, and can fall into
two categories:

 ider Repertoire: a full list of suggested pieces can be found on our website, www.rslawards.com
1) W
2) O
 wn Choice: Candidates can choose or compose any song in any genre outside of the grade book and wider repertoire.
These songs should demonstrate a comparable level of technical and musical demand to the pieces given in the set
selections in the grade books which can be referred to as an indication of appropriate level. Candidates should refer to
the Free Choice Piece Criteria available on our website when accessing the level of a potential piece: www.rslawards.com/
music/graded-music-exams/free-choice-pieces
For all grades, candidates can choose the following number of FCPs in the exam:
Grade Examinations: Up to 2 of 3 pieces can be free choice. (At least one piece must be from the grade book.)
Performance Certificates: Up to 3 of 5 pieces can be free choice. (At least two pieces must be from the grade book.)

For all FCPs, candidates will need to bring the sheet music and a backing track (without vocal part) on the day. A memory
stick, iPod or CD/DVD is acceptable and we would also suggest a second source to be safe. It will not be necessary to bring
the sheet music or backing tracks for pieces chosen from the grade book.

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Copyright Information

Mama Do
(Thornalley/Hauge)
Universal Music Publishing MGB Limited

Set Fire To The Rain


(Smith/Adkins)
Chrysalis Music Limited/Universal Music Publishing Limited

Spotlight
(Eriksen/Hermansen/Smith)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited/EMI Music Publishing Limited/Imagem Music

Stay
(Parker/Ekko)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited

Suddenly I See
(Tunstall)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited

Nutbush City Limits


(Turner)
EMI United Partnership Limited

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