Grade 6

At Grade 6, you can learn about double and triple stopping and slapping and popping. You’ll perform three songs and build on your Grade 5 Session skills.

Choose your songs from our song list, including one of the Technical focus songs that develop particular skills. There’s an option for you to play your own cover version of a song or, if you’re a songwriter, one of your own songs.

You’ll find more information about how the exam works in the syallbus.

Grade 6 Bass song list

The Grade 6 Bass songbook includes everything you need for the exam – sheet music for six songs, performance tips, technical support and guidance on Session skills, together with a CD of demo and backing tracks.

• Ashes To Ashes (Technical focus) David Bowie
• The Captain (Technical focus) Biffy Clyro
• Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now The Smiths
• My Old Piano Diana Ross
• Scratch Your Name The Noisettes
• Won't Get Fooled Again The Who

Session Skills

Players choose Playback or Improvising.

Playback

You’ll perform some music you haven’t seen or heard before – you can sight-read from a song chart or play by ear from an audio track, or both.

Improvising

You’ll be given a song chart with chord symbols and song style and will improvise over a backing track.

Songs: Ashes To Ashes, The Captain, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, My Old Piano, Scratch Your Name, Won’t Get Fooled Again

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