Scales and arpeggios
RSL Grade 3 introduces blues scales and chord-tone arpeggios, recognising that contemporary players need vocabulary as much as fingering accuracy.
What this grade asks for
Section
Major + minor scales
Hands separately, two octaves.
Section
Blues scale
In nominated keys — the six-note blues shape.
Section
Modal patterns
Continued modal coverage from Grade 2.
Section
Arpeggios
Hands separately, two octaves.