Scales and arpeggios
RSL Grade 4 starts asking for hands-together work on simpler scales and adds dominant-seventh arpeggios — the harmonic backbone of pop, rock and jazz.
What this grade asks for
Section
Scales (hands separately, two octaves)
Major, minor, blues and modal patterns.
Section
Hands-together scales
Selected keys, two octaves.
Section
Arpeggios
Major, minor, dominant 7th — hands separately.