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Exams/Scales/RSL · Grade 4

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.

RSL — other grades

RSL Grade 4 piano scales & arpeggios — Bristol Piano