Scales and arpeggios
RSL Grade 7 introduces extended jazz vocabulary — bebop scales, altered dominants, and full arpeggio inversions in a contemporary harmonic setting.
What this grade asks for
Section
Scales (hands together, four octaves)
All major and minor keys.
Section
Bebop + altered scales
Hands separately or together, in nominated keys.
Section
Arpeggios + inversions
Hands together, multiple octaves.
Section
Dominant 7th + altered chords
Resolving onto the tonic.