Scales and arpeggios
RSL Grade 8 is the contemporary technical capstone — full key coverage hands together, four octaves, with bebop, altered, diminished and chromatic vocabulary plus extended arpeggios suited to performance in modern styles.
What this grade asks for
Section
Scales (hands together, four octaves)
All major + minor + modal keys.
Section
Bebop / altered / diminished
Hands together, in all keys.
Section
Chromatic scales
Hands together, four octaves, multiple starting notes.
Section
Arpeggios + 7ths
Hands together, four octaves, all inversions.