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Exams/Sight-reading/RSL · Grade 3

Sight-reading

Up to sixteen bars, broader key list, characteristic riffs and bass lines, occasional ties and offbeat accents.

Practice tips for this grade

  • Recognise standard pop / rock voicings — they recur.

  • Don't fight the syncopation — internalise it before you play.

  • Keep the left-hand pattern consistent; it anchors the test.

RSL — other grades

RSL Grade 3 piano sight-reading — Bristol Piano