Rock & Pop publications and syllabus errata

Bass errata

Rock & Pop from 2018 Bass Initial

• Gloria (recording) – the bassist incorrectly repeats the opening rhythm up to bar 18, instead of changing at bar 5. The score is correct.

Rock & Pop from 2018 Bass Grade 1

• Page 29 (Mull of Kintyre) – double bar line at bar 3 should be a forward repeat bar line. [correct in the second impression]
• Page 30 (Mull of Kintyre) – bar 8a, 3rd beat – notation is correct, tab should be open on the lowest line. [corrected in the third impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Bass Grade 2

• Page 18 (Private Life) – bar 18 – the E minim should be a D (the space below on the score, fret 12 on the TAB).

Rock & Pop from 2018 Bass Grade 3

• Page 35 (Walking on the Moon) - the bars referencing ad. lib are incorrect in the information page - it should read 'At bars 35-40 you have the opportunity to ad lib on this material before returning to the notated part at bar 41' (the notation is correct). [corrected in 4th impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Bass Grade 4

• Page 7 (Forever) – TAB missing from bars 24 and 33. [correct in the third impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Bass Grade 6

• Pages 8-9 (No One Knows) – TAB, bar 65 – the last Gs should be fret 10 on the A string line. TAB, bars 69a and 72 – the last G in both bars should be fret 10 on the A string line.
• Pages 21 (Orion) – TAB, bar 20 – the 6th quaver (8th note) should be fret 3, to match bar 24.

[Bass section last updated 17 January 2024]

Drums errata

Rock & Pop from 2012 Drums Grade 4

• Time is Running Out by Muse - the snare on the final semiquaver of beat 2 should be a floor tom, as per the audio.

Rock & Pop from 2018 Drums Grade 3

• Page 32 (Sweet Emotion) – bar 17 diamond-notehead quavers should be on the top line, not above it, indicating Ride Bell.
• On the CD only, the guitar part is missing from the audio for London Calling. The MP3 download currently available from SoundWise is unaffected.

Rock & Pop from 2018 Drums Grade 5

• Page 6 (Alive) – bar 19 should be changed to match bar 36 (page 7).
• Page 20 (No One Knows) - bars 72 & 73 there should be a bass drum note added to the 4^th beat of each bar. [amended in seventh impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Drums Grade 7

• Pages 11-13 (Rope) – bars 41, 45, 49, 73, 77, 81, 105, 109, 113 and 117: ride bell cymbal should have a tie from the final semiquaver of beat 1 to beat 2. [amended in the fourth impression]
• Pages 19 & 21 (Toxicity) – bar 15 and 55 Trashy HH continues. [amended in the sixth impression]

[Drums section last updated 9 May 2024]

Guitar errata

Rock & Pop from 2018 Guitar Grade 1

• Page 23 (Oh Yeah) – bars 21-22 included some extra off-beat TAB chords in the first impression – these should be removed. [correct in the second impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Guitar Grade 2

• Page 23 (Summer of ‘69) – TAB bar 19 should have a B added on the 5^th string (fret 2). TAB bar 26 final beat should have a 3 and 1 on strings 4 and 5. [both correct in the second impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Guitar Grade 3

• Page 22 (Lonely Boy) – TAB bars 20a-20b open As should be 5^th fret on string 6. [correct in the second impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Guitar Grade 4

• Page 19 (Hold On) – bar 22, beat 3, there should be a slur under the chord to show the following F & A are hammered-on, and the C is to be tied - see graphic. [correct in the fourth impression]
  
  

Rock & Pop from 2018 Guitar Grade 6

• Page 38 (The Wind Cries Mary) – TAB bar 11, 7^th semiquaver should have a 5^th fret G (string 4) and 8^th semiquaver should have D and B natural (frets 3/4 on string 2/3). [correct in second impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Guitar Grade 7

• Page 21 (New Born) – TAB bar 65 should have a B and F sharp on the final beat (4 and 2 on strings 4 and 5). [correct in the second impression]
• Page 31 (Orion) – TAB bar 29 first beat, top tab number should be a 15 on string 2. [correct in the second impression]
• Pages 45-49 (Sultans of Swing) – bars 48, 52, 76, 80, 104, 108, 136 & 140, 4^th beat should be a D minor chord (F, D, A on strings 2, 3 and 4). [correct in the second impression]
• Page 54 (Voodoo Child) – bar 33 4^th quaver should be a single note E. [correct in the second impression]

Rock & Pop from 2018 Guitar Grade 8

• In the audio for Sweet Child of Mine, bars 26 and 30, the guitarist plays F and E on beats 3 and 4 instead of D and E. The notation and TAB are correct in the book.

[Guitar section last updated 7 November 2018]

Keyboards errata

Rock & Pop from 2018 Keyboards Grade 5

• Page 57 (With a Little Help from My Friends) – RH G sharp in first bar should be G natural.

[Keyboards section last updated 7 November 2018]

Vocals errata

Rock & Pop from 2018 Vocals Grade 2

• Page 21 (Get Lucky) – bar 25 lyric should read 'She's up all night to the Sun'.

[Vocals section last updated 7 November 2018]