Graded pieces for Piano and Keys

As we consider what skills you need to work on to improve, and play the songs you want we must also dedicated some time to your influences, and give consideration to pieces that are suitable for you to learn in order to develop your skills as a great all round pianist...

Take a look and listen to the Graded pieces below. 

All song choices are official graded pieces for Piano / Keys with backing tracks to practice along with (where appropriate). 

Graded pieces not only help develop your musicianship, technical ability and repertoire, they are great motivators which help you benchmark your progress. Most of all they are really fun to jam along with! 

Song Choice. Below are songs from a range of syllabuses. Take some time to listen to the songs you/we choose to work on - listening to each track many, many times! Make sure you really 'know' the song' as this will help you learn it much, much quicker!

1. Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake (Rockschool Keys)

2. Tattooed Heart – Ariana Grande (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

3. Daniel – Bat For Lashes (Rockschool Keys)

4. Human – Rag’n’Bone Man (Rockschool Keys)

5. Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

6. Let it Be – The Beatles (Rockschool Piano)

7. Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley (Rockschool Piano / Keys; Solo arrangement)

8. Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John (Rockschool Piano; Solo arrangement)

9. I’m Not the Only One – Sam Smith (Rockschool Piano)

1. Roar – Katy Perry (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

2. Feeling Good – Nina Simone (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

3. The Pink Panther Theme – Henry Mancini (Rockschool Piano)

4. Walk on By – Dionne Warwick (Rockschool Piano)

5. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran (Rockschool Piano)

6. This is Me – The Greatest Showman (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

7. Running up That Hill – Kate Bush (Rockschool Keys)

8. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons (Rockschool Keys)

9. Happy – Pharrell Williams (Rockschool Keys)

1. Paradise – Coldplay (Rockschool Piano)

2. Don’t Know Why – Nora Jones (Rockschool Piano)

3. A Whole New World – Brad Kane & Lea Salonga (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

4. Unfaithful – Rihanna (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

5. Skyfall – Adele (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

6. Somewhere Only We Know – Keane (Rockschool Piano)

7. Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay (Rockschool Keys)

8. I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye (Rockschool Keys)

9. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) – Eurythmics (Rockschool Keys)

1. All of Me – John Legend (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

2. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

3. I See Fire – Ed Sheeran (Rockschool Piano)

4. Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi (Rockschool Piano)

5. Respect – Aretha Franklin (Rockschool Piano)

6. Let it Go – Frozen (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

7. Shut Up & Dance – Walk the Moon (Rockschool Keys)

8. Ghost Town – The Specials (Rockschool Keys)

9. Recover – Chvrches (Rockschool Keys)

1. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic – The Police (Rockschool Piano)

2. Dangerous – David Guetta feat. Sam Martin (Rockschool Piano)

3. You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Lyle Lovett & Randy Newman (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

4. Life on Mars – David Bowie (Rockschool Piano)

5. A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

6. Teardrop – Massive Attack (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

7. 24k Magic – Bruno Mars (Rockschool Keys)

8. Man in The Mirror – Michael Jackson (Rockschool Keys)

9. Fireflies – Owl City (Rockschool Keys)

1. Africa – Toto (Rockschool Piano)

2. Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock (Rockschool Piano)

3. In the End – Linkin Park (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

4. Defying Gravity – Wicked (Rockschool Piano)

5. The Way it is – Bruce Hornsby & The Range (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

6. He’s a Pirate – Pirates of the Caribbean (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

7. Living for the City – Stevie Wonder (Rockschool Keys)

8. Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel (Rockschool Keys)

9. Ain’t Nobody – Rufus & Chaka Khan (Rockschool Keys)

1. Rosanna – Toto (Rockschool Piano)

2. I Got the News – Steely Dan (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

3. Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

4. A song For You – Ray Charles (Rockschool Piano)

5. Theme From Schindler’s List – John Williams (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

6. Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and Wings (Rockschool Piano)

7. Mustard Greens – Jimmy Smith (Rockschool Keys)

8. Jump – Van Halen (Rockschool Keys)

9. Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai (Rockschool Keys)

1. Rather Be – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

2. Birdland – Weather Report (Rockschool Piano)

3. These Are The Days – Jamie Cullum (Rockschool Piano)

4. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

5. Spain – Chick Corea (Rockschool Piano)

6. End Credits (E.T.) – John Williams (Rockschool Piano / Keys)

7. Spain – Chick Corea (Rockschool Keys)

8. Hit Me – Dirty Loops (Rockschool Keys)

9. Lingus – Snarky Puppy (Rockschool Keys)

1. Anne Crosby Gaudet – Boogie Woogie Bear (Rockschool Classical)

2. Gustav Holst – Jupiter (Rockschool Classical)

3. August Eberhard Müller – The Cuckoo (Rockschool Classical)

4. Zenobia Powell Perry – Orrin and Echo (Rockschool Classical)

5. Robert Schumann – Soldier’s March (Rockschool Classical)

6. Ignatius Sancho – Le Douze de Decembre (Rockschool Classical)

7. Trad. Chinese – Jasmine Flower (Rockschool Classical)

8. Kristen Anderson-Lopez / Robert Lopez – All Is Found (Rockschool Classical)

9. Carolyn Miller – Cat and Mouse (Rockschool Classical)

10. Christian Petzold (JS Bach) – Minuet in G (Rockschool Classical)

11. Bach - Andante (LCM)

12. Teleman - Gavotte (LCM)

13. Haydn - Minuet in C (LCM)

14. Rowcroft - Rhapsody (LCM)

15. Wild (arr.) - Morning Has Broken (LCM)

16. Wedgwood - Saturday Shuffle (LCM)

17. Chamberlain - Baby Bossa Nova (LCM)

18. Hedges - Pony Ride (LCM)