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Subject
Marks
Performance
Pitch
Shape
Time
Tone
Performance
Pitch
Shape
Time
Tone
Performance
Pitch
Shape
Time
Tone
Additional comments
Total
Maximum (Pass)
150 (100)
Pass 100
Merit 120
Distinction
130
Pieces
Pitch
Time
Merit
2426
Tone
Sustained, effective
tempo
Good sense of rhythm
Shape
Well projected
Sensitive use of tonal
qualities
Performance
Expressive, idiomatic
musical shaping and
detail
Pass
2023
Below Pass
1719
1316
Suitable tempo
Generally stable pulse
Overall rhythmic
accuracy
Unsuitable and/or
uncontrolled tempo
Irregular pulse
Inaccurate rhythm
Generally reliable
Adequate tonal
awareness
Uneven and/or
unreliable
Inadequate tonal
awareness
Some realisation of
musical shape and/or
detail
Assured
Fully committed
Vivid communication
of character and style
Positive
Carrying musical
conviction
Character and style
communicated
Generally secure, prompt
recovery from slips
Some musical
involvement
Insecure, inadequate
recovery from slips
Insufficient musical
involvement
Lacking continuity
No musical involvement
1012
No tonal control
No shape or detail
Unable to continue
for more than a short
section
No work offered
No work offered
No work offered
No work offered
No work offered
Grades 18
Distinction
1921
Merit
1718
Pass
1416
Below Pass
1113
710
Sight-reading *
Grades 18
Distinction
1718
Merit
1516
Pass
1214
Below Pass
911
68
No continuity or incomplete
Note values unrealised
Pitch outlines absent
Very uncertain presentation
No work offered
No work offered
Aural tests
Accurate throughout
Musically perceptive
Confident response
Strengths significantly outweigh
weaknesses
Musically aware
Secure response
Strengths just outweigh
weaknesses
Cautious response
Inaccuracy throughout
Vague response
No work offered
* Includes Transposition for Horn, Trumpet and Organ (Grades 68) and Figured bass realization for
Harpsichord (Grades 48).
In these cases, of the total 21 marks, 12 are allocated to Sight-reading and 9 to Transposition (or
Figured bass realization), and one combined mark is recorded.
2013 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music