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PREREQUISITE FOR ENTRY : Grade 5 (or above) in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo
SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS *: see also p. 6 Scales (similar motion) all keys, major and minor (minors both melodic and harmonic) Staccato scales Group 1: A, E b majors or Group 2: E, B b majors Contrary-motion scales Group 1: A, Eb majors and harmonic minors or Group 2: E, Bb majors and harmonic minors Staccato scale in thirds C major Chromatic scales beginning on any note named by the examiner Chromatic contrary-motion scale beginning on A# (L.H.) and C# (R.H.), a minor third apart Arpeggios all keys, major and minor Diminished sevenths beginning on B and on C#
legato, hands together and separately hands separately legato, hands beginning on the key-note (unison) hands separately legato, hands together and separately legato legato, hands together and separately legato, hands together and separately
The candidate chooses one of the two groups Same group as chosen above * Published by ABRSM (Scale requirements, Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Specimen Aural Tests)
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Piano: GRADE 6
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:
LIST A 1 Alcock Almand: 1st movt from Suite No. 4 in D minor Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 6 2 Galuppi Adagio: 1st movt from Sonata in D, Op. 1 No. 4 (ABRSM) 3 Handel Allegro: 2nd movt from Suite in G, HWV 441 4 J. S. Bach Prelude in D, BWV 925 (from Clavierbchlein fr W. F. Bach). J. S. Bach A Little Keyboard Book (ABRSM) or J. S. Bach 18 Little Preludes (ABRSM) 5 Cimarosa Allegro in G. No. 12 from Cimarosa Sonatas, Book 2 (Broekmans & Van Poppel 871/MDS) 6 Zipoli Corrente (Allegro): 2nd movt from Suite No. 1 in B minor (from Sonate dintavolatura, Vol. 2) (Suite published separately: Sddeutscher Musikverlag SM 2204/44Brenreiter) LIST B 1 Chaminade lgie: No. 7 from Album des enfants, Series 2, Op. 126 Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, 2 Grieg Allegro moderato: No. 5 from Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3 Grade 6 (ABRSM) 3 Nielsen Mignon: No. 4 from Five Piano Pieces, Op. 3 4 Howard Blake Prelude (Andantino): No. 1 from Lifecycle (or Prelude published separately) (Highbridge Music/ Music Sales) 5 Grovlez Petites litanies de Jsus: from LAlmanach aux images (Stainer & Bell 0534) 6 Tchaikovsky The Witch (Baba Yaga), Op. 39 No. 20. No. 20 from Tchaikovsky Album for the Young, Op. 39 (ABRSM) or More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 4 (ABRSM) LIST C 1 Foster Soire Polka Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, Grade 6 2 Rodrigo Pastoral (ABRSM) 3 Takemitsu Clouds: No. 2 from Piano Pieces for Children 4 Ross Lee Finney Jack Rabbit: from Youths Companion. No. 10 from 20th-Century Composers, Intermediate Piano Book (Peters EP 54199) 5 Frank Martin Clair de lune (Petit nocturne) (Billaudot GB6406/UMP) 6 Oscar Peterson Jazz Exercise No. 3. P. 52 from Peterson Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes & Pieces for Piano, 2nd Edition (Hal Leonard/Music Sales)
SIGHT-READING *: a piece of around twelve to sixteen bars in length, time signatures as Grade 5, with the addition of 9 , 5 and 5 , keys up to four sharps/ats (major and minor). Triplet rhythms, some clef changes 8 4 8 and sparing use of the right pedal may be encountered. See also p. 7. AURAL TESTS FOR THE GRADE *: see pp. 20 and 23
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