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| A2 GRADE 2
Scales and Arpeggios 20 marks
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To play two octaves, ascending and descending, on the
treble keyboard |
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The Major scales and arpeggios of C, D, F and Bb |
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To play one octave, ascending and descending, on the
treble keyboard |
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The minor scales and arpeggios of A, E and D harmonic or
melodic at candidates own choice |
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To play one octave, ascending and descending, on the bass
keyboard |
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The Major scales and arpeggios of C, G, and F |
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Approx. tempo MM=76, two notes per beat. Touch
legato or staccato, as requested by the examiner. |
Studies
| To play one group of studies selected from List A 20
marks |
Pieces
| To play one piece selected from List B 20 marks |
| To play one piece selected from List C 20 marks |
Sight Reading 10 marks.
| To play on both keyboards, with hands moving separately simple
passages in 2/4 3/4 and 4/4 time, using semibreve, dotted minim, minim and
crotchet note and rest values and including the use of ties and the
accidentals F#, C# and Bb treble in five finger position and C, G, D and F
bass notes and major chords written without chord symbols |
Aural Tests 10 marks
| To sing, hum or whistle a sequence of three diatonic notes played
twice by the examiner in a major key, the tonic chord first having been
sounded. |
| To identify the interval sounded above the tonic of the major scale as
the 2nd 3rd, 4th or 5th degree. The tonic chord will be sounded
first. |
| To clap or tap a time pattern of a simple melody of four bars in
length after it has been played twice by the examiner, and to state
whether it is in Simple, Duple or Simple Triple time |
| To recognise a rhythmic change in a two bar phrase played twice by the
examiner, with the change being made in the second playing.
Candidates will be required to recognise and tap or describe the change |
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| Grade 2
To Play one selection from each list |
| List A |
| 1. |
Preparatory Course for Piano Accordion P7 No 15, P21 No 45,
P 14 No 28. |
F. Wright |
2 |
| 2. |
Work and Play Vol 1 P 19 Nos 22 & 20, P 12 No. 27. |
G. Romani |
2 |
| 3. |
Work and Play Vol 1* P 10 Nos 20, P 5 No 5, P 8 No 15 |
G. Romani |
2 |
| List B |
| 1. |
Easdale Waltz |
J.F.Macintyre |
2 |
| 2. |
By the Seashore |
R. Wright |
2 |
| 3. |
Alpine Yodel from 'Young Player Vol 2' |
E. Harris |
2 |
| 4. |
Sweet Lavender Waltz |
D.Smith |
2 |
| 5. |
Minuet and Trio from Mainly Under the Fingers |
F. Parnell |
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| 6. |
Summer Days from Young Player Vol 1 |
E. Harris |
2 |
| 7. |
Peaceful Moments |
F. Wright |
2 |
| 8. |
Minuet (Two original Pieces)* |
G. Vasco |
5 |
| 9. |
Rustic Ballad (Version 1)* |
E. Sabin |
2 |
| List C |
| 1. |
Miniature March |
Lucy A. Grace |
2 |
| 2. |
Springtime March |
G. Romani |
2 |
| 3. |
Dansette |
F. Wright |
2 |
| 4. |
Royal Gavitte |
G. Romani |
2 |
| 5. |
A Merry March from 'Young Player Vol 2' |
E. Harris |
2 |
| 6. |
A Little Polka from 'Preparatory Course' |
F. Wright |
2 |
| 7. |
Aolisch P12 from 'Music fur Kinder' Bk 2* |
W. Koschorke |
10 |
| 8. |
Autumn Evensong from 'Mainly Under the Fingers'* |
F. Parnell |
2 |
| 9. |
Piccolissima Sonatina No. 1 from 'Allerlei'* |
T. Lundquist |
3 |
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