This document provides the requirements for the Grade 8 piano exam, including scales, arpeggios, and technical exercises to be performed. It lists three pieces that must be played from three lists (A, B and C) encompassing works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Sight-reading of a piece around a page in length of Grade 7 difficulty is also required, as well as aural tests assessing the candidate's listening skills.
This document provides the requirements for the Grade 8 piano exam, including scales, arpeggios, and technical exercises to be performed. It lists three pieces that must be played from three lists (A, B and C) encompassing works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Sight-reading of a piece around a page in length of Grade 7 difficulty is also required, as well as aural tests assessing the candidate's listening skills.
This document provides the requirements for the Grade 8 piano exam, including scales, arpeggios, and technical exercises to be performed. It lists three pieces that must be played from three lists (A, B and C) encompassing works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Sight-reading of a piece around a page in length of Grade 7 difficulty is also required, as well as aural tests assessing the candidate's listening skills.
This document provides the requirements for the Grade 8 piano exam, including scales, arpeggios, and technical exercises to be performed. It lists three pieces that must be played from three lists (A, B and C) encompassing works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Sight-reading of a piece around a page in length of Grade 7 difficulty is also required, as well as aural tests assessing the candidate's listening skills.
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Piano GRADE 8
PREREQUISITE FOR ENTRY : Grade 5 (or above) in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.
SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS * : see also p. 6
Scales (similar motion) C, D, B, F#, F, E b, Ab/G#, D b/C# majors & minors legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves (minors both melodic and harmonic) the examiner, hands together and separately Scales a third apart keys as above (majors & harmonic minors only) legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves the examiner, hands together Scales a sixth apart keys as above (majors & harmonic minors only) legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves the examiner, hands together Legato scales in thirds C and Bb majors hands separately 2 octaves Chromatic scales a minor third apart beginning on any notes named by the examiner legato or staccato as directed by 4 octaves the examiner, hands together Chromatic scale in minor thirds beginning on A#/C# legato, hands separately 2 octaves Whole-tone scale beginning on E legato, hands together and sepa- 2 octaves rately Arpeggios keys as for scales (similar motion) above legato, hands together and sepa- 4 octaves rately, in root position, first and second inversions Dominant sevenths in the keys of C, D, B, F#, F, E b, Ab, Db legato, hands together and sepa- 4 octaves rately Diminished sevenths beginning on any note named by the examiner legato, hands together and sepa- 4 octaves rately
† This arrangement only
* Published by ABRSM (Scale requirements, Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Specimen Aural Tests)
18 Piano: GRADE 8
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C: LIST A 1 J. S. Bach Capriccio: 6th movt from Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 ⎫ Selected Piano Exam 2 Trygve Madsen Prelude and Fugue in C: No. 1 from 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 101 ⎬ Pieces 2011 & 2012, 3 C. Schumann Prelude and Fugue in B b: No. 2 from Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16 ⎭ Grade 8 (ABRSM) 4 J. S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in B b, BWV 866: No. 21 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1 (ABRSM) 5 Handel Prelude and Allemande: 1st and 2nd movts from Suite (No. 5) in E (1720 Collection), HWV 430. Handel Eight Great Suites, Book 2 (ABRSM) 6 Ravel Fugue: No. 2 from Le tombeau de Couperin (Durand/UMP or Peters EP 7376) 7 D. Scarlatti Sonata in F# minor, Kp. 25 (L. 481). No. 25 from Scarlatti Keyboard Pieces and Sonatas, Book 2 (ABRSM) or No. 6 from Scarlatti 200 Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Editio Musica Budapest Z.7817/FM Distribution) 8 D. Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, Kp. 27 (L. 449). No. 19 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 4 (ABRSM) or No. 8 from Scarlatti 200 Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Editio Musica Budapest Z.7817/FM Distribution) LIST B 1 Beethoven Rondo: 3rd movt from Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ⎫ (Grande Sonate pathétique) ⎩ Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 2012, 2 Field Allegro moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in Eb, Op. 1 No. 1 ⎧ Grade 8 (ABRSM) 3 Mozart Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in D, K. 284/205b ⎭ 4 Beethoven Allegro: 4th movt from (Grand) Sonata in Ab, Op. 26. Sonata published individually (ABRSM) or Beet- hoven The 35 Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) or No. 12 from Beethoven Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) 5 Clementi Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in A. No. 6 from Clementi Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Peters EP 146a) 6 Haydn Moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in C # minor, Hob. XVI/36. Haydn Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Wiener Urtext UT 50028/MDS) or Vol. 3 (2009 new edition: Wiener Urtext UT 50258/MDS) 7 Haydn Allegro moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in Eb, Hob. XVI/38. No. 3 from Haydn Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book 2 (ABRSM) 8 Schubert Moderato: 1st movt from Sonata in E minor (unfinished), D. 566. Appendix 4a from Schubert Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) LIST C 1 Albéniz Sous le palmier: No. 3 from Chants d’Espagne, Op. 232 ⎫ 2 Debussy Valse romantique ⎪ † 3 Dave Brubeck King for a Day, trans. H. Brubeck ⎩ Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2011 & 4 Chopin Nocturne in B, Op. 32 No. 1 ⎧ 2012, Grade 8 (ABRSM) 5 Gershwin Novelette in Fourths ⎪ 6 Prokofiev Prelude: No. 7 from Ten Pieces, Op. 12 ⎭ 7 Y. Bowen Prelude in Eb: No. 7 from 24 Preludes, Op. 102 (Weinberger/FM Distribution) 8 Douglas Finch Toccata montuna. Salsa nueva (Boosey & Hawkes/MDS) 9 Nikolai Kapustin Sonatina, Op. 100 (A-RAM/MusT) 10 Liszt Au lac de Wallenstadt: No. 2 from Années de Pèlerinage: Première année – Suisse (Henle 173 or Henle 173/ MDS) 11 Messiaen Plainte calme: No. 7 from Préludes (Durand/UMP) 12 Mompou Canción y Danza No. 1. Mompou Música para piano (UME/Music Sales) 13 Rachmaninov Mélodie in E: No. 3 from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3. Rachmaninov Piano Compositions, Vol. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes/MDS) 14 Schumann Abschied (Farewell): No. 9 from Waldscenen, Op. 82 (ABRSM) 15 Smetana Polka in E: from Trois polka de salon, Op. 7. Smetana Polkas (Bärenreiter BA 9506) 16 Carl Vine Bagatelle No. 2: from Five Bagatelles (Faber)
SIGHT-READING *: a piece of around a page in length, time and key signatures as Grade 7, with the addition of 182 and B and D b majors. Three-part chords in either hand, spread chords and simple ornaments may be encountered. See also p. 7.
