Product Features
- Ten benchmarked arrangements covering a range of styles
- Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
- Fact Files: composer background information
- Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance for each arrangement
Plus
- Technical Exercises
- Ear Tests
- General Musicianship Questions
Repertoire
- Jamiroquai – Cosmic Girl
- Damien Escobar – All of Me
- Mihailo Trandafilovski – Playing with Light from Čekori
- Stuff Smith – It’s Wonderful
- Lili Boulanger – Cortège from Trois Morceaux Pour Piano
- Grażyna Bacewicz – Melodia from Melody and Capriccio for Violin and Piano
- Aaron Minsky – October Waltz from Ten American Violin Etudes
- Jean Sibelius – Romance from Four Pieces for Violin or Cello and Piano
- Daniel Bernard Roumain – The Need To Be
- Robert Schumann – Vogel als Prophet from Waldszenen, Op. 82
Supporting Tests
Technical Exercises
- Group A – Scales
- Group B – Arpeggios
- Group C – Technical Studies
Unseen Tests
- Sight Reading
- Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests (Melodic Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
Errata
Page 59
Technical Exercises – Group A: Scales
The Bb major parallel double-stopped scale in sixths (p.59) should be played at a minimum tempo of crochet = 72bpm, as stated in the syllabus guide. The grade book and graded certificate requirements have been updated accordingly.
Page 65
Supporting Tests | Site Reading
In the initial release of the book the Sight Reading examples were cropped, only showing the first two systems of each example. Full versions of the Sight Reading examples have been added to the downloadable audio package which can be re-downloaded as required. Subsequent reprints will contain the Sight Reading examples in full.
Pages 47-49
Vogel als Prophet
The full track audio has been updated to include the notated segment from bar 4 to bar 5. (Updated 1st February 2022)
Pages 20-21
Playing with Light
The full track audio contained one extra bar not written in the score. This has been removed, and the updated audio is available in the grade book downloads. (updated 13th January 2022)
