Digital Piano Grade 6

DIGITAL PIANO GRADE 6

What’s Involved?

Up To 75 Marks For
You are required to play THREE pieces (each one attracts 25 marks)You can elect to play:

  • all three pieces from those listed within our syllabus
  • OR you can opt for three pieces of your own choice (*please find guidance in ‘Own Choice’ Zone)
  • OR you can mix repertoire featuring in our syllabus list combined with pieces of your own choice (*again please visit ‘Own Choice’ Zone for guidance)
Up To 10 Marks For
KEYBOARD HARMONY

KEYBOARD HARMONY

  1. To play the following suspended chords, right hand only: Csus/Csus4, Gsus/Gsu4, Dsus/Dsus4, Fsus/ Fsu4
  2. To play three diminished chords from the notes B, C and C♯, right hand only
  3. To play the following augmented chords. Caug, Faug and Gaug, root position only, three notes in the right hand root in the left.
Up To 15 Marks For
MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE
You will be asked by the examiner to discuss five of the following areas of underpinning musical knowledge:

1.  Intervals within one octave of the harmonic minor scale
2.  To give a brief description of any three of the following: dual voice, registration memories, keyboard split, keyboard touch or touch, synchro or synchro start.
3.  Name the chords/triads built on each degree of the harmonic scale.
4.  The construction of diminished and augmented chords.
5.  The various functions that can be assigned to the left and middle pedals of digital pianos
6.  To explain any sign, symbol or letter/mark used within chord symbols

Use Of Digital Piano
You need to use six of the listed functions/features of your Digital Piano

  1. Use of transposer
  2. Performing with a backing track
  3. Split keyboard
  4. Use of two pedals
  5. Dual voice
  6. Three changes of lead voice (manual or via registration memories)
  7. Use of beat/style (if available)
  8. Use of sustain pedal on all pieces
  9. Use of digital effects
  10. Use of intro/outro (if available)
Playing Skills Guide For This Grade
RIGHT HAND
Separation of right hand melody line from chordal accompaniment / four note chords / semiquaver passages

LEFT HAND
Four chords per bar / variation of Bossa Nova bass

IN ADDITION
Alla Breve time / playing with a pre-recorded backing track (optional) / Bequine style / triplets in crotchets / change of key within a piece

CORE SYLLABUS PIECES FOR DIGITAL PIANO GRADE 6
 PIECE(S)
 BOOK
 ISBN NUMBER
A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
LOVE WALKED IN
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO PLAY… JAZZ 0-571-52714-0
TONIGHT
SOMEWHERE
WEST SIDE STORY
VOCAL SELECTIONS
0-7935-1552-1
PEACE
LONGING
JOHN KEMBER
ROCK & SOUL STYLES.
18 PIECES FOR PIANO SOLO
M-2201-2314-6
Click here for ‘OWN CHOICE’ ZONE

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