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1 Keyboard Foundation Level 1 Set a voice, style and tempo from instructions given. Read a range of notes over a fifth (C to G) without accidentals using semibreves, dotted minims, minims and crotchets. Play similar rhythmic patterns. Play in time with an accompaniment which has a clear beat using single finger chords and notes as above. Be able to realize if not playing in time and do something about it. 4. REPERTOIRE Tunes using a fixed 5-note hand position with occasional chord changes. Be able to play a short phrase by ear and not with notation. Play a tune in an ensemble keeping in time with the other players

2 Keyboard Foundation Level 2 Set a voice, style and tempo to suit the music to be played. Read a range of notes over one octave without accidentals using semibreves, dotted minims, minims and crotchets. Play similar rhythmic patterns. Play in time with accompaniments using either single finger chords or fully-fingered, staccato or legato and in triple and quadruple time. Tunes using a fixed 5-note hand position with no more than one chord change per bar but normally a lot less. Play a C major scale over one octave. Be able to play a simple tune by ear and not with notation. Perform with good posture both as a soloist and in an ensemble so as to demonstrate the ability to listen to others in the group

3 Keyboard Foundation Level 3 Use the fill button appropriately to vary the accompaniment style Read the complete treble clef with accidentals and notes and rhythms from semibreves to quavers including dotted crotchets but not syncopation. Play with a variety of dynamics and with appropriate phrasing in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8. Tunes involving a change of hand position and with occasional chord changes at the rate of two per bar. Scales involving 1 accidental over 1 octave. Improvise over a simple chord sequence using the pentatonic scale. Perform to an audience and convey the mood of a piece of music

4 Keyboard Intermediate Level 1 Use auto intro and endings. Read the complete treble clef plus 1 leger line above and below with accidentals and notes and rhythms from semibreves to semiquavers. Syncopated rhythms e.g. quaver-crotchet-quaver Single line melodies with frequent changes of hand position which are inaudible to the listener Pieces containing some minor and seventh chords with frequent chord changes (possibly occasionally every bar). Work out by ear what chords to use for a given tune. Perform pieces in a variety of styles including without using rhythmic accompaniments (i.e. using bass chord hold)

5 Keyboard Intermediate Level 2 Change voices during a piece using memories of keyboard. Read the complete treble clef with accidentals and 2 leger lines above and below. Syncopation involving ties across beats. Triplet quavers and dotted rhythms. Play melody lines containing 2 notes together separated by intervals of a 2nd to a 6th. Play with varied articulation and dynamics. Pieces with accompaniments containing up to 2 chord changes per bar. Melody lines with notes on off-beats. Increased use of minor and seventh chords.scales involving 2 accidentals over 2 octaves. Work out by ear how to play a tune in a minor key or modal Perform a piece from memory

6 Keyboard Intermediate Level 3 Be able to play intros using rhythm only but starting accompaniments with the melody. Read the complete treble clef and up to 4 leger lines above with accidentals. Rhythms to include dotted quaver-semiquaver (both ways round) Play melody lines with inner harmony parts and occasional 3 note chords in right hand. Pieces with frequent chord changes often 2 per bar with the occasional chord lasting for 1 beat only. Knowledge of most major, minor dominant 7th and minor 7th chords Scales involving 3 accidentals over 2 octaves. Given the start of a melody and chords, improvise the section where the melody stops and only the chords are given (as in Trinity exams Section C) Perform a piece in different ways (by changing style voice or tempo) to convey a different mood.

7 Keyboard Advancing Level 1 Make several voice changes during a piece. Read simple accompaniments in the bass clef. Read parts for 2 hands written in the treble clef. Read syncopated right hand parts. Play 3-note textures in the right hand and textures involving semiquaver thirds and sixths. Pieces with increasing numbers of 2 chord changes per bar. Knowledge of diminished and sus4 chords. Scales (legato and staccato, swung and straight) of up to 4 accidentals (major and minor). Range of 2 octaves. Aurally play tunes which modulate. Perform convincingly to others incorporating aspects of own interpretation.

8 Keyboard Advancing Level 2 Use the entire facilities of the keyboard to vary accompaniments and voices to create an interesting performance with varied dynamics. Read piano style music involving both chords and independent bass lines in the left hand. More complex 2-part right hand harmony involving sustained notes across bars. Read and play notated mordents and trills. Pieces with up to 3 chord changes per bar. Pieces with fast semiquaver passages. Knowledge of augmented and major seventh chords. Scales (legato, staccato, straight and swung) of up to 5 accidentals (major and minor). Range of 2 octaves. Improvise over chord sequences using blues scale, pentatonic scale or modes. Perform with others in a group and contribute to collective decisions. Reflect on and evaluate own performances.

2. ARTICULATION The pupil must be able to able to articulate evenly and clearly at a variety of slow to medium tempos and demonstrate a good posture

2. ARTICULATION The pupil must be able to able to articulate evenly and clearly at a variety of slow to medium tempos and demonstrate a good posture Brass Foundation Level 1 The pupil must be able to hold a level tone and be able to pitch low C and G on the 2nd line treble clef (Bb and F bass clef). The pupil should be able to play simple melodies