Electronic Keyboard / GRADE 8

GRADE 8
  • Technical Work:​​​
  1. Db, E, G, & Bb  Major & C#, E, G  and Bb Minor (Harmonic and Melodic) Scale with metronome (Crotchet = 140), two octave, legato and mf, (hands together)
  2. Blues Scale starting on C# and G# (Two Octave) (Right hand only) (straight and swung rhythm)
  3. Major Pentatonic scale starting on E and Db (Hands seperately) (Two Octave) (straight and swung rhythm)
  4. Chromatic scale in similar motion starting on any note. (Hands together) (Two Octave)
  5. Chromatic scale a minor third apart starting on Bb and Db
  6. Chords of Db, E, G and Bb major. C#, E, G and Bb minor in all inversions. L.H. only.
  7. Chords of C#dim7, Edim7, Gdim7, Bbdim7, Dbadd9, Eadd9, Gadd9, Bbadd9, C#m7(b5), Em7(b5), Gm7(b5), Bbm7(b5) in root positions only. (bass note in the left hand and the chord in the right hand)
  8. Perfect, imperfect and Plagal cadence in Bb Major and G Minor, hands together.
  • Pieces of Grade 8
  • Sight Reading 
  • Aural
  • Imporovisation
  • Musical Knowledge
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