TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES IN PRACTICAL

EXAMINATIONS
AURAL TESTS

Aural Tests in Grades other than Preliminary will be played twice. In the case of tests speci ed in more than
one grade, the dif culty of the examples given to the candidates will be adjusted to the standards of the
respective grades.

Interval Tests: Boys whose voices are at the ‘breaking’ stage may respond to the pitch tests by whistling
instead of humming or singing.

In tests where interval recognition is required, attention is drawn to the method of answering these questions.
Third Grade requires candidates to name the interval as being the second, third, fourth, or fth of the
scale. In Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grades, candidates are required to name the intervals as major second,
major third, perfect fourth, etc.

Third Grade Aural Test

RHYTHM: The examiner will play twice a passage in duple or triple time. The candidate will then tap or
clap the passage and state whether it is duple or triple time.

MELODY: To hum or sing a short phrase played twice by the examiner, combining melody and time.

PITCH: To hum or sing the higher or lower of any two notes within the limits of an octave from middle C
played simultane- ously by the examiner.

PITCH: The examiner, having sounded on the piano a note to be regarded as the keynote of the scale, the
candidate will hum or sing and afterwards name the interval of the second, third, fourth or fth of the major
scale as played by the examiner, in succession to the keynote.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TESTS

Guidelines for Levels 1 and 2
For candidates in practical examinations.

Candidates can expect to be asked:

• At least one question about each List piece presented;

• Between 6 and 10 questions in total;
• In Level 1, examinations on solo instruments and voice, questions
will be asked from the candidate’s part (not the accompaniment
part)
• General Knowledge questions will not be asked about Extra List pieces.

Second, Third and Fourth Grades

By referring to the score of each List piece, candidates can be asked to:
• (i)  Name and/or explain any notes, rests, signs, terms, its title and its key/tonality; and
• (ii)  Identify key changes (on the appropriate score) at obvious and clear-cut places only,
preferably at the beginnings or ends of marked sections and not in transitory passages.



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