What's On The Course? The Grade 2 Guitar exam is for candidate's who have been learning approximately one year to eighteen months and have established the Key basic skills along with solid basic techniques Grad Exam - Prepared work: candidates perform 3 pieces that last a maximum of 1 minute 30 seconds and demonstrate a selection of Technical Exercises. Unprepared work: candidates are required to play either a 4 bar sight reading test or a 4 bar improvisation and Improvisation test. There are also two ear tests that develop melodic recall and rhythmic sense and the final part of the exam is a set of 5 simple questions based on the candidate's choice of piece. These are designed to explore theory and instrument knowledge. Exam Structure The Grad 2 exam lasts 20 minutes and will be taken in the following structure. 1st item - Pieces or Technical Exercises. The candidate chooses to play either their pieces or their technical exercises first. 2nd item - Technical Exercises or Pieces. The candidate will perform the element not chosen above. 3rd item - Sight Reading or Improvisation and Interpretation. The candidate is given a simple previously unseen test to practice and play. 4th item - Ear Tests. The candidate responds to two simple tests. One is melodic and one is rhythmic. 5th item - General Musicianship Questions. The candidate answers 5 questions related to apiece of their choice.
Name: Popular Music Performance - Grade 2 Qualification title: Award in Popular Music Performance - Grade 2 (QCF) Qualification type: Assessment Awarding Rock School Ltd Created 20130111 04:11:42 Updated 20131128 11:33:08
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Title: Award in Popular Music Performance - Grade 2 (QCF) Qualification: Award in Popular Music Performance - Grade 2 (QCF) Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing