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Grade 6 Preparation

Aural Test Examples: Grade 6

Scales + Arpeggios

Grade 6 Scales and Arpeggios - PRACTISE SHEET

Speed: Scales - 4 notes per 76bpm / Arpeggios - 4 notes per 50bpm

Similar motion
• ALL majors
• ALL minors (both harmonic and melodic)
hands together and separately - 4 octaves

Staccato scales: choose a group:
• 1: A, Eb majors and harmonic minors
• 2: E, Bb majors and harmonic minors
hands separately - 4 octaves

Contrary-motion: choose a group:
• 1: A, Eb majors and harmonic minors
• 2: E, Bb majors and harmonic minors
hands beginning on the key-note (unison) - 2 octaves

Staccato scale in thirds
• C major
hands separately - 2 octaves

Chromatic scales
• beginning on any note named by the examiner
hands together and separately - 4 octaves

Chromatic contrary motion scales
• beginning on A# (LH) and C# (RH), a minor third apart
2 octaves

Arpeggios
• ALL majors
• ALL minors
hands together and separately - 4 octaves

Diminished sevenths
• beginning on B and C#
hands together and separately - 4 octaves

More info on ABRSM.org