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V 34 Š Š Š ‰ Š Š Š Š ‰ .
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V p 4 mf . Š Š Š Š . Š Š mf‰ . r
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Energico
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bV b
GRADE pizz.

Grade 1
f
# # #
VV ## 424ŠŠ Š Š ŠŠ rŠ Š Š Š Š r Š Š Š Š Š ŠŠ Š Š‰ Š
Dolce

Š ŠŠ Š Š ‰
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1

# Š
4 mfmf
V # VŠ # Š.
4 mp Š e Š Š . Š Še Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š ‰ ‰ .
Lullaby f
22 3
piece in 8 or I , or a six-bar piece in E , in D or A majors, in 1st position (no use of G string). All notes

Š Š Š Š Š Š
A four-bar

# # Š Š Š
separately bowed. Simple dynamics ( f, M, p ), note values ( h q qa z qa za za z ) and rests ( 3 ).

# # # V
V ‰ fŠ Š Š #
Fanfare

r Š Š r Š
f
Š Š
r Š Š Š Š Š ŠŠ Š Š ‰
r
Š
4 pizz.
2 4
V # 34 mpŠ Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š ‰ r
Grade 2
Expressively
mf p
## 34 Š Š Š Š ‰
8

V Š Š Š Š Š Š ‰
Waltz

3
#
23 Š b
Andante

4 mf e Š .
V fV 4ŠmpŠ. Š Š Š Š f Š Š ŠŠ Š.Š f r mpŠ mf ‰ . r Š
Š Š Š Š Š Š Š ‰
V b ŠV ##Š# 24 ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ. Š Še ŠŠ Šr Š Š Šf . Š ŠeŠŠ. Š. Š Š‰ Š q‰
An eight-bar piece,Slowly
time and key signatures as Grade 1,AB
with
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Further use of 1st position. Notes separately bowed or with simple two-note slurs. Addition of m , ‘hairpins’
4
(cresc./dim.), dotted minim, and minim rest.
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mf

V b#b# 244 Šf. Š Š ŠŠ Š#Š Š Š.Š Š Š Š ŠŠ ŠŠ Š#ŠŠ Š Š Š‰

Grade 3

Š Š Š Š ŠŠŠ
Happily
Allegretto

5
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V bb Š. #Š. Š. Š. Š Š Š Š Š. Š.
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r Š =Š. #ŠŠ. Š.Š Š
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Andante

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An eight-bar piece, time and key signatures as Grade 2,AB 3596the addition of C, F, B- majors and A, D, G minors.17
with
mf
Further use of 1st position. Occasional accidentals (within minor keys only). Dotted rhythms, semiquavers
and ties may be encountered. Pizzicato (at end of piece only) and staccato may be included. Increasing use of

#
V # 24 Š Š Š Š Š Š r Š Š Š Š Š Š Š r
dynamics, rests and slurs.
Moderato
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#
Grade 4

# WŠ Š Š Š Š Š Š
V 4p Š Š Š Š Š. Š Š. Š. Š r mfŠ
Grazioso

9 3
# Š Š FŠ. Š Š Š Š Š Š Š ‰
V#Š ŠŠŠŠ Š Š f F
p
A piece of around eight bars in length, time and key signatures as Grade 3, with the addition of ! and E- major.
Shifts between 1st and 3rd positions may be encountered. Occasional chromatic notes. Anacrusis, hooked

V bbb 34 Š . Š Š Š Š Š ‰
bowing, accents and pause signs may be included.

Š
GRADE 5 Tranquillo
10
eŠ Š Š ‰ Š Š
V bbb VŠ.bbbb 68 Šf Š Š Š- Š Š- Š Š. Š Š.Š Š Š Š Š Š- Š-Š Š Š‰ . =Š Š.
Grade 5 mp f
Con brio

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f Š f
Š Š .
mp
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mp p
V bbbb mf f Š. Š. Š Šf f f
F
bVF 24 Š Š.Š Š Š =Š #Š .
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Š Š . .
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Animato

bV bbb Š ŠmfŠ. Š ŠF. ŠŠ ŠŠ Š ŠŠ. FŠ.f Š. Š Š r. Š . Š . r.

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bV Š . Š Š Š Š. mp Š Š t e t
pizz.

Š
f Š
pizz.

A piece of around eight to sixteen bars in length, time and key signatures as Grade 4, with the addition of E,
f
A- majors and B, C minors. Highest note E (e''' ): shifts as required to cover this range. Simple chords may be
included (at end of piece only). Changes between arco and pizzicato, simple syncopation and a slowing of tempo

. . .
at the end may be encountered.

12
# # Š Š Š Š
V 8# Š34 Š Š. Š Š f
Giocoso

6 Giocoso
ŠŠ. Š. . Š #Š
Š Š Š ŠŠ . Š Š .
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.
Š Š
Š Š Š Š Š Š .
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Š #Š
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=Š Š Š
p mf mfp
=Š Š Š F E H Š I
mp f Š Š ŠmfŠ p
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. - .
Time to Tango
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Grade 6

#
V4 U
Š #Š #Š .
Š Š Š Š Š Š ‰ Š
f Š Šf Š Š
f
Andante espressivo

7 4 f
# Š Š ŠŠŠŠŠ Š
mf
V Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š #Š. Š Š Š Š #Š Š
poco rit.

Š Š ŠŠ
# F‰ t ŠU Š Š Š. Š- Šf. Š Š Š Š ‰ ‰ Š Š Šf. Š- Š. Š
f
V f f r
a tempo

U > > Š
o
>
Š
I
# Š
mp
V Š. Š Š > Š Š Š Š Š #Š Š Š Š ‰ f
Š. Š > ff
f
5
A piece of around twelve to sixteen bars in length, time and key signatures as Grade 5, with the addition of 9 , 4
5 GRADE 7
and 8 and C+ minor. Highest note E (e''' ): shifts as required to cover this range. Further use of chords. A slowing
of tempo within the piece followed by an a tempo may be encountered, as may triplet rhythms.

U
Sea Shanty

b Š . Š Š Š >
Š
V b 68 Š Š Š ŠŠ Š Š. Š Š Š Š. Š. Š Š Š. Š. Š Š =Š Š Š Š Še t f
Con brio
Grade 7 Blues in 7

V bb 87 f Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š bŠ Š Š ‰ Š.
8 Ritmico

bV b Š Š Š Š .
Š Š. >
Š Š Š Š Š Š. . .
Š Š. Š Š bŠ Š. Š Š- Š
b Š Š Š Š
-
Š - -
G
- Š.
bŠ =Š Š Š Š
f
Vb Š Š Š Š Š Š f -
Š Š Š- Š. Š. Š. ‰
bV Š Š Š ŠŠF Š=Šf ŠŠ Š ŠfŠ Š Š ŠH Š Š Š Š Š Š Š . bŠ ŠŠ ŠI Š.
b Š
mp . . - - Š Š .
Š .
Š Š. Š Š bŠ Š
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bV b ŠŠ . Š ŠŠ f p f f Š
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mf
b
bV Š Š Š- ŠŠŠ Š
b . . . . . bŠ Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š. Š Š Š Š bŠ Š Š ff‰ t t
mf
bV Š Š f Še
>
cresc.

f AB 3597 5
7
A piece of around sixteen to twenty bars in length, time and key signatures as Grade 6, with the addition of 8 and
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and F+ minor. Highest note G (g''' ): shifts as required to cover this range. Occasional use of left-hand pizzicato
may be encountered.

# # Š . Š Š. Š Š. Š Š. ‰ Š. Š Š . Š Š . Š ‰ . Š. Š. #Š
Š
Lament for Summer
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Grade 8 Witches’ Dance

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Vivace

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Š Š Š Š. Š. Š Š .
V Š Š Š Š Š Š Š . r f f t Še f t Še Še t Še Še t Še ŠŠ.Š ŠŠŠ.Š Š Š Šf Še t Še Šf t Še f t Šf
p f mf F
Š Š Š Š Š Š Š . Š ŠW Š Š Š Š. Š #Š Š Š Š Š Š =Š Š Š. Š Š
mp mf
V
G f Š Š.
>
Š >
Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š >
Š
Š >
Š Š Š Š
t t
V Še f ŠŠe f Š tt tt Š tt Š Š Š . f t t Š
> e t t Š t t Še t t Š Š Š Š e Š e
> > f > Š Š
W Š Š Š Š Š Š Š- Š- Š-W Š- Š. Š- Š. e Š
V Š.Š Š Š Š.Š Š Š Š- Š- Š- Š . Š . Š Š Š f f Š- Š. Š- Š. e Še r Šf t t t t .
=F f pizz.

mp mf f >
# # ~>
Š Š ~
> Š >
Š > ~
>
Š
Toy Soldiers
Š ~> Š Š >
Š >
Š Š Š Š
V 4 Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š ŠŠ t Š ŠŠ Š Š
Š t Š Š Š
A piece of around sixteen to twenty-four bars in length, time and key signatures as Grade 7, with the addition of

#
Con brio
ç , B, D- majors and F minor. Highest note A (a''' ): shifts as required to cover this range. Acceleration of tempo,
simple ornaments and 8va may be encountered.

#Š Š
2
Š Š Š Š
4

# #
V Š Š # Š Š Š f
Š Š Š Š Š Š Š f t #Š Š Š Šf t #Š Š Š Š Š Š
mf

# # # t Š Š =Š Š
Š Š Š ŠŠ Š. Š. Š Š =Š =Š. Š. ŠŠ =ŠŠ =Š. Š. Š Š
. .
f F mp pp
V ŠŠ
# ~ mf ~=
V ## Š Š =Š =Š #Š Š Š =Š #Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š Š
= mp pŠ

# # ~>
Š Š Š ~
>
Š Š Š >
Š >
Š Š Š Š Š Š ŠŠ Š t t
t
cresc.

#
V Š ŠŠŠ ŠŠ Š Š Š f Še
f ff >.
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