Grade 5 Examination
In the Grade 5 examination, selections of two tunes are required in both the Performance and Repertoire
components. Three selections of two tunes should be presented in the Performance component and an additional
three selections of two tunes should be presented in the Repertoire component – all three Performance selections will
be performed and the examiner will ask the candidate to play one selection from the Repertoire component. A
‘selection’ must include two tunes, and one of the Performance selections should begin with a slow air and be followed
by a dance tune – it is important that a ‘slow’ air is presented, rather than an ‘air’. At Grade 5 the inclusion of a wide
range of ornamentation is required throughout, and the candidate should include forms of ornamentation which are
appropriate to their instrument. A wide variety of tune types should be presented in a Grade 5 examination and more
demanding examples of these should be performed. The performances should be fluent, stylish and from memory, and
all tunes should be played twice through with repeats observed where appropriate.
The Supplementary Tests component is more demanding than that at Grade 4, and requires the candidate to (i)
name and demonstrate three types of ornament appropriate to their instrument (ii) beat time (clap or foot tap) in any
tune type (iii) identify a larger number of tune types (iv) play, lilt or hum from memory one phrase of a polka, double
jig, march or reel after the examiner has performed it twice, and (v) name four types of dance tune and give their time
signatures.
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