Piano for Trinity Grade 6 by Sumit Kukreja

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1. Repertoire

Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces from the Grade 6 repertoire list, ensuring:

• Selection includes at least one piece from each group.
• Accuracy and fluency in complex passages.
• Expressive control, phrasing, and dynamics.
   
• Exercises: Candidates prepare three exercises—one from each group (Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3).


2. Musical Theory

• Demisemiquaver triplets, double-dotted notes/rests, duplets, hemiola, swung quavers.
• All major and minor keys, including:

✓ Scales (natural, harmonic, and melodic minor).

✓ Key signatures, arpeggios, broken chords, dominant 7th broken chords.

✓ Tonic triads (root, first, and second inversion).
 

3. Technical Work

Scales (four octaves, hands together): 
 

• Bb and D major, Bb and D minor (harmonic and melodic).
• Chromatic scales in similar motion starting on Bb and D.
• Chromatic scale in contrary motion starting on Eb (two octaves).
• C major scale in 3rds (one octave).


4. Aural Skills

• Identify the key to which the music modulates (subdominant, dominant, or relative minor).
• Locate changes in the music and describe them as pitch or rhythm variations.

 

5. Understanding SATB:

• Understand the basics of SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) writing, including proper voice leading and spacing.
• Compose simple harmonic progressions in SATB format, focusing on smooth transitions and balanced voicing.

 

5. Practice Tips:

• Focus on hand independence and coordination.
• Use slow, deliberate practice for challenging technical sections.
• Develop endurance and technique with Hanon No. 1–20, incorporating dynamic variations.

 

6. Assessment Methods:

• Performance of technical exercises, scales, and arpeggios.
• Sight-reading assessment.
• Aural tests and general musicianship evaluation.