This book contains 9 pieces from ABRSM's Violin syllabus from 2024PERFORMANCE AS A WHOLEIn performance, you take your audience on a journey with you and it is important to engage and hold their attention from the first to the last note. For Performance Grade, it is important to consider how your pieces are contrasted, the order in which they are presented and the different moods and characters they inhabit. After your performance is completed, the examiner will award a mark based on how well you delivered and sustained it as a coherent and convincing performance event, not just a series of individual pieces.SCALES Learning scales help you to build strong technical skills by developing reliable finger movement , hand position, co-ordination and fingerboard fluency. It also helps you to develop your musical understanding through familiarity with keys and their related patterns.SIGHT-READINGLearning to sight-read helps you to develop quick recognition of keys, tonality and common rhythm patterns. It also helps you to learn to keep going even when youu make mistakes and work music out yourself – which makes learning new pieces quicker and easier.In Practical Grade, you will be asked to play a short unaccompanied piece of music that you have not seen before.You will be given half a minute to look through and if you wish, try all out any part of the test before the examiner ask you to play it for assessment. AURAL TESTSAural skills enable you to assess the sound and balance of your playing, keep in time and play with a sense of rhythm and pulse.These skills also help you to develop your sense of pitch, your musical memory and to spot any mistakes. Show More Show Less
