The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is
launching a new violin syllabus from July, as well as revised scale
and sightreading tests for all bowed stringed instruments. The
changes will come into play for exams from January 2012.
The new violin syllabus features jazz tunes by Irving Berlin and
Stéphane Grappelli, klezmer melodies, and works by composers
including Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius. Over 70 per cent
of the pieces are new to the syllabus.
New sightreading tests will be used at all grades of exam, and
changes to scale requirements include suggested minimum speeds and
the choice of rhythmic pattern (even notes or long tonic) when
playing scales.
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