Specifications and syllabus updates

Specifications

Exams, class awards, presentation classes, and solo performance awards

This document is valid from June 2021 and supersedes all previous Specifications and Examinations Information, Rules and Regulations documentation.

Specifications 2021

Information includes:

registration and entry
preparation and requirements
the exam day
results and certificates
general information, e.g. uniform, exam timing, venue requirements, prerequisites, music, refunds and cancellations
regulatory information
aims and objectives
syllabus content, and
marking criteria and how marks are awarded

Please note: the Specifications document for Scottish exams can be found here:

Specifications SCOTLAND 2020

Syllabus updates

Below are documents that list changes to published syllabus content:

The amendments are grouped by grade, with the most recent information at the beginning of the document
Each correction is contained within a box
Each box contains the date of the amendment
The correction itself is shaded

Syllabus Amendments

Discovering Repertoire

Level 2 – the note on page 22 (‘For the classwork reverence, please play DR2-35, page 52’) has been printed in error and should be ignored.
Level 3, Variation 1 Female – the second page of Benesh Notation for this variation (page 57) is incorrect in the books first published in 2017 (see copyright page). This has been corrected for all subsequent reprints. This link contains the correct version.

Sheet Music Amendments

Grades 4-5
Intermediate
Advanced Foundation, P6 – AF-03 Battements glissés and battements jetés exercise music. Listen now.
Advanced Foundation
Advanced 1, P34 – A1-25: Révérence – the révérence is not the correct length in the music book. This link contains the correct version.
Advanced 1
Advanced 2

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