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Repertoire

Alternative Editions to the Celebration Series
Are Students Expected to Play Multiple Endings
Are Students Required to Play All Notes Detached as in a Recording?
Articulation Marks
Creativity with Articulation
Downton Abbey - The Suite
Error in 2015 Edition
Extra Dynamics
José Vinas - Fantasia Original
Left-hand Quarter Notes Detached and the Right Hand Legato
Marking for Melody Playback
My Piano Student Cannot Reach to a 7th
Performances Using a Variety of Editions for Repertoire
Playing Repeats in Practical Exams
Popular Selection Piece No Longer on the Popular Selection List
Schubert Scherzo in Bb Major Clarification
Stylistic Awareness and Good Musical Taste
Substitution of a Popular Piece for an Etude in L5 Exam
Teacher's Choice Substitution for a Level 8 Practical:

Musicianship

Are Grade 9s Required to Identify the Posiiton of a Chord?
Broken Triads and Legato Touch
Chords in Ear Training Levels 7-9
Clapping a Two-Voice Line
Humming Melodies During an Exam
Level 10 Melody Playback
Marks for Main Beats During Rhythmic Clapback
Number of Notes for Interval Recognition
Pick-up Notes in Sight Clapping
Playing the Tonic Triad Before the Melody
Should Students Clap Ornaments in Exams?
Sight Clapping Requirements
Sight Clapping the “Basic Beat"
Solid and Broken Legato Octaves
Time Allotment for Reading Excerpts
Tips for Chord Recognition
Two-Part Melody Playback Volumes
Which line of a two voice melody does a student clap/tap?

Marking

What Theory Exam Does a Grade 5 Trumpet Student Need to Take?
Current Memory Policies for Exams
How is Melody Playback Marked?
Weak Tonal Quality for a Small Student
When May I Submit a Violin Repertoire Piece?

Technique

"Shaping the Line"
Are Students Required to Play All Inversions?
How Long Does the Technical and Etudes Portion of a Level 10 Piano Exam Last?
Losing Marks for Fingering the Differs from the Technique Book?

Exam Logistics

30 Minutes for Level 10 Repertoire
Bringing Printed Copies of Public Domain Scores to Exams
Ear Test Format
Is a Piano Pedal Extender Provided at Exams?
Is it Acceptable to Swing Old Adam by William Bolcom?
Naming Chord Progressions
Performing an Incomplete Examination
Playing from Earlier Editions of Level 8 (Perspectives and Odyssey)
Trouble with Page Turns

Theory

Intermediate

How do you play a guitar?
Difference Between Simple Binary and AB Binary Forms
Texture of Invention in C Major BWV 772
Key of Transposition
May Students Write Inverted Intervals as Harmonic Intervals?
Recommending Books for Guitar Levels 6 and 7

Advanced

Analysis Exam: Where Does the Retrograde Inversion Row Start?
Analyze Die böse Farbe op.25 no.17 by Schubert
Analyzing and Labeling Components of a Fugue
Answer Books
Are Grace Notes Analyzed?
Clarification on the ARCT Keyboard Harmony Question for Melodic Improvisation
Correct Answers for December 2017 Level 9 Harmony Examination
Does the Point of Arrival Define the Type of Cadence?
Level 9/10/ARCT Harmony Chorales
Should Students Combine Rests by Metre in Hybrid Metres
Using a Pivot Chord to Modulate

Pedagogy

Question Regarding Dealing with Students with Small Hands
Questions Regarding Lists of Resources

Curriculum

How do you rock?
Basic Rudiments by Mark Sarnecki
High School Accreditation Criteria
Practical and Theory Certificates

Other

Length of Bar Lines
Using the Key Signature of a Minor Scale When Writing a Chromatic Scale

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