Instrument Level Piano - Level 5

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General recommendations:

Speed: Slow to Allegro

Length: 200 measures (including multi-movement)

Rhythm:  complex rhythms such as syncopation and unusual meters OK, but only limited cross rhythms such as one or two beats of triplets against eighths.

Playable Notes and Skills
  • All major and minor keys.
  • Scale and arpeggio passages. 
  • Chromatic scales.
  • Melody and accompaniment with different articulations. 
Things to Avoid
  • Fast octaves.
  • Quick chord changes.
  • Complex movements in one hand, such as trills or fast scales or position shifts while anything is being played in the other hand.