Instrument Level Piano - Level 5
READ THIS FIRST: Notes to Composers
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.