Sarah's Piano Lab

Grade 7 Technical

AMEB Piano · Exam Flashcards

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Grade 7 Requirements

Abbreviated Grand Scales · 4 octaves · ♩= 80 (4 notes/beat) · mf · From memory

Scale	Type	Hands
D Major	Major	Both Hands
B Harmonic Minor	Harmonic Minor	Both Hands
A♭ Major	Major	Both Hands
F Harmonic Minor	Harmonic Minor	Both Hands

Polyrhythmic Scales (3 against 2) · ♩= 80 · mf · Legato · From memory

Scale	RH Compass	LH Compass
D Major	3 octaves	2 octaves
B Harmonic Minor	3 octaves	2 octaves

Scales — Contrary Motion · 2 octaves · ♩= 80 (4 notes/beat) · mf · From memory

Scale	Type	Hands
F♯ Major	Major	Contrary
D♯ Harmonic Minor	Harmonic Minor	Contrary

Chromatic Scales · From memory

Starting Note	Compass	Hands	Tempo	Dynamics
On D	4 octaves	Sep & Together	♩= 104	p / f / cresc & dim
On G♯/A♭	4 octaves	Sep & Together	♩= 104	p / f / cresc & dim
On E♭ (special fingering)	2 octaves	RHLH	♩= ca 84	mf · finger 3 on every black key

Arpeggios (Root Pos. & All Inversions) · 4 octaves · ♩= 72 (4 notes/beat) · p and f

Arpeggio	Hands
D Major	Sep & Together
D Minor	Sep & Together
A♭ Major	Sep & Together
A♭ Minor	Sep & Together

Dominant 7th Arpeggios (All 4 Inversions) · 4 octaves · ♩= 72 · p and f · From memory

Key	Dominant 7th	Hands
Of D	A dominant 7th	Sep & Together
Of A♭	E♭ dominant 7th	Sep & Together

Diminished 7th Arpeggios · 4 octaves · ♩= 72 · p and f · From memory

Key	Dim. 7th	Hands
Of D	C♯ diminished 7th	Sep & Together
Of A♭	G diminished 7th	Sep & Together

I–IV–V–I Chord Progressions · ♩= ca 72 · 3/4 time · mf · From memory

Key	Hands
G Major	Both Hands
F Major	Both Hands
E Major	Both Hands

Technical Exercises · May read from music

Exercise	Name	Purpose	Tempo	Hand
7A	Flying High	Hand/arm coordination, rotary action	♩= 76–92	BH
7B (i)	Two-part Retention	Two voices in one hand	♩= ca 52	RH
7B (ii)	Two-part Retention	Two voices in one hand	♩= ca 52	LH
7C	Octave Activation	Clean light octaves — Lydian mode	♩.= 56–69	BH