Sarah's Piano Lab

Grade 8 Technical

AMEB Piano · Exam Flashcards

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Grade 8 Requirements

Abbreviated Grand Scales · 4 octaves · ♩= 92 (4 notes/beat) · p and f · From memory

Scale	Type	Hands
E Major	Major	Both Hands
C♯ Harmonic Minor	Harmonic Minor	Both Hands
B♭ Major	Major	Both Hands
G Harmonic Minor	Harmonic Minor	Both Hands

Polyrhythmic Scales (2 against 3) · ♩= 100 · mf · From memory

Scale	RH Compass	LH Compass	Note
E Major	2 octaves	3 octaves	Start 2 octaves apart

Scales — Hands a Third Apart · 4 octaves · ♩= 100 (4 notes/beat) · mf · From memory

Scale	Hands	Note
E Major	Both Hands	LH on tonic, RH a 3rd higher
C♯ Harmonic Minor	Both Hands	LH on tonic, RH a 3rd higher
B♭ Major	Both Hands	LH on tonic, RH a 3rd higher
G Harmonic Minor	Both Hands	LH on tonic, RH a 3rd higher

Scales — Hands a Sixth Apart · 4 octaves · ♩= 100 (4 notes/beat) · mf · From memory

Scale	Hands	Note
E Major	Both Hands	RH on tonic, LH a 6th lower
C♯ Harmonic Minor	Both Hands	RH on tonic, LH a 6th lower
B♭ Major	Both Hands	RH on tonic, LH a 6th lower
G Harmonic Minor	Both Hands	RH on tonic, LH a 6th lower

Chromatic Scales (grouped in 6s) · 3 octaves · ♩= 70 · mf · From memory

Starting Note	Hands	Grouping
On E	Sep & Together	6 notes/beat (felt as 3 pairs)
On A♯/B♭	Sep & Together	6 notes/beat (felt as 3 pairs)

Chromatic Scale in Double Thirds · 2 octaves · ♩= ca 80 · mf · Hands separately only

Scale	Starting Points	Hands
Chromatic Double Thirds	Commencing on C and E♭	RHLH

Arpeggios (Root Pos. & All Inversions) · 4 octaves · ♩= 84 (4 notes/beat) · p and f

Arpeggio	Hands
E Major	Sep & Together
E Minor	Sep & Together
B♭ Major	Sep & Together
B♭ Minor	Sep & Together

Dominant 7th Arpeggios (All 4 Inversions) · 4 octaves · ♩= 84 · p and f · From memory

Key	Dominant 7th	Hands
Of E	B dominant 7th	Sep & Together
Of B♭	F dominant 7th	Sep & Together

Diminished 7th Arpeggios · 4 octaves · ♩= 84 · p and f · From memory

Key	Dim. 7th	Hands
Of E	D♯ diminished 7th	Sep & Together
Of B♭	A diminished 7th	Sep & Together

I–IV–I⁶₄–V–I Chord Progressions · ♩= ca 72 · mf · From memory

Key	Hands	Note
C Major	Both Hands	Includes cadential 6-4
D Major	Both Hands	Includes cadential 6-4
E♭ Major	Both Hands	Includes cadential 6-4

Technical Exercises · May read from music

Exercise	Name	Purpose	Tempo	Hand
8A	Double Digits	Legato double notes — no pedal	♩.= ca 48–52	BH
8B	Clean Sweeps	Keyboard sweeps — arm freedom	v1: ♩= 60–76 / v2: ♩.= 80–92	BH
8C	Active Octavation	Diatonic & chromatic octaves	♩= ca 84	BH