- All major scales over the cycle
- Harmonic minor set
- Two-octave arpeggio preparation
05
MPW Grade 5
Lower-Intermediate Musician
Become a more independent reader, interpreter and hymn accompanist.
- Multi-position sight-reading
- Chord-symbol reading
- Independent score preparation
- Compound meter
- Basic syncopation
- Rubato without losing structural pulse
- Diatonic melodic dictation
- Chord-quality recognition
- Play back a short hymn phrase
- Diatonic harmony
- Cadences
- Secondary dominant introduction
- Four lower-intermediate works from contrasting periods/styles
- Independent four-part hymn texture
- Useful fills
- Two-key transposition
- Melodic variation and chord-tone targeting
- Three-work programme with spoken or written reflection
Required evidence
Assignments
- Independent score plan
- Pedalling study
- Hymn accompaniment portfolio
Live teaching
Checkpoints
- Practice independence
- Chord balance
- Aural transfer
- Programme continuity
Ready to progress
Exit competencies
- Prepares music independently
- Reads and harmonises at a lower-intermediate level
- Uses pedal and phrasing intentionally