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    For the Grade 5 piano exam, students will be tested on all major and minor scales and arpeggios. They should be familiar with scales from previous grades. Only new scales are listed. All scales and arpeggios must be played two octaves, hands together and separately, with the option of two groups of contrary motion scales. The document then provides notation for various scales and arpeggios.

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    Grade 5 Scales and

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    For the Grade 5 piano exam, students will be tested on all major and minor scales and arpeggios. They should be familiar with scales from previous grades. Only new scales are listed. All scales and arpeggios must be played two octaves, hands together and separately, with the option of two groups of contrary motion scales. The document then provides notation for various scales and arpeggios.

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    For the Grade 5 piano exam, students will be tested on all major and minor scales and arpeggios. They should be familiar with scales from previous grades. Only new scales are listed. All scales and arpeggios must be played two octaves, hands together and separately, with the option of two groups of contrary motion scales. The document then provides notation for various scales and arpeggios.

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    Grade 5 Scales and 

    Arpeggios
    For Grade 5, students will be tested ALL major and minor scales and arpeggios. As
    students by now should be familiar with most scales and arpeggios learnt in the last four
    grades, only new scales will be featured here.

    For a compilation of all scales and arpeggios, click on the links below
    All Major Scales
    All Minor Scales (harmonic)
    All Major Arpeggios
    All Minor Arpeggios

    To aid in the learning of scales, you may also like to print out Scales Checklist G5

    For the scales and arpeggios syllabus of other grades, please click here

    All scales and arpeggios are to be played two octaves, hands together and separately.

    Students have a choice of group 1 or group 2 for contrary motion scales


    _____________________________________________________________________

    F sharp Major Scale

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:
    F sharp Harmonic Minor Scale

    Right Hand:

     Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________

    B flat Harmonic Minor Scale

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:
    _____________________________________________________________________

    E flat Harmonic Minor Scale

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________

    Contrary Motion Scales (Group 1)


    F Major Contrary Motion Scale

    Left and Right hand, starting with thumbs on F, 2 octaves


    D flat Major Contrary Motion Scale

    Left and Right hand, starting with index fingers on D flat, 2 octaves

    _____________________________________________________________________

    F Harmonic Minor Contrary Motion Scale

    Left and Right hand, starting with thumbs on F, 2 octaves

    _____________________________________________________________________

    C sharp Harmonic Minor Contrary Motion Scale (enharmonic D flat)

    Left and Right hand, starting with index fingers on C sharp, 2 octaves

    _____________________________________________________________________
    Contrary Motion Scales (Group 2)
    F sharp Major Contrary Motion Scale (enharmonic G flat)

    Left and Right hand, starting with index fingers on F sharp, 2 octaves

    _____________________________________________________________________

    B flat Major Contrary Motion Scale

    Left and Right hand, starting with index fingers on B flat, 2 octaves

    _____________________________________________________________________
    F sharp Harmonic Minor Contrary Motion Scale

    Left and Right hand, starting with index fingers on F sharp, 2 octaves

    B flat Harmonic Minor Contrary Motion Scale

    Left and Right hand, starting with index fingers on B flat, 2 octaves

    _____________________________________________________________________

    Chromatic Scale beginning on any key


    (Note: The chromatic scale featured here is beginning on C. You are required to start
    on any key for grade 5. All chromatic scales are to be played 3 octaves)

    Right Hand:
    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________

    C Major Arpeggio

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________
    F Major Arpeggio

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________

    A Minor Arpeggio

    Right Hand:

     Left Hand:
    _____________________________________________________________________

    E Minor Arpeggio

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________

    F sharp Major Arpeggio (enharmonic G flat)

    Right Hand:
    Left Hand:

     
    _____________________________________________________________________

    F sharp minor Arpeggio

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________
    E flat minor Arpeggio

    Right Hand:

    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________

    B flat minor Arpeggio

    Right Hand:
    Left Hand:

    _____________________________________________________________________
     

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