Candidates who select this Option are required to play two separate one-bar rhythms in 4/4 on their instrument, in time and as an echo. The Teacher-Assessor should either clap the rhythms or play them on one note. No preparation time is given.
The answers may be played on a single note or on a series of notes, although there is no additional credit for using more than one note. The Teacher-Assessor counts in two bars before the first rhythm.
Question & Answer assessment criteria>>
From Bronze level, the candidate is required to play at sight a two-bar passage of unfamiliar music and to improvise a two-bar answering phrase. After giving two bars of the pulse, the Teacher-Assessor allows the candidate half a minute of preparation time and then gives a two-bar count-in.