Grade 5 High school & early college level player. Length: Up to medium long, some multi-movement. Rhythm: Add short simple (diatonic) 16th runs. Tonality: Major & minor, some Dorian, Lydian. Key: 4 keys in home area plus C and 3 on far side (8 total). Grade 4 Younger high school & later middle school player. Rhythm: Add simple 16th groupings and 16th flags on dotted eighths. Key: 3 keys in home area plus C and 2 on “far” side (6 total). Time: Same as Grade 2 plus easy cut time and 6/8. Grade 3 Average middle school & later elementary player Difficulty: Medium or “early intermediate.” Range: Octave to 12th, depending on instrument. Rhythm: Same as Grade 1, plus add eighths, dotted rhythms. Key: 2 keys in home area plus C and 1 on “far” side (4 total). Grade 2 Typical second year player Difficulty: Easy or “late elementary.” Tessitura: same as range, minus “tricky” notes. Key: 2 keys on home side of circle of 5ths, plus maybe C (2-3 total.) Grade 1 Typical first year player Difficulty: Very easy or “elementary.” The label therefore describes the Grade of the piece "in general." This is done often with ensemble pieces, where individual parts might be at distinctly different numeric Grade levels. In these cases, the music is graded "Elementary," Intermediate" or "Advanced" without a corresponding number. Please note: Many items in our catalog do not have a numeric Grade. These guidelines are used for all pitched instruments, and as such, it should be recognized that some instruments will be at an advantage and others at a disadvantage in some of the key technical areas (piano has no real range or tessitura issues for instance.) However, we feel we have included enough musical criteria to keep the system balanced across the entire orchestra.
As “guidelines,” they are sometimes overridden due to circumstances beyond the scope of what is listed here. The following criteria serve as guidelines when assigning grade levels to new and existing works in our catalog database. Each of the seven Grades belongs to one of the major divisions, as such: Our grading system is divided into three major divisions, “Elementary,” “Intermediate,” and “Advanced,” with seven Grade subdivisions, numbered 1 through 7 (1 is easiest, 7 hardest.) The first six subdivisions are similar to those of the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA.) We have added a 7th level for highly virtuostic works, works which are clearly a step higher than NYSSMA’s top level, Grade 6.
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