Grade 2

At Grade 2, you can learn about rhythmic control and how to play a glissando. You’ll perform three songs and build on your Grade 1 Session skills.

Choose your songs from our song list, including one of the Technical focus songs that develop particular skills. There’s an option for you to play your own cover version of a song or, if you’re a songwriter, one of your own songs.

You’ll find more information about how the exam works in the downloadable syllabus.

Grade 2 Keyboards song list

The Grade 2 Keyboards songbook includes everything you need for the exam – sheet music for six songs, performance tips, technical support and guidance on Session skills, together with a CD of demo and backing tracks. If you want to buy individual songs, choose them from the list below.

• I Have Nothing (Technical focus) Whitney Houston
• Mean Jumper Blues (Technical focus) Blind Lemon Jefferson
• Music For A Found Harmonium Penguin Cafe Orchestra
• Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues
• No Sound But The Wind Editors
• Ruby Tuesday Rolling Stones

Grade 2 Keyboards demo video

Session Skills

Players choose Playback or Improvising.

Playback

You’ll perform some music you haven’t seen or heard before – you can sight-read from a song chart or play by ear from an audio track, or both.

Improvising

You’ll be given a song chart with chord symbols and song style and will improvise over a backing track.

Songs: I Have Nothing, Mean Jumper Blues, Music For A Found Harmonium, Nights In White Satin, No Sound But The Wind, Ruby Tuesday

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