Pieces element: first piece
This is the first of three pieces the candidate chose to perform in her Grade 8 Cello exam.
The candidate is playing J. S. Bach's Prélude: 1st movt from Suite No. 1 in G (A1 from the Cello Syllabus 2012-2015).
Use the marking criteria on-screen while you watch and assess this section. Mark the performance by selecting the relevant button below.
Marking criteria
Distinction
Merit
Pass
Below Pass
- Pitch Highly accurate notes and intonation
- Time Fluent, with flexibility where appropriate
- Time Rhythmic character well conveyed
- Tone Well projected
- Tone Sensitive use of tonal qualities
- Shape Expressive, idiomatic musical shaping and detail
- Performance Assured
- Performance Fully committed
- Performance Vivid communication of character and style
- Pitch Largely accurate notes and intonation
- Time Sustained, effective tempo
- Time Good sense of rhythm
- Tone Mainly controlled and consistent
- Tone Good tonal awareness
- Shape Clear musical shaping, well-realised detail
- Performance Positive
- Performance Carrying musical conviction
- Performance Character and style communicated
- Pitch Generally correct notes
- Pitch Sufficiently reliable intonation to maintain tonality
- Time Suitable tempo
- Time Generally stable pulse
- Time Overall rhythmic accuracy
- Tone Generally reliable
- Tone Adequate tonal awareness
- Shape Some realisation of musical shape and/or detail
- Performance Generally secure, prompt recovery from slips
- Performance Some musical involvement
- Pitch Frequent note errors
- Pitch Insufficiently reliable intonation to maintain tonality
- Time Unsuitable and/or uncontrolled tempo
- Time Irregular pulse
- Time Inaccurate rhythm
- Tone Uneven and/or unreliable
- Tone Inadequate tonal awareness
- Shape Musical shape and detail insufficiently conveyed
- Performance Insecure, inadequate recovery from slips
- Performance Insufficient musical involvement