What’s changing?
Refreshed repertoire lists for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, featuring a wide range of composers and offering greater choice of music than ever before
Violin:
- Repertoire extended to 39 pieces per grade
- Each grade includes a selection of new pieces alongside retained pieces from the 2020-2023 lists
Cello:
- Repertoire extended to 39 pieces per grade
- Initial Grade to Grade 5: each grade includes a selection of new pieces alongside retained pieces from 2020-2023 lists
- Grades 6 to 8: each grade includes 9 new choices alongside all pieces retained from 2020-2023 lists
Viola and Double Bass:
- Repertoire extended across the grades
- the majority of the 2020-2023 Initial Grade to Grade 8 repertoire retained
For Practical Grades, the scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and aural-test requirements remain the same as for the 2020-2023 syllabus.
Syllabus validity
The Bowed Strings Syllabuses from 2024 come into effect on 1 January 2024.
- Candidates can begin to present pieces from the 2024 repertoire lists from 1 January 2024.
- Candidates worldwide can continue to present pieces from the 2020-2023 repertoire lists during the overlap period (see below).
Syllabus overlap
A one-year overlap period applies to the previous syllabus.
- Candidates worldwide can present pieces from the 2020-2023 repertoire lists until 31 December 2024.
- All three set pieces must be from the same syllabus.