Scales and arpeggios
Grade 2 expands to two-octave scales hands separately and adds tonic triads. Harmonic and melodic minors are both available; choose one form per scale. Tempo around ♩ ≈ 66.
What this grade asks for
Section
Scales (hands separately, two octaves)
Major and minor — choose harmonic or melodic form for minors.
- C major
- G major
- D major
- F major
- B♭ major
- A minor
- E minor
- D minor
- G minor
Section
Contrary-motion scale
Hands together, beginning on the tonic, two octaves.
- C major
- G major
Section
Broken chords
Hands separately over two octaves.
- C major
- G major
- D major
- F major
- B♭ major
- A minor
- E minor
- D minor
- G minor