Scales and arpeggios
Grade 6 takes everything to hands together over four octaves and introduces scales in thirds (a third apart between the hands), staccato + legato touch contrasts, and full arpeggio inversions. Tempo ♩ ≈ 116.
What this grade asks for
Section
Scales (hands together, four octaves)
All major and minor keys, legato. Some keys also asked staccato.
Section
Scales a third apart
Hands together, two octaves, in C and G major — a third between the hands.
Section
Chromatic scales (hands together)
Two octaves, starting on any note — both legato and staccato.
Section
Arpeggios (hands together, four octaves)
Root position and inversions in nominated major and minor keys.
Section
Dominant + diminished 7ths
Hands together, resolving on the tonic, in nominated keys.