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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following video is a live Grade 4 ABRSM Piano Mock exam including
Grade 4 ABRSM Scales
Allegretto - Vanhal - Grade 4 ABRSM Piano
Waltz in A - Zilinkskis - Grade 4 ABRSM Piano
Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow - Grade 4 ABRSM Piano
Grade 4 Piano Sight Reading
Grade 4 ABRSM Aural Tests.
...... which I gave one of my students Rowan Hettiarchichi just before taking their real exam. What you will see is exactly as it was, no retakes, no editing out mistakes, for you to get an idea of what kind of mark can be expected from various performances.

Scales
These were generally well known even if a little cautious in tempo with an occasional slip and some lack of synchronization between the hands. Therefore I would expect them to get about 18 marks out of 21 - a high end merit.

First Piece - Allegretto from Sonatina in A - by Vanhal
There was some good dynamic contrast, although occasionally the forte was a little overdone for the period of music. The tempo was a touch cautious for the “Allegretto” marking and despite the odd uneveness in rhythm the notes were generally very accurate in pitch resulting in another high merit of about 26 marks out of 30

Second Piece - Bow Chicka Wow Wow by Ben Crossland
A well chosen tempo with a convincing performance portrayed well the lively character of this piece. However, here again were a few small slips in pitch and rhythm with the occasional stuble and hesitation. The staccato articulation could also have been a little crisper at times. Overall this piece would achieve a merit mark of about 25 out of 30

Third Piece - Waltz in A - Zilinskis
Again a well chosen tempo led to a graceful dance like character with good control of the pedal and voicing between the hands. Despite the occasional stumble the flow was maintained although the ritrdando at the end of the first section could have been a little more graduated. Overall a distinction of 27 marks for this piece could be expected

Sight Reading
The key signature was missed and there were inaccuracies in both pitch and rhythm with little continuity and so unfortunately this would score only 11 marks, below the pass mark of 14

Aural
There were slight inaccuracies in all tests, but the responses were confident and strengths generally outweighed the weaknesses and so an overall pass of 12 marks out of 18 would have been expected

The overall mark for this exam would be 119, just one below a merit.

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