0We believe in the importance of all-round musicianship and this forms the basis of our exams. To become an all-round musician students need a range of interlocking skills – in performance, technique, notation, and listening and musical perception – as well as knowledge, understanding and creativity. These are the things we assess in our exams.
ABRSM exams are music exams rather than instrumental or theory exams. Examiners are assessing the quality of the music-making, not how it is achieved. For this reason we do not restrict examiners to assessing only their own instrument but require them to examine all instruments.
We have designed our graded music exams to motivate instrumental ,theory and singing students of all ages and a wide range of abilities. They are available at eight levels – Grades 1 to 8 – and provide:
How many marks are available?
Total marks in all individual Practical exams are 150.
- 100 marks are required to achieve a pass.
- 120 marks are required to pass with merit.
- 130 marks are required to pass with distinction.
