Guideline of the IPPEC 2025-2027 Repertoire
Diploma
Grade
5~8 Grade 1~4 Grade Primary~D
Qualification:
Students must pass
Grade 7 if they want to participate in audition.
All students must add
the certificate of theory to the application form.
(Please refer to
Theory for more details about theory test.)
Rules for the Exam:
1. All scores must be played from memory.
2. Please give copy of all repertoires to the examiner in advance.
3. To avoid violating copyright law, please bring the original scores to
the examination room.
4. Students do not have to repeat the works, but if there is ˇ§Da capoˇ¨
or specific indication on
the score, please repeat the works.
5. Please follow the tempo given on the score. Do not play too fast or
too slow.
6. The examiner has the right to stop the student during the performance
and move to the
next step of the examination.
| 1.Repertoire |
1. Please choose three works from five
classical periods. Every work must
be at least 10 minutes long.
2. If the student chooses a sonata, all movements must be played. |
| 2.Technuque |
All students must prepare for the
following technique. The examiner has the right to decide which one the
student has to play in the examination. |
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2.1
Major and
minor scales |
All majors and minors, including
harmonic and melodic scales.
(Both legato and staccato)
(the scale of C, G, F, D, B flat, A, E flat, E, A flat, B, D flat, G
flat Major; the scale of a, e, d, b, g, f sharp, c, c sharp, f, g sharp,
b flat, e flat minor)
In the same and opposite directions:
a. The hands are placed on the piano at an interval of an octave; ascend
for two octaves and then play in the opposite direction for two octaves.
And
then play in the same direction for two octaves and descend for
four octaves to go back to the tonic. End with a cadence.
(Attention: the
scale must be played continually.)
b. The hands are placed at intervals of major/ minor third and major/
minor sixth; ascend and descend for four octaves. (For majors: Major
third + minor sixth. For minors: Minor third + major sixth.)
c. The two hands are placed on the piano at an interval of an octave and
play major/minor thirds (interval) respectively for four octaves in the
same direction at the same time. (Ascend and descend)
d. The two hands are placed on the piano at an interval of an octave and
play octaves (interval) respectively for two octaves in the same
direction at the same time. (Ascend and descend)
e. The two hands are placed on the piano at an interval of an octave and
play broken octaves (interval) respectively for two octaves in the same
direction at the same time. (Ascend and descend) |
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2.2
Chromatic
scale |
The way the examinee plays the
chromatic scale (for instance, start from which note, in the same or
opposite direction, in legato or staccato way.) is decided by the
examiner.
In the same direction:
a. Play the chromatic scale from any note assigned by the examiner with
your hands at an interval of an octave for four octaves. (Ascend and
descend in the same direction at the same time.)
b. Play the chromatic scale from any note assigned by the examiner with
your hands at an interval of a major/minor third and major and minor
sixth for four octaves.
(Ascend and descend in the same direction at the same time.)
In the opposite direction:
a. The examinee's hands start from the same note and the examinee
plays the scale for two octaves in the opposite direction.
(ascend and
descend)
b. The interval between two hands would be major/ minor third
or major/ minor sixth and the examinee plays the scale for two octaves
in the opposite direction. (ascend and descend) |
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2.3
Arpeggio |
The way the examinee plays the
chromatic scale (for instance, start from which note, in the same or
opposite direction, in legato or staccato way.) is decided by the
examiner.
a. The hands are placed on the piano at an interval of an octave; ascend
for two octaves and then play in the opposite direction for two octaves.
And then play in the same direction for two octaves and descend for
four octaves to go back to the tonic.
(Attention: the arpeggio must be played
continually.)
b. Play the broken major/minor chord with the hands at an interval of
one octave for four octaves (ascend and descend) in the same direction
at the same time. (The root, the first, and the second position.)
(Only play in legato way)
c. Play the broken dominant seventh with the hands at an interval of one
octave for four octaves (ascend and descend) in the same direction at
the same time.
(The root, the first, the second, and the third
position.)
(Only play in legato way) (From any note assigned by the
examiner.)
d. Play the broken diminished seventh with the hands at an interval of
one octave for four octaves (ascend and descend) in the same direction
at the same time.
(The root, the first, the second, and the third
position.)
(Only play in legato way) (From any note assigned by the
examiner.) |
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2.4
Chord |
Play all major and minor triads with two hands. The interval between two
hand is one octave. The examinee must play the triad which is assigned
by the examiner in the root, the first, and the second positions for two
octaves. (ascending and descending) |
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3.Sight-Reading |
A work which is equal to Grade 6. (the difficulty) |
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4. Oral Test |
* Based on the repertoire
1. Composers: name, nationality, style, biography, the origin of the
work
you play, other piano works, orchestral works, opera, other
important
works, the importance and evaluation in history.
2. The musical compositions you play: style, musical form, tonality,
tempo, motif, counterpoint, sonata form, coda, program or absolute
music, the atmosphere of the composition.
3. Others: terminology, dynamics, expressions, modulation, cadence, the
climax of the whole composition, special harmony, composition skills,
etc. |
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