Aural tests
Candidates who have opted for a Braille memory test or an aural repetition test will automatically receive a Braille version of Aural Test B at Grades 6–8 (see below). Similarly, candidates who have requested a large or modified staff notation sight-reading test will receive an enlarged or modified copy of Aural Test B at Grades 4–8.
Grades 4 and 5
Test B, requiring candidates to sing from score in free time (five notes at Grade 4 and six notes at Grade 5), is conducted as a ‘Talking Score’ for blind and partially sighted candidates who are unable to read the music in an enlarged or modified version of the staff notation. The examiner will first play and name the key-chord and tonic and will then read out each note in turn, indicating whether the pitch rises or falls, for the candidate to sing back.
Grades 6, 7 and 8
Test B, requiring candidates to sing a short melody from score with an accompaniment played by the examiner, is presented in Braille music for blind candidates giving the melody line only with phrase and breath marks included, but with dynamics and most articulation indications removed. A brief description of the relevant features of the accompaniment will be given in literary Braille. Candidates will be given approximately 1 minute to study the test.