Do I Need An Accompanist For Grade 5?, If a piece has a piano part written for it, do I have to play with an Options

[sarah-flute]

Unaccompanied music does end up on the violin syllabus, but yes, it is relatively rarer, and you'd be unlikely to be able to do 2 or 3 pieces that were unaccompanied. It would be possible sometimes for strings... I believe there's an unaccompanied modern piece and bits from Bach suites on one of the cello grades at the moment. Unlikely to find all three like that though.

Harp similarly is generally unaccompanied, I don't know if there are any accompanied pieces on the higher grades.

I know I played one unaccompanied piece for G4 or 5 violin.

It's quite different for the wind syllabus where the periods are split up differently and the 3rd piece is always (as far as I'm aware) an unaccompanied study of some form (with a loose definition of study - things like Telemann Fantasias, Syrinx, Bach Partita all come under this list), and the first two are accompanied.

[TSax]

I think it's a little inconsistent that CD backing is allowed for jazz exams but not for other exams. I don't think it's any less important for jazz musicians to be able to listen to and respond to a live accompaniment than it is for classical musicians.

[dacapo]

I think it's a little inconsistent that CD backing is allowed for jazz exams but not for other exams. I don't think it's any less important for jazz musicians to be able to listen to and respond to a live accompaniment than it is for classical musicians.

It may just be a practical consideration. I get the impression that pianists with the additional skills to provide a good jazz accompaniment (different from doing a good job on fully notated pieces "in a jazz style") are particularly scarce. I'm not one of them!