Ukulele Grade 1

UKULELE GRADE 1	What’s Involved?
Up To 75 Marks For	You are required to play THREE pieces (each one attracts 25 marks)You can elect to play: all three pieces from those listed within our syllabus OR you can opt for three pieces of your own choice (please find guidance in Own Choice Zone) OR you can mix repertoire featuring in our syllabus list combined with pieces of your own choice* (*again please visit Own Choice Zone for guidance)
Up To 15 Marks For	RHYTHM OR PLAYING A PIECE FROM MEMORY RHYTHM Play an accompaniment to either OVER THE RAINBOW (Alfred’s Basic Ukulele Method 1) or AMAZING GRACE (Hal Leonard Ukulele Method Book 1) – this should include one variation OR instead PLAYING A PIECE FROM MEMORY You can play one of your chosen listed or ‘own choice’ piece from memory
Up To 10 Marks For	CHORDS To play any of the following chords as requested by the examiner: D7 (2223 OR 2020), G6 (0202), Gdim7 (0101), Em (0432), B♭ three stringed version (321x) – plus any chords from Foundation 1 and 2
Playing Skills Guide For This Grade	RANGE One octave IN ADDITION Octave leaps / quavers / new key of F major / new note of B♭ and accidentals F♯ / anacrusis / tied notes

CORE SYLLABUS PIECES FOR UKULELE GRADE 1
Piece(s)	Book	ISBN Number
OVER THE RAINBOW CLEMENTINE	ALFRED’S BASIC UKULELE METHOD 1	10: 0-7390-7349-4
AMAZING GRACE FRERE JACQUES SKIP TO MY LOU	HAL LEONARD UKULELE METHOD BOOK 1	978-0-634-07726-5