Level Six

SYLLABUS

1. Maintenance

Candidates who do not hold a Senior Certificate will be required to answer all maintenance questions in the Senior Certificate syllabus.

2. Practical Light Music (Ceol Beag)

Candidates are to submit six tunes of each of the following:

a. Competition March (minimum 4 parts)
b. Competition Strathspey (minimum 4 parts)
c. Competition Reel (minimum 4 parts)
d. Competition Jig (minimum 4 parts)
e. Competition Hornpipe (minimum 4 parts)

The Examiner is to select two tunes from each category for the candidate to play.
Candidates will be expected to tune their own drones to a well-balanced chanter and be capable of blowing a steady tone.
Candidates will also be assessed on Marching and Deportment.

3. Practical Piobaireachd (Ceol Mor)

Candidates are to submit six Piobaireachds. The selection should include the following varieties of crunluath:

a. Standard Crunluath
b. Crunluath Breabach
c. Crunluath Fosgailte
d. Crunluath A Mach

The Examiner is to select one piobaireachd for the candidate to play in its entirety and may select additional tunes or parts thereof at the examiners discretion.

4. Theory

Candidates must be able to:

Write from memory four parts of one of the tunes submitted at Para. 2.
Write four bars of a:
Dithis Doubling
Suibhal Doubling
Crunluath Breabach or Fosgailte Doubling
Crunluath a Mach

All movements are to be written out in full.  No abbreviations are permitted.

Write all piobaireachd movements.
Demonstrate their knowledge of the construction and classification of the Piobaireachd.
Write out in Nether Lorn Canntaireachd the notes of the following scales:
Plain
G gracenote
E gracenote
D gracenote

Translate a passage of Piobaireachd staff notation into Nether Lorn Canntaireachd.

5. History of Piping

Candidates must write an essay of 1000 words minimum on their chosen subject selected from the below. Essays must include comment on their influence and relevance to piping.

a. The MacCrimmons of Skye
b. The MacKays of Gairloch
c. The MacKays of Raasay
d. The MacArthurs
e. The Camerons
f. The MacPhersons
g. The MacLennans
h. The MacGregors
i. The Rankins
j. The MacIntyres
k. The descent of piping knowledge and tuition to the present day.