Piobaireachd Certificate

Candidates must hold the Level 4 Piping and Drumming Qualifications Board Certificate in Piping.

Practical
On the Practice Chanter:  Sight-read from a Piobaireachd selected by the examiner the Ground
and a line from each variation.

Piobaireachd (Ceol Mor)
Candidates are to submit four Piobaireachds.  One each of the following type:

Standard Crunluath
Crunluath Breabach
Crunluath Fosgailte
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.

Candidates will be expected to achieve a very good blend of chanter and drones.

Candidates will also be assessed on posture and bearing.

Theory

Candidates must be able to:

Write from memory ground of a Piobaireachd 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.