For your grade 4 piano exam you will tested on your performance of three pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading, and additional aural tests.
You will be marked out of a total scoring of 150. To pass you will need to achieve 100 marks, for a merit 120 and 130 to pass with a Distinction.
The 150 marks are divided as follows:
- Piece A – 30 marks
- Piece B – 30 marks
- Piece C – 30 marks
- Scales and arpeggios – 21 marks
- Sight-reading – 21 marks
- Aural tests – 18 marks
Piano exams for grade 4 are held at the local ABRSM exam centre in Swindon.
View further details and current syllabus at ABRSM website