Distinction
27–30 | - Highly accurate notes and intonation
| - Fluent, with flexibility where appropriate
- Rhythmic character well conveyed
| - Well projected
- Sensitive use of tonal qualities
| - Expressive, idiomatic musical shaping and detail
| - Assured
- Fully committed
- Vivid communication of character and style
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Merit
24–26 | - Largely accurate notes and intonation
| - Sustained, effective tempo
- Good sense of rhythm
| - Mainly controlled and consistent
- Good tonal awareness
| - Clear musical shaping, well-realised detail
| - Positive
- Carrying musical conviction
- Character and style communicated
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Pass
20-23 | - Generally correct notes
- Sufficiently reliable intonation to maintain tonality
| - Suitable tempo
- Generally stable pulse
- Overall rhythmic accuracy
| - Generally reliable
- Adequate tonal awareness
| - Some realisation of musical shape and/or detail
| - Generally secure, prompt recovery from slips
- Some musical involvement
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Below Pass
17-19 | - Frequent note errors
- Insufficiently reliable intonation to maintain tonality
| - Unsuitable and/or uncontrolled tempo
- Irregular pulse
- Inaccurate rhythm
| - Uneven and/or unreliable
- Inadequate tonal awareness
| - Musical shape and detail insufficiently conveyed
| - Insecure, inadequate recovery from slips
- Insufficient musical involvement
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13-16 | - Largely inaccurate notes and/or intonation
| - Erratic tempo and/or pulse
| - Serious lack of tonal control
| - Musical shape and detail largely unrealised
| - Lacking continuity
- No musical involvement
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10-12 | - Highly inaccurate notes and/or intonation
| - Incoherent tempo and/or pulse
| | | - Unable to continue for more than a short section
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