Requirements for the 2022 Erhu Grade Examination of the Chinese Music Association

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The following are the subjects and relevant requirements for the 2022 summer music grading examination of the Chinese Musicians Association, which will be announced on the official website of the Chinese Musicians Association. Go to the official website of the China Music Association to check it out.

Erhu test related textbooks

Textbook 1:

"National Erhu Performance Test Works Collection (Fifth Set)"

Requirements for the 2022 Erhu Grade Examination of the Chinese Music Association

For the content and requirements of the textbook "National Erhu Performance Test Work Collection (Fifth Set)", please refer to the "Notes for Candidates" in the textbook.
Textbook 2:
"National Erhu Performance (Amateur) Grading Works Collection (First Set)"

Requirements for the 2022 Erhu Grade Examination of the Chinese Music Association

"National Erhu Performance (Amateur) Grading Works Collection (Second Set)"

Requirements for the 2022 Erhu Grade Examination of the Chinese Music Association

"National Erhu Performance (Amateur) Grading Works Collection (The Third Set)"

Requirements for the 2022 Erhu Grade Examination of the Chinese Music Association

"National Erhu Performance (Amateur) Grading Works Collection (The Fourth Set)"

Requirements for the 2022 Erhu Grade Examination of the Chinese Music Association

The first set, the second set, the third set and the fourth set of "National Erhu Performance (Amateur) Grading Test Works" can be used in the grading test. Candidates can either choose a certain level of a certain set of works to take the test, or they can choose to cross the repertoire of the same level of the four sets of works to take the test.

Exam content and requirements

1) The items marked with "△" in the textbook catalog are compulsory, and the other items that are not marked are optional items.
2) Two of the first and second-level etudes are optional, one must be tested, and one is optional;
For Grades 3 to 10, there are 1 required and 1 optional Etude, and 1 Musical required and 1 optional. (In the first set of textbooks, the compulsory etudes for Grade 6 are the first and second pieces in the catalogue, and candidates can choose one of them).
3) Candidates of level 5 and above (including level 5) can take an additional examination of sight-reading. Sight-reading questions are randomly selected by the examiner from the etudes or pieces of the test-taking work set that are lower than the test-taking level of the candidate.

Others

Except for sight-reading repertoire, all music must be played from memory. During the examination, the judges may ask candidates to begin or end the performance in any section of the piece.

Involving musical instruments

Erhu (Pinyin: Erhu) originated in the Tang Dynasty, called "Xiqin", and has a history of more than a thousand years. It is a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Erhu, or Erxian Huqin, also known as "Nanhu" and "Omzi", is one of the main bowed and stringed instruments (wiping strings) in the Chinese national musical instrument family.

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