We hope your submissions for the NZDRS Chamber Music Composition Competition are going well! Here are a couple of notes that might help you with your composition. You can find a guideline of the Grade Five level for oboe here , and a guideline of the Grade Five level for bassoon here . Please note the pitch parameters for each composition are: [Oboe] B (below middle C) - Eb" [Bassoon] Low Bb - G (above middle C) And a few more parameters: Key signatures may be up to 3 sharps or 3 flats Accidentals can be used but avoid too many different ones For tonguing, the maximum speed is semiquavers at crotchet = 80, but this should be repeated notes or easy patterns at this speed NB: Exam scale speeds at this level are crotchet = 84, playing quavers Make sure that that the instruments are not all playing all of the time. A bar rest here and there is essential. Hope to see your submissions in soon!