Composition Competition Guideline Samples

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!

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