INSTRUMENTAL – JULY/AUGUST

Please read the General Rules and Division-Specific Rules carefully to avoid disqualification.

All competitors are required to frequently check the Eisteddfod website for the latest updates.

INSTRUMENTAL - GENERAL RULES

1. Own choice of music.
2. Own Choice submissions for Instrumental Solos need only include the accompaniment scores where the accompaniment is essential to the adjudicator’s assessment of the performance.
3. Full scores are only required for Duets, Trios, Quartets and Instrumental Groups (unless otherwise stated).
4. Backing Tracks and foldback speakers are not permitted unless specified.
5. Competitors may perform more than once in multi-instrument solo sections, provided each solo performance is on a different instrument.
6. Tuning for groups of two (2) or more, not accompanied by piano, is to be done off-stage.
7. Instruments must be supplied by competitors, unless otherwise stated.
8. One selection/movement only except in Championship Sections and Division 22 (Instrumental Groups). When a pre-Classical piece is chosen in any Division, two contrasting movements may be performed.
9. In All-Age Graded Sections in this Discipline:

• Age limits do not apply.
• Grade levels are for any approved examination body such as: AMEB, Trinity, Royal Schools, ABRSM.
• A competitor must not have passed an examination which is of a higher level than that of the entered Section
• Repertoire must be selected from the current Syllabus of an approved examining body at the Grade Level being entered.

DIVISION 17 - STRING SOLOS AND GRADED SOLOS

1. Open to Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

JS BACH STRING SOLO

1. Accompanied or unaccompanied JS Bach solos (e.g. from the 6 Sonatas and Partitas)

STRING UNACCOMPANIED SOLO

1. Composition must be written as an unaccompanied solo.

POPULAR/JAZZ/TRADITIONAL/AUSTRALIAN STRING SOLO

1. Includes popular melodies, jazz style or traditional style (e.g. jigs, reels) and Australian compositions.
2. The equipment provided for a backing track uses an earphone jack – NO CD or other medium can be used.
3. May be accompanied or unaccompanied.
4. Minimum of 16 bars.