Self-Grading Form

Check the option that best fits you.

Your instrument:

1. Do you practise daily?

Yes
Sometimes
No
2. How often do you play in a group?

Twice a week or more
Weekly
Less often
3. How often do you get lost when playing in a group?

Rarely
Sometimes
Often
4. If you do get lost, do you find your way back?

Always
Usually
Seldom
5. How good is your sight-reading?

Excellent
OK
Poor
6. How many of the following works would you be comfortable with playing?
a. Strings: Quartets by Haydn and early Mozart
Almost all
Many
Few
None
b. Winds: Baroque Trio sonatas; Haydn Divertimento "St Anthony Chorale"; Dittersdorf and other pre-Classical composers
Almost all
Many
Few
None
c. Pianists: Haydn Trios; continuo parts in trio sonatas by Bach and Handel
Almost all
Many
Few
None

7. How many of the following works would you be comfortable with playing?

a. Strings: Quartets by Beethoven (op 18); Quartets by Mozart (late); Quartets and Quintets by Dvorak; Sextets by Brahms
Almost all
Many
Few
None
b. Winds: Mozart Serenades, Beethoven Octet; Quintets by Reicha, Ibert, Milhaud
Almost all
Many
Few
None
c. Pianists: Trios by Beethoven (early), Mozart and Schubert; Quartets by Beethoven and Mozart; Quintets by Mozart, Schubert and Dvorak
Almost all
Many
Few
None

8. How many of the following works would you be comfortable with playing?

a. Strings: Quartets by Beethoven (middle and late), Brahms, Debussy, Ravel and Shostakovitch
Almost all
Many
Few
None
b. Winds: Quintets by Hindemith, Nielsen, Barber, Ligeti; Clarinet Quintets by Brahms, Bliss, Piano Sextet by Poulenc
Almost all
Many
Few
None
c. Pianists: Trios, Quartets and Quintets by Brahms; Trios by Beethoven (late) and Mendelssohn; Trios by Ravel and Shostakovitch; Quartets by Faure and Schumann; Quintets by Schumann and Shostakovitch
Almost all
Many
Few
None

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