The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Scotland’s national conservatoire, is the only institution in the world offering a BA (Honours) in Scottish Music. It also offers graded exams and unmarked performance assessments in traditional Scottish music that anyone can participate in, from school-age pupils to adult learners. The RSAMD currently offers exams and assessments in fiddle, accordion and Scottish harp. Sessions take place in Glasgow in spring and autumn, but schools can request special visits by an examiner at any time. Syllabuses, repertoires and entry guidelines can be viewed on their website: http://gradedexams.rsamd.ac.uk.

Examiners are specialists in their disciplines, ensuring that a candidate receives expert, independent assessment of their performance. The Graded Exams are fully validated by RSAMD’s Academic Board.

Taigh na Teud is working exclusively with RSAMD to offer printed collections of Graded Exams repertoire in all three disciplines, allowing candidates and tutors access to a great diversity of traditional and modern tunes in one convenient source. In the meantime, some compositions or arrangements listed in the repertoires – particularly the harp – are as yet unavailable in any published source. So until dedicated printed collections are available, you can purchase these tunes quickly and easily from Taigh na Teud as PDF downloads. You can add them to your basket from the categories above, or contact us if you wish to order hard copies of the sheet music by post for £2 post and packing.

You will also find specimen Quick Study pieces and Practical & Aural Musicianship pieces for each instrument available to purchase.