Tuba, Eb & Bb Bass Requirements Grades 1-8

Tuba, Eb & Bb Bass — Grade 1

Subject code: TBA/EBB/BBB

For instrument-specific details regarding this syllabus, please see page 23.

Pieces

(3 x 22 marks) Three pieces are to be played, one from each Group. Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).

Group A

Piece

Jacob Ridout

Spiritual

Minuet Stacking the Logs or The First Goal of the Season or Lost Love All Night, All Day

Woolfenden

Pagan Dance

Book

Six Little Tuba Pieces []

Autumn Story[] Easy Winners for Tuba* [ or ] Up Front Album for Eb Bass/Tuba book 1 [ or ]

Publisher Emerson E118

Emerson E297 Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC Brass Wind 0111TC/BC

Group B Bernstein

One Hand, One Heart

Coombes

Tuba Samba**

Daly Postman Pat Negro Spiritual Steal Away Ramskill Playful Serenade Trad. Russian

The Birch Tree

Easy Winners for Tuba* [ or ] Keynotes Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [ or ] Winners Galore for Tuba* [ or ] Beginners Please! [Eb/F  ed.] Keynotes Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [ or ] Beginners Please! [Eb/F  ed.]

Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC Brass Wind 0119TC/BC Brass Wind 0123TC/BC Winwood

Polished Brass [] 20 Supplementary Tunes for Tuba [ or ]

Brass Wind 6022TC Brass Wind 6002TC or 6021BC

Brass Wind 0119TC/BC Winwood

Group C (unaccompanied) Davis Gregson Johnson Mozart Nightingale Trad.

Geared Up or Tiny Minuet Hungarian Dance, no. 4 or Lullaby, no. 8 Tuba Ceremony, no. 1 or Lilting Tuba, no. 2 Theme from A Musical Joke Coo’s Blues, no. 3 or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4 Give me Joy in my Heart, p. 6

The Tuneful Tuba [] Easy Winners for Tuba [ or ] Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [ ed.] Winners Galore for Tuba [ or ]

Brass Wind 6011BC Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC Warwick Brass Wind 0123TC/BC

* Piano accompaniment available separately **no written piano part, just suggested chord symbols

Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 6) Candidate to prepare one lip flexibility exercise and then either Section i) or Section ii) in full.

Lip Flexibility Exercise: Treble clef a) Lip flexibility Grade 1 no. 1 (from Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass)

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Tuba, Eb & Bb Bass — Grade 1 b) Lip flexibility Grade 1 no. 2 (from Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) c) Exercise no. 1 (from How Brass Players Do It)

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Bass clef a) Lip Flexibility Grade 1 no. 1 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) b) Lip Flexibility Grade 1 no. 2 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) c) Exercise no. 1 (from How Tuba Players Do It)

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either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf and tongued: C major (one octave) A natural minor (one octave): candidates may play harmonic or melodic minor if preferred.

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf and tongued: C major (one octave) A minor (one octave)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf and tongued: Eb major (one octave) C natural minor (one octave): candidates may play harmonic or melodic minor if preferred.

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf and tongued: Eb major (one octave) C minor (one octave)

or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercise to be played tongued: C major scale and arpeggio exercise (from Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass)

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Bass clef The following exercise to be played tongued: Eb major scale and arpeggio exercise (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass)

Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks) Two tests are to be chosen from:

Sight Reading (see page 11) Aural (see page 14) Improvisation (see page 18) Musical Knowledge (see page 21)

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Pieces (3 x 22 marks) Three pieces are to be played, one from each Group. Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).

Group A

Piece

Gregson

Little Scherzo

Book

Up Front Album for Eb Bass book 2 [ or ] Handel Hallelujah Chorus, p. 6 Winners Galore for Tuba* [ or ] Jacob In Tranquil Mood, no. 1 Bagatelles for Tuba [] Ridout Boy Meets Girl Autumn Story [] Sullivan The Policeman’s Song Just Brass Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [] Wekselblatt, arr. Civil War Medley First Solos for the Tuba Player [] Wiggins Tuba Tune or Wagon Train The Tuba Player’s Debut [/]

Publisher Brass Wind 0116TC/BC Brass Wind 0123TC/BC Emerson E143 Emerson E297 Chester CH55325 Schirmer Studio

Group B Bart

Where is Love?

Goodall Henry VIII

Blackadder Theme, p. 16 Pastime with Good Company

Osbourne & May Trad. Wiggins Wilson-Smith

Eastenders Land of the Silver Birch Lucy’s Lullaby Out n’ About or Something Else or Waltzing with Jazz

Easy Winners for Tuba* [ or ] Winners Galore for Tuba* [ or ] Beginners Please! [Eb/F  ed.] Easy Winners for Tuba* [ or ] Beginners Please! [Eb/F  ed.] Beginners Please! [Eb/F  ed.] All Jazzed Up for Tuba [ or ]

Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC Brass Wind 0123TC/BC Winwood Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC Winwood Winwood Brass Wind 1108E or 1108T

Group C (unaccompanied) Blakeson

Davis Gregson

Johnson Nightingale

Brite ‘n’ Rock, no. 5 or Chickpea, no. 11 Jumping Jack Rap or Rat Rag Gavotte, no. 10 or Justin’s March, no. 14 Study no. 3, Lament The Nuthatch, no. 6 or The Sleuth, no. 7

Smooth Groove for Tuba [ or ]

Brass Wind 1141TBTC or 1153TBBC

Polished Brass []

Brass Wind 6022TC

20 Supplementary Tunes for Tuba [ or ] The Tuneful Tuba []

Brass Wind 6002TC or 6021BC Brass Wind 6011BC

Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [ ed.]

Warwick

* Piano accompaniment available separately


Lip Flexibility Exercise: Treble clef a) Lip Flexibility Grade 2 no. 1 (from Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) b) Lip Flexibility Grade 2 no. 2 (from Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) c) Exercise no. 3 (from How Brass Players Do It)

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Bass clef a) Lip Flexibility Grade 2 no. 1 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) b) Lip Flexibility Grade 2 no. 2 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) c) Exercise no. 3 (from How Tuba Players Do It)


either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: D and Bb major (one octave) A harmonic minor (one octave): candidates may play natural or melodic minor if preferred.

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: D and Bb major (one octave) A minor (one octave)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: F and Db major (one octave) C harmonic minor (one octave): candidates may play natural or melodic minor if preferred.

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: F and Db major (one octave) C minor (one octave)

or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) D major scale and arpeggio exercise b) A minor scale and arpeggio exercise All scales and exercises for treble clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.

Bass clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) F major scale and arpeggio exercise b) C minor scale and arpeggio exercise All scales and exercises for bass clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.


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Group A

Piece

Berlioz Hanmer Irish Folk Song Lully Mozart Schumann Wiggins

Sanctus Scherzando, no. 4 Danny Boy, p. 17 Gavotte Marche The Happy Farmer Friar Tuck’s Galliard or Seafarer’s Song or The Mischievous Mastodon

Book

Just Brass Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [] Tuba Tunes [ ] Winners Galore for Tuba* [ or ] First Solos for the Tuba Player [] First Solos for the Tuba Player [] First Solos for the Tuba Player []

The Tuba Player’s Debut [/]

Publisher Chester CH55325 Emerson E36 Brass Wind 0123TC/BC Schirmer Schirmer Schirmer

Studio

Group B Bourgeois

Driving Piles

Bratton & Kennedy Harburg & Arlen Hernandez Mancini

Teddy Bears Picnic, p. 19 We’re Off To See The Wizard El Cumbanchero Pink Panther

Norman

James Bond Theme

Parker

Fletcher

Pinkard, Carsey Sweet Georgia Brown & Bernie Ramskill Tuba on the Loose Runswick

Slinkenpoop

Walton Wilson-Smith

Ambling Along, no. 1 Odd Job

Group C (unaccompanied) Blakeson Davis Gregson

Jam on Toast, no. 20 or Red Chilli Sauce, no. 18 Flamenco Flirt [in D minor] or Horn of Wonder Bulgarian Dance, no. 15 or Folk Song, no. 17

Up Front Album for Eb Bass book 2 [ or ]

Brass Wind 0116TC/BC

Winners Galore for Tuba* [ or ] Brass Wind 0123TC/BC Easy Winners for Tuba* Brass Wind 0124TC [ or ] or 0131BC Latino for Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 0152TC/BC All Jazzed Up for Tuba Brass Wind 1108E [ ] [ or ] or 1108T [ ] Easy Winners for Tuba* Brass Wind 0124TC [ or ] or 0131BC Top Line Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 1116TC/BC All Jazzed Up for Tuba Brass Wind 1108E [ ] [ or ] or 1108T [ ] From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba Brass Wind [ or ] 2112TC/BC Up Front Album for Eb Bass book 2 Brass Wind [ or ] 0116TC/BC Six Simple Swingers [] Sound the Trumpets All Jazzed Up for Tuba Brass Wind 1108E [] [ or ] or 1108T [] Smooth Groove for Tuba [ or ] Polished Brass [] 20 Supplementary Tunes for Tuba [ or ]

Brass Wind 1141TBTC or 1153TBBC Brass Wind 6022TC Brass Wind 6002TC or 6021BC 133

Tuba, Eb & Bb Bass — Grade 3 Hering Johnson Lawrance McKenzie Nightingale

Study no. 12 Study no. 4, Tuba Tango or Study no. 5, Jim’s Tune Off Beat or Staccato Ritmico Waltz or High Life Slinky, no. 13

40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [] The Tuneful Tuba []

Fischer Brass Wind 6011BC

Featuring Melody for Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 6017TC/BC Music Makes the World Go Round [/] Con moto Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [ ed.] Warwick

* Piano accompaniment available separately.


Lip Flexibility Exercise: Treble clef a) Lip Flexibility Grade 3 no. 1 (from Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) b) Lip Flexibility Grade 3 no. 2 (from Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) c) Exercise no. 7 or no. 8 (from How Brass Players Do It)


Bass clef a) Lip Flexibility Grade 3 no. 1 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) b) Lip Flexibility Grade 3 no. 2 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) c) Exercise no. 7 or no. 8 (from How Tuba Players Do It)


either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: E and Eb major (one octave) C and E minor (one octave): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor Whole-tone scale starting on C (one octave)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: E and Eb major (one octave) C and E minor (one octave)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: G and Gb major (one octave) Eb and G minor (one octave): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor Whole-tone scale starting on Eb (one octave)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: G and Gb major (one octave) Eb and G minor (one octave) 134


or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) E major scale and arpeggio exercise b) Eb major scale and arpeggio exercise c) C minor scale and arpeggio exercise All scales and exercises for treble clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.

Bass clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) G major scale and arpeggio exercise b) Gb major scale and arpeggio exercise c) Eb minor scale and arpeggio exercise All scales and exercises for bass clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.



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Group A

Piece

Gounod Hanmer Jacob Perrie Sullivan

March of a Marionette Staccato, no. 2 Marching Tune Asleep in the Deep Oh, is there not one Maiden Breast? Largo from Winter

Vivaldi

Publisher

First Solos for the Tuba Player [] Tuba Tunes [ ] Six Little Tuba Pieces [] First Solos for the Tuba Player []

Schirmer Emerson E36 Emerson E118 Schirmer

Just Brass Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [] Chester CH55325 From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 2112TC/BC

Group B Bart

Pick a Pocket or Two

Benson & Fisher Davenport & Cooley Gay

Your Feet’s Too Big Fever

Goodwin

633 Squadron

Leaning on a Lamp-post

Harnick & Bock If I Were a Rich Man Mack & Johnson

Charleston

Parker

Beach Buggy

A Little Light Music for Tuba Brass Wind 2121E [] [ or ] or 2121T [] From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 2112TC/BC From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 2112TC/BC A Little Light Music for Tuba Brass Wind 2121E [] [ or ] or 2121T [] Great Winners for Tuba* Brass Wind 0132TC [ or ] or 0137BC A Little Light Music for Tuba Brass Wind 2121E [] [ or ] or 2121T []

Rogers & Hart Blue Moon

Jazzed Up Too [ or ]

Shearing

Big Chillers for Tuba [ or ]

Brass Wind 2134TC/BC Brass Wind 1116TC/BC Brass Wind 1111E [] or 1111T [] Brass Wind 1151TC/BC

Smooth Groove for Tuba [ or ] Per Tuba Ad Astra [ or ]

Brass Wind 1141TBTC or 1153TBBC Brass Wind 1122TC/BC

Lullaby of Birdland

Let’s Face the Music for Tuba/Eb Bass [ or ] Top Line Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [ or ]

Group C (unaccompanied) Blakeson Bourgeois Davis

Hering Johnson Lawrance McKenzie Nightingale

Big Band Swing, no. 33 or Latin Lady, no. 32 Pompous or Wistful Psychedelic Sweatshirt or Serpent Smoothie (in C major) Study no. 10 or no. 11 Study no. 7, Footsteps on the Stairs Syncopated Dance, p. 2 Mambo or Tango Blues for Big-Ears, no. 15

Polished Brass [] 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet []

Fischer

The Tuneful Tuba [] Brass Wind 6011BC Featuring Melody for Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 6017TC/BC Music Makes the World Go Round [/] Con moto Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [ ed.] Warwick

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either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: Bb major (to 12th) F major (one octave) D and F minor (one octave): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor Whole-tone scale starting on F (one octave) Chromatic scale starting on C (one octave)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: Bb major (to 12th) F major (one octave) D and F minor (one octave)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: Db major (to 12th) Ab major (one octave) F and Ab minor (one octave): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor Whole-tone scale starting on Ab (one octave) Chromatic scale starting on Eb (one octave)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: Db major (to 12th) (one octave) Ab major (one octave) F and Ab minor (one octave)

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or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Bb major scale and arpeggio exercise b) F major expanding scale exercise c) F minor expanding scale exercise All scales and exercises for treble clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.

Bass clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Db major scale and arpeggio exercise b) Ab major expanding scale c) Ab minor expanding scale All scales and exercises for bass clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.



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Group A

Piece

Arban Bevan Grieg

The Carnival of Venice Courante Solveig’s Song

Jacob Maschwitz & Sherwin Proctor Smalley Vaughan Williams

First Solos for the Tuba Player [] Handel’s Third Tuba Concerto [] Great Winners for Tuba* [ or ]

Mazurka Tuba Suite [] A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Big Chillers for Tuba [ or ] Blue Potato Tuber Music [ or ] Tuba Power [/] Six Studies in English Folksong, no. 1: Adagio and no. 2: Andante sostenuto [sep. piano accomp.] []

Publisher Schirmer Piccolo Press Brass Wind 0132TC or 0137BC Boosey Brass Wind 1151TC/BC Brass Wind 2126TC/BC Studio

Stainer H174 [tuba ] H47 [piano]

Group B Berlin Gershwin Gordon & Warren Parker

Let’s Face the Music, and Dance I Got Rhythm

Ramskill

Chattanooga Choo Choo Ground Force or Mapp and Lucia In the Fast Lane

Williams

Raiders March

Group C (unaccompanied) Bourgeois Davis Hering Kopprasch Lawrance McKenzie Nightingale

Contented or Joyful Heads or Tails or Hornpipe Study no. 30 or Study no. 33 Study no. 42

Brass Wind Let’s Face the Music for Tuba/Eb Bass [ or ] 2134TC/BC A Little Light Music For Tuba Brass Wind 2121E [TC] [ or ] or 2121T [] Brass Wind 2121E [] A Little Light Music For Tuba [ or ] or 2121T [] The Music of Jim Parker Brass Wind for Tuba/Eb Bass [ or ] 1132E [] or 1132T [] Jazzed Up Too [ or ] Brass Wind 1111E [] or 1111T [] Great Winners for Tuba* [ or ] Brass Wind 0132TC or 0137BC Per Tuba Ad Astra [ or ] Polished Brass []

Brass Wind 1122TC/BC Brass Wind 6022TC

Fischer 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [] 60 Selected Studies for Bb Tuba [] King/Leduc AL 28601 Featuring Melody for Tuba [ or ] Brass Wind 6017TC/BC Music Makes the World Go Round [/] Con moto

Stomp Off Cerga or Krivo Horo Passion Fruit Samba, no. 18 or The Turkey, no. 22 Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [ ed.]

Warwick

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either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: G major (two octaves) B major (to 12th) G minor (two octaves): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor B minor (to 12th): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor Whole-tone scale starting on G (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on G (two octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: G major (two octaves) B major (to 12th) G minor (two octaves) B minor (to 12th) Dominant 7th in the key of G (one octave)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: Bb major (two octaves) D major (to 12th) Bb minor (two octaves): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor D minor (to 12th): candidate’s choice of either harmonic or melodic minor Whole-tone scale starting on Bb (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on Bb (two octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner: Bb major (two octaves) D major (to 12th) Bb minor (two octaves) D minor (to 12th) Dominant 7th in the key of Bb (one octave) 140


or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) B major scale and arpeggio exercise b) B minor scale and arpeggio exercise c) G major expanding scale exercise d) G minor expanding scale exercise All scales and exercises for treble clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.

Bass clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) D major scale and arpeggio exercise b) D minor scale and arpeggio exercise c) Bb major expanding scale d) Bb minor expanding scale All scales and exercises for bass clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.



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Group A

Piece

Capuzzi

Andante from Andante and Rondo (from Concerto for Double Bass) Hinrichsen H1474 Fighting Windmills (from Sketches from Don Quixote) [ or ] Brass Wind 2111TC/BC Concertino for Tuba & Piano, 3rd movt Robert King Horn Concerto no. 4, Rondo or Romanza (from Classics for Tuba) Studio Allegro from Sonata no. 3 Belwin Mills BW100473

Clarke Frackenpohl Mozart Vivaldi

Publisher

Group B Harbach & Kern Jacob Proctor Proctor Waller Wilder

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Lets Face the Music for Tuba/Eb Bass) [ or ] Tuba Suite, Hornpipe or Saraband Circle Line Dance (from Take the Tube for Tuba & Piano) [ or ] Swing That Yam (from Tuber Music) [ or ] Ain’t Misbehaving (from Big Chillers for Tuba) [ or ] Suite no. 1 (Effie Suite), Effie Goes Folk Dancing []

Brass Wind 2134TC/BC Boosey Brass Wind 2129TC/BC Brass Wind 2126TC/BC Brass Wind 1151TC/BC Margun Music

Group C (unaccompanied) Bourgeois Hartley Kopprasch McKenzie Muczynski Swerts

Carefree or Convivial (from Per Tuba Ad Astra) [ or ] Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba, any two movements [] Study no. 26 (from 60 Selected Studies for Bb Tuba) [] Czardas or Jota (from Rhythms of Life) [/] Impromptus for Solo Tuba op. 32, no. 3: Allegro moderato [] Tuba Rag (from Performance Studies) [/]

Brass Wind 1122TC/BC Elkan-Vogel King/Leduc Con moto Schirmer de Haske





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either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: A and F# major (two octaves) A and F# harmonic minor (two octaves) A and F# melodic minor (two octaves) Whole-tone scale starting on A (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on A (two octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: A and F# major (two octaves) A and F# minor (two octaves Dominant 7th in the key of A (one octave) Diminished 7th starting on A (two octaves) Augmented arpeggio starting on A (two octaves)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: C and A major (two octaves) C and A harmonic minor (two octaves) C and A melodic minor (two octaves) Whole-tone scale starting on C (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on C (two octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: C and A major (two octaves) C and A minor (two octaves) Dominant 7th in the key of C (one octave) Diminished 7th starting on C (two octaves) Augmented arpeggio starting on C (two octaves)

or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Key centre exercise in A b) A major expanding scale c) A minor expanding scale d) A major scale in 3rds e) A minor scale in 3rds All scales and exercises for treble clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall. 143


Bass clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Key centre exercise in C b) C major expanding scale c) C minor expanding scale d) C major scale in 3rds e) C minor scale in 3rds All scales and exercises for bass clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.

Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks) Candidates to prepare i) and ii):

i) Sight Reading (see page 11) ii) Aural (see page 14) or Improvisation (see page 18)

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Group A J S Bach Capuzzi Handel Senaillé

Piece

Sarabande for Tuba & Piano, Allegro moderato or Sarabande [] Rondo from Andante and Rondo (from Concerto for Double Bass) Sonata in C, 3rd movt: Larghetto and 4th movt: Gavotte [] Introduction and Allegro Spiritoso [complete] []

Publisher EMR 278 Hinrichsen H1474 EMR 230 Hinrichsen 853

Group B Hindemith Koetsier Proctor Ridout Wilder

Sonata for Tuba & Piano, 1st movt: Allegro pesante or 2nd movt: Allegro assai [] Schott ED 4636 Sonatina op. 57, 1st movt: Allegro [] EMR 239 Piccadilly Polka (from Take the Tube for Tuba & Piano) [ or ] Brass Wind 2129TC/BC Concertino for Tuba and Strings, any two movements [] Emerson E139 Suite no. 1 (Effie Suite), Effie Joins the Carnival [] Margun Music

Group C (unaccompanied) J S Bach Bourgeois Bourgeois Kopprasch McKenzie Moren Muczynski

Suite no. 1 in G, Menuetto I or Menuetto II (from J S Bach Suites for Cello) [adapted for the Bass Trombone] [] Leduc AL 25953 Fantasy Pieces for Tuba, no. 1: Allegro moderato or no. 4: Commodo [ or ] Brass Wind 3106BC Complex (from Per Tuba Ad Astra) [ or ] Brass Wind 1122TC/BC Study no. 44 (from 60 Selected Studies for Bb Tuba) [] King/Leduc Klezmer or Malaguena (from Rhythms of Life) [/] Con moto Bagatelle or Divertimento (from Performance Studies) [/] de Haske Impromptus for Solo Tuba op. 32, no. 2: Andante and no. 5: Allegro giocoso [] Schirmer






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either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: B and Bb major (two octaves) B and Bb harmonic minor (two octaves) B and Bb melodic minor (two octaves) Whole-tone scale starting on B and Bb (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on B and Bb (two octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: B and Bb major (two octaves) B and Bb minor (two octaves) Dominant 7th in the keys of B and Bb (one octave) Diminished 7th starting on B and Bb (two octaves) Augmented arpeggio starting on B and Bb (two octaves)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: Candidates may choose either upper or lower octaves for B Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) D and Db major (two octaves) D and C# harmonic minor (two octaves) D and C# melodic minor (two octaves) Whole-tone scale starting on D and Db (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on D and Db (two octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: D and Db major (two octaves) D and C# minor (two octaves) Dominant 7th in the keys of D and Db (one octave) Diminished 7th starting on D and Db (two octaves) Augmented arpeggio starting on D and Db (two octaves)

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or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Key centre exercise in Bb b) Bb major expanding scale exercise c) B minor expanding scale exercise d) B major scale in 3rds exercise e) Bb minor scale in 3rds exercise All scales and exercises for treble clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.

Bass clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Key centre exercise in Db b) Db major expanding scale c) D minor expanding scale d) D major scale in 3rds e) C# minor scale in 3rds All scales and exercises for bass clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.



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Group A Bourgeois Ellerby Gregson Newton Vaughan Williams

Group B Brahms Gluck Hindemith Jacob Koetsier Monti

Piece

Sonata for Tuba and Piano op. 204, 3rd movt [] Tuba Concerto, from letter N to the end [] Tuba Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro deciso or 3rd movt: Allegro giocoso [with cadenza] [] Cappriccio

Publisher Brass Wind 3120 Maecenas Novello NOV120484 Winwood

Concerto for Bass Tuba, any one movement [with cadenzas] [] Hungarian Dance no. 5 (from Classics for Tuba) [/] Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Classics for Tuba) [/] Sonata for Tuba & Piano, 3rd movt: Variations [] Tuba Suite, Galop [with cadenza] [] Sonatina op. 57, 2nd movt: Tempo di minuetto and 3rd movt: Allegro moderato [] Czardas for Tuba & Piano []

OUP

Studio Studio Schott ED 4636 Boosey EMR 239 EMR 272

Group C (unaccompanied) Arnold J S Bach J S Bach Bourgeois Ellerby Persichetti Vizzutti

Fantasy for Tuba op. 102 [] Faber Suite no. 5, Gigue in C minor (from J S Bach Suites for Cello) [adapted for the bass trombone] [] Leduc AL 25953 Vivace from a ‘Cello Suite (from The Thomas Wyss Tuba Collection) Kirklees Fantasy Pieces for Tuba, no. 6: Allegro moderato or no. 8: Moderato pesante [ or ] Brass Wind 3106TC/BC El Patricko Latino (from Performance Studies) [/] de Haske Serenade no. 12 for Solo Tuba, op. 88, Intrada and Capriccio [] Elkan-Vogel 164-00062 Fast and Rhythmic (from Performance Studies) [/] de Haske




Bass clef a) Lip Flexibility Grade 8 no. 1 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) b) Lip Flexibility Grade 8 no. 2 (from Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass) c) Exercise no. 28 or no. 29 (from How Tuba Players Do It) 148



either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) Treble clef Scales: The following scales to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued or slurred in pairs as requested by the examiner: C, Ab and F# major (two octaves) C, Ab and F# harmonic minor (two octaves) C, Ab and F# melodic minor (two octaves) Whole-tone scale starting on C, Ab and F# (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on C, Ab and F# (two octaves) Crabwise scale from C and G (two octaves — tongued or slurred in octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: C, Ab and F# major (two octaves) C, Ab and F# minor (two octaves) Dominant 7th in the key of C (two octaves) Dominant 7th in the keys of Ab and F# (one octave) Diminished 7th starting on C, Ab and F# (two octaves) Augmented arpeggio starting on C, Ab and F# (two octaves)

Bass clef Scales: The following scales to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued or slurred in pairs as requested by the examiner: Eb, B and A major (two octaves) Eb, B and A harmonic minor (two octaves) Eb, B and A melodic minor (two octaves) Whole-tone scale starting on Eb, B and A (two octaves) Chromatic scale starting on Eb, B and A (two octaves) Crabwise scale from Bb and Eb (two octaves — tongued or slurred in octaves)

Arpeggios: The following arpeggios to be performed f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the examiner: Eb, B and A major (two octaves) Eb, B and A minor (two octaves) Dominant 7th in the key of Eb (two octaves) Dominant 7th in the keys of A and B (one octave) Diminished 7th starting on Eb, B and A (two octaves) Augmented arpeggio starting on Eb, B and A (two octaves)

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or ii) Exercise Treble clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Key centre exercise in the keys of C, Ab and F# b) Crabwise scale from G in 3rds All scales and exercises for treble clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.

Bass clef The following exercises to be played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner: a) Key centre exercise in the keys of Eb, B and A b) Crabwise scale from Bb in 3rds All scales and exercises for bass clef are contained in the book Scales and Exercises for Bass Clef Brass published by Trinity Guildhall.



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