Brass Syllabus
2013–2014
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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Range of qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About the exams
Structure, Order of exam, Pass bands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Assessment, Length of the exam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
During the exam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pieces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Special educational needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Technical Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Supporting Tests:
Sight Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transposition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Aural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Improvisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Musical Knowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Certificate exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Requirements:
French Horn (subject code: HRN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Eb Tenor Horn (subject code: TEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel Horn (subject codes: TPT/COR/FLG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Eb Soprano Cornet (subject code: SPC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Euphonium/Baritone (subject codes: EUP/BTN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Trombone (subject code: TBN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Bass Trombone (subject code: BT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Tuba/Eb Bass/Bb Bass (subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Music publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Brass Syllabus 2013–2014
Introduction
I am delighted to introduce this syllabus containing details of Grade and Certificate exams for brass
instruments valid from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014.
Trinity College London (‘Trinity’) syllabuses have gained international acclaim for their innovative mark
schemes, breadth of repertoire and flexibility of choice.
Performing is at the heart of Trinity Grade exams, which is key to their continued success around the
world. Certificate exams offer an alternative to Grade assessments; designed as mini-recitals, they place
increased emphasis on performance and presentation.
Further information on all our exams including full details of our assessment criteria and additional
supporting materials for teachers and candidates can be found on www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music
('our website'). Please check our website regularly for any updates or corrections.
We hope you enjoy exploring the music on offer in this syllabus, and wish you every success in your
exams and wider music-making.
Nicholas Keyworth
Chief Examiner for Music
For essential information about our entry and exam requirements, the conduct of our exams, as
well as our processes and procedures, please read our Information & Regulations booklet or visit
www.trinitycollege.co.uk/essentialinformation
Trinity accepts entries for its exams on condition that candidates conform to the requirements of the
appropriate current syllabus. Any amendments to the requirements will be published and advertised
via our website and in subsequent printed syllabuses.
Trinity College London is an awarding body recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations
Regulation (Ofqual) in England, the Welsh Government (WG), and the Northern Ireland Council for
the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA). Trinity’s qualifications are regulated by these
authorities within the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). Various arrangements are in place with
governmental education authorities worldwide.
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Range of qualifications
Trinity qualifications offer a variety of routes through which candidates can progress in their musical
studies. Candidates may enter Grades, Certificates or any combination of the two, and need not pass
every preceding level to progress on to the next. Each level is supported by the Theory syllabus and
exams that develop a greater understanding of music and notation.
No theory qualifications or other prerequisites are required in order to enter for Trinity’s Grade and
Certificates exams in music.
Beyond Grade 8, candidates should consider Trinity’s suite of Diploma exams at ATCL, LTCL and FTCL
levels offering qualifications in performance, teaching, theory and composition. Rock & Pop exams are
also available for bass, drums, guitar, keyboards and vocals as well as jazz exams for flute, clarinet
and saxophone.
QCF
Level
Solo
Certificate
Group
Certificate
Music
Tracks
6
4
2
1
Advanced
Intermediate
Foundation
Entry
Level 3
Entry
Level
1&2
Advanced
Theory
& Written
Grade 8
Grade 8
Grade 8
Grade 7
Grade 7
Grade 7
Grade 6
Grade 6
Grade 6
Grade 5
Grade 5
Grade 5
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 4
Grade 3
Grade 3
Grade 3
Track 2*
Grade 2
Grade 2
Grade 2
Track 1*
Grade 1
Grade 1
Grade 1
Initial
Track*
Initial
Initial
Intermediate
Foundation
First Access Track: whole-class instrumental and vocal teaching*
* UK only from 2013
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Rock
& Pop
FTCL Diploma
LTCL Diploma
ATCL Diploma
Qualifications in:
Performance (recital); Teaching;
Theory (written); Composition
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3
Classical
& Jazz
About the exams
Structure
Grades 1– 5
Max.
marks
Grades 6–8
Max.
marks
Solo and Ensemble
Certificates
Piece 1
22
Piece 1
22
Performance
90
Piece 2
22
Piece 2
22
Piece 3
22
Piece 3
22
Technical Work
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Technical Work
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Presentation
Skills
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ither Scales &
E
Arpeggios
or
Exercises
Supporting Tests
Any TWO of the
following:
E
ither Scales &
Arpeggios
or
Exercises
10
10
Sight Reading
(including
transposition for
French Horn from
Grade 4)
or
Aural
or
Improvisation
or
Musical Knowledge
Total
Supporting Test 1
10
ight Reading
S
(including
transposition for
Trumpet from
Grade 6)
Supporting Test 2
10
One of the
following:
Improvisation
or
Aural
100
100
100
Order of exam
Candidates may present the elements of the exam in an order of their choice and should indicate their
preferred sequence on the appointment form, which is given to the examiner when entering the exam
room. If no preference is indicated, in exams for accompanied instruments, Pieces will normally be heard
first and for unaccompanied instruments Technical Work will be heard first.
Pass bands
Pass Band
Mark
Distinction
87–100
Merit
75–86
Pass
60–74
Below Pass 1
45–59
Below Pass 2
0–44
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About the exams
Assessment
Comments and marks are given for each section of the exam. It is not necessary to pass each section
of the exam to achieve an overall pass. Pieces are assessed by three distinct components:
Grade exam
Pieces
Certificate exam
Programme
Notational Accuracy & Fluency: the observation and
realisation of the notes and any other details in the
musical score
7
30
Technical Facility: the ability to control the
instrument effectively with things such as tone,
breath control and articulation
7
30
Communication & Interpretation: the interpretation of
the music and the way it conveys a sense of contextual
understanding and audience engagement
8
30
Total
22
90
For more information on assessment and the criteria examiners use to mark the exams
visit our website.
Length of the exam
Exams are designed to allow sufficient time for setting up and tuning in the exam room and performing
all the necessary components. However, candidates are expected to arrive at least 15 minutes before the
start time to allow for warming up the instrument and any other appropriate preparation.
Initial and Grade exams
Certificate exams
Level
Exam Duration
(minutes)
Level
Programme
Duration (minutes)
Exam Duration
(minutes)
Grade 1
13
Grade 2
13
Grade 3
13
Foundation
8–10
13
Grade 4
18
Grade 5
18
Intermediate
15–20
23
Grade 6
23
Grade 7
23
Grade 8
28
Advanced
25–30
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Certificate exams have a required overall timing for the chosen programme. Candidates should be aware
that over-/under-running by more than 10% will result in marks being deducted.
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About the exams
During the exam
Candidates should note that:
 t hey may play or sing a few notes before the exam starts to get used to the acoustics
of the room
 examiners may choose to curtail any performance once they have formed a judgement.
Instruments and accessories
 T
he standard exam room will be equipped with a tuned piano, an adjustable stool and
a music stand.
 T
rinity will not accept any liability in the event of any candidate’s property being lost, stolen
or damaged either while in transit to and from the exam centre or at any time during the
exam itself.
Special circumstances
 W
hen the exam is underway, no external person other than the examiner and the candidate
(and accompanist and/or page turner if necessary) is allowed inside the exam room except in
special cases such as with an interpreter, facilitator, or assistant for a candidate with special
educational needs. Trinity’s London office must approve such arrangements in writing before
an entry is made.
 N
o photography or unauthorised audio or video recording is permitted during the exam except
by Trinity examiners for moderation and/or training purposes.
 A
ll exams are assessed on the basis of the performance given on the day of the exam, without
regard to any external circumstances.
Syllabus infringements
ny syllabus infringements (e.g. performing an incorrect item) may be reported directly to Trinity’s
A
London office by the examiner. Exam reports may be withheld until the outcome of any referred
exam has been considered by Trinity.
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About the exams
Pieces
Musical instructions
 All pieces should be prepared in full unless otherwise stated.
 R
epeats of more than a few bars should not be played unless instructed otherwise in the syllabus
or exam publications.
 A
ll da capo and dal segno instructions should be observed, as should 1st and 2nd time bars where
repeats are included.
 Cadenzas should be omitted unless instructed otherwise in the syllabus.
 Long introductions, tuttis and endings should be shortened as appropriate.
 Trills and other appropriate ornamentation are expected, particularly in the higher grades.
 A
ll tempo and performance markings should be observed (e.g. Allegro, rall., crescendo). Metronome
marks are given as a guide.
Page turners and accompaniments
 C
andidates are responsible for providing their own accompanists. Solo performances of
accompanied pieces are not permitted.
 D
ifficult page turns should be overcome by photocopying the relevant pages. Page turners may
assist the accompanist in Grade 6–8 exams.
 Accompanists and page turners may only remain in the exam room when needed.
 C
andidates may use a backing track or recording of the piano accompaniment in exams up to
and including Grade 3. Recordings of accompaniments need not be commercial products but
must always be of a good quality and not include the solo part.
 C
andidates are responsible for providing and operating their own playback equipment where
necessary. This must be able to produce a good sound quality with adequate volume. Contact
should be made with the centre well in advance to confirm the arrangements (power supply,
equipment insurance, etc.). In all cases, arrangements must be agreed with the Trinity Local
Area Representative.
Playing from memory
Candidates may choose to perform any or all of their pieces from memory, which may improve note
security and confidence. However, no separate or additional marks are given specifically for memorisation.
Music and copies
 C
andidates must bring an original copy (or an authorised download) of all music performed into
the exam room, even if they are performing from memory. Failure to do so may result in no marks
being awarded for that piece.
 Handwritten or typeset copies may be used, provided an original copy is also present.
 S
heet music can also be purchased or downloaded digitally. In this case, candidates should bring
proof of purchase or write the web address on top of the music for the examiner’s reference.
 G
uidelines regarding the legitimacy of all forms of sheet music can be obtained from the
UK Music Publishers Association’s Code of Fair Practice, available at www.mpaonline.org.uk
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About the exams
 C
andidates for graded exams are encouraged to bring photocopies of pieces not published by
Trinity to their exam as reference copies for the examiner, although no marks will be lost for not
doing so. Photocopies can legitimately be used for this purpose, providing an original copy of the
music is also in the room.
 C
andidates for Certificate exams must always bring copies of the music they are playing
for the examiner.
 Any photocopies will be retained by the examiner and destroyed after the exam.
Editions
Recommended editions are listed in the syllabus. Candidates are free to perform from any other
edition, provided that it has not been shortened or otherwise simplified. When a particular edition
must be used this is indicated in the syllabus. Product codes for publications have been included
where possible.
Special educational needs
Requests for provision for special educational needs
Trinity aims to make its exams as accessible as possible. In addition, Trinity adopts the guidelines of
the UK’s regulatory authorities and those of the Joint Council for Qualifications.
Trinity can make reasonable adjustments to the exam and its procedures according to an individual’s
special educational needs if deemed appropriate. Each candidate will always be assessed to the same
standard as every other candidate.
Applying for provision for special educational needs
A special educational needs provision application form is available from our website or from your
Trinity Local Area Representative. The form should be completed and sent with the candidate’s entry
form together with evidence to support the application.
Further information of Trinity’s provision for candidates with special educational needs can be
found on our website.
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About the exams
Composition
Candidates may offer one of their own compositions as any one of the pieces in the exam. The focus
of the assessment will be on the performance following the normal marking scheme.
 The technical and musical demand must be comparable to the listed pieces at the same level.
 Compositions may be unaccompanied or accompanied.
 C
ompositions should be substantially the candidate’s unaided work, although teachers may offer
guidance as necessary.
 T
wo copies of the composition must be brought to the exam room. One must be handed to the
examiner at the start of the exam and will be retained.
 The candidate’s name and number should be clearly shown at the start of the composition
 The composition may be handwritten or produced electronically.
 C
ompositions from Initial–Grade 5 may be presented in any coherent form of notation, which
may include lead sheet or graphic notation.
 Compositions at Grades 6–8 must be presented in staff notation.
 M
arks will be deducted if the notation is incomplete, inaccurate or if the performance varies
significantly from what is written.
Specific composition requirements:
Grade
Duration
(minutes)
Requirements
Initial
1–2
A piece containing sudden changes
Grade 1
1.5–2.5
A piece containing sudden dynamic contrast
Grade 2
1.5–2.5
A piece contrasting legato and staccato passages
Grade 3
1.5–2.5
A piece which starts quietly and simply, and builds to a loud,
grand climax
Grade 4
2.5–3.5
A piece with long melodic phrases
Grade 5
2.5–3.5
A piece containing many wide leaps
Grade 6
3.5–4.5
A piece contrasting material in the high and low registers
Grade 7
3.5–4.5
A piece featuring several different tuplets within the same
pulse (e.g. duplets, triplets, etc.)
Grade 8
4.5–5.5
A piece featuring a variety of effects
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About the exams
Instruments
Tuning
Candidates are responsible for the tuning of their instruments. Up to and including Grade 5 the teacher
or accompanist may assist with tuning. From Grade 6, candidates are expected to tune or adjust their
instrument without assistance.
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel Horn
From Grade 3, candidates may offer up to one piece on another instrument — e.g. cornet, flugel horn
or piccolo trumpet in a trumpet exam — but technical work and supporting tests must be performed on
the instrument for which the entry was made.
Euphonium/Baritone/Trombone
The euphonium/baritone/trombone syllabus is designed for players reading either treble or bass clef.
Scales may be presented in either clef. Pieces may be transposed. An Eb Alto Trombone may be used
only for Grades 1 and 2. Where the music is not published in the appropriate clef or key, a transposition
may be used.
Bass Trombone
The bass trombone syllabus is designed for players with a single trigger instrument at Grades 6 and 7,
but at Grade 8 much of the repertoire and technical work may include low B naturals.
Tuba/Eb Bass/Bb Bass
The tuba syllabus is designed for Eb tuba players, reading in either treble or bass clef. All the pieces
up to Grade 5 should be playable on a three-valve instrument. From Grade 6, most of the pieces are
playable on a four-valve instrument.
Scales may be presented in either clef. Pieces may be in either clef, or transposed if necessary. Where
the music is not published in the appropriate clef, a transposition may be used.
Bb bass players may use the same repertoire, transposing either solo or piano parts as necessary, or
repertoire may be selected from the euphonium syllabus. They should follow the Eb tuba treble clef
scale lists.
Players on F and C tubas may transpose either solo or piano parts as appropriate. Scale requirements
for F, C and Bb tubas reading in bass clef are downloadable from our website.
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About the exams
Technical Work
This section of the exam encourages the development of appropriate technical skills. Candidates
should aim for accuracy at an appropriate tempo with even control of rhythm and tone. Higher marks
are given for attention to musical shaping, and the promptness and confidence of delivery.
Candidates can choose between the following two options:
either Scales and Arpeggios
 All scales and arpeggios to be performed from memory.
 A
ll scales and arpeggios to be performed ascending then descending. A breath may be taken
at the top of the scale/arpeggio.
or Exercises
 Exercises may be played either from memory or using the printed music.
 W
here there is a choice, the candidates should prepare three exercises and write these on
the appointment form.
 The candidate should play the first one written down first.
 The examiner will choose one of the others so only two exercises will be heard.
Tempi for scales and arpeggios
A minimum pace is required, increasing gradually grade by grade.
Grade
Scales & arpeggios
Grade 1
q = 46–60
Grade 2
q = 50–66
Grade 3
q = 54–72
Grade 4
q = 60–104
Grade 5
q = 66–112
Grade 6
q = 72–120
Grade 7
q = 80–126
Grade 8
q = 88–132
Support for preparing Scales and Arpeggios
Trinity publishes books of scales and arpeggios for all brass instruments which are available to
purchase. Articulation patterns and ranges for scales and arpeggios are also available free from our
website.
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About the exams
Supporting Tests
All candidates of graded exams prepare two supporting tests for their exam; this allows candidates to
select supporting tests that draw on their strengths and interests. Trinity provides additional support and
resources for teaching and learning, please visit our website for more information.
Sight Reading
Sight Reading tests are set at the level of a piece prescribed approximately two grades lower than the
grade undertaken; for instance, Grade 5 candidates will be given a piece of about Grade 3 level.
Candidates will be allowed 30 seconds to study the test before they attempt it. During this time they may
practise and try out the music. The examiner will then invite the candidate to perform the test
for assessment.
Examples of Sight Reading tests can be found in Trinity’s Sound at Sight series available from your local
music retailer or from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/onlinestore
Tests meet the following parameters:
Grade
Time
signatures
Note
values
Dynamics
& tempi
Technical requirements
&/ ?
Valved Brass
& French Horn
Trombone
(cumulative*)
(cumulative*)
(cumulative*)
(cumulative*)
(cumulative*)
Grade 1
2, 4
q and h
mf , moderato
Tongued notes
only. Three valves
together not used
Staccato tongued
notes only; 7th
position and Bb–C
(?) not used.
Straightforward
slide positions.
Grade 2
3
_î
w
h. , and
f , allegretto
easy 2-note slurs
and ties
Bb–C (?) introduced
Grade 3
e, Î , _·
p, andante
3 valves together;
slurred groups
Grade 4
q. , ä
cresc. and
decresc.
accents; staccato
mp, rall., rit. and
a tempo,
Grade 5
6
x (groups of 2
& 4) and Å
Grade 6
8
dotted quaver/ accel. and
allegro.
semiquaver
Grade 7
9
triplets
2 and
2
Grade 8 changing time duplets
signatures
simple tenor clef
(? readers only);
7th position
Horn only: bass clef glissando
* Tests may also include requirements from preceding grades.
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About the exams
Grade
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
? Trombone
Valved
& Brass
Valved
? Brass
&
C
Bb
C
Bb
C
Bb
C
Bb
major
F
Eb
G
F
minor
D
C
D
C
major
Bb, G
Ab, F
D, G
C, F
minor
plus
accidentals
plus
accidentals
A plus
accidentals
G plus
accidentals
major
D
C
Bb, A
Ab, G
minor
A, E
G, D
E
D
major
Eb
Db
F
Eb
minor
B, G
A, F
major
A, Ab
G, F#
E
D
minor
C, F#
Bb, E
F#
E
all
all
all
all
major
Trombone
minor
major
minor
major
minor
Range of
test
fifth
sixth
octave
tenth
twelfth
thirteenth
2 octaves
2 octaves
plus 1 note
Transposition
French Horn Grades 4–8 and Trumpet Grades 6–8 only
The sight reading test for these candidates simulates an orchestral or band situation. Candidates will
be asked to transpose their sight reading from the written key of C major into the following keys:
Transposition keys
Grade
French Horn
Trumpet in Bb
Grade 4
Eb
Grade 5
Eb
Grade 6
G, E
C
Grade 7
C, D
D, Eb
Grade 8
either A & Ab Alto or B & Bb Basso
at candidate’s choice
E, F
Examples can be found on our website.
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About the exams
Aural
Aural tests are designed to develop the candidate’s abilities in the fields of musical perception,
discrimination, memory, understanding, analysis and response. The questions, which are all based on
one musical example, encourage a deepening of knowledge and are carefully graded from basic skills
to more advanced understanding.
At Grades 3 and 4, the printed copy will be provided in treble, bass or alto clef as appropriate.
Tests meet the following parameters:
Grade
Initial
Grade 1
Grade 2
Parameters
Task
Response
◗ Listen to the melody with
a missing final note
Sing, hum or whistle the final tonic note
major key
4 bars
◗ Listen to the melody twice
Clap the rhythm
2
◗ Listen to the melody once
Identify the melody as mainly legato
or staccato
◗L
isten to three notes from
the melody
Identify the highest or lowest note
◗ Listen to the melody twice
i) Clap back the rhythm
ii) Identify the melody as in 2 or 3 time
major key
4 bars
◗ Listen to the melody once
Identify the last note as higher, lower
or the same as the first note
2 or 3
◗ Listen to the melody once
Identify the melody as mainly legato
or staccato
◗L
isten to the melody twice
with a change of pitch in
the second playing
Identify where the change occurs
◗ Listen to the melody twice
Indicate a sense of the pulse and
time signature during the second playing
◗ Listen to the melody once
Identify the last note as higher, lower or
the same as the first note
major or
minor key
2 or 3
◗ Listen to the melody once
◗L
isten to the melody twice
with a change of rhythm or
pitch in the second playing
i) Identify the melody as major or minor
ii) Explain the dynamics during the
piece, which may also include
crescendo and diminuendo
Identify the change as pitch or rhythm
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About the exams
Grade
Grade 3
Parameters
major or
minor key
3 or 4
Task
Response
◗L
isten to the melody twice
Indicate a sense of the pulse and time
signature during the second playing
Identify the interval formed as a major
◗L
isten to the first two notes
second, minor third, major third, perfect
played from low to high
fourth or perfect fifth
◗L
isten to a triad played
with three notes sounding
together
Identify the triad as major or minor
◗S
tudy a copy of the melody
and listen to it three times
with a change of rhythm
Identify in which bar the change occurred
or pitch in the second and
third playing
Grade 4
◗L
isten to the accompanied
melody twice
Indicate a sense of the pulse and time
signature during the second playing
◗L
isten to the first two
notes played consecutively
Identify the interval as a unison, minor or
major second, minor or major third, perfect
fourth or fifth, minor or major sixth
◗L
isten to the melody once
Identify the cadence as perfect or imperfect
major or
minor key
4 or 6
◗S
tudy a copy of the melody
and listen to it three times
Identify in which bars the changes to pitch
with a change of rhythm
and rhythm occurred
and pitch in the second
and third playing
Grade 5
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major or
minor key
◗ Listen to the piece twice
i) Identify the time signature
ii) Identify the opening as major or minor
iii) Identify any changes in tonality
◗ Listen to the final part of
the piece
Identify the cadence as perfect, imperfect
or interrupted
◗L
isten to two notes from
the melody line played
consecutively
Identify the interval as a unison, minor or
major second, minor or major third, perfect
fourth or fifth, minor or major sixth, minor
or major seventh or an octave
◗ Listen to the piece once
Explain the articulation and the dynamics
◗S
tudy a copy of the piece
and listen to it three times
with a change of rhythm
and of pitch in the melody
line in the second and
third playing
Locate and describe the changes of pitch
and of rhythm
2, 3, 4 or 6
About the exams
Grade
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Parameters
major key
2, 3, 4 or 6
minor key
major or
minor key
Task
Response
◗ Listen to a piece twice
State the time signature and comment after
either or both playings on the main features of
the piece, e.g. phrasing, style and dynamics
◗L
isten to the final part of
the piece
Identify the cadence as perfect, imperfect,
plagal or interrupted
◗L
isten to part of the
piece which modulates.
The opening key will first
be stated and the tonic
chord played
Identify the key to which the music modulates
as dominant, subdominant and relative minor.
Answers may alternatively be given as key
names
◗S
tudy a copy of the
piece and listen to it
twice with two changes
to the melody line
Locate and describe changes as rhythm, pitch
or articulation
◗ Listen to a piece twice
Comment, after either or both playings, on the
main features of the piece, e.g. style, phrasing,
articulation and dynamics
◗L
isten to a passage from
the piece once
Identify the cadence as perfect, imperfect,
plagal or interrupted
◗S
tudy a copy of the first
section of the piece and
listen to it twice with
three changes
Locate and describe three changes of pitch
(of the melody line) or rhythm
◗L
isten to part of the
piece once with a
modified ending. The
opening key will first
be stated and the tonic
chord played
Identify the key to which the music has
modulated as sub-dominant minor, relative
major or dominant of the relative major.
Answers may alternatively be given as
key names
◗ Listen to a piece twice
Describe the significant features of the piece,
e.g. style, rhythm, texture, dynamics, phrasing
and articulation in the form of a short
discussion with the examiner
◗S
tudy a copy of the
music and listen to it
three times with three
areas of changes in the
second and third playing
Locate and describe, after either the second
and/or the third playing, the three changes
as rhythm, melody, harmony, articulation,
dynamics or tempo
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About the exams
Improvisation
This test explores the candidate’s ability to respond fluently, coherently and creatively to a
musical stimulus.
 T
here are three possible types of stimulus a candidate can use in the exam as the starting point for
their improvisation:
–– Melodic: based on a series of pitches
–– Rhythmic: based on a rhythmic idea
–– Chordal: based on a set of chord symbols.
 Candidates indicate their choice of stimulus on the appointment form.
 In the exam the examiner will present the candidate with the notated stimulus.
The examiner will then play the stimulus twice and then invite the candidate to play it back;
this is to ensure the candidate has understood the stimulus.
 For Initial–Grade 5, candidates will be given 30 seconds’ preparation time.
 For Grades 6–8, candidates will be given 60 seconds’ preparation time.
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uring this time they may practise their response. The examiner will then invite the candidate
to perform the test for assessment.
 There are two possible ways of using the chordal stimulus:
–– Unaccompanied: the candidate will be invited to give a solo performance.
–– A
ccompanied by the examiner: the examiner will play through the chord sequence on
a loop while the candidate improvises a melodic line above. The candidate may give
instructions to the examiner regarding performance directions, e.g. tempo and style.
 In all cases the stimulus is just a starting point for the improvisation. Candidates should therefore
develop a response that includes melodic, rhythmic and harmonic interest as appropriate for
their instrument.
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ood responses may also include articulation and dynamic interest and be idiomatic of the voice
or instrument.
 We provide further guidance and examples of responses on our website.
 The parameters are given in the chart on page 19. — —
Written keys for chordal stimulus
All instruments
Grades 1–3
Grades 4–5
(cumulative*)
Grades 6–8
(cumulative*)
C, F & G major
A, D, E, G & B minor
C, F, G, Bb, D, Eb & A major
plus relative minors
* Tests may also include requirements from preceding grades.
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About the exams
Parameters for Improvisation Tests
Grade
Melodic stimulus:
max. range of
given motif
Rhythmic stimulus
Chordal stimulus
(cumulative*)
Phrase played round twice
(cumulative*)
Grade 1
3 notes — one
step one leap —
up to 4th
4
2 bars, crotchets
minims, quavers
4 bar phrase
Major key
I/V
1 chord per bar
Grade 2
4 notes — range up to
5th
with dots
4 bar phrase
Major key
I/IV/V
1 chord per bar
Grade 3
5 notes — range up to
6th
with ties
4 bar phrase
Major key
I/IV/V/ii
1 chord per bar
Grade 4
octave
(diatonic)
2, 3
semiquavers
Grade 5
octave (simple
chromaticism)
Grade 6
Grade 7
4 bar phrase
Minor key
I/IV/V/vi
1 chord per bar
6
8 bar phrase
Major key
I/ii/IV/V and 7ths
1 chord per bar
triplets
8–12 bar phrase
Major or Minor key
I/ii/III/iv/V/VI and
6ths/7ths
1 or 2 chords per bar
7
12–16 bar phrase
Major or Minor key
All chords
6ths/7ths/9ths &
dim/aug
Simple suspensions
1 or 2 chords per bar
twelfth (chromatic)
Grade 8
4 bar phrase
Minor key
I/IV/V
1 chord per bar
* Tests may also include requirements from preceding grades.
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About the exams
Musical Knowledge (Initial–Grade 5 only)
The examiner will ask candidates five questions in the exam, which test their understanding of the
pieces played, their knowledge of the notation and their instrument.
The examiner will first ask candidates to choose their favourite piece from the ones performed in the
exam and will then ask some of the questions on that piece. The examiner will then choose one of the
other pieces performed to complete the questions.
The printed score should be free of annotations except for essential markings such as fingerings,
breath marks, etc. as appropriate. The examiner will usually point to part of the score when
asking the questions.
Sample questions and answers are included in the table below:
Grade
Parameters
Sample question
Sample answer
Pitch names
What is the pitch name of
this note?
G
Note durations
How many beats are there
for this note?
Two
Clefs, stave, barlines
What is this sign?
Treble clef
Identify key/time
signatures
What is this called?
Time signature
Musical terms and
signs (simple)
What is this called?
A pause mark
Note values
What is this note value?
Quaver
Explain key/time
signatures
What does 4 mean?
Four crotchet beats
in a bar
Notes on ledger lines
What is the name of this note?
Bb
Musical terms
and signs (more
comprehensive)
What is the meaning of da capo?
Go back to the start
(cumulative*)
Initial
Grade 1
Grade 2
Parts of the instrument What is this part called?
A bridge
Metronome marks,
grace notes and
ornaments
Explain the sign d = 72
72 crotchet beats
per minute
Intervals
(numerical only)
What is the interval between
these notes?
3rd
Basic posture
Show me a good left hand
position for your instrument
Candidate
demonstrates
* Tests may also include requirements from preceding grades.
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About the exams
Grade
Parameters
Sample question
Sample answer
Relative major/minor
What is the relative major/minor
of this piece?
D minor
Scale/arpeggio pattern
What pattern of notes do you
see here?
Scale
Transposition (for
transposing instruments)
When you play this note, which
note actually sounds?
D
Warm up
How do you warm up for a
piece like this?
Sustaining long
breaths
Modulation to closely
related keys
What key does this music
change to?
A minor
Tonic/dominant triads
Name the notes of the tonic triad
C, E, G
Intervals (full names)
What is the interval between
these notes?
Perfect 5th
Technical challenges
Show me the most challenging
part of this piece and tell me why
Here [candidate
indicates], because of
the awkward leaps
Musical style
What is the style of this piece?
Blues
Musical period
What period of music does this
come from?
Baroque
Musical structures
What is the form of this piece?
Rondo
Subdominant triads
Name the notes of the
subdominant triad
F, A, C
(cumulative*)
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
* Tests may also include requirements from preceding grades.
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About the exams
Certificate exams
Solo Certificate exams
For Certificate repertoire lists please visit
www.trinitycollege.co.uk/certificates
 In Solo Certificate exams candidates can create their own programme to meet the required
programme duration from:
–– The pieces listed on our website.
–– The remainder of the programme can be own choice or own composition.
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ny own choice or own compositions must be of a similar technical and musical level of demand as
the listed pieces for that certificate. More information can be found on our website.
 Trinity does not pre-approve any own-choice repertoire.
Group and Ensemble Certificate exams
 T
hese are available for two or more candidates and offer opportunities for musical
interaction and engagement with other musicians.
 No repertoire or song lists are provided for group and ensemble exams except in Rock & Pop exams.
 E
ach part of the repertoire may be played by one player, as in chamber music, or by
multiple performers.
 Players may change instruments between pieces.
 T
he ensemble must be given a name (e.g. ‘The Proctor Quintet’), which will be printed on the report
form and certificates.
 O
ne written report will be issued for each ensemble. Each member will receive a certificate if the
exam is passed.
 A candidate’s teacher may not take part in an ensemble exam except as a conductor.
Presentation Skills
his is an assessed item in all Certificate exams, which should be approached as if it were a public
T
recital. Consideration will be given to the following areas:
 S
tagecraft — the candidate’s performance will be viewed as a whole from their entry into the exam
room until their exit.
 P
rogramme notes — candidates should present neatly produced programme notes. These could be
in a folded A4 booklet and should include the following items:
–– Date, time and place of the recital.
–– Names of those involved.
–– Titles, composers and a brief description of each piece.
–– Brief biography of the candidate.
 Durations — each piece should have its running time listed in the programme notes.
 Introductions — candidates should briefly introduce their recital or pieces.
 S
ense of occasion — the examiner will expect the candidate and anyone else involved in the exam to
be appropriately dressed and aware of a recital style of presentation.
 P
rogramme notes and introductions may be in any language although an English translation should
always be provided for the examiner.
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Turn over for Grade requirements
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French Horn — Grade 1
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Alan
Ancient Towers
1st Recital Series for F Horn*
Curnow Music CMP 0761-02-400
Bernstein
One Hand, One Heart
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
oswell
Little Donkey
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0118TC
Daly
Postman Pat
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0118TC
Davis
Mordred
Hornets Nest
Brass Wind 0143
Gange
Folk Song or Melody
The Jaunty Horn
Piper Publications HN001/F
Gervaise
Allemande
Bravo! Horn in F
Boosey
Gunning
Echoes or Sad Café
The Really Easy Horn Book
Faber
Jennings &
Horner
Titanic Theme
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Johnson
Evening Shadows
1st Recital Series for F Horn*
Curnow Music CMP 0761-02-400
Pearson
Stepwise
The Really Easy Horn Book
Faber
Purcell
Rigaudon
World Famous Classics
Fentone F 815-400
Randall
Swings and Roundabouts
Broadbent & Dunn 11706
Spiritual
All Night, All Day
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Susato
La Mourisque
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Mirlitons
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Trad.
Russian Lullaby
Horn Solos book 1
Faber
Trad. Scottish The Night Visiting Song
Bravo! Horn in F
Boosey
Wedgwood
Cheeky Cherry
or Hot Chilli
Really Easy Jazzin’ About French Horn
Faber
Group B (unaccompanied)
Davis
Gregson
Mozart
Nightingale
Sparke
Trad.
Geared Up or Tiny Minuet
Hungarian Dance, no. 4
or Lullaby, no. 8
Theme from
a Musical Joke, p. 3
Coo’s Blues, no. 3
or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4
Modal Melody, no. 3
or Ticker Tape Parade, no. 5
Give me Joy in my Heart, p. 6
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Polished Brass
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass
Easy Winners for Treble Brass
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Brass Wind 6022TC
Brass Wind 6002TC
Brass Wind 0124TC
Warwick
Skilful Studies for Horn
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
Winners Galore for Treble Brass
Brass Wind 0118TC
French Horn — Grade 1
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory) — the examiner will select from the following:
Scales:
C major
A minor (candidates choice of natural or
harmonic or melodic minor)
one octave
mf
tongued
Arpeggios:
C major
A minor
or ii) Exercises — the following exercise plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
C major scale and arpeggio exercise (to be played tongued)
(from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 1, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 1, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) Lawrance* Exercise no. 1.1 or no. 1.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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French Horn — Grade 2
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Arbeau
Pavane
(from Orchésographie)
Horn Solos book 1
Faber
Bart
Where Is Love?
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Bissill
Promenade
Going Solo Horn
Faber
Campbell
Hunting Song
Horn Solos book 1
Faber
Court
March Majestic
1st Recital Series for F Horn*
Curnow Music CMP 0761-02-400
Curnow
The Red Balloon
1st Recital Series for F Horn*
Curnow Music CMP 0761-02-400
Davis
Blow Me Down
Hornets Nest
Brass Wind
Di Capua
O Sole Mio
All Jazzed Up for F Horn
Brass Wind 1108F
Gange
A Jaunty Tune
or Slow Dance
The Jaunty Horn
Piper Publications HN001/F
Haydn
St Anthony Chorale
Horn Solos book 1
Faber
Howard &
Blaikley
Miss Marple Theme
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0118TC
Mendelssohn
Nocturne — A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0118TC
Mozart
Aria
Winner Scores All*
Brass Wind 0138TC
Negro Spiritual Nobody Knows
Going Solo Horn
Faber
Osborne & May Eastenders
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Pearson
Girls and Boys
The Really Easy Horn Book
Faber
Pinkard, Carsy
& Bernie
Sweet Georgia Brown
All Jazzed Up for F Horn
Brass Wind 1108F
Purcell
Trumpet Tune
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Randall
Marching Tune
Broadbent & Dunn 11707
Shore
In Dreams
Movie Instrumental Solos for Horn in F**
Faber
Trad.
Men of Harlech
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Wedgwood
Easy Tiger
or Keep Truckin’
Really Easy Jazzin’ About French Horn
Faber
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Davis
Gregson
Nightingale
Sparke
Brite ‘n’ Rock, no. 5
or Chickpea, no. 11
Jumping Jack Rap
or Rat Rag
Gavotte, no. 10
or Justin’s March, no. 14
The Nuthatch, no. 6
or The Sleuth, no. 7
Cowboy Carol, no. 12
or Tom’s Tune, no. 13
Smooth Groove for Horn in F
Brass Wind 1141FTC
Polished Brass
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Skilful Studies for Horn
* Piano accompaniment available separately. ** CD accompaniment only.
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Brass Wind 6002TC
Warwick
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
French Horn — Grade 2
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
D and Bb major
A harmonic minor (candidates may play
melodic or natural minor if preferred)
one octave
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
mf
Arpeggios:
D and Bb major
A minor
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for French Horn published by
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 2, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 2, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) Lawrance* Exercise no. 2.1 or no. 2.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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French Horn — Grade 3
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Bart
Bernstein
Bissill
Brightmore
Food Glorious Food
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
America
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Sad Song
Going Solo Horn
Faber
Any one of Three Easy
Solos for Horn & Piano
Emerson E149
Davis
Taco Taco! or En Cor
Hornets Nest
Brass Wind 0143
Fauré
Pavane, p. 16
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Gossec
Tambourin
World Famous Classics*
Fentone F 815-400
Handel
Largo
World Famous Classics*
Fentone F 815-400
Hanmer
Prelude, no. 1
or Waltz, no. 2
Suite for Horn
Emerson E31
John
Can You Feel the Love
Tonight?
Undercover Hits for F Horn
Brass Wind 1145
Johnson
Excursion
1st Recital Series for F Horn*
Curnow Music CMP 0761-02-400
Lawrance
Carillon or Homage
In Concert for Horn [F edition]
Brass Wind 1104F
Ledbury
Three and Easy
Big Chillers for F Horn
Brass Wind 1154
Lloyd Webber
Close Every Door
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Mancini
Pink Panther
All Jazzed Up for F Horn
Brass Wind 1108F
Mozart
Andante from La ci darem 1st Recital Series for F Horn*
la mano
Curnow Music CMP 0761-02-400
Mozart,
arr. Humphries Ave Verum
Fentone F 413-401
Norman
James Bond Theme, p. 19
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Petty
‘Wheels’ Cha-Cha
Let’s Face the Music for F Horn
Brass Wind 2132
Shore
Evenstar
Lord of the Rings —
Instrumental Solos for Horn in F**
Warner Bros
Tchaikovsky
Humoresque
Going Solo Horn
Faber
Williams
Hedwig’s Theme
Movie Instrumental Solos for Horn in F**
Faber
Woolfenden
Space Patrol
Up Front Album for F Horn book 2
Brass Wind 0114
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Davis
Gregson
Lawrance
Sparke
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
Off Beat or Staccato Ritmico
Contrasts, no. 30
or Shepherd’s Song, no. 33
Smooth Groove for Trumpet
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass
Brass Wind 6002TC
Featuring Melody for Treble Brass
Brass Wind 6006
Skilful Studies for Horn
* Piano accompaniment available separately. ** CD accompaniment only.
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Brass Wind 1141FTC
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
French Horn — Grade 3
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
Eb and G (lower octave) major
C and D minor (candidate’s choice of
either harmonic or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale starting on C
one octave
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
mf
Arpeggios:
Eb and G major
C and D minor
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner:
a) Eb major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) G major scale and arpeggio exercise [lower octave]
c) C minor scale and arpeggio exercise
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for French Horn published by
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 3, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 3, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) Lawrance* Exercise no. 3.1 or no. 3.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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French Horn — Grade 4
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Bernstein
Bissill
Bizet
Carr
Davis
Goodwin
Hanmer
Howard
Humperdinck
Ippolitov-Ivanov
Kosma, Prevert
& Mercer
Mendelssohn
Somewhere
Waltz to Take Away
Theme from L’Arlésienne
Ghosts of Fountains Abbey
Zarabanda
633 Squadron
Finale, no. 4
Fly Me to the Moon
Hänsel and Gretel
Cortège
Great Winners*
Going Solo Horn
Going Solo Horn
Top Line Album Horn [F edition]
Hornets Nest
Great Winners*
Suite for Horn
Latino for Horn in F
Horn Talk
Undercover Hits for F Horn
Publisher
Autumn Leaves
Nocturne (A Midsummer
Night’s Dream)
Nessun Dorma
Blue Moon
Send in the Clowns
Big Chillers for F Horn
Brass Wind 0132TC
Faber
Faber
Brass Wind 1113F
Brass Wind 0143
Brass Wind 0132TC
Emerson E31
Brass Wind 1143
Brass Wind 1135
Brass Wind 1145
Brass Wind 1154
Horn Solos book 1
Faber
Puccini
Going Solo Horn
Faber
Rogers & Hart
Jazzed up Too [F ed.]
Brass Wind 1111F
Sondheim
A Little Light Music for F Horn
Brass Wind 2118
Stölzel/
J S Bach
Bist du bei mir
World Famous Classics*
Fentone F 815-400
Tartini
Sarabande
Festive Baroque for Horn [F/Eb]
De Haske Hal Leonard DHP 1043557-400
Taylor & Dallas Film ‘87
Jazzed up Too [F ed.]
Brass Wind 1111F
Tchaikovsky
Theme from Symphony no. 5 Horn Solos book 1
Faber
Weill
Mack the Knife
Big Chillers for F Horn
Brass Wind 1154
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Davis
Lawrance
Miller
Sparke
Big Band Swing, no. 33
or Latin Lady, no. 32
Irish Jig
or Smart Card [in D major]
Restless or Rondo
No. 1, Scottish Bothie
Opera Buffa, no. 32
or Ursa Minor, no. 35
or Ursa Major, no. 37
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Smooth Groove for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1141FTC
Polished Brass
Featuring Melody for Treble Brass
Progressive Brass Studies
Skilful Studies for Horn
Brass Wind 6022TC
Brass Wind 6006
Faber
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
French Horn — Grade 4
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12) (see page 12) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
F major
F minor (candidate’s choice of either
harmonic or melodic minor)
two octaves
Whole-tone scale starting on F
E major
E minor (candidate’s choice of either
harmonic or melodic minor)
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
mf
one octave
Chromatic scale starting on C
Arpeggios:
F major
F minor
two octaves
E major
E minor
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner:
a) E major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) F major expanding scale exercise [upper or lower octave at candidate’s choice]
c) F minor expanding scale exercise [upper or lower octave at candidate’s choice]
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for French Horn published by
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 4, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 4, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) Lawrance* Exercise no. 4.1 or no. 4.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading with
Transposition
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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French Horn — Grade 5
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Ahbez
Bernstein
Bissill
Bonfa
Cherubini
Damase
Godfrey
Nature Boy
Latino for F Horn
Brass Wind 1143
Maria
A Little Light Music for F Horn
Brass Wind 2118
March of the Gimps
Going Solo Horn
Faber
Manha de Carnaval
Latino for F Horn
Brass Wind 1143
Sonata no. 1
Two Sonatas (Concert Etudes)
Schirmer GS33559
Berceuse op. 19
Leduc AL 20897
Three Impromptus, 1st movt:
Prelude or 3rd movt: Gigue
Brass Wind 2144
Mirth Admit Me Of Thy Crew Horn Solos book 2
Faber
As Time Goes By
Big Chillers for F Horn
Brass Wind 1154
Concerto no. 3 in Eb, K. 447,
2nd movt: Romance
Bärenreiter BA 5312-90
Blues Train
Top Line Album Horn [F ed.]
Brass Wind 1113F
Mapp and Lucia
The Music of Jim Parker for F Horn
Brass Wind 1133
Midsomer Murders
The Music of Jim Parker for F Horn
Brass Wind 1133
In the Fast Lane
Jazzed up Too [F ed.]
Brass Wind 1111F
Romance op. 36
Solos for the Horn Player
Schirmer GS33005
Handel
Hupfeld
Mozart
Parker
Parker
Parker
Ramskill
Saint-Saëns
Saint-Saëns,
arr. Humphries
Shostakovich
Sondheim
Warren &
Gordon
Williams
Woolfenden
Book
Publisher
The Swan
Romance
Undercover Hits for F Horn
Send in the Clowns
A Little Light Music for F Horn
Fentone F 202-401
Brass Wind 1145
Brass Wind 2118
Chatanooga Choo Choo
Raiders March
Shore Dance
or Moonlight Rumba
Brass Wind 1154
Brass Wind 0132TC
Big Chillers for F Horn
Great Winners*
Horn Dances
Brass Wind 1126
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourée 1 from Suite no. 3
Six Suites for Cello [trans. Hoss]
Southern Music HL03770619
Davis
Logoland [in C major]
or Heads or Tails
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
Franz
Etude no. 7 or Etude no. 9
Etudes and Concert Etudes
Kalmus K 04523
Lawrance
Hornpipe or Romanza
Featuring Melody for Treble Brass
Brass Wind 6006
Lawrance
Interlude for Horn in F
In Concert for Horn [F ed.]
Brass Wind 1104F
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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French Horn — Grade 5
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
G and Eb major
G and Eb minor
Whole-tone scale starting on G
Chromatic scale starting on G
two octaves
mf
Arpeggios:
G and Eb major
G and Eb minor
Dominant 7th in the key of G
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner.
The candidate may choose to play these exercises at either the upper or lower octave.
a) Eb major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) Eb minor scale and arpeggio exercise
c) G major expanding scale
d) G minor expanding scale
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for French Horn published by
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 5, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 5, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) *Lawrance Exercise no. 5.1 or no. 5.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading with
Transposition
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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French Horn — Grade 6
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Arlen & Harburg
Boyce
Bozza
Brahms
(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow
Studio
1st movt from Symphony no. 4 (from O Solo Mio [F ed.])
Brass Wind 2114F
En Irlande
Leduc
Scherzo from Serenade in D, op. 11
(from Solos for the Horn Player)
Schirmer GS33005
Dunhill
Cornucopia, 2nd movt: Allegro vivo and 3rd movt: Poco adagio
Boosey
East
Four Occasional Pieces, no. 1 and no. 2
Ricordi London RICL00000500
Gershwin
I Got Rhythm (from A Little Light Music for F Horn)
Brass Wind 2118
Gounod
No. 3 (from 6 pièces mélodiques originales vol. 2)
Billaudot GB3367
Harbach & Kern Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Let’s Face the Music for F Horn)
Brass Wind 2132
Hindemith
Horn Sonata 1939, 2nd movt: Ruhig bewegt
Schott
Larsson
Concertino op. 45 no. 5, 2nd movt: Lento cantabile
Carl Gehrmans Musikforlag
Lawrance
Elegy or Carnival (from In Concert for Horn [F edition])
Brass Wind 1104F
Mancini
Moon River (from Let’s Face the Music for F Horn)
Brass Wind 2132
Mozart
Concerto no. 3 in Eb, K. 447, 3rd movt: Allegro
Bärenreiter BA 5312-90
Mozart
Concerto no. 4 in Eb, K. 495, 2nd movt: Romance
Bärenreiter BA 5313-90
Parker
The House of Eliott (from The Music of Jim Parker for F Horn)
Brass Wind 1133
Ridout
Concertino for Horn, 1st movt
Emerson E71
Schönberg,
arr. Iveson
I Dreamed a Dream (from A Little Light Music for F Horn)
Brass Wind 2118
F Strauss
Concerto for Horn op. 8, 2nd movt: Andante
Schirmer GS33556
R Strauss
Andante op. posth.
Boosey 20212
Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture (from Horn Talk)
Brass Wind 1135
Woolfenden
War Dance or Lotus Waltz (from Horn Dances)
Brass Wind 1126
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Franz
Kopprasch
Lawrance
Suite no. 1, Gigue (from Six Suites for Cello [trans. Hoss]) Southern Music HL03770619
Etude no. 15 or Etude no. 20 (from Etudes and Concert Etudes)
Kalmus K 04523
Study no. 17 or Study no. 25 (from 60 Studies book 1)
IMC 1732
Jazz Suite, no. 5: Three on Five or La chase
(from Featuring Melody for Treble Brass)
Brass Wind 6006
Maxwell Davies Fanfare - Salute to Dennis Brain, 5th movt: Moderato
and 6th movt: Allegro (both without optional repeats)
Chester Music CH72215-01
McKenzie
Czardas or Hornpipe (from Rhythms of Life)
Con moto
Shaw
Just Desserts — Frippery Style, no. 1
The Hornists’ Nest
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French Horn — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
D and Ab major
D and G# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on D
Chromatic scale starting on D
Arpeggios:
D and Ab major
D and G# minor
two octaves
f or p
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
Diminished 7th starting on D
Augmented arpeggio starting on D
Dominant 7th in the key of D
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner.
a) Key centre exercise in D
b) D major expanding scale
c) D minor expanding scale
d) D major scale in 3rds
e) D minor scale in 3rds
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for French Horn published by
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) Lawrance* Exercise no. 6.1 or no. 6.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) S
ight Reading with Transposition
(see page 13)
ii) A
ural
(see page 15)
or Improvisation
(see page 18)
35
French Horn — Grade 7
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Abbott
Beethoven
Bloom
Brahms
Carr
Chabrier
Clews
Cooke
Damase
Danzi
Glazunov
Gounod
Hindemith
Larsson
Mozart
Mozart
Ravel
Alla Caccia
Arcadia
Scherzo from Septet op. 20 (from Solos for the Horn Player)
Schirmer GS33005
Give Me the Simple Life (from O Solo Mio [F ed.])
Brass Wind 2114F
3rd movt from Symphony no. 3 (from Horn Talk)
Brass Wind 1135
Idyll (from A Day in the Country)
Broadbent & Dunn 12003
España (from Horn Talk)
Brass Wind 1135
Burlesca and Serenata (from Partita for Horn & Piano)
Paterson’s PAT60705
Rondo in Bb
Schott
Pavane variée
Lemoine
Sonata op. 44, 2nd movt: Larghetto
Birdalone Music
Reveries (from Solos for the Horn Player)
Schirmer HL50330050
6 Pièces mélodiques originales vol. 2, no. 4
Billaudot GB3367
Horn Sonata 1939, 1st movt: Massig bewegt
Schott
Concertino op. 45 no. 5, 1st movt or 3rd movt
Gehrmans
Concerto no. 3 in Eb, K. 447, 1st movt: Allegro [with cadenza] Bärenreiter BA 5312-90
Concerto no. 4 in Eb, K. 495, 3rd movt: Rondo [with cadenza] Bärenreiter BA 5313-90
Pavane pour une infante défunte
(from Solos for the Horn Player)
Schirmer HL50330050
Concertino for Horn, 2nd movt and 3rd movt
Emerson E71
Concerto for French Horn op. 8, 1st movt: Allegro moderato
or 3rd movt: Tempo I
Schirmer GS33556
Nocturno op. 7
Universal UE 1368
Ridout
F Strauss
F Strauss
Publisher
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Franz
Kopprasch
Madsen
McKenzie
Shaw
36
Bourée 1 from Suite no. 4 or Sarabande from Suite no. 5
(from Six Suites for Cello [trans. Hoss])
Southern Music HL03770619
Fantasy Pieces for Horn, no. 2: Andante espressivo [in F only]
Brass Wind 3103
Etude no. 18 or Etude no. 19 (from Etudes and Concert Etudes)
Kalmus K 04523
Study no. 15 or Study no. 28 (from 60 Studies book 1)
IMC 1732
The Dream of the Rhinoceros
Musikk-Husets
Habanera (from Rhythms of Life)
Con moto
Just Desserts — Frippery Style, no. 3
The Hornists’ Nest
French Horn — Grade 7
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
A and B* major
A and B* harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on A and B*
Chromatic scale starting on A and B*
Arpeggios:
A and B* major
A and B* minor
two octaves
f or p
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
Diminished 7th starting on A and B*
Augmented arpeggio starting on A and B*
Dominant 7th in the key of D
one octave
*Candidates may choose either upper or lower octaves for B scales and arpeggios.
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner:
a) Key centre exercise in A
b) A major expanding scale [upper or lower octave at candidate’s choice]
c) B minor expanding scale [upper or lower octave at candidate’s choice]
d) B major scale in 3rds
e) A minor scale in 3rds
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for French Horn published by
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) Lawrance* Exercise no. 7.1 or no. 7.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) S
ight Reading with Transposition
(see page 13)
ii) A
ural
(see page 15)
or Improvisation
(see page 18)
37
French Horn — Grade 8
Subject code: HRN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece J S Bach
Beethoven
Bissill
Bruckner
Carr
Cherubini
Dukas
Farnon
Haydn
Hindemith
Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus (from Absolutely Horn)
Brass Wind 2123
Horn Sonata in F, op. 17, 1st movt: Allegro moderato
Brass Wind 3129
Valse Noir
Brass Wind 3130
2nd movt from Symphony no. 7 (from Absolutely Horn)
Brass Wind 2123
The Happy Fox or To Home (from A Day in the Country)
Broadbent 12003
Sonata no. 2 (from Two Sonatas (Concert Etudes))
Schirmer GS33559
Villanelle (from Solos for the Horn Player)
Schirmer GS33005
Conversation and Games [complete]
Warwick
Concerto no. 1 in D, 1st movt or 3rd movt
Breitkopf EB 3031
Concerto for Horn, 1st movt: Mäßig Schnell (Moderately Fast)
and 2nd movt: Sehr Schnell (Very Fast)
Schott
Concerto for Horn and Strings, 2nd movt: Adagio
Stainer & Bell
Concerto no. 2 in Eb K. 417, 1st movt: Allegro
or 3rd movt: Rondo [with cadenza]
Bärenreiter BA 53110-90
Jacob
Mozart
Mozart,
trans. Bissill
Poulenc
Saint-Saëns
R Strauss
Telemann
Van Heusen
Vinter
Publisher
Horn Quintet K. 407, 3rd movt: Rondo
Brass Wind 3128
Élegie
Chester Music/Music Sales CH01607
Morceau de concert op. 94
Editions Durand DF 00460500
Concerto op. 11, 1st movt: Allegro and 2nd movt: Andante,
or 2nd movt: Andante and 3rd movt: Allegro
Universal UE34725
Concerto in D for French Horn, 1st movt: Vivace
Schirmer GS33554
Here’s That Rainy Day (from O Solo Mio [F ed.])
Brass Wind 2114F
Hunter’s Moon
Boosey H 15506
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arnold
J S Bach
Berge
Bourgeois
De Pre
Franz
Kopprasch
Shaw
38
Fantasy for Horn op. 88
Faber
Allemande or Courante from Suite no. 4
(from Six Suites for Cello)
Southern Music HL03770619
Hornlokk [final pedal D is optional]
Norsk Musikforlag
Fantasy Pieces for Horn, no. 3: Scherzando e grottesco or no. 5: Allegro Brass Wind 3103
No. 8 or no. 11 (from Etudes pour le Cor Grave)
Billaudot G2127B
Etude no. 26 or Concert Etude no. 2 (from Etudes and Concert Etudes) Kalmus K 04523
Study no. 31 or Study no. 33 (from 60 Studies book 1)
IMC 1732
Just Desserts — Frippery Style, no. 11
The Hornists’ Nest
French Horn — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
Bb major
Bb harmonic and melodic minor
three octaves
Whole-tone and chromatic scales starting on Bb
Db and F# major
C# and F# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on Db and F#
Chromatic scale starting on C# and F#
Crabwise scale from F and Bb (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
C major hand-stopped scale
Arpeggios:
Bb major
Bb minor
two octaves
to 12th
f or p
tongued,
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
three octaves
Db and F# major
C# and F# minor
Dominant 7th in the keys of C, Bb, Db and F#
Diminished 7th starting on C*, Db and F#
Augmented arpeggio starting on C*, Db and F#
*Upper or lower octave at candidate’s choice.
two octaves
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Played either tongued or including slurs as indicated, as requested by the examiner:
a) Key centre exercise in the keys of Db and F#
b) Key centre exercise in the key of Bb [upper or lower octave at candidate’s choice]
c) Crabwise scale from F in 3rds
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for French Horn published by
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, F Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, Bb Horn (from Scales & Exercises for French Horn) Trinity College London
c) Lawrance* Exercise no. 8.1 or no. 8.2
(from Graded Lip Flexibilities for Horn in F and Bb)
Brass Wind 6013
* to be played on open valves on either F or Bb horn at the candidate’s choice
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
and Transposition (prepared or unprepared)
(see page 14)
ii) A
ural
(see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 1
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Bernstein
Bourgeois
Crosse
Daly
Gregson
Handel
Haydn
Negro Spiritual
Parker
One Hand, One Heart, p. 7
Little Yellow Idol
Lullaby
Postman Pat, p. 5
Berceuse
Minuet in C
Minuet
Steal Away
Peas and Rice
or Bouncing Back
Moto Perpetuo
Chelsea Chase
German Dance
All Night, All Day, p. 7
La Mourisque
Dance of the Mirlitons
The Birch Tree
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Up Front Album for Eb Horn book 1
Up Front Album for Eb Horn book 1
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Up Front Album for Eb Horn book 1
The Really Easy Tenor Horn Book
Bravo! Eb Tenor Horn
Beginners Please! [Eb/F edition]
Brass Wind 0124TC
Brass Wind 0108
Brass Wind 0108
Brass Wind 0118TC
Brass Wind 0108
Faber
Boosey
Winwood 0087
A Special Case
The Really Easy Tenor Horn Book
Up Front Album for Eb Horn book 1
Bravo! Eb Tenor Horn
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass*
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass*
Beginners Please! [Eb/F edition]
Brass Wind 1158
Faber
Brass Wind 0108
Boosey
Brass Wind 0124TC
Brass Wind 0138TC
Brass Wind 0138TC
Winwood 0087
Polished Brass
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
Pearson
Premru
Schubert
Spiritual
Susato
Tchaikovsky
Trad. Russian
Publisher
Group B (unaccompanied)
Davis
Gregson
Miller
Mozart
Nightingale
Sparke
Trad.
Geared Up or Tiny Minuet
Hungarian Dance, no. 4
or Lullaby, no. 8
Pond Life, no. 9 or
Supersonic Samurai, no. 14
Theme from
a Musical Joke, p. 3
Coo’s Blues, no. 3
or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4
Modal Melody
or Tickertape Parade
Give me Joy in my Heart,
p. 6
Simple Studies for Beginner Brass
Easy Winners for Treble Brass
Skilful Studies
Faber
Brass Wind 0124TC
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Warwick
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
Winners Galore for Treble Brass
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Brass Wind 6002TC
Brass Wind 0118TC
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 1
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
C major
A natural minor (candidate may play
harmonic or melodic minor if preferred)
one octave
mf
tongued
Arpeggios:
C major
A minor
or ii) Exercise — the following exercise plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
To be played tongued:
C major scale and arpeggio exercise
(from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass)
Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 1, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 1, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 1 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 2
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Barratt
Bart
Clarke
Out-of-Step March
Where is Love?, p. 14
The Duke of Gloucester’s
March
Couperin
Le petit-rien
Goodall
Blackadder Theme, p. 16
Grieg
Gavotte from Holberg Suite
Handel
Hallelujah Chorus, p. 6
Henry VIII
Pastime with Good Company
Mozart
Aria
Offenbach
Two Mighty Men-at-Arms
Osborne & May Eastenders, p. 13
Parker
Foyles War or Cha Cha Cha
Pearson
Leap-Frog or Seven-Up
Purcell
Trumpet Tune
Trad.
Land of the Silver Birch
Trad.
arr. Johnstone Men of Harlech
Wallace
The Grinnermarch
Wiggins
Lucy’s Lullaby
Wilson-Smith
Out n’ About
or Something Else
or Waltzing with Jazz
Book
Publisher
Bravo! Eb Tenor Horn
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Boosey
Brass Wind 0124TC
Bravo! Eb Tenor Horn
Boosey
The Really Easy Tenor Horn Book
Faber
Winners Galore for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0118TC
World Famous Classics
Fentone F 815-400
Winners Galore for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0118TC
Beginners Please! [Eb/F edition]
Winwood 0087
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
World Famous Classics
Fentone F 815-400
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
A Special Case
Brass Wind 1158
The Really Easy Tenor Horn Book
Faber
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Beginners Please! [Eb/F edition]
Winwood 0087
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0138TC
Going Solo Tenor Horn
Faber
Beginners Please! [Eb/F edition]
Winwood 0087
All Jazzed Up for Horn [Eb edition]
Brass Wind 1108E
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Brite ‘n’ Rock, no. 5
or Chickpea, no. 11
Davis
Jumping Jack Rap or Rat Rag
Gregson
Gavotte, no. 10
or Justin’s March, no. 14
Miller
Study no. 13, Tip-toe Toccata
or Study no. 16, Sabre Dance
Nightingale
The Nuthatch, no. 6
or The Sleuth, no. 7
Sparke
Cowboy Carol or Tom’s Tune
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Smooth Groove for Horn in Eb
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 1141ETC
Brass Wind 6022TC
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass
Brass Wind 6002TC
Simple Studies for Beginner Brass
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Skilful Studies
Faber
Warwick
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 2
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare one lip flexibility exercise and then either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
D and Bb major
A harmonic minor (candidate may play
melodic or natural minor if preferred)
one octave
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
mf
Arpeggios:
D and Bb major
A minor
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published
by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise - choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 2, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 2, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 3 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 3
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Anon.
Bart
Bernstein
Bratton &
Kennedy
Bullard
The Lark in the Clear Air
Food Glorious Food
America
The Young Soloist vol. 1 [Eb edition]
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass*
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass*
Studio
Brass Wind 0138TC
Brass Wind 0138TC
Teddy Bears’ Picnic, p. 19
Sentimental Serenade
or Tightrope Walker
Che Faro
Largo
We’re Off to See
the Wizard, p. 22
A Whole New World
Can You Feel the
Love Tonight
Carillon
Close Every Door
Pink Panther
O, for the Wings of a Dove
On Wings of Song
James Bond Theme, p. 19
Who’s Counting or Beaky
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0118TC
Circus Skills for Horn & Piano
Great Winners
World Famous Classics
Spartan SP641
Brass Wind 0132TC
Fentone F 815-400
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Great Winners
Brass Wind 0124TC
Brass Wind 0132TC
Gluck
Handel
Harburg
& Arlen
John
John & Rice
Lawrance
Lloyd Webber
Mancini
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Norman
Parker
Pinkard, Carsey
& Bernie
Sweet Georgia Brown
Ramskill
Hernando’s Hideaway
Schubert
The Trout
Trad.
Greensleeves
Trad.
Danny Boy, p. 17
Trad.
British Grenadiers
Wiggins
A Little Peace and Quiet,
no. 2 or Davy Jones’
Hornpipe, no. 3
Wilson-Smith Odd Job
Publisher
Undercover Hits for Eb Horn
Brass Wind 1148
In Concert for Horn [Eb edition]
Brass Wind 1104E
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0138TC
All Jazzed Up for Horn [Eb edition]
Brass Wind 1108E
World Famous Classics
Fentone F 815-400
A Classical Album of Solos for Eb Instruments vol. 1 Studio
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
A Special Case
Brass Wind 1158
All Jazzed Up for Horn [Eb edition]
Latino for Eb Horn
Going Solo Tenor Horn
The Young Soloist vol. 1 [Eb edition]
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Going Solo Tenor Horn
The Tenor Horn Player’s Debut
All Jazzed Up for Horn [Eb edition]
Brass Wind 1108E
Brass Wind 1147
Faber
Studio
Brass Wind 0118TC
Faber
Studio
Brass Wind 1108E
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Hering
McKenzie
Nightingale
Sparke
Jam on Toast, no. 20
or Red Chilli Sauce, no. 18 Smooth Groove for Horn in Eb
Brass Wind 1141ETC
Flamenco Flirt (in D minor)
or Horn of Wonder
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
Bulgarian Dance, no. 15
20 Supplementary Tunes
or Folk Song, no. 17
for Beginner Brass
Brass Wind 6002TC
Study no. 12
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet
Fischer 3309
Waltz or High Life
Music Makes the World Go Round
Con moto
Slinky, no. 13
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Warwick
Contrasts or Tyrolean Tune Skilful Studies
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
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* Piano accompaniment available separately.
Davis
Gregson
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 3
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
E and Eb major
C and E minor (candidate’s choice of
either harmonic or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale starting on C
one octave
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
mf
Arpeggios:
E and Eb major
C and E minor
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published
by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 3, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 3, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 7 or no. 8 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 4
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Beethoven
Für Elise
Bernstein
Somewhere
Bourgeois
A Drowsy Moment
or Three-Legged Horn
Bullard
Dancing Dolls
or Russian Galop
Goodwin
633 Squadron
Gunning
Theme from Poirot
Lawrance
Reflections
MacDowell
To a Wild Rose
Parker
Unquiet Grave
Pearson
Pastoral Echoes
or Sunset Strip
Ramin
Music To Watch Girls By
Ramskill
Hot Pursuit
Rogers
Blue Moon
Sondheim
Send In The Clowns
Stölzel/
J S Bach
Bist du bei mir
Wiggins
Court Herald, no. 6
or Song From The High
Hills, no. 7
Book
Publisher
A Classical Album of Solos for
Eb Instruments vol. 1
Great Winners*
Studio
Brass Wind 0132TC
A Horn-ting We Will Go for Tenor Horn
Brass Wind 1125
Circus Skills for Horn & Piano
Spartan SP641
Great Winners*
Brass Wind 0132TC
More On The Light Side for Horn in Eb
Brass Wind 1138
In Concert for Horn (Eb Edition)
Brass Wind 1104E
A Classical Album of Solos for
Eb Instruments vol. 1
Studio
A Special Case
Brass Wind 1158
Going Solo Tenor Horn
Jazzed Up Too for Horn [Eb edition]
Jazzed Up Too for Horn [Eb edition]
Jazzed Up Too for Horn [Eb edition]
A Little Light Music for Horn in Eb
World Famous Classics
Faber
Brass Wind 1111E
Brass Wind 1111E
Brass Wind 1111E
Brass Wind 2124
Fentone F 815-400
The Tenor Horn Player’s Debut
Studio
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Bourgeois
Davis
Hering
McKenzie
Nightingale
Sparke
Big Band Swing, no. 33
or Latin Lady, no. 32
Study no. 1
or Study no. 2
Irish Jig
or Serpent Smoothie
[in C major]
Study no. 10
or Study no. 11
Mambo
or Tango
Blues for Big-Ears, no. 15
Hungarian Dance
or Opera Buffa
Smooth Groove for Horn in Eb
Ace of Trumpets
Brass Wind 6024
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet
Music Makes the World Go Round
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Skilful Studies
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
46
Brass Wind 1141ETC
Fischer 3309
Con moto
Warwick
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 4
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
Bb major
to 12th
F major
D and F minor (candidate’s choice of
either harmonic or melodic minor)
one octave
Whole-tone scale starting on F
Chromatic scale starting on C
Arpeggios:
Bb major
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
mf
to 12th
F major
D and F minor
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published
by Trinity College London.
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 4, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 4, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 9 or no. 10 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 5
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Barry
Bissill
Bizet
Bourgeois
Brightmore
Fauré
Gershwin
Gordon &
Warren
Grieg
Grieg
Hupfeld
IppolitovIvanov
Lawrance
Ledbury
Mozart
Goldfinger
Calling All Cars
Chanson Boheme
Tropical Sunset
Lullaby
Pavane op. 50
Summertime
More On The Light Side for Horn in Eb Brass Wind 1138
Hornscape for Horn in Eb
Brass Wind 2150E
Great Winners*
Brass Wind 0132TC
A Horn-ting We Will Go for Tenor Horn Brass Wind 1125
Four Peaceful Pieces
Emerson E253
World Famous Classics
Fentone F 815-400
A Little Light Music for Horn in Eb
Brass Wind 2124
Parker
Pearson
Porter
Ramskill
Ramskill
Schönberg
Schönberg
Wiggins
Williams
Publisher
Chatanooga Choo Choo
Big Chillers for Eb Horn
Brass Wind 1146
Solveig’s Song
Great Winners*
Brass Wind 0132TC
Last Spring
A Classical Album of Solosfor Eb Instruments vol. 1 Studio
As Time Goes By
Big Chillers for Eb Horn
Brass Wind 1146
Cortège
(Caucasian Sketches)
Undercover Hits for Eb Horn
Brass Wind 1148
Fanfare and Response
In Concert for Horn [Eb edition]
Brass Wind 1104E
Bagatelle
Cornucopia [Eb edition]
Brass Wind 2105E
Concerto no. 3 in Eb, K. 447,
2nd movt: Romance
Bärenreiter BA 5312-90
Mapp and Lucia
The Music of Jim Parker for Horn in Eb Brass Wind 1137E
Tenor-Hornpipe or Valivid
Going Solo Tenor Horn
Faber
Let’s Do It
A Little Light Music for Horn in Eb
Brass Wind 2124
Back Chat or In The Fast Lane Jazzed Up Too for Horn [Eb edition]
Brass Wind 1111E
Manha de Carnaval
Latino for Eb Horn
Brass Wind 1147
I Dreamed a Dream
A Little Light Music for Horn in Eb
Brass Wind 2124
On My Own
More On The Light Side for Horn in Eb Brass Wind 1138
Gordon’s Gigue, no. 8
The Tenor Horn Player’s Debut
Studio
Raiders March
Great Winners*
Brass Wind 0132TC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
Davis
Hering
McKenzie
Miller
Nightingale
Sparke
Vizzutti
Study no. 7 or Study no. 10
Heads or Tails or Hornpipe
Study no. 30 or Study no. 33
Cerga or Krivo Horo
Prairie Song, no. 5
or March, no. 6
Passion Fruit Samba, no. 18
or The Turkey, no. 22
Party Piece
Ballad
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Ace of Trumpets
Brass Wind 6024
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet
Fischer 3309
Music Makes the World Go Round
Con moto
Progressive Studies for Brass
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Skilful Studies
20 Dances for Trumpet
Faber
Warwick
Anglo Music AMP 099-400
de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 5
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
G major
G minor
two octaves
B major
B minor
D and F minor (candidate’s choice of
either harmonic or melodic minor)
to 12th
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
mf
Whole-tone scale starting on G
Chromatic scale starting on G
two octaves
Arpeggios:
G major
G minor
B major
B minor
to 12th
Dominant 7th in the key of G
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published
by Trinity College London.
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 5, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 5, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 14 or no. 16 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 6
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Arlen & Harburg (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow [candidates must use this edition]
Studio
Ball
Mountain Melody
G & M Brand 70033
Bourgeois
Bubble in the Tube or Fugal Mood
or On Holiday (from A Horn-ting We Will Go for Tenor Horn)
Brass Wind 1125
Brightmore
Barcarolle or Pastorale (from Four Peaceful Pieces)
Emerson E253
Carmichael
Stardust (from A Little Light Music for Horn in Eb)
Brass Wind 2124
Gershwin
I Got Rhythm (from A Little Light Music for Horn in Eb)
Brass Wind 2124
Gottschalk
Tournament Galop (from Undercover Hits for Eb Horn)
Brass Wind 1148
Heath
Air and Rondo [complete]
G & M Brand 70001
Lawrance
Carnival or Elegy (from In Concert for Horn [Eb edition])
Brass Wind 1104E
Ledbury
Cantilena or Ragtime (from Cornucopia [Eb edition])
Brass Wind 2105E
Mancini
Moon River (from Let’s Face the Music for Eb Horn)
Brass Wind 2133
Morricone,
arr. Bissill
Gabriel’s Oboe (from Hornscape for Horn in Eb)
Brass Wind 2150E
Mozart
Concerto no. 3 in Eb, K. 447, 3rd movt: Allegro
Bärenreiter BA 5312-90
Mozart
Concerto no. 4 in Eb, K. 495, 2nd movt: Romance
Bärenreiter BA 5313-90
Parker
House of Cards or The House of Eliott
(from The Music of Jim Parker for Horn in Eb)
Brass Wind 1137E
Rosetti
Romance
IMC1977
Waller
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (from More On The Light Side for Horn in Eb)
Brass Wind 1138
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Endresen
Hering
Lawrance
McKenzie
Miller
Vizzutti
Vizzutti
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Study no. 20 in A minor (from The Well Tempered Player)
Winwood RMPC 0015
Study no. 8 (from Ace of Trumpets)
Brass Wind 6024
Study no. 32, Largo (from Supplementary Studies for Trumpet)
Rubank
Study no. 34 or Study no. 35 or Study no. 37
(from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet)
Fischer 3309
Aria for Horn in Eb (from In Concert for Horn [Eb edition])
Brass Wind 1104E
Czardas or Jota (from Rhythms of Life)
Con moto
Rubber Lips, no. 12 or Morning, no. 13
(from Progressive Studies for Brass)
Faber
Flamenco or Tango (from 20 Dances for Trumpet)
de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Study no. 9 of Intermediate Etudes, p. 11
(from The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method book 3)
Alfred
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
A and F# major
A and F# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on A
Chromatic scale starting on A
two octaves
f or p
Arpeggios:
A and F# major
A and F# minor
Dominant 7th in the key of A
Diminished 7th starting on A
Augmented arpeggio starting on A
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published
by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 17 or no. 18 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 7
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Albinoni
Bloom
Bourgeois
Golland
Graham
Harbach & Kern
Jarre,
arr. Bissill
Kneale
Kodály
Marcello
Adagio (from O Solo Mio [Eb edition])
Give Me the Simple Life (from O Solo Mio [Eb edition])
Sonata op. 304, 1st movt: Allegro moderato or 2nd movt: Andante
Sonata for Horn & Piano op. 75, 1st movt: Allegro
A Time for Peace (from Gramercy Solo Album Eb)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Let’s Face the Music for Eb Horn)
Mozart,
trans. Bissill
Newsome
Newsome
Sparke
Wiggins
Lara’s Theme (from Hornscape for Horn in Eb)
Variations on a Welsh Theme
Háry János (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Sonata no. 1 in F, 1st movt: Largo and 2nd movt: Allegro
or 3rd movt: Largo and 4th movt: Allegro
Publisher
Brass Wind 2114E
Brass Wind 2114E
Brass Wind 3129
Kirklees
Gramercy
Brass Wind 2133
Brass Wind 2150E
G & M Brand 70052
Brass Wind 2125
EMR 2043M
Horn Quintet K. 407, 2nd movt: Andante
Brass Wind 3128
The Carousel
Studio
Sylvia
Studio
Capriccio
G & M Brand 70009
Cornucopia — A Concerto for Tenor Horn, 2nd movt or 3rd movt
Kirklees
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban
J S Bach
Balay
Bourgeois
Brandt
Hering
McKenzie
Miller
Vizzutti
Vizzutti
52
Study no. 10 (from 14 Studies for Cornet)
Boosey
Study no. 2 in C minor or Study no. 17 in Ab
(from The Well Tempered Player)
Winwood RMPC 0015
Study no. 3 or Study no. 4 (from Quinze Etudes)
Leduc AL 14 960
Fantasy Pieces for Trumpet, no. 3: Presto
Brass Wind 3102
Study no. 2 or Study no. 17 (from 34 Studies for Trumpet)
IMC 1391
Study no. 38 or Study no. 39 (from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet) Fischer 3309
Malaguena or Klezmer (from Rhythms of Life)
Con moto
Seventh Heaven, no. 21 or Vienna, no. 24
(from Progressive Studies for Brass)
Faber
Funk (from 20 Dances for Trumpet)
de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Study no. 2 of Advanced Etudes, p. 61
or Study no. 3 of Rhythmic Etudes, p. 23
(from The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method book 3)
Alfred
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 7
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
B and Bb major
B and Bb harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on B and Bb
Chromatic scale starting on B and Bb
Arpeggios:
B and Bb major
B and Bb minor
two octaves
f or p
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
Diminished 7th starting on B and Bb
Augmented arpeggio starting on B and Bb
Dominant 7th in the key of B and Bb
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published
by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 21 or no. 22 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 8
Subject code: TEN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Ball
Bellini
Bellstedt
Broadbent
Farnon
Golland
Graham
Graham
Handel
Haydn
Monti
Mozart
Mozart,
trans. Bissill
Poulenc
Richards
Rossini
Sparke
Wiggins
Wiggins
Wood
Piece September Fantasy
Concerto for Horn in Eb
Capriccio Brillante
Skelter
Conversation and Games [complete]
Sonata for Horn & Piano op. 75, 2nd movt: Largo con tristezza
or 3rd movt: Allegretto amabile
Episode
Whirlwind (from Gramercy Solo Album Eb)
Handel’s Hornpipe
Gypsy Rondo (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Czardas (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Concerto no. 2 in Eb K. 417, 1st movt: Allegro
or 3rd movt: Rondo [with cadenza]
Publisher
Wright + Round
Studio
Wright + Round
Wright + Round
Warwick
Kirklees
Winwood 0123P
Gramercy
Studio
Brass Wind 2125
Brass Wind 2125
Bärenreiter BA 5311-90
Horn Quintet K.407, 3rd movt: Rondo: Allegro
Brass Wind 3128
Elegie for Eb Horn (1957)
Chester CH59741
Higgyjig
Studio
Cavatine (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Brass Wind 2125
Masquerade
Studio
Cornucopia — A Concerto for Tenor Horn, 1st movt: Allegro molto e vigoroso
Kirklees
Rhapsody for Tenor Horn
Kirklees
Concertino for Tenor Horn [shortened version]
G & M Brand 70015
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban
J S Bach
Balay
Bourgeois
Brandt
Miller
Vizzutti
Vizzutti
54
Study no. 6 or Study no. 9 (from 14 Studies for Cornet)
Boosey
Study no. 6 in D minor or Study no. 7 in Eb
(from The Well Tempered Player) Winwood RMPC 0015
Study no. 7 or Study no. 11 (from 15 Etudes)
Leduc AL 14 960
Fantasy Pieces for Trumpet, no. 8: Allegro
Brass Wind 3102
Study no. 4 or Study no. 15 (from 34 Studies for Trumpet)
IMC 1391
Perpetuum Mobile, no. 29 (Progressive Studies for Brass)
Faber
Polka (from 20 Dances for Trumpet)
de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Study no. 5 of Advanced Etudes, p. 64
or Study no. 7 of Advanced Etudes, p. 66
(from The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method book 3)
Alfred
Eb Tenor Horn — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
C, Ab and F# major
C, Ab and F# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on C, Ab and F#
Chromatic scale starting on C, Ab and F#
Crabwise scale from C and G (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
two octaves
Arpeggios:
C, Ab and F# major
C, Ab and F# minor
f or p
tongued,
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
Dominant 7th in the key of C
Diminished 7th starting on C, Ab and F#
Augmented arpeggio starting on C, Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the keys of Ab and F#
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
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 are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass published
by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass) Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 28 or no. 29 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
55
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 1
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
J S Bach
Chorale from the
St Matthew Passion
Serene Dream
One Hand, One Heart, p. 7
Trumpet Minuet
Intrada
Postman Pat, p. 5
Allegretto [with first repeat]
Minuet
Journey’s End or Miles Away
Rumba or The Guv’nor
German Dance
All Night, All Day, p. 7
La mourisque
Dance of the Mirlitons
Fabberoonie
Cheeky Cherry
or Simply the Rest!
Apple Pie Waltz or I Believe
Bennett
Bernstein
Clarke
Crosse
Daly
Diabelli
Haydn
Lyons
Rae
Schubert
Spiritual
Susato
Tchaikovsky
Watts
Wedgwood
Wedgwood
Book
Publisher
Amazing Solos for Trumpet
Boosey
Jazz Club Trumpet
Faber 7534A
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Trumpet All Sorts (Grades 1–3)
Trinity Faber
Up front Album for Trumpet, book 1 Brass Wind 0107
Winners Galore for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0118TC
Trumpet Fancies
Boston BM11049
Bravo! Trumpet
Boosey
The Really Easy Trumpet Book
Faber
Play it Cool for Trumpet
Universal UE 21 265
Bravo! Trumpet
Boosey
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Winner Scores All*
Brass Wind 0138TC
Winner Scores All*
Brass Wind 0138TC
Razzamajazz Trumpet
Mayhew
Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Trumpet
Up-Grade! For Trumpet Grades 1–2
Faber
Faber
Group B (unaccompanied)
Coates
Davis
Mayfield
Mozart
Nightingale
The Dam Busters March
Geared Up or Tiny Minuet
Hit the Road Jack
Theme from a Musical Joke, p. 3
Coo’s Blues, no. 3
or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4
Sparke
Modal Melody
or Tickertape Parade
Trad. American Shaker Melody, p. 51
Trad.
Give me Joy in my Heart, p. 6
Wine
& Bayer Sayer A Groovy Kind of Love, p. 55
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Scaley Winners
Polished Brass
Scaley Winners
Easy Winners for Treble Brass
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Brass Wind 6025
Brass Wind 6022TC
Brass Wind 6025
Brass Wind 0124TC
Warwick
Skilful Studies
Anglo Music AMP 098-401
The Boosey Brass Method book 1 Boosey BH 2700673
Winners Galore for Treble Brass
Brass Wind 0118TC
The Boosey Brass Method book 1 Boosey BH 2700673
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 1
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
C major
A natural minor (candidates may play
harmonic or melodic minor if preferred)
one octave
mf
tongued
Arpeggios:
C major
A minor
or ii) Exercise
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
1b. Getting Started
3b. A Low Trick
4b. Limbering Down
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
57
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 2
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Barratt
Out-of-Step March
Bravo! Trumpet
Boosey
Bart
Where is Love?, p. 14
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Bennett
Art for Art’s Sake
Jazz Club Trumpet
Faber 7534A
Bullard
Acrobats or Circus Rock
Circus Skills for Trumpet
Spartan SP640
Clarke
The Duke of Gloucester’s March Bravo! Trumpet
Boosey
Gilkyson
The Bare Necessities
Winner Scores All for Treble Brass
Brass Wind
0138TC
Goodall
Blackadder Theme, p. 16
Winners Galore for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0118TC
unning
Shepherd’s Delight
The Really Easy Trumpet Book
Faber
Handel
March
Trumpet All Sorts (Grades 1–3)
Trinity Faber
Handel
Hallelujah Chorus, p. 6
Winners Galore for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0118TC
Lyons
Aubade
The Really Easy Trumpet Book
Faber
Mozart
Aria
Winner Scores All*
Brass Wind 0138TC
Nightingale
One, Two, Three, Push!, no. 1
or The Witch’s Cauldron, no. 4 Lucky Dip
Warwick
Osborne & May Eastenders, p. 13
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Praetorius
Tanz des Burgermeisters
Amazing Solos for Trumpet
Boosey
Purcell
Trumpet Tune
Winner Scores All*
Brass Wind 0138TC
Rae
Blowin’ Cool
Play it Cool for Trumpet
Universal UE 21 265
Trad. Scottish Over the Sea to Skye
Up-Grade! For Trumpet Grades 1–2
Faber
Trad.
arr. Johnstone Men of Harlech
Winner Scores All*
Brass Wind 0138TC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Davis
Jenkins
Miller
Nightingale
Sparke
Sparke
Brite ‘n’ Rock, no. 5
or Chickpea, no. 11
Jumping Jack Rap
or Rat Rag
Cantilena, p. 59
Tip-toe Toccata, no. 13
or Sabre Dance, no. 16
The Nuthatch, no. 6
or The Sleuth, no. 7
Cowboy Carol or Tom’s Tune
Nearly Bobby Shaftoe, no. 41
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Smooth Groove for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1141TC
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
The Boosey Brass Method book 1 Boosey BH 2700673
Simple Studies for Beginner Brass
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Skilful Studies
Starter Studies
Faber
Warwick
Anglo Music AMP 098-401
Anglo Music Amp 082
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 2
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
D and Bb major
A harmonic minor (candidate may play
melodic or natural minor if preferred)
one octave
Arpeggios:
D and Bb major
A minor
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrecne
Lawrence
5. Lip Push-Ups!
13. The One-Meter Sloth Race
15. Out of the Box
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
59
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 3
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Adler & Ross
Bart
Bernstein
Bizet
Bratton
& Kennedy
Bullard
Piece
Hernando’s Hideaway
Food Glorious Food
America
Entr’acte from Carmen
Teddy Bears Picnic, p. 19
Sad Clown
or Sentimental Serenade
Gluck
Che Faro
Harburg & Arlen We’re Off to See the Wizard, p. 22
John & Rice
A Whole New World
John & Rice
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Joplin
Peacherine Rag
Lloyd Webber Close Every Door
Mancini
Pink Panther
Mozart
Der Vogelfänger bin ich Ja
Norman
James Bond Theme, p. 19
Purcell
March
Trad.
All in a Garden Green
[with repeats]
or British Grenadiers
Trad.
Danny Boy, p. 17
Verdi
La donna è mobile
Wedgwood
Last Stop!
A Wilson
An American Dream
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Jam on Toast, no. 20
or Red Chilli Sauce, no. 18
Davis
Flamenco Flirt [in D minor]
or Horn of Wonder
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance
James
Welsh Melody
McKenzie
Waltz or High Life
Nightingale
Slinky, no. 13
Sparke
Contrasts or Tyrolean Tune
Trad.
The Mallow Fling
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
60
Book
Latino for Trumpet
Winner Scores All*
Winner Scores All*
Trumpet All Sorts (Grades 1–3)
Publisher
Brass Wind 1142
Brass Wind 0138TC
Brass Wind 0138TC
Trinity Faber
Winners Galore for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0118TC
Circus Skills for Trumpet
Spartan SP640
Great Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0132
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Great Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0132TC
Undercover Hits for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1144
Trumpet All Sorts (Grades 1–3)
Trinity Faber
Winner Scores All*
Brass Wind 0138TC
All Jazzed up for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1107
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Easy Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0124TC
Trumpet Fancies
Boston BM11049
Going Solo Trumpet
Faber
Winners Galore for Treble Brass* Brass Wind 0118TC
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Trumpet
Faber
Bebop to Rock
Spartan SP479
Smooth Groove for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1141TC
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
Scaley Winners
Brass Wind 6025
Scaley Winners
Brass Wind 6025
Music Makes the World Go Round
Con moto
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Warwick
Skilful Studies
Anglo Music AMP 098-401
Scaley Winners
Brass Wind 6025
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 3
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
E and Eb major
C and E minor (candidate’s choice of
either harmonic or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale starting on C
one octave
Arpeggios:
E and Eb major
C and E minor
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
14. The Drunken Sailor Sobers Up!
16. Snakes and Ladders
20. Chops Factor I
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
61
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 4
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Arban
Bernstein
Vois-tu la neige qui brille?
Second Book of Trumpet Solos
Faber
America or Maria
(from West Side Story)
Amazing Solos for Trumpet
Boosey
Bernstein
Cool
Great Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0132
Bullard
Russian Galop
Circus Skills for Trumpet
Spartan SP640
Dominguez
Frenesi
Great Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0132TC
Fellows
Siciliano
Two Italian Dances
Warwick
Glyn
Stomp
Star Turn for Trumpet & Piano*
Spartan SP351
Goodwin
633 Squadron
Great Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0132TC
Gounod
Soldiers’ March
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Grieg
Norwegian Dance No. 2
Undercover Hits for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1144
Handel
March from the Occasional
Oratorio
or March from Scipio
Old English Trumpet Tunes book 1
OUP
Howard
Fly Me to the Moon
Latino for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1142
Jobim
One Note Samba
Big Chillers for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1140
Nightingale
I Woke Up This Mornin’…, no. 6 Lucky Dip
Warwick
Prokofiev
Troika from Lieutenant Kijé
Amazing Solos for Trumpet
Boosey
Purcell
Air
Festive Baroque for Trumpet & Piano
de Haske DHP 1033419-400
Purcell
Fairest Isle
Going Solo Trumpet
Faber
Sherwin
A Nightingale Sang
in Berkley Square
Big Chillers for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1140
Trad.
Greensleeves
Trumpet Fancies
Boston BM11049
Verdi
Questa o quella
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Weill
Mack the Knife
Big Chillers for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1140
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Bourgeois
Davis
McKenzie
Miller
Nightingale
Sparke
Big Band Swing, no. 33
or Latin Lady, no. 32
Study no. 1
or Study no. 2
Irish Jig
or Serpent Smoothie
[in C major]
Mambo or Tango
Bothie Ballad
Blues for Big-Ears, no. 15
Hungarian Dance
or Opera Buffa
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
62
Smooth Groove for Trumpet
Ace of Trumpets
Brass Wind 1141TC
Brass Wind 6024
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
Music Makes the World Go Round
Con moto
Progressive Brass Studies
Faber 0571513204
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Warwick
Skilful Studies
Anglo Music AMP 098-401
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 4
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
Bb major
to 12th
F major
D and F minor (candidate’s choice of
either harmonic or melodic minor)
one octave
Whole-tone scale starting on F
Chromatic scale starting on C
Arpeggios:
Bb major
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
to 12th
F major
D and F minor
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
17a. Cool Marché
21. Chop Factor II
30. As Fast as You Can
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
63
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 5
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Book
Publisher
Bizet
Toreador’s Song
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Bernstein
I Feel Pretty
Leonard Bernstein for Trumpet
Boosey
Clarke
The Prince of Denmark’s March Old English Trumpet Tunes book 1
OUP
Glyn
Good News
Star Turn for Trumpet & Piano
Spartan SP351
Gorb
Gamelan or Huapango
A Tango To Bali
Brass Wind 1124
Gordon &
Warren
Chatanooga Choo Choo
Big Chillers for Trumpet & Piano
Brass Wind 1140
Grieg
Solveig’s Song
Great Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0132TC
Hasse
Bourée
Festive Baroque for Trumpet & Piano
de Haske DHP 1033419-400
Kelly
Colonel Glib, no. 3
Whodunnit - Suite for
Trumpet & Piano
Stainer & Bell H442
Maria & Bonfa Manha de Carnaval
Latino for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1142
Mozart
È amore un ladroncello
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Nightingale
The Googlie Boogie, no. 9
or Bruiser Joe, no. 10
Lucky Dip
Warwick
Richards
One Day [Cornet/Trumpet]
Studio
Runswick
Three-Six-Nine
Suite and Hot
Brass Wind 2103
Telemann
Air
The Baroque Trumpet
Faber
Telemann
Die Würde
Festive Baroque for Trumpet & Piano
de Haske DHP 1033419-400
Verdi
Triumphal March
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Wedgwood
Ragamuffin or Tequila Sunrise Jazzin’ About for Trumpet
Faber
Williams
Raiders March
Great Winners for Treble Brass*
Brass Wind 0132TC
A Wilson
Bebop
Bebop to Rock
Spartan SP479
Woolfenden
Tahitian Tango
or Ushercombe View
Landmarks for Trumpet
Brass Wind 1117
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
Davis
Hering
McKenzie
Miller
Nightingale
Sparke
Vizzutti
Vizzutti
Study no. 7 or Study no. 10
Heads or Tails or Hornpipe
Study no. 30 or Study no. 33
Cerga or Krivo Horo
Prairie Song, no. 5
or March, no. 6
Passion Fruit Samba, no. 18
or The Turkey, no. 22
Party Piece
Ballad
Rain Forest or Space
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Ace of Trumpets
Brass Wind 6024
Polished Brass
Brass Wind 6022TC
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet
Fischer 3309
Music Makes the World Go Round
Con moto
Progressive Studies for Brass
Faber
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes
Warwick
Skilful Studies
Anglo Music AMP 098-401
20 Dances for Trumpet de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Explorations for Trumpet de Haske DHP 1023183-400
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 5
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
G major
G minor
two octaves
B major
B minor
D and F minor (candidate’s choice of
either harmonic or melodic minor)
to 12th
Whole-tone scale starting on G
Chromatic scale starting on G
mf
two octaves
Arpeggios:
G major
G minor
B major
B minor
tongued or
slurred as
requested by
the examiner
to 12th
Dominant 7th in the key of G
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
22. Chops Factor V
24. On a Ridge in Lip-Land
29. Balancing Act
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 6
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Anderson
Banchieri
Bernstein
Boyce
Dvořák
Gorb
Gottschalk
Grantham
Gregson
Larsson
A Trumpeter’s Lullaby (from Belwin Instrumental Solos)
Belwin AP.41061
Canzona 5 (from The Baroque Trumpet)
Faber
Lucky to Be Me (from Leonard Bernstein for Trumpet)
Boosey
Trumpet Voluntary (from Old English Trumpet Tunes book 1)
OUP
Rusalka’s Song to the Moon (from Shepherd’s Song)
Winwood 0084
Tango Argentino (from A Tango To Bali)
Brass Wind 1124
Tournament Galop (from Undercover Hits for Trumpet)
Brass Wind 1144
After Midnight
Music for Brass
Danse Macabre (from Cameos for Trumpet)
Brass Wind 1103
Concertino For Trumpet & Strings op. 45 no. 6,
1st movt: Allegro moderato or 3rd movt: Allegro risoluto
Gehrmans
Danza Animada (from Fiesta Española for Trumpet)
Brass Wind 2116
From Drainpipes To Flares, no. 7 or The Viennese Dwarf, no. 8 (from Lucky Dip) Warwick
Sonata for Trumpet & Strings, 1st movt: Allegro
or 3rd movt: Allegro
Musica Rara MR1073
Goose the Goose (from Suite and Hot)
Brass Wind 2103
Square-Dance for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer 2692
Soliloquy for Bb Cornet & Piano
Studio
Rondino
Boosey
Chanson Napolitaine, op. 39 no. 18 (from Second Book of Trumpet Solos)
Faber
Die Tapferkeit (from Festive Baroque for Trumpet & Piano) de Haske DHP 1033419-400
The Enchanted Trumpet (from Explorations for Trumpet) de Haske DHP 1033419-400
Summer Samba (from Bebop to Rock)
Spartan SP479
Gorky Park or Mean Streets of Miami (from Landmarks for Trumpet)
Brass Wind 1117
Moszkowski
Nightingale
Purcell
Runswick
Sanders
Sparke
Street
Tchaikovsky
Telemann
Vizzutti
A Wilson
Woolfenden
Publisher
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Hering
Kopprasch
McKenzie
Miller
Reinhardt
Vizzutti
Vizzutti
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Study no. 20 in A minor (from The Well Tempered Player)
Winwood RMPC 0015
Study no. 8 (from Ace of Trumpets)
Brass Wind 6024
Study no. 37 (from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet)
Fischer 3309
Study no. 45 (from 60 Studies for Trumpet Book 2)
IMC 2105
Czardas or Jota (from Rhythms of Life)
Con moto
Rubber Lips, no. 12 or Morning, no. 13
(from Progressive Studies for Brass)
Faber
Study no. 12 (from Selection of Concone Studies)
Elkan-Vogel UNI8642
Flamenco or Tango (from 20 Dances for Trumpet)
de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Study no. 9 of Intermediate Etudes, p. 11
(from The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method book 3)
Alfred
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
A and F# major
A and F# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on A
Chromatic scale starting on A
two octaves
f or p
Arpeggios:
A and F# major
A and F# minor
Dominant 7th in the key of A
Diminished 7th starting on A
Augmented arpeggio starting on A
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
35. Triple Digit Accidental Twister
39. Summing Up (Again)
40b. Short ‘n’ Sharp
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) S
ight Reading with Transposition
(see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 7
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Arutunian
Balay
Balay
Bernstein
Bozza
Butterworth
Delibes
Elgar
Fantini
Fiala
Gorb
Graham
Himes
Morrison
Moszkowski
Neruda
Ravel
Ridout
Shostakovich
Wilson
Concert Scherzo
Editions BIM TP31a
Andante and Allegro [complete]
Leduc AL 22 802
Petite Piece Concertante (from The Trumpet Collection)
Schirmer
Rondo for Lifey
Boosey
Badinage for Trumpet & Piano
Leduc AL 20712
Fanfare and Berceuse (from Contemporary Music for Trumpet)
Boosey
Waltz (Coppelia) (from Divertissement for Trumpet & Piano)
Brass Wind 3124
Idylle (from Second Book of Trumpet Solos)
Faber
Sonata detta del Niccolini (from The Baroque Trumpet)
Faber
Divertimento in D, 2nd movt: Allegro
Faber
Chikona (from A Tango to Bali)
Brass Wind 1124
A Time for Peace (from Gramercy Solo Album Bb)
Gramercy Music
Concertino for Flugel Horn & Brass Band, 1st movt: Rondo Burlesca
Studio
Buster Strikes Back
Music For Brass
Danza Alegre (from Fiesta Española for Trumpet)
Brass Wind 2116
Concerto for Trumpet & Strings, 2nd movt
Musica Rara MR 1817a
Sonatine (2nd movt) (from Divertissement for Trumpet & Piano)
Brass Wind 3124
Concertino for Flugel Horn, 2nd movt: Energico
Emerson 190
Prelude 18 (from Russian Roulette)
Brass Wind 3110
Blues Boulevard (from Bebop to Rock)
Spartan SP479
Publisher
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban
Study no. 10 (from 14 Studies for Cornet)
Balay
Bourgeois
Study no. 3 or Study no. 4 (from 15 Etudes)
Fantasy Pieces for Trumpet, no. 3: Presto
Brandt
Kopprasch
McKenzie
Study no. 2 or Study no. 17 (from 34 Studies for Trumpet)
Study no. 35 or no. 38 (from 60 Studies for Trumpet Book 2)
Malaguena or Klezmer (from Rhythms of Life)
Miller
Reinhardt
Vizzutti
Vizzutti
Seventh Heaven, no. 21 or Vienna, no. 24 (from Progressive Studies for Brass)
Faber
Study no. 14 (from Selection of Concone Studies)
Elkan-Vogel UNI8642
Funk (from 20 Dances for Trumpet)
de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Study no. 2 of Advanced Etudes, p. 61
or Study no. 3 of Rhythmic Etudes, p. 23
(from The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method book 3)
Alfred
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Boosey
Leduc AL 14 960
Brass Wind 3102
IMC 1391
IMC 2105
Con moto
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 7
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
B and Bb major
B and Bb harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on B and Bb
Chromatic scale starting on B and Bb
Arpeggios:
B and Bb major
B and Bb minor
two octaves
f or p
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
Diminished 7th starting on B and Bb
Augmented arpeggio starting on B and Bb
Dominant 7th in the key of B and Bb
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
23. Chops Factor IV
49. The Twister
57. Back Finger Study
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) S
ight Reading with Transposition
(see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 8
Subject code: TPT/COR/FLG
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Abreu
Albinoni
Baker
Barat
Bellstedt
Bernstein
Bourgeois
Busser
Code
Copland
Copland
Donato
Goedicke
Golland
Graham
Hindemith
Hummel
Neruda
Newsome
Peeters
Tico Tico for Trumpet & Piano
Concerto in G minor, 2nd movt: Allegro and 4th movt: Allegro
Satchmo
Fantasie in Eb for Cornet/Trumpet & Piano
Napoli (from Shepherd’s Song)
Red, White and Blues (from Contemporary Music for Trumpet)
Sonata for Trumpet & Piano op. 193, 3rd movt: Allegro vivace
Andante and Scherzo [complete]
Zelda
Quiet City (from Contemporary Music for Trumpet)
Fanfare for the Common Man (from Copland 2000 for Trumpet)
Prelude and Allegro [complete]
Konzert-Etude op. 49
Ballade op. 72, no. 1
Whirlwind (from Gramercy Solo Album Bb)
Sonata for Trumpet & Piano, 1st movt: mit Kraft
Trumpet Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro con spirito
Concerto for Trumpet & Strings, 1st movt [with cadenza]
Concorde
Sonata for Trumpet & Piano op. 51, 1st movt: Allegro
or 3rd movt: Toccata
Song and Dance
Ballet Suite (from Russian Roulette)
Fantaisie
Sparke
Tchaikovsky
Thomé
Publisher
Brass Wind 4110
EMR 626
Music for Brass
Leduc AL 21923
Winwood 0084
Boosey
Brass Wind 3117
Leduc AL 21327
Boosey
Boosey
Boosey
Leduc
EMR 6032
Studio
Gramercy Music
Schott ED 3643
Boosey
Musica Rara MR 1817a
Studio
Peters EP 6240
Studio
Brass Wind 3110
Leduc AL22754
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban
J S Bach
Balay
Bourgeois
Bulla
Miller
Vizzutti
Vizzutti
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Study no. 6 or Study no. 9 (from 14 Studies for Cornet)
Boosey
Study no. 6 in D minor or Study no. 7 in Eb
(from The Well Tempered Player) Winwood RMPC 0015
Study no. 7 or Study no. 11 (from 15 Etudes)
Leduc AL 14 960
Fantasy Pieces for Trumpet, no. 8: Allegro
Brass Wind 3102
Etude Fantasy (from Advanced Concert Studies for Trumpet)
Curnow Music
Perpetuum Mobile, no. 29 (from Progressive Studies for Brass)
Faber
Polka (from 20 Dances for Trumpet)
de Haske DHP 0991786-400
Study no. 5 of Advanced Etudes, p. 64 or Study no. 7 of Advanced Etudes, p. 66
(from The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method book 3)
Alfred
Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
C, Ab and F# major
C, G#/Ab and F# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on C, Ab and F#
Chromatic scale starting on C, Ab and F#
Crabwise scale from C and G (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
two octaves
Arpeggios:
C, Ab and F# major
C, Ab and F# minor
f or p
tongued,
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
Dominant 7th in the key of C
Diminished 7th starting on C, Ab and F#
Augmented arpeggio starting on C, Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the keys of Ab and F#
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
61. Legato Finale
62. Fingers Finale
63. Staccatissimo Finale
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) S
ight Reading with Transposition
(see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Eb Soprano Cornet — Grade 6
Subject code: SPC
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme. Instead
of any one item, candidates may choose one of the pieces from the Trumpet/Cornet list of the same
grade, or offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Cosma
Elgar
Haydn
Janácªek
Parker
Puccini
Scherwin &
Maschwitz
Only Love
Chanson de matin (from Eb Solo Book)
Andante (from Trumpet Concerto)
Theme from Sinfonietta (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Ground Force (from The Music of Jim Parker for Horn in Eb)
Nessun Dorma (arr. Hudson)
MfB
Warwick
Universal HM223
Brass Wind 2125
Brass Wind 1137
MfB
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
(from A Little Light Music for Eb Horn)
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (from More on the Light Side for Eb Horn)
Blue Grotto or Red Run (from Alpine Adventures)
Brass Wind 2124
Brass Wind 1138
Sound The Trumpets
Waller
Walton
Publisher
Group B
Endresen
Vizzutti
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Study no. 21 (from Supplementary Studies for Trumpet)
Bossa Nova or Bulgarian Dance or Cowboy Dance
(from 20 Dances for Trumpet)
Rubank
de Haske
Eb Soprano Cornet — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
F# major
F# harmonic and melodic minor
A major
A harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on A
Chromatic scale starting on A
Arpeggios:
F# major
F# minor
two octaves
to 12th
two octaves
A major
A minor
Diminished 7th starting on A
Augmented arpeggio starting on A
Dominant 7th in the key of A
f or p
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
to 12th
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
35. Triple Digit Accidental Twister
39. Summing Up Again
40b. Short ‘n’ Sharp
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Eb Soprano Cornet — Grade 7
Subject code: SPC
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme. Instead
of any one item, candidates may choose one of the pieces from the Trumpet/Cornet list of the same
grade, or offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Ball
Carmichael
Donizetti
Elgar
Graham
Handel
Kodály
Parker
Walton
Walton
Mountain Melody
G & M Brand 70033
Stardust (from A Little Light Music for Horn in Eb)
Brass Wind 2124
Solo per Oboe (from Eb Solo Book)
Warwick
The Serious Doll (from Eb Solo Book)
Warwick
A Time for Peace or Swedish Hymn (from Gramercy Solo Album Eb)
Gramercy
Bourée
MfB
Háry János (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Brass Wind 2125
Soldier, Soldier (from The Music of Jim Parker for Horn in Eb)
Brass Wind 1137
Black Ice, no. 5 (from Alpine Adventures)
Sound the Trumpets
Ranoon Spectre
Sound the Trumpets
Publisher
Group B
J S Bach
McKenzie
Vizzutti
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Study no. 11 in F (from The Well Tempered Player)
Klezmer (from Rhythms of Life)
Study no. 11 of Rhythmic Etudes
(from The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method book 3)
Winwood RMPC 0015
con moto
Alfred
Eb Soprano Cornet — Grade 7
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
G major
G harmonic and melodic minor
Bb major
Bb harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on Bb
Chromatic scale starting on Bb
two octaves
to 12th
Whole-tone scale starting on G
Chromatic scale starting on G
two octaves
Arpeggios:
G major
G minor
Bb major
Bb minor
f or p
tongued, slurred
or staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
to 12th
Diminished 7th starting on G
Augmented arpeggio starting on G
two octaves
Diminished 7th starting on Bb
Augmented arpeggio starting on Bb
to 12th
Dominant 7th in the keys of Bb and G
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
23. Chop Factor IV
49. The Twister!
57. Back Finger Study
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
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Eb Soprano Cornet — Grade 8
Subject code: SPC
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme. Instead
of any one item, candidates may choose one of the pieces from the Trumpet/Cornet list of the same
grade, or offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Boyce
Eaves
Graham
Haydn
Hummel
Kneale
Monti
Mozart
Neruda
Rimmer
Rossini
Sparke
1st movt from Symphony no. 4 (from O Solo Mio [Eb edition])
Brass Wind 2114E
Rhapsody for Eb Soprano Cornet
G & M Brand 70040
Glorious Ventures or Whirlwind (from Gramercy Solo Album Eb)
Gramercy
Gypsy Rondo (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Brass Wind 2125
Trumpet Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro con spirito
Boosey 2700023
Variations on a Welsh Theme
G & M Brand 70052
Czardas (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Brass Wind 2125
The Queen of the Night’s Aria
Kirklees
Concerto for Trumpet & Strings, 1st movt [with cadenza]
Musica Rara MR 1817a
Silver Threads Among the Gold
Wright + Round
Cavatine (from It’s a Classic for Eb Horn)
Brass Wind 2125
Capriccio
G & M Brand 70009
Publisher
Group B
Brandt
McKenzie
Miller
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Study no. 31 (from 34 Studies for Trumpet)
Syrto (from Rhythms of Life)
Rhythmic Rondo or Computer Failure (from Progressive Studies for Brass)
IMC 1391
con moto
Faber
Eb Soprano Cornet — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
A, Ab and F# major
A, Ab and F# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on A, Ab and F#
Chromatic scale starting on A, Ab and F#
Crabwise scale from G and F# (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
two octaves
f or p
Arpeggios:
A, Ab and F# major
A, Ab and F# minor
tongued,
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
Dominant 7th in the keys of A, Ab and F#
Diminished 7th starting on A, Ab and F#
Augmented arpeggio starting on A, Ab and F#
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
61. Legato Finale
62. Fingers Finale
63. Staccatissimo Finale
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
Please note that Certificate examinations are currently unavailable for
Soprano Cornet. We hope to launch these in 2015.
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Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 1
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Chorale from the
St Matthew Passion
Bernstein
One Hand, One Heart
Clarke
Trumpet Minuet
Crosse
Intrada
Daly
Postman Pat
Diabelli
The Joker
Grieg
Åse’s Death
Haydn
Minuet
Rae
Rumba or The Guv’nor
Runswick
Offshore
Schubert
German Dance
Spiritual
All Night, All Day
Susato
La mourisque
Tchaikovsky Dance of the Mirlitons
Wedgwood
Cheeky Cherry
or Simply the Rest!
Wedgwood
Apple Pie Waltz
or I Believe
Book
Publisher
J S Bach
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
No. 2, Allegro moderato
Davis
Geared Up or Tiny Minuet
Endresen
Study no. 1, Moderato
Gregson
Hungarian Dance, no. 4
or Lullaby, no. 8
Miller
Pond Life, no. 9 or
Supersonic Samurai, no. 14
Mozart
Theme from a Musical Joke
Nightingale Coo’s Blues, no. 3
or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4
Sparke
Modal Melody
or Tickertape Parade
Trad.
Give me Joy in my Heart
Amazing Solos for Trumpet [&]
Boosey
Easy Winners* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Trumpet All Sorts (Grades 1–3) [&]
Trinity Faber
Up Front Album for Trumpet, book 1 [&] Brass Wind 0107
Winners Galore* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
The Magic Trombone [&/?]
Boosey
The Really Easy Trombone Book [&/?]
Faber
Bravo! Trumpet [&]
Boosey
Play it Cool for Trumpet [&]
Universal UE 21 265
Up Front Album for Trumpet, book 1 [&] Brass Wind 0107
Bravo! Trumpet [&]
Boosey
Easy Winners* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Trumpet [&]
Faber
Up-Grade! For Trumpet Grades 1–2 [&]
Faber
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Polished Brass [&]
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass [&]
Rubank HL04470640
Brass Wind 6002TC
Simple Studies for Beginner Brass [&]
Faber
Easy Winners* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick TR042 or EU011
Skilful Studies for Baritone/Euphonium [&/?] Anglo Music
Winners Galore [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
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Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Brass Wind 6022TC
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 1
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
C major
A natural minor (candidates
may play harmonic or
melodic minor if preferred)
Bass clef scales:
Bb major
A natural minor (candidates
may play harmonic or
melodic minor if preferred)
Arpeggios:
C major
A minor
Arpeggios:
Bb major
A minor
one octave
mf
tongued
or ii) Exercise
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
1b. Getting Started
3b. A Low Trick
4b. Limbering Up Again
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
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Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 2
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Barratt
Bart
Bullard
Clarke
Out-of-Step March
Bravo! Trumpet [&]
Boosey
Where Is Love?
Easy Winners* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Acrobats or Circus Rock Circus Skills [& or ?]
Spartan SP640 or SP642
The Duke of
Gloucester’s March
Bravo! Trumpet [&]
Boosey
Goodall
Blackadder Theme
Winners Galore* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
Handel
March
Trumpet All Sorts (Grades 1–3) [&]
Trinity Faber
Handel
Hallelujah Chorus
Winners Galore* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
Mozart
Aria
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Nightingale
One, Two, Three, Push!,
no. 1 or The Witch’s
Cauldron, no. 4
Lucky Dip [& or ?]
Warwick
Osborne & May Eastenders
Easy Winners* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Praetorius
Tanz des Burgermeisters Amazing Solos for Trumpet [&]
Boosey
Purcell
Trumpet Tune
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Trad. Scottish Over the Sea to Skye
Up-Grade! For Trumpet Grades 1–2 [&]
Faber
Trad.
arr. Johnstone Men of Harlech
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Wedgwood
Dragonfly or Easy Tiger
Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Trumpet [&]
Faber
Wilson-Smith Out n’ About or Something Else
or Waltzing with Jazz
All Jazzed Up for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1107
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Brite ‘n’ Rock, no. 5
or Chickpea, no. 11
Bourgeois
No. 4, Moderato
or no. 5, Allegro
Davis
Jumping Jack Rap
or Rat Rag
Endresen
Study no. 3, Allegro
Gregson
Gavotte, no. 10
or Justin’s March, no. 14
Miller
Tip-toe Toccata, no. 13
or Sabre Dance, no. 16
Nightingale
The Nuthatch, no. 6
or The Sleuth, no. 7
Sparke
Cowboy Carol
or Tom’s Tune
Smooth Groove for Trumpet [&]
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Polished Brass [&]
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Brass Wind 6022TC
Rubank HL04470640
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6002TC
Simple Studies for Beginner Brass [&]
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Faber
Warwick TR042 or EU011
Skilful Studies for Baritone/Euphonium [&/?] Anglo Music
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
80
Brass Wind 1141TC
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 2
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
D and Bb major
A harmonic minor
(candidate may play
natural or melodic
minor if preferred)
Bass clef scales:
C and Ab major
G harmonic minor
(candidate may play
natural or melodic
minor if preferred)
Arpeggios:
D and Bb major
A minor
Arpeggios:
C and Ab major
G minor
one octave
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
5. Lip Push-Ups!
13. Out of the Box
15. The One-Meter Sloth Race
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
81
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 3
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Adler & Ross
Bart
Bernstein
Bizet
Blake
Bullard
Hernando’s Hideaway
Latino for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1142
Food Glorious Food
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
America
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Entr’acte from Carmen
Trumpet All Sorts (Grades 1–3) [&]
Trinity Faber
Walking in the Air
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Sad Clown
or Sentimental Serenade Circus Skills [& or ?]
Spartan SP640 or SP642
Carr
The Station Master
Top Line Album for Trombone/Euphonium
[& or ?]
Brass Wind 1115TC/BC
Fauré
Pavane
Easy Winners* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Gluck
Che Faro
Great Winners* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0132TC/0136BC
Harburg & Arlen We’re Off to See the Wizard Easy Winners* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
John & Rice
Can You Feel the
Love Tonight
Undercover Hits for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1144
Lloyd Webber Close Every Door
Winner Scores All* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Mancini
Pink Panther
All Jazzed Up for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1107
Mozart
Der Vogelfänger bin ich Ja Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Stainer H430
Norman
James Bond Theme
Easy Winners* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Pinkard, Carsey
& Bernie
Sweet Georgia Brown
All Jazzed Up for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1107
Purcell
Trumpet Air from The Indian
Queen [with repeats]
Old English Trumpet Tunes book 1 [&]
OUP
Saint-Saëns
Royal March of the Lion
The Magic Trombone [&/?]
Boosey
Trad.
British Grenadiers
Going Solo Trumpet [&]
Faber
Trad.
Danny Boy
Winners Galore* [& or ?[]]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
Verdi
La donna è mobile
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Stainer H430
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
no. 6, Alla marcia
or no. 9, Moderato
Blakeson
Jam on Toast, no. 20
or Red Chilli Sauce, no. 18
Davis
Flamenco Flirt [in D minor]
or Horn of Wonder
Endresen
Study no. 8, Moderato
Gregson
Bulgarian Dance, no. 15
or Folk Song, no. 17
Hering
Study no. 12
McKenzie
Waltz or High Life
Nightingale
Slinky, no. 13
Sparke
Contrasts or Tyrolean Tune
* Piano accompaniment available separately
82
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Smooth Groove for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Brass Wind 1141TC
Polished Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6022TC
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Rubank HL04470640
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6002TC
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [&]
Fischer 3309
Music Makes the World Go Round [& or ?]
Con moto
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick TR042 or EU011
Skillful Studies for Baritone/Euphonium [&/?] Anglo Music
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 3
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
E and Eb major
C and E minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Bass clef scales:
D and Db major
D and Bb minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale
starting on C
Whole-tone scale
starting on Bb
Arpeggios:
E and Eb major
C and E minor
Arpeggios:
D and Db major
D and Bb minor
one octave
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
14. The Drunken Sailor Sobers Up!
16. Snakes and Ladders
20. Chops Factor
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
83
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 4
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
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
America or Maria
from West Side Story
Bilk arr. Iveson Stranger On The Shore
Bullard
Russian Galop
Fellows
Siciliano
Goodwin
633 Squadron
Gounod
Soldiers’ March
Handel
March from The
Occasional Oratorio
or March from Scipio
Howard
Fly Me to the Moon
Iveson
If I Were a Rich Man
Jobim
One Note Samba
Lloyd Webber
arr. Iveson
All I Ask of You
Mussorgsky
The Old Castle
Nightingale
I Woke Up This
Mornin’…, no. 6
Pearson
Tongue in Cheek
Purcell
Air
Purcell
Fairest Isle
Spiritual
arr. Iveson
Nobody Knows
Verdi
Questa o quella
Warlock
Basse Dance
Weill
Mack the Knife
Book
Publisher
Bernstein
Amazing Solos for Trumpet [&]
Boosey
Stranger on the A Train
for Trombone/Euphonium [& or ?] Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Circus Skills [& or ?]
Spartan SP640 or SP642
Two Italian Dances [&/?]
Warwick
Great Winners*‡
Brass Wind 0132TC/0136BC
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Stainer H430
Old English Trumpet Tunes book 1 [&]
OUP
Latino for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1142
A Little Light Music
for Trombone/Euphonium [[&/?]
Brass Wind 2115TC/BC
Big Chillers for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Brass Wind 1140
Stranger on the A Train
for Trombone/Euphonium [& or ?] Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Going Solo Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Lucky Dip [&/?]
Going Solo Trumpet [&]
Festive Baroque for Trombone [&/?]
Going Solo Trumpet [&]
Warwick EU009
Faber
de Haske 1043580
Faber
A Little Light Music
for Trombone/Euphonium [& or ?] Brass Wind 2115TC/BC
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Stainer H430
Slide Show
for Trombone/Euphonium [& or ?] Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Big Chillers for Trombone/Euphonium [?] Brass Wind 1155BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Big Band Swing, no. 33
or Latin Lady, no. 32
Smooth Groove for Trumpet [&]
Bourgeois
Study no. 1 or Study no. 2 Ace of Trumpets [&]
Bourgeois
Study no. 5
Bone of Contention [& or ?]
Bourgeois
No. 11, Allegro vivace or
No. 7, Allegro moderato
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Endresen
Study no. 11,
Andante con moto
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Davis
Irish Jig or Serpent Smoothie
[in C major]
Polished Brass [&]
84
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
Brass Wind 1141TC
Brass Wind 6024
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Rubank HL04470640
Brass Wind 6022TC
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 4
Hering
McKenzie
Nightingale
Sparke
Study no. 10 or Study no. 11
Mambo or Tango
Blues for Big-Ears, no. 15
Hungarian Dance
or Opera Buffa
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [&]
Fischer 3309
Music Makes the World Go Round [& or ?]
Con moto
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick TR042 or EU011
Skilful Studies for Baritone/Euphonium [&/?]
Anglo Music
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
Bb major
Bass clef scales:
Ab major
F major
D and F minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Eb major
C and Eb minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale
starting on F
Chromatic scale
starting on C
Whole-tone scale
starting on Eb
Chromatic scale
starting on Bb
Arpeggios:
Bb major
Arpeggios:
Ab major
F major
D and F minor
Eb major
C and Eb minor
to 12th
one octave
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
to 12th
one octave
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
17a. Cool Marché
21. Chops Factor II
30. As Fast as You Can
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
85
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 5
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
J S Bach
March or Polonaise
Bach for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2107TC/BC
Bernie & Pinkard
arr. Iveson
Sweet Georgia Brown
Stranger on the A Train for Trombone
/Euphonium [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Bizet
Chanson Boheme
Great Winners*
Brass Wind 0132TC/0136BC
Bizet
Toreador’s Song
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Stainer H430
Charpentier
arr. Mowat
Prelude to Te Deum
Stranger on the A Train for Trombone
/Euphonium [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Ellington & Bigard
arr. Iveson
Mood Indigo
Stranger on the A Train for Trombone
/Euphonium [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Fauré
Après un rêve
Steven Mead’s ‘World of the Euphonium’ [&/?]
Studio
Fauré
By the Waterside (Au bord
de l’eau) for Baritone & Piano [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0162
Gershwin
Summertime
or I Got Rhythm
A Little Light Music for Trombone
/Euphonium [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2115TC/BC
Gershwin
Let’s Call the
Whole Thing Off
Slide Show for Trombone
/Euphonium [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Gordon &
Warren
Chatanooga Choo Choo
Big Chillers for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Brass Wind 1140
Grieg
Solveig’s Song
Great Winners*[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0132TC/0136BC
Hasse
Bourée
Festive Baroque for Trombone [&/?] de Haske 1043580
Ippolitov-Ivanov Cortège
(Caucasian Sketches)
Undercover Hits for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1144
Loesser
Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Centre Stage for Trombone
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Maria & Bonfa Manha de Carnaval
Latino for Trumpet [&]
Brass Wind 1142
Nightingale
The Googlie Boogie, no. 9
or Bruiser Joe, no. 10
Lucky Dip [&/?]
Warwick EU009
Parker
Mapp and Lucia
or Soldier, Soldier
The Music of Jim Parker for Trumpet [&] Brass Wind 1129
Saint-Saëns
arr. Mowat
L’Elephant
Stranger on the A Train for Trombone
/Euphonium [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Telemann
Die Würde
Festive Baroque for Trombone [&/?] de Haske 1043580
Verdi
Triumphal March
Onstage Brass for Trumpet & Piano
Stainer H430
Williams
Raiders March
Great Winners*[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0132TC/0136BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
Study no. 3
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
86
Bone of Contention [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 5
Bourgeois
No. 17, Andante cantabile
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Bourgeois
Study no. 7 or Study no. 10
Ace of Trumpets [&]
Brass Wind 6024
Davis
Heads or Tails or Hornpipe
Polished Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6022TC
Endresen
Study no. 34, Allegretto
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Rubank HL04470640
Hering
Study no. 30 or Study no. 33 Forty Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [&] Fischer 3309
McKenzie
Cerga or Krivo Horo
Music Makes the World Go Round [& or ?]
Con moto
Miller
Prairie Song, no. 5
or March, no. 6
Progressive Studies for Brass [&]
Faber
Nightingale
Passion Fruit Samba, no. 18
or The Turkey, no. 22
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick TR042 or EU011
Sparke
Party Piece
Skilful Studies for Baritone/Euphonium [&/?] Anglo Music
Vizzutti
Easy Etude
New Concert Studies
for Euphonium vol. 2 [& or ?]
de Haske 10033404 [&]
or 1033405 [?]
Vizzutti
Ballad
20 Dances for Euphonium
de Haske 1002381400 [&]
or 1002382400 [?]
87
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 5
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
G major
G minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Bass clef scales:
F major
F minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
B major
B minor
A major
A minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on G
Chromatic scale
starting on G
Whole-tone scale
starting on F
Chromatic scale
starting on F
two octaves
Arpeggios:
G major
G minor
Arpeggios:
F major
F minor
two octaves
B major
B mino
A major
A minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of G
Dominant 7th in the
key of F
two octaves
to 12th
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
to 12th
one octave
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
22. Chops Factor V
24. On a Ridge in Lip-Land
29. Balancing Act
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
88
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 6
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Prelude in Ab major (from Bach for Trombone) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2107TC/BC
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
(from Let’s Face the Music for Trombone) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2131TC/BC
Bizet arr. Mowat Chanson du Toréador (from Savoir Faire
for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2147TC/BC
Dvorák
Rusalka’s Song to the Moon (from Shepherd’s Song) [&]
Winwood
Gossec
Tambourin (from Childs’ Choice) [&]
Winwood RMPC 0129
Gottschalk
Tournament Galop (from Undercover Hits for Trumpet) [&]
Brass Wind 1144
Heath
Andante and Scherzo [complete] [&/?]
G & M Brand 70003
McGrath & Phillips
arr. Iveson
Strictly Come Dancing (Stranger on the A Train for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Moszkowski
Danza Animada (from Fiesta Española for Trumpet) [&]
Brass Wind 2116
Mozart
Concerto in Two Movements K. 412, 1st movt: Allegro
or 2nd movt: Allegro [&/?]
G & M Brand 70018
Mowat
Bone Idyll (from Slide Show for Trombone) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Porter
Begin the Beguine
(from Let’s Face the Music for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?] Brass Wind 2131TC/BC
Purcell
I Attempt from Love’s Sickness
(from Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1) [& or ?]
Chester CH55320
Sanders
Square-Dance for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Stainer 2692
Sherwin
& Maschwitz
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
(from The Sunny Side of the Street) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2119TC/BC
Strayhorn
arr. Iveson
Take the A Train (from Stranger on the A Train for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Sparke
Soliloquy for Bb Cornet & Piano [&]
Studio
Telemann
Die Tapferkeit (from Festive Baroque for Trombone) [&/?]
de Haske 1043580
Trad.
Londonderry Air or Variations on The Ash Grove
(from Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1) [&/?]
Chester CH55320
Wagner
Walter’s Prize Song (from Three Operatic Arias) [&/?]
G & M Brand 70046
Waller
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (from Big Chillers for Trumpet & Piano) [&]
Brass Wind 1140
J S Bach
Berlin
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Bourgeois
Curnow
Endresen
Graham
Study no. 20 in A minor (from The Well Tempered Player) [&]
Winwood RMPC 0015
Study no. 8 (from Ace of Trumpets) [&]
Brass Wind 6024
Study no. 4 or Study no. 9 (from Bone of Contention) [& or ?] Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
The Harmonious Tunesmith
de Haske 1033404 [&]
(from New Concert Studies for Euphonium vol. 2) [& or ?]
or 1033405 [?]
Study no. 32, Largo (from Supplementary Studies for Trumpet) [&]
Rubank
A Bach Invention
(from New Concert Studies for Euphonium vol. 2)[& or ?] de Haske 1033404/1033405
89
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 6
Hering
Study no. 34 or Study no. 35 or Study no. 37
(from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [&]
Fischer 3309
Kopprasch
Study no. 11 (from 60 Selected Studies for Trombone book 1) [?]
Fischer
McKenzie
Czardas or Jota (from Rhythms of Life) [& or ?]
Con moto
Miller
Rubber Lips, no. 12 or Morning, no. 13 (from Progressive Studies for Brass) [&] Faber
Vizzutti
Flamenco or Tango (from 20 Dances for Euphonium)[& or ?] de Haske 1002381400/
1002382400
Waignein
Comme dans une tarantelle (from New Concert Studies
for Euphonium vol. 2) [& or ?]
de Haske 1033404/1033405
90
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
Lip Flexibility Exercise - candidates to chose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass
or Scales & Exercises for Bass Clef Brass)
Trinity College London
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Treble Clef Brass
or Scales & Exercises for Bass Clef Brass)
Trinity College London
c) Exercise no. 17 or no. 18 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Brass Wind
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
A and F# major
A and F# harmonic and
melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
G and E major
G and E harmonic and
melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on A
Chromatic scale
starting on A
Whole-tone scale
starting on G
Chromatic scale
starting on G
Arpeggios:
A and F# major
A and F# minor
Arpeggios:
G and E major
G and E minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of A
Diminished 7th
starting on A
Augmented arpeggio
starting on A
Dominant 7th in the
key of G
Diminished 7th
starting on G
Augmented arpeggio
starting on G
two octaves
f or p
tongued or
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
or ii) Exercises
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
35. Triple Digit Accidental Twister
39. Summing Up (Again)
40b. Short ‘n’ Sharp
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
91
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 7
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Berlioz arr. Mowat Un Bal (from Savoir Faire for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?] Brass Wind 2147TC/BC
Capuzzi*
Andante from Andante and Rondo
(from Concerto for Double Bass) [&/?]
Hinrichsen H1474
Capuzzi*
Rondo from Andante and Rondo
(from Concerto for Double Bass) [&/?]
Hinrichsen H1474
Curnow
Rhapsody for Euphonium [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0055
Debussy arr. Mowat Le Cake-Walk
(from Savoir Faire for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2147TC/BC
Elgar
Idylle op. 4 no. 1 [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0118
Elgar
Mot d’amour op. 13 no. 1 [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0106
Golland
Peace [&/?]
Hallamshire
Graham
A Time for Peace (from Gramercy Solo Album Bb) [&/?]
Gramercy
Harbach & Kern
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Let’s Face the Music
for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2131TC/BC
Marcello
Sonata in F major, 1st movt: Largo and 2nd movt: Allegro [&/?]
Studio
Moszkowski
Danza Alegre (from Fiesta Española for Trumpet) [&]
Brass Wind 2116
Newton
The Riders of Rohan (from Childs’ Choice) [&]
Winwood RMPC 0129
Richards
Midnight Euphonium [&/?]
Studio
Senaillé
Introduction and Allegro Spiritoso [complete] [&/?]
Hinrichsen 853
Vivaldi
Sonata no. 3 in A minor, 1st movt: Largo and 2nd movt: Allegro
or 3rd movt: Largo and 4th movt: Allegro [& or ?]
EMR 325
Mozart
Adagio and Rondo, Adagio [only] [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0208
Purcell
arr. Sturzenegger Suite, 1st movement (from Suite for
Euphonium and Piano (Organ)) [& or ?]
EMR 303M
Richards
Caprice [&]
Studio
Saint-Saëns
The Swan (from Steven Mead’s ‘World of the Euphonium’) [&/?]
Studio
Sparke
Aubade for Euphonium & Piano [&/?]
Studio
Vaughan Williams Concerto for Tuba, 2nd movt [?] [separate & Euphonium part available]
OUP
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban
J S Bach
Balay
Bourgeois
Bourgeois
Bourgeois
Brandt
Court
Study no. 10 (from 14 Studies for Cornet) [&]
Boosey
Study no. 2 in C minor or Study no. 17 in Ab
(from The Well Tempered Player) [&]
Winwood RMPC 0015
Study no. 3 or Study no. 4 (from 15 Etudes) [&]
Leduc AL 14 960
Fantasy Pieces for Trumpet, no. 3: Presto [&]
Brass Wind 3102
Study no. 14 (from Bone of Contention) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
No. 1, Adagio (from Fantasy Pieces for Trombone) [& or ?] Brass Wind 3104TC/BC
Study no. 2 or Study no. 17 (from 34 Studies for Trumpet) [&]
IMC 1391
The Chase (from New Concert Studies
for Euphonium vol. 2) [& or ?]
de Haske 1033404/1033405
* One of the two pieces may be played, but not both.
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Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 7
Hering
Kopprasch
Mashima
McKenzie
Miller
Vizzutti
Study no. 38 or Study no. 39 (from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet) [&] Fischer 3309
Study no. 14, Allegro (from 60 Selected Studies
for Trombone, book 1) [?] Fischer O2895
A Spring Morning (from New Concert Studies for Euphonium vol. 1) [& or ?] de Haske
Klezmer or Malaguena (from Rhythms of Life) [& or ?]
Con moto
Seventh Heaven, no. 21 or Vienna, no. 24
(from Progressive Studies for Brass) [&]
Faber
Funk (from 20 Dances for Euphonium) [& or ?]
de Haske 1002381400/1002382400
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
B and Bb major
B and Bb harmonic and
melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
A and Ab major
A and Ab harmonic and
melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on B and Bb
Chromatic scale
starting on B and Bb
Whole-tone scale
starting on A and Ab
Chromatic scale
starting on A and Ab
Arpeggios:
B and Bb major
B and Bb minor
Arpeggios:
A and Ab major
A and Ab minor
Dominant 7th in the key
of B and Bb
Diminished 7th starting on
B and Bb
Augmented arpeggio
starting on B and Bb
Dominant 7th in the key of
A and Ab
Diminished 7th starting on
A and Ab
Augmented arpeggio
starting on A and Ab
two octaves
f or p
tongued,
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
23. Chop Factor IV
49. The Twister!
57. Back Finger Study
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
93
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 8
Subject codes: EUP/BTN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Abreu
Bellstedt
Butterworth
Tico Tico for Trumpet & Piano [&]
Brass Wind 4110
Napoli (from Shepherd’s Song) [&]
Winwood
Partita op. 89 for Euphonium & Piano, 3rd movt: Sarabande
and 5th movt: Scherzo [&/?]
Comus
Romance op. 62 [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0064
Whirlwind (from Gramercy Solo Album Bb) [&/?]
Gramercy
Euphonium Concerto, 1st movt: Moderato or 2nd movt: Lento
or 3rd movt: Con moto [&/?]*
Novello NOV120387
Fantasy [beginning at bar 93, Allegro non troppo] [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0206
The Song of the Brother [from Theme, Letter B]
(from The Salvation Army Instrumental Album no. 21) [&]
Salvationist
Ransomed (from The Salvation Army Instrumental Album no. 21) [&]
Salvationist
Czardas (from Monti’s Czardas) [&]
Winwood RMPC 0078
Adagio and Rondo, Rondo [only] [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0208
Vocalise (from Vocalise Rachmaninov) [& or ?]
Studio Music
Weber’s Last Waltz [from Theme, bar 80, without repeats] [&/?]
Studio
Sonata for Euphonium, 1st movt [&/?]
Studio
Euphonium Concerto, 1st movt: Moderato e energico [&/?]
Studio
Fantasy for Euphonium & Brass Band [&/?]
G & M Brand 70024
Party Piece [&/?]
Studio
Rhapsody for Bb Baritone [&]
Studio
Concert Galop [&]
Winwood RMPC 0184
Varied Mood [&/?]
Hallamshire
Elgar
Graham
Horovitz
Hummel
Leidzén
Marshall
Monti
Mozart
Rachmaninov
Rimmer
Roper
Sparke
Sparke
Sparke
Sparke
Wilby
Woodfield
Publisher
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban
J S Bach
Study no. 6 or Study no. 9 (from 14 Studies for Cornet) [&]
Boosey 2700005
Study no. 6 in D minor or Study no. 7 in Eb
(from The Well Tempered Player) [&]
Winwood RMPC 0015
Balay
Study no. 7 or Study no. 11 (from 15 Etudes) [&]
Leduc AL 14 960
Bourgeois
Fantasy Pieces for Trumpet, no. 8: Allegro [&]
Brass Wind 3102
Bourgeois
No. 2, Andante cantabile (from Fantasy Pieces
for Trombone) [& or ?] Brass Wind 3104TC/BC
Kopprasch
Study no. 46, Moderato (from 60 Selected Studies
for Trombone book 2) [?]
Fischer CF 2806100
Brandt
Study no. 4 or Study no. 15 (from 34 Studies for Trumpet) [&]
IMC 1391
Hadermann
Escapade (from New Concert Studies for Euphonium vol. 2)
de Haske 1033404 [&]
[& or ?]
or 1033405 [?]
Miller
Perpetuum Mobile, no. 29 (from Progressive Studies for Brass) [&]
Faber
Vizzutti
Polka (from 20 Dances for Euphonium) [& or ?]
de Haske 1002381400 [&]
or 1002382400 [?]
* one of the three pieces may be played, but not both.
94
Euphonium, Baritone — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
C, Ab and F# major
C, G#/Ab and F# harmonic
and melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
Bb, E and F# major
Bb, E and F# harmonic
and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on C, Ab and F#
Chromatic scale
starting on C, Ab and F#
Crabwise scale from
C and G (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
Whole-tone scale
starting on Bb, E and F#
Chromatic scale
starting on Bb, E and F#
Crabwise scale from
F and Bb (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
Arpeggios:
C, Ab and F# major
C, G#/Ab and F# minor
Arpeggios:
Bb, E and F# major
Bb, E and F# minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of C
Diminished 7th starting on
C, Ab and F#
Augmented arpeggio
starting on C, Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the
key of Bb
Diminished 7th starting
on Bb, E and F#
Augmented arpeggio
starting on E, Bb and F#
Dominant 7th in the keys
of Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the keys
of E and F#/Gb
two octaves
f or p
tongued,
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
61. Legato Finale
62. Fingers Finale
63. Staccatissimo Finale
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
95
Trombone — Grade 1
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Barratt
Ballyhoo! or Curtain Raiser Bravo! Trombone [&/?]
Boosey BH 2800129
Daly
Postman Pat, p. 4
Winners Galore for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
Diabelli
The Joker
The Magic Trombone [&/?]
Boosey BH 2800003
Geldard
Square Dance
Beginners Please! Trombone [&/?] Winwood RMPC 0088
rieg
Åse’s Death
The Really Easy Trombone Book [&/?]
Faber
Horovitz
Merlin’s Tower
Up Front Album for Trombone
book 1 [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0110TC/BC
Nightingale
One, Two, Three Push!
Lucky Dip
Warwick
Rougeron
Le Chorege
Billaudot GB5474
Susato
La mourisque
Winner Scores All for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Mirlitons
Winner Scores All for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Trad. Spanish Spanish Air
Bravo! Trombone [&/?]
Boosey BH 2800129
Woolfenden
The Dragon Throne
Up Front Album for Trombone
book 1 [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0110TC/BC
Wedgwood
Wrap it Up
Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
No. 2, Allegro moderato
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Davis
Geared Up or Tiny Minuet Polished Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6022TC
Endresen
Study no. 1, Moderato
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Rubank HL04470640
Gregson
Thoughtful Prelude, no. 1 20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass [? Trombone ed.] Brass Wind 6002BC
Nightingale
Coo’s Blues, no. 3
or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4 Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick
Sparke
Modal Melody, no. 3 or
Ticker Tape Parade, no. 5 Skilful Studies for Trombone [&/?] Anglo Music AMP 100
Trad.
Give me Joy in my Heart Winners Galore for Trombone[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
Trad.
Shepherds Hey
[with repeats]
Easy Winners for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
96
Trombone — Grade 1
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
C major
A natural minor (candidate
may play harmonic or
melodic minor if preferred)
Bass clef scales:
Bb major
G natural minor (candidate
may play harmonic or
melodic minor if preferred)
Arpeggios:
C major
A minor
Arpeggios:
Bb major
G minor
one octave
tongued
mf
or ii) Exercises — the following exercise plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Treble clef exercise:
C major scale and arpeggio exercise
Bass clef exercise:
Bb major scale and arpeggio exercise
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 1, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 1, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 1 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
97
Trombone — Grade 2
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Air
Bravo! Trombone [&/?]
Boosey BH 2800129
Hampton ‘Swing’
or Parasaurolophus
Bravo! Trombone [&/?]
Boosey BH 2800129
Bart
Where Is Love?
Easy Winners for Trombone*[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC or 0125BC
Geldard
Polka
Beginners Please! Trombone [&/?]
Winwood RMPC 0088
Goodall
Blackadder Theme
Winners Galore for Trombone*[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118T or 0121BCC
Gout
Circus Clowns
Going Solo Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Gregson
Processional
Up Front Album for Trombone
book 2 [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0115TC/BC
Grieg
Ballad
Going Solo Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Kander & Ebb Wilkommen
Undercover Hits for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind
Mozart
Aria
Winner Scores All for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Nightingale
The Witches Cauldron Lucky Dip
Warwick
Osborne & May Eastenders
Easy Winners for Trombone*[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Purcell
Trumpet Tune
Winner Scores All* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Tracey
Sundance
Up Front Album for Trombone
book 1 [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0110TC/BC
Trad.
Cockles and Mussels
All Jazzed Up for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1109TC/BC
Trad.
arr. Johnstone Men of Harlech
Winner Scores All* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Wedgwood
Dragonfly or Easy Tiger Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Trombone [&/?]
Faber
W F Bach
Barratt
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arne
Rule Brittannia
Easy Winners for Trombone[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Bourgeois
No. 4, Moderato
or no. 5, Allegro
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Davis
Jumping Jack Rap
or Rat Rag
Polished Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6022TC
Endresen
Study no. 3, Allegro
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Rubank HL04470640
English Trad. Drunken Sailor
Winners Galore for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0121BC
Gregson
Song, no. 5
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass [? Trombone ed.]
Brass Wind 6002BC
Nightingale
The Nuthatch, no. 6
or The Sleuth, no. 7
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick
Sparke
Cowboy Carol, no. 12
Skilful Studies
or Shalom, no. 14
for Trombone [&/?]
Anglo Music AMP 100
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
98
Trombone — Grade 2
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
D and Bb major
A harmonic minor
(candidates may play
natural or melodic minor
if preferred)
Bass clef scales:
C and Ab major
G natural minor
(candidates may play
natural or melodic minor
if preferred)
Arpeggios:
D and Bb major
A minor
Arpeggios:
C and Ab major
G minor
one octave
mf
tongued
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared
(music may be used):
Treble clef exercises:
a) D major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) A minor scale and arpeggio exercise
Bass clef exercises:
a) C major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) G minor scale and arpeggio exercise
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Trombone
published by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following:
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 2, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 2, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 3 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
99
Trombone — Grade 3
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Barratt
Round ‘Square Dance’
Bravo! Trombone [&/?]
Boosey BH 2800129
Bart
Food Glorious Food
Winner Scores All for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Bennett
Murder on the
Undercover Hits for Trombone
Orient Express
[& or ?]
Brass Wind 1150TC/BC
Bernstein
America
Winner Scores All for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Blake
Walking in the Air
Winner Scores All for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Bratton & Carr The Station Master
Top Line Album for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 1115TC/BC
Delius arr. Mowat Brigg Fair
The Green and Pleasant Trombone Book [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1157TC/BC
Dominguez
Perfidia
Latino for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1149TC/BC
Fauré
Pavane
Easy Winners for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Fields & McHugh I Can’t Give You
Jazzy Connections for
Anything But Love
Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1131TC/BC
Gout
Boogie for ‘bone or
Rough and Ready Rag Going Solo Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Harburg & Arlen We’re Off to See the
Easy Winners for Trombone
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Wizard
[& or ?]
or 0125BC
Haydn
Rondino
Slide Show for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Kennedy
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Winners Galore for Trombone*[& or ?]
~
Brass Wind 0118TC or 0121BC
Kershaw
Bone Idle, no. 1 or Lazing
on the Beach, no. 5
Lazy Bones
Studio
Lloyd Webber
Close Every Door
Winner Scores All for Trombone* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Mowat
The Parson’s Nose
Slide Show for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Nightingale
I Woke Up This Morning Lucky Dip
Warwick
Norman
James Bond Theme
Easy Winners for Trombone*[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0125BC
Parker
Lazy Blues
Top Line Album for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 1115TC/BC
Ramskill
Chicago Sunset
All Jazzed Up for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 1109TC/BC
Saint-Saëns
Royal March of the Lion The Magic Trombone [&/?]
Boosey BH 2800003
Trad.
Skye Boat Song
Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [&/?] Chester CH55320
Wedgwood
Riding Out West
Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
No. 6, Alla marcia
or no. 9, Moderato
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Davis
Flamenco Flirt [in D minor]
or Tap Dance [in G minor] Polished Brass [&]
Endresen
Study no. 8, Moderato
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
* Piano accompaniment available separately
100
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Brass Wind 6022TC
Rubank HL04470640
Trombone — Grade 3
Gregson
Folk Song, no. 16
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Beginner Brass [? Trombone ed.] Brass Wind 6002BC
Nightingale
Cinnamon Tea, no. 12
or Slinky, no. 13
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick
Nightingale
J-Peg Cake Walk, no. 6
Jazz@Etudes [?]
Warwick
Sparke
Contrasts, no. 30
Skilful Studies
or Shepherd’s Song, no. 33 for Trombone [&/?]
Anglo Music AMP 100
Vaughan
Williams
Linden Lea
Winners Galore for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118TC or 0121BC
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
E and F major
D and E minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Bass clef scales:
D and Eb major
C and D minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Arpeggios:
E and F major
D and E minor
Arpeggios:
D and Eb major
C and D minor
one octave
mf
tongued
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
Treble clef exercise:
a) E major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) F major scale and arpeggio exercise
c) D minor scale and arpeggio exercise
Bass clef exercise:
a) D major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) Eb major scale and arpeggio exercise
c) C minor scale and arpeggio exercise
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Trombone
published by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 3, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 3, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 7 or no. 8 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
101
Trombone — Grade 4
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Albert & Gaste Feelings
Latino for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1149TC/BC
J S Bach
Polonaise
Bach for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2107TC/BC
E Bernstein
Great Escape March
Great Winners for Trombone*
Brass Wind 0132TC
[& or ?]
or 0136BC
L Bernstein
Somewhere
Great Winners for Trombone*
Brass Wind 0132TC
[& or ?]
or 0136BC
Bilk arr. Iveson Stranger On The Shore
Stranger on the A Train
for Trombone/Euphonium [& or ?] Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Britten
arr. Mowat
This is the Trombone
The Green and Pleasant
Trombone Book [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1157TC/BC
Byrd
The Earl of Salisbury’s
Pavane
Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [&/?] Chester CH55320
Dominguez
Frenesi
Great Winners for Trombone*
Brass Wind 0132TC
[& or ?]
or 0136BC
Goodwin
633 Squadron
Great Winners for Trombone*
Brass Wind 0132TC
[& or ?]
or 0136BC
Harnich & Bock If I Were a Rich Man
A Little Light Music for Trombone
Brass Wind
[& or ?]
2115TC/BC
Kander & Ebb Razzle Dazzle
Undercover Hits for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind
1150TC/BC
Lloyd Webber
arr. Iveson
All I Ask of You
Stranger on the A Train for
Trombone/Euphonium [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2146TC/BC
Mussorgsky
The Old Castle
Going Solo Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Parker
Cuban Serenade
Top Line Album for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 1115TC/BC
Ramskill
Dancing Trombone
All Jazzed Up for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 1109TC/BC
Russell &
Barroso
Brazil
Latino for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1149TC/BC
Spiritual
Nobody Knows
A Little Light Music for
Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2115TC/BC
Warlock
Basse Dance
Slide Show for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
Bourgeois
Bone of Contention [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Featuring Rhythm [& or ?]
How Trombonists Do It [& or ?]
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Brass Wind 6003TC/BC
Brass Wind 6007TC/BC
Nightingale
Study no. 5
No. 11, Allegro vivace
or no. 7, Allegro moderato
Cossack Dance
Study no. 5.2
Study no. 11,
Andante con moto
The Shout, no. 17 or Blues
for Big-Ears, no. 15
Study no. 12,
Of Mice and Keys
Study no. 1, Being Flat
102
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
Clarke
Crees & Gane
Endresen
Nightingale
Nightingale
Rubank HL04470640
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick
Jazz@Etudes [?]
Tipping the Scales [& or ?]
Warwick
Warwick
Trombone — Grade 4
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
Bb major
Bass clef scales:
Ab major
Eb major
C and F# minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Db major
Bb and E minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale
starting on D
Chromatic scale
starting on D
Whole-tone scale
starting on C
Chromatic scale
starting on C
Arpeggios:
Bb major
Arpeggios:
Ab major
Eb major
C and F# minor
Db major
Bb and E minor
to 12th
one octave
mf
tongued
to 12th
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
Treble clef exercises:
a) Bb major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) Eb major expanding scale
c) C minor expanding scale
Bass clef exercises:
a) Ab major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) Db major expanding scale
c) Bb minor expanding scale
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Trombone
published by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 4, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 4, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 9 or no. 10 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
103
Trombone — Grade 5
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
J S Bach
March or Anglaise
Bach for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2107TC/BC
Barry
arr. McMillen Goldfinger
Across the Pond [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2136TC/BC
Bernstein
Psalm 23
Leonard Bernstein for Trombone [?] Boosey BH 2800132
Bernstein
I Can Cook Too
Leonard Bernstein for Trombone [ ? ] Boosey BH 2800132
Brahms
Waltz
Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [&/?] Chester CH55320
Dubin & Warren Keep Young and Beautiful Let’s Face the Music
for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2131TC/BC
Fauré
Après un rêve
IMC 1916
Fauré
Sicilienne
Going Solo Trombone [&/?]
Faber
Gershwin
Summertime
A Little Light Music
or I Got Rhythm
for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2115TC/BC
Gershwin
Let’s Call the Whole
Thing Off
Slide Show for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Handel
Lo, See the Conquering
Hero
Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [&/?] Chester CH55320
Harris
arr. McMillen Don’t Know Why
Across the Pond [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2136TC/BC
Ippolitov-Ivanov Cortège
Undercover Hits for Trombone [& or ?]Brass Wind 1150TC/BC
Kander & Ebb It Couldn’t Please Me More Undercover Hits for Trombone [& or ?]Brass Wind 1150TC/BC
Loesser
Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Centre Stage for Trombone
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Proctor
Bone Shaker
On Your Metal [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2120TC/BC
Proctor
Goldplay or Easy Iron
Metal Bars for Trombone [& or ?] Brass Wind 2139TC/BC
Rodriguez
La Cumparsita
Latino for Trombone [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1149TC/BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
Study no. 3
Bone of Contention [& or ?]
Bourgeois
No. 17, Andante cantabile Splinters of Bone [& or ?]
Clarke
Polish Dance
Featuring Rhythm [& or ?]
Crees & Gane Study no. 6.6
How Trombonists Do It [& or ?]
Davis
Tango Tease or Hornpipe Polished Brass [&]
Endresen
Study no. 34, Allegretto
Supplementary Studies
for Trombone [?]
Nightingale
Passion Fruit Samba, no. 18
or The Turkey, no. 22
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Nightingale
Study no. 17,
Shutdown Samba
Jazz@Etudes [?]
Nightingale
Study no. 10, Gottle of Geer Tipping the Scales [& or ?]
104
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Brass Wind 6014TC/BC
Brass Wind 6003TC/BC
Brass Wind 6007TC/BC
Brass Wind 6022TC
Rubank HL04470640
Warwick
Warwick
Warwick
Trombone — Grade 5
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
G major
G minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Bass clef scales:
F major
F minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
two octaves
B major
B minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
A major
A minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
to 12th
Whole-tone scale
starting on G
Chromatic scale
starting on G
Whole-tone scale
starting on F
Chromatic scale
starting on F
Arpeggios:
G major
G minor
Arpeggios:
F major
F minor
B major
B minor
A major
A minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of G
Dominant 7th in the
key of F
mf
two octaves
tongued
or legatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
to 12th
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
Treble clef exercises:
a) B major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) B minor scale and arpeggio exercise
c) G major expanding scale
d) G minor expanding scale
Bass clef exercises:
a) A major scale and arpeggio exercise
b) A minor scale and arpeggio exercise
c) F major expanding scale
d) F minor expanding scale
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Trombone
published by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 5, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 5, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 14 or no. 15 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
105
Trombone — Grade 6
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
J S Bach
J S Bach
Berlin
Carmichael
Curnow
Dello Joio
arr. McMillen
Gershwin
Gordon &
Warren
Gottschalk
Greenwood
Mitcham
Mowat
Myers
arr. McMillen
Parker
Proctor
Purcell
Piece Prelude in Ab (from Bach for Trombone) [& or ?]
Arioso from Piano Concerto in F minor
(from Solos for the Trombone Player) [?]
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
(from Let’s Face the Music for Trombone) [& or ?]
Stardust (from Jazzed Up Too for Trombone) [& or ?]
Fantasy for Trombone [complete] [& or ?]
Russian Dancer (from Across the Pond) [& or ?]
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
(from Centre Stage for Trombone) [& or ?]
Chattanooga Choo Choo
(from The Sunny Side of the Street) [& or ?]
Tounament Galop
(from Undercover Hits for Trombone) [& or ?]
The Acrobat [&/?]
Bluebone or Groove’s The Thing
(from Bluebone for Trombone) [& or ?]
Bone Idyll (from Slide Show for Trombone) [& or ?]
Publisher
Brass Wind 2107TC/BC
Schirmer HL50330090
Brass Wind 2131TC/BC
Brass Wind 1119TC/BC
Winwood
Brass Wind 2136TC/BC
Brass Wind 2117TC/BC
Brass Wind 2119TC/BC
Brass Wind 1150TC/BC
Wright + Round
Brass Wind 2142TC/BC
Brass Wind 0122TC/BC
Cavatina (from Across the Pond) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2136TC/BC
Dances with Bears (from Jazzed Up Too for Trombone) [& or ?]Brass Wind 1119TC/BC
Slidewalk (from On Your Metal) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2120TC/BC
I Attempt from Love’s Sickness
(from Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1) [& or ?]
Chester CH55320
Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto for Trombone in Bb, 2nd movt: Andante cantabile [& or ?] Brass Wind 4111
Trad.
Londonderry Air or Variations on The Ash Grove
(from Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1) [& or ?]
Chester CH55320
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Suite no. 1, Gigue (from J S Bach Suites for Cello
[adapted for the tenor trombone]) [ B]
Leduc AL 20326
Bourgeois
Study no. 4 or Study no. 9 (from Bone of Contention) [& or ?] Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Crees & Gane
Study no. 6.7 (from How Trombonists Do It) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6007TC/BC
Hering
Study no. 34, Moderato (from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trombone) [?]
Fischer CF 2806017
Kopprasch
Study no. 11 (from 60 Selected Studies book 1) [?]
Fischer CF 2806011
Mowat
Study no. 20 (from Unlocking the Tenor Clef) [ B]
Brass Wind 6016
Nightingale
Five Brew, no. 28 (from Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& or ?]
Warwick
Nightingale
Study no. 7, ‘E’ by Gum (from Tipping the Scales [& or ?])
Warwick
106
Trombone — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
A and F# major
A and F# harmonic and
melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
G and E major
G and E harmonic and
melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on A
Chromatic scale
starting on A
Whole-tone scale
starting on G
Chromatic scale
starting on G
Arpeggios:
A and F# major
A and F# minor
Arpeggios:
G and E major
G and E minor
Diminished 7th
starting on A
Augmented arpeggio
starting on A
Diminished 7th
starting on G
Augmented arpeggio
starting on G
Dominant 7th in the
key of A
Dominant 7th in the
key of G
two octaves
f or p
tongued
or legatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
Treble clef exercise:
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
Bass clef exercise:
a) Key centre exercise in G
b) G major expanding scale
c) G minor expanding scale
d) G major scale in 3rds
e) G minor scale in 3rds
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Trombone
published by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 17 or no. 18 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
107
Trombone — Grade 7
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Berlioz
Recitative and Prayer
(from Solos for the Trombone Player) [?]
Schirmer HL50330090
Berlioz arr. Mowat Un Bal (from Savoir Faire for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?] Brass Wind 2147TC/BC
Castérède
Sonatina for Trombone & Piano, 2nd movt [?]
Leduc AL 21930
Genzmer
Sonata for Trombone & Piano, 1st movt: Allegro [?]
Peters EP 8194
Gorb
10:45 (from A Life in the Day of a Trombone) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2127TC/BC
Gregson
Divertimento, any two movements
Studio
Gröndahl
Concerto, 2nd movt: Quasi una leggenda [?]
Samfundet
Harbach &
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Kern
(from Let’s Face the Music for Trombone) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2131TC/BC
Hindemith
Sonata for Trombone & Piano,
4th movt: Allegro moderato maestoso [?]
Schott ED 3673
Mitcham
Dead of Night or Trombomatic
(from Bluebone for Trombone) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2142TC/BC
Persichetti
arr. McMillen
Allegretto (from Across the Pond) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2136TC/BC
Proctor
Nocturne (from On Your Metal) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2120TC/BC
Saint-Saëns
arr. Mowat
Danse Macabre
(from Savoir Faire for Trombone/Euphonium) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2147TC/BC
Serocki
Sonatina, 1st movt
Moeck EM 5302
Trad. arr. Mowat Lost Lady Found
(from The Green and Pleasant Trombone Book) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1157TC/BC
Vivaldi
Sonata no. 3 in A minor, 1st movt: Largo and 2nd movt: Allegro
or 3rd movt: Largo and 4th movt: Allegro
EMR EMR 325
Horovitz
Adam–Blues
Novello Nov 120325
Jacques
Cantilena and Rondo Scherzoso [complete] [&/?]
Neuschel
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Suite no. 1, Courante (from J S Bach Suites for Cello
[adapted for the tenor trombone]) [ B]
Leduc AL 20326
Bernstein
Elegy for Mippy
Boosey BH 2800062
Bourgeois
Study no. 14 (from Bone of Contention) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6008TC/BC
Bourgeois
Fantasy Pieces for Trombone, no. 1: Adagio [& or ?]
Brass Wind 3104TC/BC
Crees & Gane
Study no. 7.5 (from How Trombonists Do It) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6007TC/BC
Hering
Study no. 37 (from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trombone) [?] Fischer CF 2806017
Kopprasch
Study no. 14, Allegro (from 60 Selected Studies for Trombone book 1) [?]
Fischer CF 2806099
McKenzie
Dixieland (from Rhythms of Life) [&]
Con moto
Mowat
Study no. 30 (from Unlocking the Tenor Clef) [ B]
Brass Wind 6016
Nightingale
Study no. 8, Barking Mad (from Tipping the Scales) [& or ?]
Warwick
108
Trombone — Grade 7
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
B and Bb major
B and Bb harmonic and
melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
A and Ab major
A and Ab harmonic and
melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on B and Bb
Chromatic scale
starting on B and Bb
Whole-tone scale
starting on A and Ab
Chromatic scale
starting on A and Ab
Arpeggios:
B and Bb major
B and Bb minor
Arpeggios:
A and Ab major
A and Ab minor
Diminished 7th
starting on B and Bb
Augmented arpeggio
starting on B and Bb
Diminished 7th
starting on A and Ab
Augmented arpeggio
starting on A and Ab
Dominant 7th in the
keys of B and Bb
Dominant 7th in the
keys of A and Ab
two octaves
f or p
tongued
or legatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
Treble clef exercises:
a) Key centre exercise in Bb
b) Bb major expanding scale
c) B minor expanding scale
d) B major scale in 3rds
e) Bb minor scale in 3rds
Bass clef exercises:
a) Key centre exercise in Ab
b) Ab major expanding scale
c) A minor expanding scale
d) A major scale in 3rds
e) Ab minor scale in 3rds
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Trombone
published by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 21 or no. 22 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
109
Trombone — Grade 8
Subject code: TBN
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Castérède
Cliffe
Cook
David
Galliard
Gröndahl
Guilmant
Haydn
Holst
Mahler
Rota
Saint-Saëns
Schumann
Serocki
Šulek
Weber
Piece Sonatina for Trombone & Piano, 1st movt or 3rd movt [?]
Four Sketches for Trombone, any two movts
Bolivar
Concertino for Trombone, 1st movt: Allegro maestoso
Sonata no. 5 in D minor [complete] [? ]
Concerto, 1st movt
Morceau Symphonique
Larghetto for Trombone
Concertante for Trombone & Piano [ B]
Trombone Solo from Symphony no. 3 [complete]
Concerto, 1st movt
Cavatine op. 144 [&/?]
Any one Romance from Three Romances op. 94 [? ]
Sonatina, 2nd movt and 3rd movt
Sonata (Vox Gabrieli) [complete] [?]
Romance for Tenor Trombone & Piano
Group B (unaccompanied)
Aplvor
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Crees & Gane
Gane
Kopprasch
Nightingale
110
Publisher
Leduc AL21930
Studio
Boosey
Brass Wind 3123
Hinrichsen H 752e
Samfundet
Schott ED 10484
Winwood
Warwick
Brass Wind 3113
Ricordi NR13153400
Brass Wind 3114
IMC 2959
Moeck EM5302
EMR 294
Brass Wind 3121
No. 22 in Bb minor (from 24 Exercises) [? ]
Warwick
Allemande from Suite no. 4 or Courante from Suite no. 2
(from J S Bach Suites for Cello [adapted for the tenor trombone]) [ B] Leduc AL 20326
Fantasy Pieces for Trombone, no. 2: Andante cantabile [& or ?] Brass Wind 3104TC/BC
Study no. 9.7 (from How Trombonists Do It) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 6007TC/BC
Study no. 5 (from Circuit Training)
Warwick
Study no. 46, Moderato
(from 60 Selected Studies for Trombone book 2) [? ]
Fischer 2615
No. 5 or no. 10 (from 20 Jazz Etudes) [? ]
Warwick
Trombone — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
C, Ab and F# major
C, G# and F# harmonic
and melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
Bb, F# and E major
Bb, F# and E harmonic and
melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on C, Ab and F#
Chromatic scale
starting on C, Ab and F#
Crabwise scale from C
and G (tongued or slurred
in octaves)
Whole-tone scale
starting on Bb, F# and E
Chromatic scale
starting on Bb, F# and E
Crabwise scale from Bb
and F (tongued or slurred
in octaves)
Arpeggios:
C, Ab and F# major
C, G# and F# minor
Arpeggios:
Bb, F# and E major
Bb, F# and E minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of C
Diminished 7th
starting on C, Ab and F#
Augmented arpeggio
starting on C, Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the
key of Bb
Diminished 7th
starting on Bb, F# and E
Augmented arpeggio
starting on Bb, F# and E
Dominant 7th in the
keys of Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the
keys of E and F#/Gb
two octaves
f or p
tongued
or legato
tongued
or legato
tongued
in pairs, as
requested
by the
examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
Treble clef exercise:
a) Key centre exercise in the keys of C, Ab and F#
b) Crabwise scale from G in 3rds
Bass clef exercise:
a) Key centre exercise in the keys of Bb, F# and E
b) Crabwise scale from F in 3rds
All scales and exercises are contained in the book Scales & Exercises for Trombone
published by Trinity College London
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, no. 1 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, no. 2 (from Scales & Exercises for Trombone)
c) Exercise no. 28 or no. 29 (from How Brass Players Do It (Treble clef)
or How Low Brass Do It (Bass clef))
Trinity College London
Trinity College London
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
111
Bass Trombone — Grade 6
Subject code: BT
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, two from Group A and one from Group B. Alternatively, candidates may
substitute one piece from Group B with a piece from Group C of the trombone syllabus for this grade.
Instead of any one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Defaye
Dossett
Eaves
Jacob
McCarty
Sachse
Telemann
White
Woolfenden
Danse Profane (from Two Dances for Bass Trombone)
Leduc AL 25 465
Scene I (from Scenes for Bass Trombone & Piano)
Warwick
Introduction & Burlesque
G & M Brand 70028
V.I.P., no. 1 (from Cameos for Bass Trombone)
Emerson E110
Sonata for Bass Trombone, 1st movt.
Ensemble
Concertino, 1st movt
EMR 221
Sonata in F minor, 1st movt: Andante
EMR 288
Sonatina for Bass Trombone & Piano, 1st movt: Andante con moto
Warwick
Moving On
Warwick
Publisher
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Crees & Gane
Eversden
Hall
Naulais
Ostrander
Pederson
Vobaron
Warburton
112
Suite no. 3 in C, Bourée no. 1 or Bourée no. 2
(from J S Bach Suites for Solo Cello (adapted Barbez))
Fantasy Pieces for Bass Trombone, no. 1: Adagio
Study no. 7.6 (from How Trombonists Do It)
Study no. 4 (from 50 Studies for Bass Trombone)
The Errant Waltz
Study no. 6 (from Contemporary Studies for Bass Trombone)
Study no. 4, Allegretto
(from Melodious Studies for Bass Trombone)
Study no. 56 (from Elementary Studies for Bass Trombone)
Study no. 3 (from Studies for Bass Trombone)
Etude 1, Andantino (from Back to Bassics)
Leduc AL 25953
Brass Wind
Brass Wind 6007BC
Warwick
Warwick
Billaudot
Fischer CF 2606008
IMP 51235
EMR 114
Warwick
Bass Trombone — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
E and Bb* major
E and Bb* harmonic and melodic minor
*Starting from pedal Bb
Whole-tone scale starting on E
Chromatic scale starting on E
Arpeggios:
E and Bb* major
Bb* minor
*Starting from pedal Bb
two octaves
f or p
tongued or
legato-tongued
as requested
by the
examiner
Dominant 7th in the key of E
Diminished 7th starting on E
Augmented arpeggio starting on E
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
The following exercises to be played either tongued or legato as indicated, as requested by the examiner:
a) Key centre exercise in E
b) Bb major expanding scale
c) Bb minor expanding scale
d) Bb major scale in 3rds
e) Bb minor scale in 3rds
All scales and exercises are available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 1 (available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 6, no. 2 (available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music)
c) Exercise no. 17 or no. 18 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
113
Bass Trombone — Grade 7
Subject code: BT
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, two from Group A and one from Group B. Alternatively, candidates may
substitute one piece from Group B with a piece from Group C of the trombone syllabus for this grade.
Instead of any one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Boutry
Clerisse
Jacob
Marcello
Tubaroque
Leduc AL 21635
Pièce lyrique
Leduc AL 21794
Derby Winner, no. 5 (from Cameos for Bass Trombone)
Emerson E110
Sonata no. 1, 1st movt and 2nd movt
(from Trombone Essentials)
Schirmer HL50483390
Newsome
Father Neptune
Studio
Senaillé
Andante and Allegro Spiritoso [complete]
EMR 293A
Semler-Collery Barcarolle et Chanson bachique
Leduc AL21280
Tcherepnin
Andante [Tuba Part]
Peters BE 233
White
Sonatina for Bass Trombone & Piano, 2nd movt: Con moto
and 3rd movt: Allegro moderato
Warwick
Wood
Toccata
Warwick
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Eversden
Mast
Naulais
Pederson
Vobaron
Warburton
114
Suite no. 1 in G, Courante
(from J S Bach Suites for Solo Cello [adapted Barbez])
Leduc AL 25953
Fantasy Pieces for Bass Trombone, no. 3: Allegro molto
Brass Wind
Study no. 8 or Study no. 9 (from 50 Studies for Bass Trombone)
Warwick
Study no. 1 (from 8 Concert Studies)
Warwick
Study no. 7 (from Contemporary Studies for Bass Trombone vol. 1) Billaudot G6555B
Study no. 47 (from Elementary Studies for Bass Trombone)
IMP 51235
Study no. 5 (from Studies for Bass Trombone)
EMR 114
Etude 6, Vivace (from Back to Bassics)
Warwick
Bass Trombone — Grade 7
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
C and Ab major
C and Ab harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on C and Ab
Chromatic scale starting on C and Ab
Arpeggios:
C and Ab major
C and Ab minor
Starting
from pedal
C and Ab
where
appropriate
two octaves
f or p
tongued
or legatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
Dominant 7th in the keys of C and Ab
Diminished 7th starting on C and Ab
Augmented arpeggio starting on C and Ab
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
The following exercises to be played either tongued or legato as indicated, as requested by the examiner:
a) Key centre exercise in Ab
b) C major expanding scale
c) Ab minor expanding scale
d) Ab major scale in 3rds
e) C minor scale in 3rds
All scales and exercises are available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, no. 1 (available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 7, no. 2 (available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music)
c) Exercise no. 17 or no. 18 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
115
Bass Trombone — Grade 8
Subject code: BT
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, two from Group A and one from Group B. Alternatively, candidates may
substitute one piece from Group B with a piece from Group C of the trombone syllabus for this grade.
Instead of any one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Bozza
Bozza
David
Allegro et Finale [complete]
New Orleans
Concertino for Trombone op. 4, 1st movt: Allegro maestoso
[Bass trombone ed.]
Concerto, 4th movt
Furiant
Sonatina for Bass Trombone [complete]
Morceau Symphonique (arr. Mortimer)
Concerto no. 1 [complete]
Concertino Basso
Sonata for Bass Trombone, 2nd movt and 3rd movt
Fantaisie
Dodgson
Dossett
East
Guilmant
Lebedev
Lieb
McCarty
Petit
Publisher
Leduc AL 21260
Leduc AL 23234
Zimmermann ZM 23960
Neuschel
Warwick
Ricordi LD858
Marc Reift EMR2007
Hofmeister FH2317
Fischer CF 2806093
Ensemble
Leduc AL 21310
Group B (unaccompanied)
C P E Bach
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Eversden
Mast
Naulais
Premru
Stearn
Vobaron
116
Sonata in C minor Wq 132 [complete] (from Trombone Essentials)
Schirmer
Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, Gigue
(from J S Bach Suites for Solo Cello [adapted Barbez])
Leduc AL 25953
Fantasy Pieces for Bass Trombone, no. 5, Adagio
Brass Wind
Study no. 17 (from 50 Studies for Bass Trombone)
Warwick
Study no. 6 (from 8 Concert Studies)
Warwick
Study no. 17 (from Contemporary Studies for Bass Trombone vol. 1) Billaudot G6555B
Prelude and Dance for Solo Bass Trombone
Mowhawk/Emerson
McCrorie’s Glory
Warwick
Study no. 12 (from 24 Studies for Bass Trombone)
EMR 114
Bass Trombone — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Scales:
B*, Eb and F# major
B*, Eb and F# harmonic and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale starting on B*, Eb and F#
Chromatic scale starting on B*, Eb and F#
Crabwise scale from C and F (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
Arpeggios:
B*, Eb and F# major
B*, Eb and F# minor
Starting
from pedal
B where
appropriate
two octaves
f or p
tongued
or legatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
Dominant 7th in the keys of B, Eb and F#
Diminished 7th starting on B, Eb and F#
Augmented arpeggio starting on
B, Eb and F#
or ii) Exercises — the following exercises plus one Lip Flexibility Exercise are to be prepared:
The following exercises to be played either tongued or legato as indicated, as requested by the examiner:
a) Key centre exercise in the keys of B, Eb and F#
b) Crabwise scale from C in 3rds
All scales and exercises are available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music
Lip Flexibility Exercise — choose one from the following (music may be used):
a) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, no. 1 (available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music)
b) Lip Flexibility Grade 8, no. 2 (available to download from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/music)
c) Exercise no. 28 or no. 29 (from How Brass Players Do It)
Brass Wind
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
117
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 1
Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Bernstein
One Hand, One Heart
Easy Winners for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC
Coombes
Tuba Samba**
Keynotes Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [& or ?] Brass Wind 0119TC/BC
Daly
Postman Pat
Winners Galore for Tuba* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0118TC/0123BC
Jacob
Minuet
Six Little Tuba Pieces [? ]
Emerson E118
Negro
Spiritual
Steal Away
Beginners Please! [Eb/F & ed.]
Winwood
Ramskill
Playful Serenade
Keynotes Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0119TC/BC
Ridout
Stacking the Logs
or The First Goal of
the Season
or Lost Love
Autumn Story[? ]
Emerson E297
Spiritual
All Night, All Day
Easy Winners for Tuba*[& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC
Susato
La mourisque
Winner Scores All for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0138TC/0142BC
Tchaikovsky Dance of the Mirlitons Winner Scores All for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0138TC/0142BC
Trad. Russian The Birch Tree
Beginners Please! [Eb/F & ed.]
Winwood
Woolfenden Pagan Dance
Up Front Album for Eb Bass
/Tuba book 1 [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0111TC/BC
Group B (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
Polished Brass [&]
20 Supplementary Tunes for Tuba [& or ?] Brass Wind 0116TC/BC
The Tuneful Tuba [& or ?]
Easy Winners for Tuba [& or ?]
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& ed.]
Winners Galore for Tuba [& or ?]
* Piano accompaniment available separately
**no written piano part, just suggested chord symbols
118
Brass Wind 6022TC
Brass Wind 6011TC/BC
Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC
Warwick
Brass Wind 0123TC/BC
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 1
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
C major
A natural minor (candidate
may play harmonic or
melodic minor if preferred)
Bass clef scales:
Eb major
C natural minor (candidate
may play harmonic or
melodic minor if preferred)
Arpeggios:
C major
A minor
Arpeggios:
Eb major
C minor
one octave
mf
tongued
or ii) Exercise:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
1b. Getting Started
3b. A Low Trick
4b. Limbering Down
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
119
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 2 Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Bart
Where Is Love?
Goodall
Blackadder Theme
Gregson
Little Scherzo
Handel
Hallelujah Chorus
Henry VIII
Pastime with
Good Company
Jacob
In Tranquil Mood, no. 1
Mozart
Aria
Osbourne &
Eastenders
May
Purcell
Trumpet Tune
Ridout
Boy Meets Girl
Sullivan
The Policeman’s Song
Trad.
Land of the Silver Birch
arr. Wekselblatt Civil War Medley
Wiggins
Lucy’s Lullaby
Wiggins
Tuba Tune
or Wagon Train
Wilson-Smith Out n’ About
or Something Else
or Waltzing with Jazz
Book
Publisher
Easy Winners for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC
Winners Galore for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0118TC/0123BC
Up Front Album
for Eb Bass book 2 [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0116TC/BC
Winners Galore for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0118TC/0123BC
Beginners Please! [Eb/F & ed.]
Bagatelles for Tuba [? ]
Winner Scores All
for Tuba* [& or ?]
Winwood
Emerson E143
Brass Wind 0138TC/0142BC
Easy Winners for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0124TCor 0131BC
Winner Scores All
for Tuba* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0138TC/0142BC
Autumn Story [? ]
Emerson E297
Just Brass Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [? ]
Chester CH55325
Beginners Please! [Eb/F & ed.]
Winwood
First Solos for the Tuba Player [? ]
Schirmer
Beginners Please! [Eb/F & ed.]
Winwood
The Tuba Player’s Debut [&/?]
Studio
All Jazzed Up for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1108E or 1108T
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Brite ‘n’ Rock, no. 5
or Chickpea, no. 11
Davis
Jumping Jack Rap
or Rat Rag
Gregson
Gavotte, no. 10 or
Justin’s March, no. 14
Johnson
Study no. 3, Lament
Nightingale
The Nuthatch, no. 6
or The Sleuth, no. 7
Trad.
Men of Harlech
Smooth Groove
for Tuba [& or ?]
Polished Brass [&]
20 Supplementary Tunes
for Tuba [& or ?]
The Tuneful Tuba [& or ?]
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& ed.]
Winner Scores All
for Tuba* [& or ?]
* Piano accompaniment available separately
120
Brass Wind 1141EBCD or 1153CD
Brass Wind 6022TC
Brass Wind 6002TCor 6021BC
Brass Wind 6011TC/BC
Warwick
Brass Wind 0138TC/0142BC
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 2
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
D and Bb major
A harmonic minor
(candidates may play
natural or melodic minor
if preferred)
Bass clef scales:
F and Db major
C harmonic minor
(candidates may play
natural or melodic minor
if preferred)
Arpeggios:
D and Bb major
A minor
Arpeggios:
F and Db major
C minor
one octave
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
5. Lip Push-Ups!
13. The One-Meter Sloth Race
15. Out of the Box
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
121
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 3 Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Bart
Food Glorious Food
Berlioz
Sanctus
Bernstein
America
Blake
Walking in the Air
Bourgeois
Driving Piles
Bratton
& Kennedy
Teddy Bears Picnic
Hanmer
Scherzando, no. 4
Harburg
We’re Off to See
& Arlen
the Wizard
Hernandez
El Cumbanchero
Irish Folk Song Danny Boy, p. 17
Lloyd Webber Close Every Door
Lully
Gavotte
Mancini
Pink Panther
Mozart
Marche
Norman
James Bond Theme
Parker
Fletcher
Pinkard, Carsey
& Bernie
Sweet Georgia Brown
Ramskill
Tuba on the Loose
Runswick
Slinkenpoop
Schumann
The Happy Farmer
Walton
Ambling Along, no. 1
Wiggins
Friar Tuck’s Galliard
or Seafarer’s Song
or The Mischievous
Mastodon
Wilson-Smith Odd Job
Book
Publisher
Winner Scores All for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Just Brass Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [? ]
Chester CH55325
Winner Scores All for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Winner Scores All for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
Up Front Album for Eb Bass
book 2 [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0116TC/BC
Winners Galore for Tuba* [& or ?]
Tuba Tunes [ ? ]
Brass Wind 0123TC/BC
Emerson E36
Easy Winners for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0124TC or 0131BC
Latino for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0152TC/BC
Winners Galore for Tuba* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0123TC/BC
Winner Scores All for Tuba* [& or ?] Brass Wind 0138TC/0141BC
First Solos for the Tuba Player [? ]
Schirmer
All Jazzed Up for Tuba[& or ?]
Brass Wind 1108E/1108T
First Solos for the Tuba Player [? ]
Schirmer
Easy Winners for Tuba* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0124TC/0131BC
Top Line Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [& or ?] Brass Wind 1116TC/BC
All Jazzed Up for Tuba [& or ?]
From Vivaldi to Fats Waller
for Tuba [& or ?]
Up Front Album for Eb Bass
book 2 [& or ?]
First Solos for the Tuba Player [? ]
Six Simple Swingers [? ]
The Tuba Player’s Debut [&/?]
All Jazzed Up for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1108E/1108T]
Brass Wind 2112TC/BC
Brass Wind 0116TC/BC
Schirmer
Sound the Trumpets
Studio
Brass Wind 1108Eor 1108T
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Davis
Gregson
Hering
Jam on Toast, no. 20 or
Red Chilli Sauce, no. 18 Smooth Groove for Tuba [& or ?] Brass Wind 1141EBCD or 1153CD
Flamenco Flirt [in D minor]
or Horn of Wonder
Polished Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6022TC
Bulgarian Dance,
no. 15 or Folk Song,
no. 17
20 Supplementary Tunes for Tuba [& or ?] Brass Wind 6002TC
Study no. 12
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [&]
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
122
Fischer
Johnson
Lawrance
McKenzie
Nightingale
Study no. 4, Tuba Tango or
Study no. 5, Jim’s Tune
Off Beat or Staccato Ritmico
Waltz or High Life
Slinky, no. 13
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 3
The Tuneful Tuba [? ]
Brass Wind 6011TC/BC
Featuring Melody for Tuba [& or ?] Brass Wind 6017TC/BC
Music Makes the World Go Round [&/?]
Con moto
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& ed.]
Warwick
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
E and Eb major
C and E minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Bass clef scales:
G and Gb major
Eb and G minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale
starting on C
Whole-tone scale
starting on Eb
Arpeggios:
E and Eb major
C and E minor
Arpeggios:
G and Gb major
Eb and G minor
one octave
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
14. The Drunken Sailor Sobers Up!
16. Snakes and Ladders
20. Chops Factor I
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
123
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 4 Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Bart
Pick a Pocket or Two
A Little Light Music
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2121E or 2121T
Benson & Fisher Your Feet’s Too Big
From Vivaldi to Fats Waller
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2112TC/BC
Bilk arr. Iveson Stranger On The Shore
Stranger on the A Train
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2149E or 2149T
Brown & Homer
arr. Iveson
Sentimental Journey
Stranger on the A Train
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2149E [&] or 2149T [?]
Davenport
& Cooley
Fever
From Vivaldi to Fats Waller
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2112TC/BC
Gay
Leaning on a Lamp-post A Little Light Music for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2121E or 2121T
Goodwin
633 Squadron
Great Winners for Tuba* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0132TC or 0137BC
Gounod
March of a Marionette
First Solos for the Tuba Player [? ]
Schirmer
Hanmer
Staccato, no. 2
Tuba Tunes [? ]
Emerson E36
Harnick & Bock If I Were a Rich Man
A Little Light Music for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2121E or 2121T
Jacob
Marching Tune
Six Little Tuba Pieces [? ]
Emerson E118
Lloyd Webber
arr. Iveson
All I Ask of You
Stranger on the A Train for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2149E or 2149T
Mack &
Johnson
Charleston
Let’s Face the Music for Tuba/Eb Bass [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2134TC/BC
Parker
Beach Buggy
Top Line Album for Eb Bass/Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1116TC/BC
Perrie
Asleep in the Deep
First Solos for the Tuba Player [? ]
Schirmer
Rogers & Hart Blue Moon
Jazzed Up Too [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1111E or 1111T
Shearing
Lullaby of Birdland
Big Chillers for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1151TC/BC
Sullivan
Oh, Is There Not One
Maiden Breast?
Just Brass: Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [? ]
Chester CH55325
Vivaldi
Largo from Winter
From Vivaldi to Fats Waller
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2112TC/BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson
Big Band Swing, no. 33
or Latin Lady, no. 32
Bourgeois
Pompous or Wistful
Davis
Psychedelic Sweatshirt or
Serpent Smoothie (in C)
Hering
Study no. 10 or no. 11
Smooth Groove
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1141TBTC or 1153TBBC
Per Tuba Ad Astra [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1122TC/BC
Polished Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6022TC
40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [&]
Fischer
* Piano accompaniment available separately.
124
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 4
Johnson
Lawrance
McKenzie
Nightingale
Study no. 7, Footsteps
on the Stairs
Syncopated Dance, p. 2
Mambo or Tango
Blues for Big-Ears, no. 15
The Tuneful Tuba [& or ?]
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
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
Bb major
Bass clef scales:
Db major
F major
D and F minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Ab major
F and Ab minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Whole-tone scale
starting on F
Chromatic scale
starting on C
Whole-tone scale
starting on Ab
Chromatic scale
starting on Eb
Arpeggios:
Bb major
Arpeggios:
Db major
F major
D and F minor
Ab major
F and Ab minor
to 12th
one octave
mf
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
to 12th
one octave
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrecne
17a. Cool Marché
21. Chops Factor II
30. As Fast as You Can
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
125
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 5 Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece
Book
Publisher
Arban
The Carnival of Venice
First Solos for the Tuba Player [? ]]
Schirmer
Bevan
Courante
Handel’s Third Tuba Concerto [? ]
Piccolo Press
Charpentier
arr. Mowat
Prelude to Te Deum
Savoir Faire for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2145TC/BC
Ellington & Biggard
arr. Iveson
Mood Indigo
Stranger on the A Train
for Tuba [& or ?]]
Brass Wind 2149E or 2149T
Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
A Little Light Music
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2121E [TC]or 2121T
Gordon
Chattanooga Choo Choo A Little Light Music
& Warren
for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2121E or 2121T
Grieg
Solveig’s Song
Great Winners for Tuba* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0132TC or 0137BC
Jacob
Mazurka
Tuba Suite [? ]
Boosey
Maschwitz
A Nightingale Sang
& Sherwin
in Berkeley Square
Big Chillers for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1151TC/BC
Parker
Ground Force
or Mapp and Lucia
The Music of Jim Parker
for Tuba/Eb Bass [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1132E or 1132T
Proctor
Blue Potato
Tuber Music [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2126TC/BC
Ramskill
In the Fast Lane
Jazzed Up Too [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1111E or 1111T
Rodgers
arr. Iveson
The Lady is a Tramp
Stranger on the A Train for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2149E or 2149T
Saint-Saëns
arr. Mowat
L’Elephant
Savoir Faire for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2145TC/BC
?
Smalley
Tuba Power [&/ ]
Studio
Vaughan
Six Studies in English Folksong, no. 1: Adagio
Williams
and no. 2: Andante sostenuto
Stainer H174 [tuba] H47 [sep. piano accomp.]
Williams
Raiders March
Great Winners
for Tuba* [& or ?]
Brass Wind 0132TC or 0137BC
Wilson-Dickson Rosmarine or Siren
Creatures of the Deep for Tuba [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2151TC/BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Contented or Joyful
from Per Tuba Ad Astra [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1122TC/BC
Heads or Tails or Hornpipe Polished Brass [&]
Brass Wind 6022TC
Study no. 30 or
Study no. 33 from 40
Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [&]
Fischer
Kopprasch
Study no. 42
60 Selected Studies
for Bb Tuba [? ]
King/Leduc AL 28601
Lawrance
Stomp Off
Featuring Melody for Tuba [& or ?] Brass Wind 6017TC/BC
McKenzie
Cerga or Krivo Horo
Music Makes the World Go Round [&/?]
Con moto
Nightingale
Passion Fruit Samba, no. 18
or The Turkey, no. 22
Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [& ed.]
Warwick
Bourgeois
Davis
Hering
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* Piano accompaniment available separately.
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 5
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
G major
G minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
Bass clef scales:
Bb major
Bb minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
two octaves
B major
B minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
D major
D minor (candidate’s
choice of either harmonic
or melodic minor)
to 12th
Whole-tone scale
starting on G
Chromatic scale
starting on G
Whole-tone scale
starting on Bb
Chromatic scale
starting on Bb
Arpeggios:
G major
G minor
Arpeggios:
Bb major
Bb minor
B major
B minor
D major
D minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of G
Dominant 7th in the
key of Bb
mf
two octaves
tongued or
slurred as
requested
by the
examiner
to 12th
one octave
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
22. Chops Factor V
24. On a Ridge in Lip-Land
29. Balancing Act
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare two from:
Sight Reading
(see page 13)
Aural
(see page 15)
Improvisation
(see page 18)
Musical Knowledge
(see page 20)
127
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 6 Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Publisher
Bizet arr. Mowat Chanson du Toréador (from Savoir Faire for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2145TC/BC
Capuzzi
Andante from Andante and Rondo
(from Concerto for Double Bass)
Hinrichsen H1474
Clarke
Fighting Windmills (from Sketches from Don Quixote) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2111TC/BC
Frackenpohl
Concertino for Tuba & Piano, 3rd movt
Robert King
Harbach &
Kern
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
(from Lets Face the Music for Tuba/Eb Bass) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2134TC/BC
Jacob
Tuba Suite, Hornpipe or Saraband
Boosey BH 2900007
McGrath & Phillips
arr. Iveson
Strictly Come Dancing (from Stranger on the A Train for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2149E or 2149T
Mozart
Horn Concerto no. 4, Rondo or Romanza (from Classics for Tuba)
Studio
Proctor
Circle Line Dance (from Take the Tube for Tuba & Piano) [& or ?] Brass Wind 2129TC/BC
Proctor
Swing That Yam (from Tuber Music) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2126TC/BC
Saint-Saëns
arr. Mowat
The Swan (from Savoir Faire for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2145TC/BC
Strayhorn
arr. Iveson
Take the A Train (from Stranger on the A Train for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2149E or 2149T
Vivaldi
Allegro from Sonata no. 3
Belwin Mills BW100473
Waller
Ain’t Misbehaving (from Big Chillers for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1151TC/BC
Wilder
Suite no. 1 (Effie Suite), Effie Goes Folk Dancing [?]
Margun Music
Wilson-Dickson Monoceros (from Creatures of the Deep for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2151TC/BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois
Hartley
Kopprasch
McKenzie
Muczynski
Swerts
128
Carefree or Convivial (from Per Tuba Ad Astra) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 1122TC/BC
Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba, any two movements [?]
Elkan-Vogel
Study no. 26 (from 60 Selected Studies for Bb Tuba) [?]
King/Leduc
Czardas or Jota (from Rhythms of Life) [&/?]
Con moto
Impromptus for Solo Tuba op. 32, no. 3: Allegro moderato [?]
Schirmer
Tuba Rag (from Performance Studies) [&/?]
de Haske DHP 1043738-400
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 6
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
A and F# major
A and F# harmonic and
melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
C and A major
C and A harmonic and
melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on A
Chromatic scale
starting on A
Whole-tone scale
starting on C
Chromatic scale
starting on C
Arpeggios:
A and F# major
A and F# minor
Arpeggios:
C and A major
C and A minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of A
Diminished 7th
starting on A
Augmented arpeggio
starting on A
Dominant 7th in the
key of C
Diminished 7th
starting on C
Augmented arpeggio
starting on C
two octaves
f or p
tongued or
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested
by the
examiner
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
35. Triple Digit Accidental Twister
39. Summing Up (Again)
40b. Short ‘n’ Sharp
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
129
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 7 Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
J S Bach
Berlioz
arr. Mowat
Capuzzi
Debussy
arr. Mowat
Handel
Hindemith
Koetsier
Proctor
Ridout
Saint-Saëns
arr. Mowat
Senaillé
Wilder
Wilson-Dickson
Piece Sarabande for Tuba & Piano, Allegro moderato or Sarabande [?]
Publisher
EMR 278
Un Bal (from Savoir Faire for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2145TC/BC
Rondo from Andante and Rondo (from Concerto for Double Bass) Hinrichsen H1474
Le Cake-Walk (from Savoir Faire for Tuba) [& or ?]
Brass Wind 2145TC/BC
Sonata in C, 3rd movt: Larghetto and 4th movt: Gavotte [?]
EMR 230
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
Danse Macabre (from Savoir Faire for Tuba) [& or ?]
Introduction and Allegro Spiritoso [complete] [?]
Suite no. 1 (Effie Suite), Effie Joins the Carnival [?]
Sea-Satyre (from Creatures of the Deep for Tuba)
Brass Wind 2145TC/BC
Hinrichsen 853
Margun Music
Brass Wind
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Bourgeois
Kopprasch
McKenzie
Moren
Muczynski
130
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
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 7
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
B and Bb major
B and Bb harmonic and
melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
D and Db major
D and C# harmonic and
melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on B and Bb
Chromatic scale
starting on B and Bb
Whole-tone scale
starting on D and Db
Chromatic scale
starting on D and Db
Arpeggios:
B and Bb major
B and Bb minor
Arpeggios:
D and Db major
D and C# minor
Dominant 7th in the
keys of B and Bb
Diminished 7th
starting on B and Bb
Augmented arpeggio
starting on B and Bb
Dominant 7th in the
keys of D and Db
Diminished 7th
starting on D and Db
Augmented arpeggio
starting on D and Db
two octaves
f or p
tongued or
slurred or
staccatotongued as
requested by
the examiner
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
23. Chop Factor V
49. The Twister!
57. Back Finger Study
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
131
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 8 Subject codes: TBA/EBB/BBB
Pieces (3 x 22 marks)
Three pieces are to be played, at least one from each group, to form a balanced programme.
Instead of one item, candidates may offer their own composition (see page 10).
Group A
Piece Bourgeois
Brahms
Ellerby
Gluck
Gregson
Sonata for Tuba and Piano op. 204, 3rd movt [?]
Hungarian Dance no. 5 (from Classics for Tuba) [&/?]
Tuba Concerto, from letter N to the end [?]
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Classics for Tuba) [&/?]
Tuba Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro deciso
or 3rd movt: Allegro giocoso [with cadenza] [?]
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 [?]
Cappriccio
Hindemith
Jacob
Koetsier
Monti
Newton
Vaughan
Williams
Concerto for Bass Tuba, any one movement [with cadenzas] [?]
Publisher
Brass Wind 3120
Studio
Maecenas
Studio
Novello NOV120484
Schott ED 4636
Boosey BH 2900007
EMR 239
EMR 272
Winwood
OUP
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arnold
J S Bach
J S Bach
Bourgeois
Ellerby
Persichetti
Vizzutti
132
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
Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass — Grade 8
Technical Work (14 marks) (see page 12)
Candidates to prepare either Section i) or Section ii) in full.
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
Treble clef scales:
C, Ab and F# major
C, Ab and F# harmonic
and melodic minor
Bass clef scales:
Eb, B and A major
Eb, B and A harmonic
and melodic minor
Whole-tone scale
starting on C, Ab and F#
Chromatic scale
starting on C, Ab and F#
Crabwise scale from
C and G (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
Whole-tone scale
starting on Eb, B and A
Chromatic scale
starting on Eb, B and A
Crabwise scale from
Bb and Eb (tongued or
slurred in octaves)
Arpeggios:
C, Ab and F# major
C, Ab and F# minor
Arpeggios:
Eb, B and A major
Eb, B and A minor
Dominant 7th in the
key of C
Diminished 7th
starting on C, Ab and F#
Augmented arpeggio
starting on C, Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the
key of Eb
Diminished 7th
starting on Eb, B and Ab
Augmented arpeggio
starting on Eb, B and A
Dominant 7th in the
keys of Ab and F#
Dominant 7th in the
keys of A and B
two octaves
f or p
tongued or
slurred or
staccatotongued
or slurred
in pairs as
requested by
the examiner
one octave
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence
Lawrence
Lawrence
61. Legato finale
62. Fingers Finale
63. Staccatissimo Finale
All exercises are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet published
by Faber 0-571-53727-8.
Supporting Tests (2 x 10 marks)
Candidates to prepare i) and ii)
i) Sight Reading (see page 13)
ii) A
ural (see page 15)
or Improvisation (see page 18)
133
Music publishers
Non-UK publishers may have different local agents in other parts of the world who may be able to supply
music more easily or quickly. Details of these may be obtained by contacting the publishers directly.
Trinity cannot guarantee that music will always be in stock with local suppliers. Candidates and teachers
should always check with the publisher before it is assumed that any item has gone out of print.
Alfred (Alfred Publishing):
www.alfred.com in UK: c/o Faber Music Ltd
Con Moto (Con Moto Publications UK):
c/o Mostyn Music
Anglo Music (Anglo Music Press):
c/o De Haske Music (UK) Ltd
Curnow (Curnow Music Press):
T +1 800 7287 669; www.curnowmusicpress.com
Bärenreiter Ltd (Bärenreiter):
T +44 (0)1279 828 930; www.baerenreiter.com
De Haske (De Haske Music (UK) Ltd):
T +44 (0)1536 260 981; www.dehaske.com
Bärenreiter Praha (Editio Bärenreiter Praha):
c/o Bärenreiter Ltd
Duranr (Durand et Cie (Paris)):
T +33 (0)1 53 24 80 01;
www.durand-salabert-eschig.com
for the rest of the world: c/o United Music
Publishers Ltd
Bayley (Bayley & Ferguson):
c/o Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd
Belwin (Belwin Mills): c/o Alfred Publishing
Billaudot (Gerard Billaudot Editeur):
T +33 (1) 47 70 14 46;
www. billaudot.com in UK: c/o UMP Ltd
Birdalone (Birdalone Music):
T +1 619 889 0293; www.birdalone.com
Boosey (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers
Ltd): Mail Order: Boosey & Hawkes, c/o Music
Exchange; T +44 (0)20 7054 7200 or (Freephone
in UK only) 0800 731 4778; www.boosey.com
EMR (Editions Marc Reift):
T +41 (0) 27 483 12 00;
www.reift.ch; in UK: c/o Music Trading
Elkan-Vogel (Elkan-Vogel):
in UK: c/o United Music Publishers Ltd
Emerson (Emerson Edition Ltd):
T +44 (0)1439 788 324; www.juneemerson.co.uk
Ensemble (Ensemble Publications):
c/o Music Sales
Boston (Boston Music Company):
c/o Music Sales Ltd
Faber (Faber Music Ltd):
T +44 (0)1279 828 989; www.fabermusic.com
Brand (G & M Brand): c/o R Smith & Co Ltd;
T +44 (0)1296 682 220; www.rsmith.co.uk
Fentone (Fentone Music Ltd):
c/o De Haske Music (UK) Ltd
Brass Wind (Brass Wind Publications):
T +44 (0)1572 737 409;
www.brasswindpublications.co.uk
Fischer (Carl Fischer LLC):
T +1 212 777 0900; in UK: c/o Schott Music Ltd
Breitkopf (Breitkopf & Härtel):
T +49 (6128) 96630;
in UK T +44 (1303) 87 00 37; www.breitkopf.com
Broadbent & Dunn (Broadbent & Dunn Ltd):
T +44 (0)1304 825604; www.broadbent-dunn.com
Chappell (Chappell): c/o Faber Music Ltd
Chester (Chester Music Ltd): c/o Music Sales
Comus (Comus Edition):
T +44 (0)1282 864 985; www.comusedition.com
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Gehrmans (Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag):
T +46 8 610 06 00; www.gehrmans.se
Gramercy (Gramercy Music (UK)):
T + 44 (0)161 486 1959; www.gramercymusic.
com; in USA: c/o Southern Music
Guildhall (Guildhall): c/o Trinity College London Ltd
Hallamshire (Hallamshire Music):
T +44 (0)1507 358 141;
www.hallamshiremusic.co.uk
Hinrichsen (Hinrichsen Edition):
c/o Peters Edition Ltd
Music publishers
Hofmeister (Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag):
T +49 341 9 60 07 50;
www.friedrich-hofmeister.de;
in UK: c/o Music Sales Ltd
Musikk-Husets (Musikk-Husets Forlag):
T +47 22 82 59 00; www.musikk-huset.no
Hornist’s (The Hornist’s Nest):
T +1 716 626 9534; www.thehornistsnest.net
Neuschel (Neuschel Music):
c/o Studio Music Company
IMC (International Music Company):
T +1 212 391 4200; www.internationalmusicco.
com in UK c/o Schott Music Ltd
Norsk (Norsk Musikforlag):
T +47 23 00 20 10; www.norskmusikkforlag.no
IMP (International Music Publishers):
c/o Faber Music Ltd
Kalmus (Edwin F Kalmus & Co. Inc.):
T +1 800 434 6340; in UK: c/o Music Sales Ltd
Robert King (Robert King Music Sales Inc.):
F +1 508 238 2571; www.rkingmusic.com;
in UK: c/o United Music Publishers Ltd
Mostyn (Mostyn Music):
T +44 (0)2392 550 566; www.mostynmusic.com
Novello(Novello & Co. Ltd.): c/o Music Sales Ltd
OUP (Oxford University Press):
T +44 (0)1865 355 067; www.oup.com
in Australia: c/o Alfred Australia
T +61 2 9524 0033; promo@alfredpub.com.au
in USA: Oxford University Press Inc.
Paterson’s (Paterson’s Publications):
c/o Music Sales Ltd
Kirklees (Kirklees Music):
T +44 (0) 1484 722 855; www.kirkleesmusic.co.uk
Peters (Peters Edition Ltd):
T +44 (0)20 7553 4000; www.editionpeters.com
Leduc (Editions Alphonse Leduc):
T +33 (0)1 42 96 89 11; www.alphonseleduc.com;
in UK: c/o United Music Publishers Ltd
Piccolo (Piccolo Press):
T +44 (0)1962 864 755; www.piccolopress.info
Lemoine (Editions Henry Lemoine):
www.editions-lemoine.fr;
in UK: c/o Faber Music Ltd
Maecenas (Maecenas Music Ltd):
T +44 (0)20 8660 3914;
www.maecenasmusic.co.uk
Margun (Margun Music): c/o Music Sales Ltd
Piper Publications (Piper):
T +44 (0)1465 821 377;
www.piperpublications.co.uk
Ravencar (Ravencar Music):
T +44 (0)1246 434657; or c/o R Smith & Co Ltd;
T +44 (0)1296 682 220; www.rsmith.co.uk
Ricordi (G. Ricordi & Co.):
in UK: c/o United Music Publishers Ltd
Moeck (Moeck Verlag):
T +49-5141 8853 0; www.moeck.com;
in UK: c/o The Early Music Shop;
T +44 (0) 1274 288 100;
www.earlymusicshop.com
Rubank (Rubank): c/o Studio Music Company
Mowhawk (Mowhawk): c/o Emerson Edition
Schott (Schott Music Ltd):
T +44 (0)20 743 712 46/0800 525 566: www.
schott-music.com
MfB (Music for Brass Ltd):
T +44 (0)1924 261154
Musica Rara (Musica Rara):
c/o Breitkopf & Härtel
Salvationist (Salvationist Publishing & Supplies):
T +44 (0)20 7387 7814; www.sps-shop.com
Schirmer (G. Schirmer Inc.): c/o Music Sales Ltd
Skandinavisk (Skandinavisk Musikforlag):
T +45 33 11 78 88
Music Sales Ltd (Music Sales):
T +44 (0)1284 702 600; www.musicroom.com
Edition Samfundet (Samfundet til Udgivelse af
Dansk Musik):
T +45 33 13 54 45; www.samfundet.dk
MusT (Music Trading): T +44 (0)20 8341 4088;
www.music-trading.co.uk/www.tutti.co.uk
Sound The Trumpets (Sound The Trumpets):
c/o Mostyn Music
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Music publishers
Southern (Southern Music Company):
T +1 210 226 8167; in UK: c/o Valentine Music;
T +44 (0)20 7240 1628; www.valentinemusic.co.uk
Spartan (Spartan Press Music Publishers Ltd):
T +44 (0)1528 544 770; www.spartanpress.co.uk
Stainer (Stainer & Bell):
T +44 (0)20 8343 3303; www.stainer.co.uk
Studio Music (Studio Music Company):
T +44 (0)1582 432 139 or Freephone (UK only)
0800 389 2484; www.studio-music.co.uk
Trinity Faber (Trinity Faber): c/o Faber Music Ltd
Universal Edition (Universal Edition (London) Ltd):
T +44 (0)20 7437 1246/+44 (0)20 7534 0710:
www.universaledition.com
Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Publications):
c/o Faber Music Ltd
Warwick (Warwick Music Ltd):
T +44 (0)24 7671 2081; www.warwickmusic.com
Winwood (Winwood Music):
T +44 (0)1296 655777; www.winwoodmusic.com
Wright & Round (Wright & Round Ltd):
T +44 (0)1452 523 438
Zimmermann (Musikverlag Zimmermann):
c/o MusT
UK Specialist Suppliers
In case of any difficulty in obtaining music, the
following specialist suppliers may be helpful.
All Brass Instruments
June Emerson
T +44 (0)1439 788 324; www.juneemerson.co.uk
Mostyn Music
T +44 (0)2392 550 566; www.mostynmusic.com
Phil Parker Ltd
T +44 (0)20 7486 8206; www.philparker.co.uk
Horn
Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd
T +44 (0)20 7620 2077; www.paxman.co.uk
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