CLARINET SYLLABUS Year 1
Attainment Target
RHYTHM/DURATION/METRE
Students can:
Term 1 (1 BRONZE)
a) echo simple rhythms
b) follow a steady pulse
c) play semibreve, minim, crotchet and
equivalent rests
d) play in time in 4/4 metre
a) play by ear C-G
Term 2 (1 SILVER)
a) maintain a steady pulse
b) play in 2/4, ¾ metre
c) play dotted minims, pairs of
quavers and dotted crotchets
Term 3 (1 GOLD) (Grade 1)
a) establish a steady pulse
b) be aware of intonation
a) play low G – open G
a) play low F, upper A and Bb
b) play F,G maj. And Amin scales
and arpeggios
a) recognise bars, bar lines, 4/4 time signature
b) read semibreve, minim, crotchet with
equivalent rests
c) read notes C-G
a)
b)
c)
d)
a) read sharps/flats/naturals F#,G#
b) recognise C time
c) recognise graded dynamics
d) read low F and E, upper A and Bb
a) hold instrument correctly with appropriate
posture
b) establish a correct embouchure
c) produce supported sound, co-ordinating hand
and tongue
d) produce a controlled column of air
e) assemble and show care of the clarinet
a) copy simple melodies using known notes
b) recognise high and low notes
c) echo a rhythm
d) move in time to a piece of music
d) identify simple moods in music
a) co-ordinate tongue/hand with
increasing accuracy
b) produce notes with a greater
clarity of the tonguing
c) produce a controlled column of air
over a wider range of notes and
phrase lengths
a) echo stepped melodic phrases by
singing and playing
b) identify the first 5 notes of an G
major scale relative to the tonic
c) identify when a change occursphrase
in a
repeated rhythm
tempo
a) play using an even dynamic (mf)
b) recognise the difference between loud and
quiet
a) play a piece loudly and quietly,
p, mf, f
a) play individually and with awareness of others
b) perform at home
c) practise with other members of the group
d) play unaccompanied and with simple
accompaniments
a) perform as part of a group to an
audience
b) sustain an independent part in an
ensemble
PITCH
Students can:
MUSICAL LITERACY
Students can:
INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Students can:
AURAL
Students can:
DYNAMICS
Students can:
PERFORMING SKILLS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
Students can:
Understand repeat signs
Understand ¾ and 2/4 time
Read slurs and ties
Read low G – open G
a) slur between notes
b) understand and play tongued and
slurred articulations
c) perform accented notes
a) match a pitch played by the
teacher
b) improvise question and answer
phrases
c) identify differences and changes in
d) sight read basic 8 bar phrases
a) play graduated dynamics within a
piece- incorporating
crescendo, diminuendo (pg 51-57,
E.Elements)
b) identify changes in dynamics
a) perform as part of a group in an
assembly
b) join a BMS Junior Ensemble
c) play pieces in the key of F, G and
C Major and A minor
CLARINET SYLLABUS Year 2
Attainment Target
Term 1 (2 BRONZE)
RHYTHM/DURATION/METRE
Students can:
a) establish pulses of contrasting tempi
b) play using dotted crotchet - quaver
rhythms
c) recognise basic semiquavers
a) play low E begin to produce notes over
the break (Ex 119-125 E.Elements)
b) play F scale – 2 octaves
c) play C scale and arpeg
a) read crotchets, dotted crotchets,
minims, semibreves, quavers,
semiquavers and ties
b) read lower ledger lines in treble clef
c) read & understand the effect of sharps,
flats and naturals
d) recognise & understand effect of key
signatures
e) read sf and staccato
a) play with consistency of tone across
the range
b) maintain good posture, sitting or
standing
c) play sF, ., <, in context of Grade 1
piece
a) improvise question & answer phrases
b) clap the pulse in simple and triple time
c) echo 2 bar melodic phrases by singing
& playing (steps & leaps)
d) sight-read phrases in 4/4, 3/4
PITCH
Students can:
MUSICAL LITERACY
Students can:
INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Students can:
AURAL
Students can:
DYNAMICS
Students can:
PERFORMING SKILLS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
Students can:
a) play using mp
a) play duets incorporating simple
rhythmic or melodic ostinato
b) demo a sound knowledge of Grade 1
Term 2 (2 SILVER)
Term 3 (2 GOLD) (Grade 2)
a) play in compound time, using dotted
crotchets & dotted minims
a) change the speed of a pulse within a
piece eg Rall. Accel
a) continue notes over break up to top A
b) play D maj scale and arpeg
c) play G scale 2 octaves, C major 1
octave
a) read & understand accidentals
b) read & understand 1st and 2nd time bars
c) identify repeated patterns of
pitch/rhythms
a) play D min scale and arpeg
b) play A minor scale 2 octaves
a) show an awareness of, and correct,
fault intonation
b) co-ordinate hand and tongue
movements
a) perform fluent phrasing using
continued air
b) play slurs cleanly over large intervals
a) identify the metre of a piece
b) identify changes in repeated melodic
pattern
c) rcho melodic phrases using harmonic
intervals up to perfect 5th
d) identify where a note is b or #
e) clap pulse or short piece in compound
time
a) play using cresc and dim
a) complete a range of exercises taken
from Grade 2 syllabus
a) play simple pieces in 2 parts
a) perform individually to an audience
a) read & understand tenuto
b) read & understand tempi markings eg.
Allegro, andante, adagio
c) read & play triplets
CLARINET SYLLABUS Year 3
Attainment Target
RHYTHM/DURATION/METRE
Students can:
PITCH
Students can:
MUSICAL LITERACY
Students can:
Term 1 (3 BRONZE) (Grade 2)
a) play C maj 2 octaves & arpeggio
b) play Bb maj and G min (2 octs)
scale and arpeggios (1 oct)
a) play D min scale and arpeggios 2
octs
b) A, D maj 2 octs
c) chromatic on C – 1 oct
a) read and understand trills, mordents and grace
notes
b) understand the structure of tones and
semitones in a major scale
a) understand how articulation affects
the character of a piece
b) read and understand
enharmonic changes
c) read a chromatic scale
a) co-ordinate fingers and tongue in
more complex musical passages
b) use muscle control to help develop
intonation
a) compose a question and answer
phrase in a major key
b) read music fluently in keys of 2
sharps or 2 flats
a) sing and play an interval of an octave above a
given note
b) differentiate between tones and semitones
c) sing a major scale
d) improvise question and answer phrases using
syncopated rhythms
e) conduct in compound time
a) play with a more controlled use of dynamic
range
a) sing an interval of a minor third
above a given note
b) identify pitch or rhythmic changes
to a notated pattern when played
differently
a) play a simple, well- known tune
by ear, starting on different notes
b) improvise question and answer
phrases in minor keys
c) recognise major or minor tonality
a) play in a larger ensemble
b) enter Grade 2 ASBRM
a) recognise beginnings and ends of
phrases and follow their part
accordingly
b) join BMS senior ensemble
INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Students can:
DYNAMICS
Students can:
PERFORMING SKILLS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
Students can:
Term 3 (3 GOLD) (Grade 3)
a) play rhythmic patterns in irregular
metres ie. 5/4
a) play fluently from low E two octaves extending
to 12th above
a) slur & tongue over an interval up to an octave
AURAL
Students can:
Term 2 (3 SILVER)
a) play in compound triple time
a) make appropriate use of
articulation for a variety of musical
styles
a) recognise and play with a variety
of accentuation in relation to musical
style
a) show an awareness of the role of
their individual part within an
ensemble and react accordingly