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9 Nov 2007

Tuba Syllabus Grade 5

THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:

LIST A
1 Arthur Frackenpohl Concertino for Tuba: 1st movt, Moderato (Robert King/UMP)
2 Jacob Hungarian or Scottish: No. 4 or No. 6 from Six Little Tuba Pieces
3 Jacob Tuba Suite: No. 6 or No. 7, Mazurka or Ground (Jacob’s Dream) (Boosey & Hawkes/MDS)
4 Vivaldi Largo from ‘Winter’. From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Eb Bass/Tuba, arr. Ramskill
5 Ernest Young Marche Verité or Romance: from An EbBass Album (& edition: Suite Music) (now limited availability)

LIST B
1 André Ameller Hautrive
2 Bernstein Waltz for Mippy III (mute optional)
3 Philip Catelinet Legend
4 Eileen Clews Runabout: No. 3 from Quintessence (Paterson/Music Sales)
5 Mark Goddard Ragamuffin: No. 7 from Party Pieces for Tuba , Eb Bass or Bb Bass (Spartan Press SP169,188 or 287)
6 Edward Gregson Habanera and Ragtime. No. 9 from Gregson and Ridgeon Nine Miniatures for Eb Bass/Tuba (? or &
editions: Brass Wind)
7 Jim Parker Beach Buggy. Top Line Album for Eb Bass/Tuba
8 Simon Proctor Blue Potato: from Tuber Music
9 Harry Warren Chattanooga Choo-Choo. A Little Light Music for Tuba, arr. Iveson

LIST C
1 Blazhevich 70 Studies for BbTuba, Vol. 1: No. 9 or No. 10 (Robert King/UMP)
2 Derek Bourgeois Joyful: from Per Tuba ad Astra
3 Stuart Johnson Wagner Tubas: No. 8 from The Tuneful Tuba (Brass Wind)
4 Kopprasch 60 Selected Studies for Bb Tuba: No. 7 (Robert King/UMP)
5 Peter Lawrance Romanza or Blues: from Featuring Melody for Tuba

AURAL TESTS FOR THE GRADE

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS*: from memory, to be played both slurred and tongued in the following keys:

Bass clef Bb Tuba: Ab, B majors; G#, B minors (a twelfth)
F, F# majors; F minor (two octaves)
Treble clef (all Tubas) and bass clef C Tuba: Bb, Db majors; Bb, C# minors (a twelfth)
G, Ab majors; G minor (two octaves)

Scales: in the above keys (minors in melodic or harmonic form at candidate’s choice)

Chromatic Scale:
Bass clef Bb Tuba: starting on Bb (a twelfth)
Treble clef (all Tubas) and bass clef C Tuba: starting on C (a twelfth)

Arpeggios: the common chords of the above keys for the ranges indicated
Dominant Seventh:
Bass clef Bb Tuba: in the key of Bb (two octaves)
Treble clef (all Tubas) and bass clef C Tuba: in the key of C (two octaves)

PLAYING AT SIGHT (bass or treble clef at candidate’s choice)

6 comments:

  1. yokes:Hmz.I don't know? Just posted it out of interest. heh.

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  2. good luck for you if you go for it...

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  3. Anonymous10:34 am

    Eh, my idea right. I merely asked you to go for grade 8 instead. Whahaa.

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  4. Erina & Khai: ZzZZzzZzZzz

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  5. go for grade 8!
    if u go for tuba grade 8, i'll go for clarinet grade 8 too. together k?

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