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! Item !! Works !! Composer !! Publication !! Publisher !! Instrumentation | ! Item !! Works !! Composer !! Publication !! Publisher !! Instrumentation | ||
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+ | | 1 || [[Frogs]] || [[Keiko Abe]] || [[Frogs]] || [[Studio 4 Music]] || [[Marimba]] | ||
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+ | | 2 || Fugue || J. S. Bach || [[Sonata in A Minor]] || [[Kendor Music]] || [[Marimba]] | ||
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+ | | 3 || Joplin on Wood || [[Harry Breuer]] || [[Harry Breuer's Ragtime Solos]] || [[Meredith Music]] || [[Xylophone]] | ||
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+ | ==Sight Reading== | ||
+ | Sight-reading is a valuable skill with many benefits. Learning to sight-read helps to develop quick recognition of keys, tonality and common rhythm patterns. Strong sight-reading skills make learning new pieces quicker and easier, and also help when making music with others, so that playing in an ensemble becomes more rewarding and enjoyable. | ||
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+ | ==Reference== | ||
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+ | [[Category: Percussion Exam Syllabus]] | ||
+ | [[Category: ABRSM Exam Syllabus]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Grade 8 Percussion Exam Syllabus]] |
Revision as of 03:04, 11 June 2022
General Info
Candidates taking a Percussion (Combined) exam are required to:
- play one piece for each of Snare Drum, Timpani and Keyboard Percussion
- play the technical requirements for either Snare Drum, Timpani or Keyboard Percussion at their choice
- have instruments available which meet the minimum requirements for the Sight-reading for Snare Drum, Timpani and Keyboard Percussion. The subject for the test will be chosen by the examiner.
Snare Drum Song List
Item | Works | Composer | Publication | Publisher | Instrumentation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fox Trot and Fandango | Warren Benson | Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum | Hal Leonard | Snare Drum Only |
2 | Dances for Five Drums | Jan Bradley | Dances for Five Drums | Jan Bradley | 3 Tom-toms & Bongos |
3 | Engine Room | James Campbell | Engine Room | Row-Loff Productions | Bongos & Tom-toms & Bass Drum & Hand Percussion |
4 | Popeye | Stacey Duggan | Just Desserts | Row-Loff Productions | Optional Aerial Flip |
5 | It's About Time | Michael Lynch | Just Desserts | Row-Loff Productions | Optional Visual Enhancement |
6 | Movement 2 | Guy Gauthreaux II | American Suite | Meredith Music Publications | Snare Drum Only |
7 | Pontiac | Anthony Kerr | ABRSM Principal Percussion | Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music | Piano Accompanied |
8 | Cave Dance | Glenn Kotche | Cave Dance | Alfred Music | Foot Pedal Instrument (Bass Drum or Cowbell etc.) |
9 | Gorymdaith | Alex Neal | Gorymdaith | Southern Percussion | Tenor Drum & Pedal Bass Drum |
10 | Antrieb | Cameron Sinclair | Antrieb | Scottish Music Centre | Snare Drum Only |
Timpani Song List
Item | Works | Composer | Publication | Publisher | Retune / Pedaling |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Movement 2 | John Beck | Sonata for Timpani | Boston Music Company | No |
2 | Saeta | Elliott Carter | Eight Pieces for Four Timpani | Associated Music Publishers | No |
3 | Proclamation | Julian Fairbank | Proclamation | Southern Percussion | Retune and Pedaling |
4 | Episode and Cadenza | Siegfried Fink | Solobook for Timpani (Book 2) | Simrock | Retune between Pieces |
5 | Beguine and Samba | George Frock | Seven Solo Dances for the Advanced Timpanist | Southern Music | Retune and Pedaling |
6 | Bolt! | Kirk Gay | Pedal to the Kettle | Tapspace | Retune and Pedaling |
7 | Scenes | Michael Rhodes | an Ancient Battle | Studio 4 Music | No |
8 | Neuertanz | Cameron Sinclair | 3 Tanzen | Scottish Music Centre | Retune and Pedaling |
9 | Study No. 22 | Nick Woud | Symphonic Studies for Timpani | De Haske | Retune and Pedaling |
10 | Variations | Nick Woud | ABRSM Principal Percussion | Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music | Retune and Pedaling |
Keyboard Song List
Item | Works | Composer | Publication | Publisher | Instrumentation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frogs | Keiko Abe | Frogs | Studio 4 Music | Marimba |
2 | Fugue | J. S. Bach | Sonata in A Minor | Kendor Music | Marimba |
3 | Joplin on Wood | Harry Breuer | Harry Breuer's Ragtime Solos | Meredith Music | Xylophone |
Sight Reading
Sight-reading is a valuable skill with many benefits. Learning to sight-read helps to develop quick recognition of keys, tonality and common rhythm patterns. Strong sight-reading skills make learning new pieces quicker and easier, and also help when making music with others, so that playing in an ensemble becomes more rewarding and enjoyable.