TCL Grade 5 Keyboard Percussion
General Info
1. Candidates are encouraged to play their pieces on the instruments specified, although Glockenspiel / Xylophone / Vibraphone / Marimba will be acceptable regardless of the specification.
2. Candidates should always attempt to suit the instrument chosen to the music played.
3. The use of the vibraphone pedal or finger damping on the glockenspiel is not required.
4. Sticks must be appropriate to the instrument played, and should be in good condition.
5. At least one accompanied piece must be performed. Pieces that are published with an accompaniment may not be performed unaccompanied.
Pieces / Studies
Candidates can express their musical identity by choosing pieces and studies from our varied repertoire lists. Drum kit candidates choose two pieces with backing tracks and one unaccompanied piece, from a wide range of authentic styles including jazz, funk, show tunes, film, TV, Latin, reggae and swing. Percussionists choose from a varied selection of tuned percussion, timpani and snare drum pieces with accompanied and unaccompanied options. Candidates can further personalize their program by including an own composition.
Song List
Item | Works | Composer | Publication | Publisher | Video |
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1 | Xylo Rhumba | Mark Aldous | Tuned Percussion Solos | Mark Aldous | |
2 | Sparks | Kenneth Alford | Sparks for Xylophone & Piano | Boosey & Hawkes | |
3 | Cap-Rice | Rik Elings | Moments of Swing | De Haske | |
4 | There is no closer friend | Rik Elings | Moments of Swing | De Haske | |
5 | Velvet Gown | Rik Elings | Moments of Swing | De Haske | |
6 | Czardina | Jan Faulkner | Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5 | Trinity College London Press | |
7 | Caprice Valsant | George Hamilton Green | Caprice Valsant | Carl Fischer Music | |
8 | The Big Wheel | David Hext | Tuned In | David Hext | |
9 | Friend Like Me (from Aladdin) | Alan Menken | Disney Solos for Mallet Percussion | Hal Leonard | |
10 | Etude #6 | Ney Rosauro | Beginning Exercises and Studies for Two Mallets | ProPercussao | |
11 | Burlesca #5 | Ivos Weijmans | 13 Pieces for Malets | De Haske | |
12 | Memories | Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic | Funny Vibraphone (Book 1) | Gretel-Verlag |
Study List
Item | Works | Composer | Instrument | Publications | Publisher |
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1 | Grade 5 Major Study | Jan Faulkner | Tuned Percussion | Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5 | Trinity College London Press |
2 | Grade 5 Minor Study | Jan Faulkner | Tuned Percussion | Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5 | Trinity College London Press |