Tuba in F

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Tuba in F
Scales & Arpeggios
for Trinity College London
Bass Clef F Tuba exams
2013–2014
Grades 1–8
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Tuba in F
Grade 1
Candidate to prepare in full either Section i) or Section ii) :
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
The following scales and arpeggios to be performed mf and tongued ( = 46–60):
q
F major scale (one octave)
?b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
F major arpeggio (one octave)
? œ
b œ œ œ œ
œ œ.
Candidates choice of natural or harmonic or melodic form of the minor, as follows:
D natural minor scale (one octave)
?
b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
D harmonic minor scale (one octave)
?
b œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
D melodic minor scale (one octave)
?
b œ œ œ œ œ nœ #œ œ nœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
D minor arpeggio (one octave)
?
œ
b œ œ
œ œ
œ œ.
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 1b. Getting Started
Lawrence 3b. A Low Trick
Lawrence 4b. Limbering Down
Exercises for treble clef players (Bb) are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet and Other Valved
Brass Instruments published by Faber Music 0-571-53727-8. Exercises for bass clef players are contained in Selected Exercises
and Studies for Tuba (Eb) available to download by grade from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/digital
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Tuba in F
Grade 2
Candidate to prepare in full either Section i) or Section ii) :
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
The following scales and arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner ( = 50–66):
q
G major scale (one octave)
?# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
G major arpeggio (one octave)
?# œ
œ œ
œ œ œ œ.
Candidates choice of natural or harmonic or melodic form of the minor, as follows:
D natural minor scale (one octave)
?
b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
D harmonic minor scale (one octave)
?
b œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
D melodic minor scale (one octave)
?
b œ œ œ œ œ nœ #œ œ nœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
D minor arpeggio (one octave)
?
œ
b œ œ
œ œ
œ œ.
Eb major scale (one octave)
?bbb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Eb major arpeggio (one octave)
? b œ
b b œ œ œ œ œ œ.
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Tuba in F
Grade 2 continued
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 5. Lip Push-Ups!
Lawrence 13. The One-Meter Sloth Race
Lawrence 15. Out of the Box
Exercises for treble clef players (Bb) are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet and Other Valved
Brass Instruments published by Faber Music 0-571-53727-8.
Exercises for bass clef players are contained in Selected Exercises and Studies for Tuba (Eb) available to download by grade
from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/digital
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Tuba in F
Grade 3
Candidate to prepare in full either Section i) or Section ii) :
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
The following scales and arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner ( = 54–72):
q
F harmonic minor scale (one octave)
?bbbb œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
F melodic minor scale (one octave)
?bbbb œ œ œ œ œ nœ nœ œ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
F minor arpeggio (one octave)
?bbbb œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ.
Whole-tone scale starting on F (one octave)
? œ
œ œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ #œ œ œ œ œ.
Ab major scale (one octave)
?bbbb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Ab major arpeggio (one octave)
œ
?bbbb œ œ œ œ œ œ.
A major scale (one octave)
?### œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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Tuba in F
Grade 3 continued
A major arpeggio (one octave)
?# # œ œ œ
# œ œ
œ œ.
A harmonic minor scale (one octave)
? œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
A melodic minor scale (one octave)
? œ œ œ œ œ #œ #œ œ nœ nœ œ œ œ œ œ
A minor arpeggio (one octave)
œ
? œ œ
œ œ
œ œ.
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 14. The Drunken Sailor Sobers Up!
Lawrence 16. Snakes and Ladders
Lawrence 20. Chops Factor I
Exercises for treble clef players (Bb) are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet and Other Valved
Brass Instruments published by Faber Music 0-571-53727-8.
Exercises for bass clef players are contained in Selected Exercises and Studies for Tuba (Eb) available to download by grade
from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/digital
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Tuba in F
Grade 4
Candidate to prepare in full either Section i) or Section ii) :
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
The following scales and arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner ( = 60–104):
q
Chromatic scale starting on F (one octave)
? œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ
G harmonic minor scale (one octave)
?bb œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
G melodic minor scale (one octave)
?bb œ œ œ œ œ nœ #œ œ nœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
G minor arpeggio (one octave)
? b œ œ œ
b œ œ œ œ.
Bb major scale (one octave)
?bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Bb major arpeggio (one octave)
œ
?bb œ œ œ œ œ œ.
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Tuba in F
Grade 4 continued
Bb harmonic minor scale (one octave)
?bbbbb œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
Bb melodic minor scale (one octave)
?bbbbb œ œ œ œ œ nœ nœ œ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
Bb minor arpeggio (one octave)
œ
?bbbbb œ œ œ œ œ œ.
Whole-tone scale starting on Bb (one octave)
bœ
? bœ œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ #œ œ œ œ bœ.
Eb major scale (to 12th)
?bbb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Eb major arpeggio (to 12th)
œ œ
? b œ œ œ œ
b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 17a. Cool Marché
Lawrence 21. Chops Factor II
Lawrecne 30. As Fast as You Can
Exercises for treble clef players (Bb) are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet and Other Valved
Brass Instruments published by Faber Music 0-571-53727-8.
Exercises for bass clef players are contained in Selected Exercises and Studies for Tuba (Eb) available to download by grade
from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/digital
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Tuba in F
Grade 5
Candidate to prepare in full either Section i) or Section ii) :
either i) Scales and Arpeggios (from memory):
The following scales and arpeggios to be performed mf, tongued or slurred as requested by the examiner ( = 66–112):
q
C major scale (two octaves)
? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
C major arpeggio (two octaves)
œ
? œ œ œ œ
œ œ
œ œ
œ œ œ œ.
C harmonic minor scale (two octaves)
?bbb œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
C melodic minor scale (two octaves)
?bbb œ œ œ œ œ nœnœ œ œ œ œ œnœ nœ œbœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ
C minor arpeggio (two octaves)
œ
? b œ œ œ œ
b b œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ.
Chromatic scale starting on C (two octaves)
? œ #œ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ
? œ œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ
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Tuba in F
Grade 5 continued
Whole-tone scale starting on C (two octaves)
œ
? œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ #œ #œ #œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ #œ #œ #œ œ œ œ.
Dominant 7th in the key of C (one octave)*
? œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ
œ
E major scale (to 12th)
?#### œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
E major arpeggio (to 12th)
œ œ
?#### œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ.
E harmonic minor scale (to 12th)
?# œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
or
E melodic minor scale (to 12th)
?# œ œ œ œ œ #œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ nœ œ œ œ œ œ
E minor arpeggio (to 12th)
œ œ
?# œ œ œ œ
œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ.
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 37. Chops Factor V
Lawrence 24. On a Ridge in Lip-Land
Lawrence 29. Balancing Act
Exercises for treble clef players (Bb) are contained in the book Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet and Other Valved
Brass Instruments published by Faber Music 0-571-53727-8.
Exercises for bass clef players are contained in Selected Exercises and Studies for Tuba (Eb) available to download by grade
from www.trinitycollege.co.uk/digital
*If preferred, the dominant 7th may be finished on the starting note rather than resolving onto the tonic.
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