Instrument ranges ‘The ranges given here are the written ranges for players of approximately Grade 8 standard. The complete Fanges (especially for string instruments) go higher. You need to memofise the transposing Intervals for the struments in the coloured boxes, Woodwind instruments Flute Descant recorder Treble recorder Oboe Clarinet in B flat Clarinet in A Bassoon Soprano saxophone in B flat Alto saxophone in € flat Tenor saxophone in 8 flat Baritone saxophone in E flat Brass instruments Trumpet in B flat French horn in F Tenor horn in E flat Tenor trombone Bass trombone Percussion instruments Timpani New transpemng a i Sounds & Co. (Distributors of as 24, Chariemoni Sa Teli 2s 25 You also need to know about Classical scores for brass (see page 52) and timpani,String instruments. Violin Viola be Cello & FF Double bass ‘sounds an octave lowér Classical guitar “sounds'an octave lower Voice ranges Soprano = Tenor * Alto £ = Bass = ws = * In open score, music for tenor voice is almost always written in treble clef an octave higher than it sounts Different words — same meaning in music there are often different words to descrite the same thing, You need to know the following for Grade 7: bridge passage ~ transition ¢*” (in relation to chord symbols) ~ C maj? - Cma’ - CM” cm*? - Cm* ¢*m? — C'S - C-75 — Cmin7>S consonance ~ concord Remember dissonance ~ clash You may use pianistic - (equivalent word for other instruments) idiomatic American terms piano ~ pianoforte jn your excm, but riff - ostinato there is no need to rondo form ~ old rondo form use them at all if second subject ~ second theme sonata form ~ first movement form sonata rondo ~ rondo sonata, modern rondo, new rondo subject - theme timpani — kettle drums : tutti - whole orchestra English and Italian words for instruments Wind instruments clarinet ~ clarinetto trombone ~ trombone (wispisirbat you do not want to o. = Sounds & He, Corts) ose i cae ia Cords) 7