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Tuba in F
Grade 1
Candidate to prepare in full either Section i) or Section ii) :
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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 (q = 50–66):
? bb œ œ œ œ
bœ œ œ œ œ 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 (q = 54–72):
? bb b œ nœ œ œ
b œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ
or
F melodic minor scale (one octave)
? bb b nœ œ bœ bœ œ œ
b œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ
? bb b œ œ
b œ œ œ œ œ.
? bb b œ œ œ œ œ
b œ œ.
? ### 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
? ### œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ.
? 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 nœ nœ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
? 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 (q = 60–104):
? œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ
œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ bœ œ bœ œ
? bb œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ.
? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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Tuba in F
Grade 4 continued
? bœ œ œ œ #œ #œ bœ #œ #œ œ œ œ bœ.
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 (q = 66–112):
? œ œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ
œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ b œ
œ bœ œ
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Tuba in F
Grade 5 continued
? 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 œ œ œ
or
E melodic minor scale (to 12th)
?# #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ
œ #œ nœ 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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Tuba in F
Grade 6
Candidate to prepare in full either Section i) or Section ii) :
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Tuba in F
Grade 6 continued
?b 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
?b œ œ œ n œ # œ œ n œ bœ œ œ œ
œ nœ #œ œ œ œ œ nœ bœ 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 #œ
œ #œ œ
œ b œ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ
? œ œ bœ œ bœ œ
œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ
œ bœ 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.
*If preferred, the dominant 7th may be finished on the starting note rather than resolving onto the tonic.
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Tuba in F
? œ bœ b œ œ b œ bœ œ
œ bœ bœ œ œ bœ bœ
œ œ
œ
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 35. Triple Digit Accidental Twister
Lawrence 39. Summing Up (Again)
Lawrence 40b. Short ‘n’ Sharp
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 7
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 f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued as requested by the
examiner (q = 80–126):
? bb œ œ œ œ œ
bœ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ.
b œ nœ b œ nœ bœ nœ œ bœ nœ
? b œ nœ œ bœ nœ bœ nœ œ
bœ nœ œ b œ nœ b œ nœ
b œ œ b œ œ œ bœ œ bœ
? œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ
œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ
œ bœ
Whole-tone scale starting on Eb (two octaves)
œ b œ b œ bœ bœ bœ œ
?
œ b œ b œ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ bœ b œ
œ œ œ b œ.
bœ œ œ
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Tuba in F
Grade 7 continued
œ bœ œ
? bœ œ œ bœ
œ œ œ .
bœ œ bœ
Dominant 7th in the key of Eb (one octave)*
?b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
bb œ œ
œ œ bœ œ œ
? œ bœ b œ bœ bœ œ
b œ bœ œ œ bœ b 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 œ
?# œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ.
œ
*If preferred, the dominant 7th may be finished on the starting note rather than resolving onto the tonic.
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Tuba in F
Grade 7 continued
? 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 b œ œ b œ œ œ bœ œ bœ
? œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ œ
œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ
? #œ #œ œ #œ #œ
#œ #œ œ œ #œ
#œ œ.
œ
œ b œ b œ œ b œ bœ œ
? bœ œ œ bœ bœ
œ œ b œ œ œ
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 23. Chops Factor IV
Lawrence 49. The Twister!
Lawrence 57. Back Finger Study
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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Tuba in F
Grade 8
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 f or p, tongued or slurred or staccato tongued or slurred in pairs
(scales only), as requested by the examiner (q = 88–132):
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.
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Tuba in F
Grade 8 continued
*If preferred, the dominant 7th may be finished on the starting note rather than resolving onto the tonic.
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Tuba in F
Grade 8 continued
? #### œ œ œ
#œ œ œ œ œ œ
*If preferred, the dominant 7th may be finished on the starting note rather than resolving onto the tonic.
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Tuba in F
Grade 8 continued
œ b œ b œ bœ œ
? bœ œ œ bœ bœ
œ b œ œ œ bœ
bœ œ
*If preferred, the dominant 7th may be finished on the starting note rather than resolving onto the tonic.
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Tuba in F
Grade 8 continued
œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ
? œ ˙ Ó
? 44 œ bœ œbœbœbœ #œ œ bœ œ œ bœ bœ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ
œœœ œ œb œ b œ n œ œ #œ œb œ
? #œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ b œ b œ œ bœ nœ#œ œ œ œ
n œ #œ#œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ bœ bœ bœ œœœ
œ
? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Ó
or ii) Exercises:
Candidates to prepare the following:
Lawrence 61. Legato finale
Lawrence 62. Fingers Finale
Lawrence 63. Staccatissimo Finale
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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