Grade Eight
Scales - choose one group
| G, E, B♭~~OR~~G, D, A♭~~OR~~G, A, D♭ | ||
| Major, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Chromatic | ||
| Major Scales in thirds | ||
| Major Arpeggios and Broken Chords | ||
| Minor Arpeggios and Broken Chords | ||
| Dominant Seventh Arpeggios, tongued only | ||
| Diminished Sevenths Arpeggios (beginning on the note), tongued only | ||
| Whole Tone Scale, tongued only | ||
| Sustained note | Any one note of the G major scale held for 14 - 16 seconds pp < ff > pp | |
| Sustained scale | Sustained scale G harmonic minor (middle octave) ascending and descending. Each note equals two beats (tongued only). Breathe every 8 beats or 4 notes. | |
| All E, F, F♯, G, G♯ and A scales, arpeggios and broken chords to be played three octaves, ascending and descending. All other scales, arpeggios and broken chords to be played two octaves, ascending and descending. All scales, arpeggios and broken chords to be: all tongued/all slurred/ slurred pairs/ two slurred, two tongued | ||
| Range - | Inclusive as shown: | |
| Tempo - | ascending and descending minimum metronome speed 80, four notes per beat Sustained scale 60, one note per two beats. Breathe every 8 beats or 4 notes | |
Pieces — Five list pieces to be chosen, one each from lists A, B and C and two from list D.
| List A | ||
| Allen | Study no. 60 | Progressive Studies for Clarinet, bk 2, ABRSM |
| Bach | No 18 or No 19 | 21 Pieces for Clarinet, trans Giampieri (Ricordi) |
| Berkeley | No 1 or 3 | 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solos (Chester) |
| Blatt | No 46 | 50 Classical Studies for Clarinet, ed Weston (Fentone) |
| Cavallini | No 19, 24, 26, or 28 | 30 Caprices (Fischer) |
| Harvey | No 1 | Three Etudes on Themes of Gerschwin for Solo Clarinet (Emerson) |
| Rose | Study no.74 | 80 Graded Studies for Clarinet, bk 2, ed. Davies and Harris, Faber |
| Uhl | No 24 from 48 Etudes for Clarinett | Vol 1, Schott |
| List B | ||
| Brahms | Sonata in E flat Op120 No2, 1st mvt | |
| Brahms | Sonata in F min Op120 No1, 1st mvt | |
| Crusell | 3rd mvt from Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 5 | Universal |
| Glazunov | Allegretto No8 | Clarinet Solos Vol 2, ed King (Chester) |
| Krommer | 1st mvt from Concerto in E♭, Op 36 | Peters |
| Mozart | Any one of Church Sonatas | Ed Ettlinger |
| Mozart | Concerto K 622, 1st mvt (if possible A clarinet to be used) | |
| Saint-Saëns, C | Sonata, 4th mvt | (Chester) (Durand) |
| Stamitz | Concerto No3 in B flat | (Peters) |
| Tartini-Jacob | Concertino | (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Weber, C M | Concerto in F min Op73 No1, any two mvts | |
| Weber, C M | Theme & Variation Op33 | (Peters) |
| List C | ||
| Arnold | Fantasy for Clarinet | (Faber) |
| Finzi | Fughetta No 5 | Five Bagatelles (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Gould | Derivations, 1st mvt | (SOUNZ) |
| Hurlstone, W | Nos 1 & 2 or 3 & 4 | Four Characteristic Pieces |
| Lutoslawski, W | No's 1 , 2 & 3 or No's 3, 4 & 5 | Dance Preludes (Chester) |
| Milhaud | Sonatine | (Durand) |
| Penderecki | 3 Miniatures | Clarinet & Piano |
| Pierné | Andanta-Scherzo | Gerard Billaudot Editeur (PR.524015590) |
| Poulenc | Sonata, 1st mvt | (Chester) |
| Sutermeister | Concerto, 1st or 3rd mvt | |
| List D | ||
| Beethoven | Symphony No 6 | Clarinet: Orchestral & Chamber Music Excerpts (Allans) |
| Mendlessohn | 3rd mvt, Concert Piece No 1 | Clarinet: Orchestral & Chamber Music Excerpts (Allans) |
| Rossini | Barber of Seville | Clarinet: Orchestral & Chamber Music Excerpts (Allans) |
| Schubert | Finale, Shepherd on the Rock | Clarinet: Orchestral & Chamber Music Excerpts (Allans) |
| Schumann | Last mvt, Fairy Tales | Clarinet: Orchestral & Chamber Music Excerpts (Allans) |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 6 | Clarinet: Orchestral & Chamber Music Excerpts (Allans) |