Grade 6
Scales
| E, B, A♭, D♭. | Major. Harmonic Minor. Melodic Minor. Chromatic. | |
| E, B, A♭, D♭. | Major Scales in thirds | |
| E, B, A♭, D♭. | Major Arpeggios and Broken Chords. | |
| E, B, A♭, D♭. | Minor Arpeggios and Broken Chords. | |
| E, B, A♭, D♭. | Dominant seventh arpeggio | |
| Sustained note | Any one note of the F major scale held for 15 seconds. p - f - p | |
| Sustained scale | F Major scale, 1 octave (upper octave) ascending only. Each note equals two beats (tongued only). Breathe every 8 beats or 4 notes. | |
| All E, B, and D♭ scales and arpeggios two octaves, A♭ scales and arpeggios one octave ascending and descending All scales, arpeggios, and broken chords to be: All tongued/ All slurred/ two slurred, two tongued/Slurred Pairs/three slurred, one tongued. | ||
| Range - | Inclusive as shown: | |
| Tempo - | ascending and descending minimum metronome speed 66, four notes per beat Scale in 3rds 66, four notes per beat Sustained scale 60, one note per two beats | |
Pieces - Five list pieces to be chosen ? one each from lists A, B and C and two from List D, plus 2 extra repertoire list pieces.
| List A | ||
| Blatt | No. 34, 38 or 43 | 100 Easy Classical Studies for the Oboe Ed., Universal/MDS |
| Ed. Davies & Harris | Study No. 49,50,64,74,75, or 76 | 80 Graded Studies Bk. 2, Faber |
| Jacob | Elegy and Limerick | Seven Bagatelles for Solo Oboe, OUP |
| Telemann | 2nd Mvt from Fantasia no. 8 | 12 Fantasias, Barenreiter |
| List B | ||
| Albinoni | Concerto in D 1st & 2nd or 2nd & 3rd mvts | Boosey |
| Boni | 1st & 2nd Mvts Sonata in G | Chester |
| Handel | Concerto No. 1 in Bb 1st & 2nd mvts | Boosey |
| Marcello | Concerto in D min 2nd & 3rd mvts | Peters |
| Mozart | Andante K. 545 | Mozart and Haydn for Oboe, Emerson |
| Sammartini | Sonata in G 1st & 2nd mvts | Peters |
| Telemann | Sonata in G minor 1st & 2nd or 3rd & 4th Mvts | OUP |
| List C | ||
| Bartok | 3 Hungarian Folk Songs | arr.Szeozle, Boosey |
| Bernstein | Maria | Bernstein for Oboe, Boosey |
| Debussy | The Little Shepherd | Emerson, De Haske |
| Jacob | 2nd Mvt from Sonatina | OUP |
| Ravel | Piece en forme de Habanera | Leduc |
| Roussel | Aria | Leduc, UMP |
| Saint-Saens | 1st or 2nd Mvt of Sonata Op 116 | Durand, Peters |
| List D | ||
| The following two excerpts by Bach and Grieg are to be played as one listed piece | ||
| Bach | Cantata no.202 (Wedding) and | Woodwind World: Oboe Orchestral Extracts |
| Grieg | Norwegian Dances | |
| Beethoven | Symphony no.7, 1st & 3rd mvts | Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe, ed.Nagey |
| Bizet | Symphony in C, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd mvts | Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe, ed.Nagey |
| Dvorak | Violincellokonzert | Orchester Probespiel, ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Handel | Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe, ed.Nagey; Woodwind World/Oboe Orchestral Excerpts |
| Haydn | Symphony 103, 1st & 2nd mvt | Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe, ed.Nagey |
| Mozart | Overture Cossi Fan Tutte | Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe, ed.Nagey |
| Schubert | Sinfonie No 8 or No 9 | Orchester Probespiel, ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |
| Wagner | Tannhauser | Orchester Probespiel, ed Miller/Liebermann, Peters |