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

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