Grade 2
Scales - choose either set (a) or set (b)
| (a) | F, B♭ | Major, Major Arpeggios |
| F, B♭ | Harmonic Minor, Minor Arpeggios | |
| (b) | F, B♭ | Major, Major Arpeggios |
| D, G | Harmonic Minor, Minor Arpeggios | |
| E | Chromatic | |
| Sustained note | Any one note of the G major scale held for 8 - 10 seconds. p - f - p | |
| Sustained scale | Major scales, 1 octave (lower octave) ascending. Each note equals two beats (tongued only). Breathe every 8 beats or 4 notes. | |
| All scales in the key of B♭, D to be 2 octaves, all others to be one octave unless otherwise stated. All scales and arpeggios to be: all tongued/all slurred | ||
| Range - | Inclusive as shown: | |
| Tempo - | ascending and descending minimum metronome speed 60, two notes per beat Sustained scale 60, one note per two beats | |
Pieces
Three pieces to be chosen by three different composers. Two pieces must be from the list below. One alternative "own choice" work may be substituted and should be at a similar level to those already in the syllabus.| for any saxophone | ||
| Baermann, C | Study no. 12 | 80 Graded Studies for Saxophone,Bk 1,ed Davies and Harris(Faber) |
| Brad | Study | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Chédeville | Gavotte | Learn as you Play Saxophone (Boosey) |
| Davies & Harris | No 6 80 | Graded Pieces for Saxophone Book 1 (Faber) |
| Lyons, Graham | No. 9 or No.12 | 24 Melodic Studies for Saxophone,Useful Music U55(Spartan Press) |
| O'Neill, John | The Way of All Things | Selected Pieces from the Jazz Method for Saxophone,Schott 12488/M.D.S |
| Percival & Dorich | Canzonetta | Teacher on Tap Book ?? (Percival & Dorich) |
| Percival & Dorich | Ex 5 Pg 44 | Teacher on Tap Book 1 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Percival & Dorich | Ex 6 Pg 4 | Teacher on Tap Book 2 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Percival & Dorich | Ex 6 Pg 44 | Teacher on Tap Book 1 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Percival & Dorich | Ex 7 Pg 4 | Teacher on Tap Book 2 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Percival & Dorich | Ex 9 Pg 45 | Teacher on Tap Book 1 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Walton | Study in F | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| for B Flat Tenor Sax | ||
| Bailey | Riff Raff Rock | Jazz Incorporated Vol 2 (Bailey) |
| Bailey | Scoobie Du Wup | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Cole | Granite | Learn As You Play Saxophone (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Handel | Trio | Selected Solos for Soprano/Tenor Saxophone Grades 1-3 (Faber) |
| Harris | Pirates Ahoy | Selected Solos for Soprano/Tenor Saxophone Grades 1-3 (Faber) |
| Haydn | Allegro | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Haydn | Minuet | Classical Album, arr. Harle, Universal 17772/M.D.S |
| Kinyon | Folk Song Blues | Learn As You Play Saxophone (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Mozart | Papagenos Aria | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Percival & Dorich | Adagio | Teacher on Tap Book 1 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Percival & Dorich | Canzonetta | Teacher on Tap Book 1 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Pogson | Ska-face | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Rameau | La Tambourin | 66 Great Tunes for Saxophone (ed Walton) (AWMP) |
| Schumann | The Merry Peasant | 66 Great Tunes for Saxophone (ed Walton) (AWMP) |
| Tchaikovsky | Old French Song | Classical Album, arr. Harle, Universal 17772/M.D.S |
| Tchaikovsky | The Old French Song | 66 Great Tunes for Saxophone (ed Walton) (AWMP) |
| Traditional | Jamaican Folk Song or The Mango Walk | Up Grade Grades 2-3 |
| Wastall | Midnight in Tobago | Learn As You Play Saxophone (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| for E Flat Alto Sax | ||
| Bailey | Riff Raff Rock | Jazz Incorporated Vol 2 (Bailey) |
| Bailey | Scoobie Du Wup | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Byrd | Pavane for Earl of Salisbury | Saxophone Solos for Alto Saxophone Vol 1, ed Harvey (Chester) |
| Cole | Granite | Learn As You Play Saxophone (Boosey) |
| Czerny | Sunrise | The Magic Saxophone, arr Hare (Boosey and Hawkes ) |
| Gumbly | No 2 Cop | Caps & Cadillacs |
| Handel | Trio from Water Music | First Repertoire Pieces for Alto Saxophone, arr Harris and Calland (Faber) |
| Mozart | Là, ci darem la mano | Bravo Saxophone arr. Barrat (Boosey) |
| Mozart | Papagenos Aria | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Percival & Dorich | Adagio | Teacher on Tap Book 1 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Percival & Dorich | Canzonetta | Teacher on Tap Book 1 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Schumann | The Merry Peasant | 66 Great Tunes for Saxophone (ed Walton) (AWMP) |
| Stravinsky | Shrovetide Fair Themes | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Sullivan | The Policeman's Song | Saxophone Grade Book 1st to 4th Grades (Allans) |
| Tchaikovsky | Chanson Triste | Classical Album, arr. Harle, (Universal 17772/M.D.S) |
| Tchaikovsky | The Old French Song | 66 Great Tunes for Saxophone (ed Walton) (AWMP) |
| Traditional | Jamaican Folk Song or The Mango Walk | Up Grade Grades 2-3 |
| Traditional | The Wearin' o' the Green | What Else Can I Play? Grade 2 (IMP) |
| Wastall | Midnight in Tobago | Learn As You Play Saxophone (Boosey & Hawkes) |