Grade 8
Scales
| Choose one set: | Major | |
| 1. B♭, G | Harmonic Minor | |
| 2. B, G | Melodic Minor | |
| 3. F, G | Chromatic | |
| Major Scales in thirds | ||
| Major Arpeggios and Broken Chords | ||
| Minor Arpeggios and Broken Chords | ||
| Dominant Sevenths of the major keys (arpeggio only) | ||
| B, B♭, C | Diminished Sevenths (arpeggio only). Beginning on the note. | |
| C, C♯ | Whole Tone Scale beginning the lowest C of the instrument. | |
| Sustained note | Any note of the G major scale held for 14 - 16 seconds or more. pp - ff - pp | |
| Sustained scale | Major scales, 1 octave (upper octave) ascending only. Each note equals two beats (tongued only). Breathe every 8 beats or 4 notes | |
| Ascending and descending within the required range, over two octaves otherwise one octave only is necessary. All scales and arpeggios to be played all tongued/all slurred/two slurred, two tongued/slurred pairs | ||
| Range - | Inclusive as shown: | |
| Tempo - | ascending and descending minimum metronome speed 80, four notes per beat Scale in 3rds 80, four 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.| Davies & Harris | No 80 | 80 Graded Studies (Faber) |
| Gershwin | Porgy & Bess | The Orchestral Saxophonist, ed Ronkin & Frascotti (Roncorp) |
| Honegger | A Symphony No 3 | The Orchestral Saxophonist, ed Ronkin & Frascotti (Roncorp) |
| Karg-Elert, S | Corrente, Op 153 No 4 | 25 Capricien und Sonate for Saxophone Solo |
| Koechlin | Etude No 9, or No 15 | 15 Études pour Saxophone et Piano |
| Percival & Dorich | Ex 3 Pg 58 | Teacher on Tap Book 3 (Percival & Dorich) |
| Rachmaninoff | Symphonic Dances | The Orchestral Saxophonist, ed Ronkin & Frascotti (Roncorp) |
| Shostakovich | The Age Of Gold | The Orchestral Saxophonist, ed Ronkin & Frascotti (Roncorp) |
| Villa-Lobos, H | Uirapuru | The Orchestral Saxophonist, ed Ronkin & Frascotti (Roncorp) |
| Walton, W | Facade | The Orchestral Saxophonist, ed Ronkin & Frascotti (Roncorp) |
| for B flat tenor sax | ||
| Gould | Diversions Recitatives & Preludes | (Schirmer) |
| Handel | Sonata no. 13 (Op 1, no.13) arr. | Rascher 1st and 2nd mvmts, Elkin-Vogel/U.M.P |
| Marcello | Concerto in C minor arr Joosen | (Molenaar) |
| Martin | Ballade for Tenor | UniversalUE 11250 |
| Villa Lobos | Fantasia, 1st mvt | Soprano/Tenor Saxophone (Peer Southern) |
| for E flat alto sax | ||
| Bach, J S | Sonata No 6, (flute) 1st & 2nd mvt | trans Mule, Leduc |
| Bach, JS | Sonata No 4 | arr Mule Leduc |
| Bonneau, Paul | Suite, complete | Leduc |
| Bozza | Impromptu & Dance | |
| Debussy, C | Rapsodie for Saxophone arr Rousseau | (Etoile) |
| Dubois, PM | A l'Hongroise or A la Parisienne | Pièces Caratérisques en forme de suite for Alto Sax & Piano(Leduc) |
| Elmsley, John | Sonata, slow mvt | Sounz |
| Grovlez, G | Saraband et Allegro pour Clarinet | Leduc |
| Heiden | Sonata, 1st mvt | Schott |
| Jolivet | Fantasie-Impromptu | Leduc |
| Martin | Ballade Tenor Saxophone | (Universal) |
| Milhaud, D | Braziliera 3rd mvmt Scaramouche Suite | (Salabert) |
| Noda | Improvisation No 1 | |
| Shostakovich, D | Three Fantastic Dances | (ed Musicus) |
| Spiewak, T | Sonatina, any two mvts | Spiewak/AMC |
| Tcherepnin | Sonatine Sportive, 2nd & 3rd mvt | Leduc |
| Villa-Lobos, H | Fantasia, 1st mvt | (Southern) |
| Woods | Sonata, 1st mvt | Advance |