Grade 1

Scales - choose either set (a) or set (b)

(a) C Major, Major Arpeggios
C Harmonic minor, Minor Arpeggio
A Chromatic
(a) C Major, Major Arpeggios
A Harmonic minor, Minor Arpeggio
A Chromatic
Sustained note Any one note of the C major scale held for 6 seconds - mf
All scales to be played one octave ascending and descending.
All scales and arpeggios to be: All tongued/All slurred
Range - Inclusive as shown:
example
Tempo - ascending and descending minimum metronome speed 100, one note per beat

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.
AnonymousCancion Nina y Vina No 4First Book of Trumpet Solos, (Wallace/Miller (Faber)
AnonymousDance (from The English Dancing Master)Time Pieces for Trumpet,vol 1 ABRSM
AnonymousTrumpet TuneOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
BachChorale from the St Matthew PassionAmazing Solos for Trumpet Boosey
BachVom Himmel hoch, da komm'ich her No 9First Book of Trumpet Solos, Wallace/miller (Faber)
BaileyMister SmoothBrass Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
BayScale Study, Slur Study or Fingering Study, any oneOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
BennettBrainstormTrumpet All Sorts. Faber 0571 522297
BourgeoisElastic FrogUp Front Album for Trumpet, G1 (Brass Wind Ed Supplies)
BrumbyTwighlight HymnOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
Calland, DReady, Steady, GoTop Brass, Stainer and Bell
ChopinPrelude No 1First Book of Trumpet Solos, (Wallace/Miller (Faber)
ClarkeTrumpet MinuetTrumpet All Sorts, Faber 0571522297
CrosseIntradaUp front Album for Trumpet, book 1. Brass Wind 0107
DiabelliAllegrettoTrumpet Fancies, ed Stuart (Boston Music)
Edward GregsonNo 4 Hungarian Dance or No 8 Lullaby20 Supplementary Tunes for Beginner Brass (Treble Clef Ed Brass Wind)
FisherPebble BeachOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
GluckVieni Al MarOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
HarrisSecret AgentTrumpet All Sorts; Faber 0571522297
Harry WarrenJeepers CreepersWhat Jazz 'n ' Blues Can I Play? Trumpet Grades 1,2 &3 (I.M.P.)
HaydnGerman DanceBravo! Trumpet, Boosey
HolleyRain TimeOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
HookMinuettoOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing,
Hudson, RobNo 1, Come Along30 Modern Studies for Trumpet, Universal 21316/MDS
KrumpferKleiner MarschOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
McPhersonTonguing Study, Legato Study or Articulation StudyBrass Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
NightingaleCoo's Blues, no. 3; or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4Eazy Jazzy 'Tudes, Warwick
NortonA Cheery WaveOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
RossBush SuiteOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
RunswickOffshoreUp front Album for Trumpet, book 1 Brass Wind 0107
SchubertGerman DanceBravo! Trumpet, Boosey
SusatoDen VI RondeOrchestral Brass Trumpet Book Series 1 Allans Publishing,
SusatoRondeNo 7 from First Book of Trumpet Solos arr Wallace and Miller (Faber)
TchaikovskyChanson Russe, No 2First Book of Trumpet Solos, (Wallace/Miller (Faber)
TchaikovskyChanson RusseBrass Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
TchaikovskySong of the PeasantTime Pieces for Trumpet,vol1 ABRSM
Trad/BachVom Himmel hochBrass Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
TradThe Barley BreakBrass Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
TradWhen the SaintsBrass Book Series 1 Allans Publishing
Trad. Give me Joy in my Heart, p. 6Winners Galore for Treble Brass, Brass Wind 0118TC
WallaceCold ContactFirst Book of Trumpet Solos, (Wallace/Miller (Faber)
WedgwoodApple Pie Waltz or I BelieveUp-Grade! For Trumpet Grades 1-2, Faber
Any two contrasting pieces from No 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13, 17, 20, or 22 (piano accompaniment required)Der Junge Trompeter, ed Langer (Doblinger)
No 1, 2, 3 or 4The Young Trumpet Player, Vol 1 ed Lawton I(OUP)
No 1, 2, 3 or 8The Really Easy Trumpet Book, Gunning/Lyons (Faber)
No 18, 19 (upper line), 23, 30, 31, 32, 34 or 35The Beginning Trumpeter Bk 1, ed. Hering (Fischer)
WedgwoodCheeky Cherry or Simply the Rest! Really Easy Jazzin' About for Trumpet Faber
No 3, pg 11Arban Method (Boosey & Hawkes) (Fischer)

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