LCM Grade 2 Timpani

Technical Work

The Candidate will be required to tune two drum to the given note, without the aid of tuning gauges. The examiner will sound the given note three times.

Song List

Item	Song	Composer / Arranger	Publications	Publisher
1	Study	Jack Richards	LCM Timpani Grades 1-5	Stainer & Bell
2	Roll Up	Jack Richards	LCM Timpani Grades 1-5	Stainer & Bell
3	Hurry Along	Jack Richards	LCM Timpani Grades 1-5	Stainer & Bell
4	Don't Flee McGee	Aidan Geary	Timp-Tastic (Geary)	Southern Percussion
5	Mr May Comes to Play	Aidan Geary	Timp-Tastic (Geary)	Southern Percussion
6	Pauken Platz	Brain Slawson	Dynamic Solos for Timpani	Alfred Music
7	March Past Kiev	Carol Barratt	Bravo! Percussion (Book 1)	Boosey & Hawkes
8	Etude NO. 1	Kirk J Gay	Pedal to the Kettle	Tapspace
9	Ship Ahoy	Jan Faulkner	Simply Seven	Southern Percussion
10	Waltz for Jan	Matthew Hardy	Concert and Audition Pieces for the Young Percussionist	Southern Percussion
11	Playing Tag	Tomáš Chmura	Playground for the Beginner on the Timpani	Barenreiter Praha

Discussion

The examiner will ask questions on areas covered in the previous grade, plus common musical terms and signs as found in the pieces played. All as occurring in the music performed. In addition the candidate should know names of the parts of the instrument.

Sight Reading

The candidate will be asked to play a short piece of a standard appropriate to the grade. Two examples are given in the handbook. Up to one minute’s preparation time will be allowed to study the test before playing, during which the candidate may try parts of the test if they wish.

Aural

Rhythm

A short harmonised passage, of approximately 8 bars in length, will be played. The passage will be in either @3/4 or @4/4 time. Candidates will be asked to:

• identify the time signature as 3 or 4 time.
• beat (conduct) time, with a clear beat-shape (conducting pattern), in time with the examiner’s playing, as the examiner plays the passage again.

The examiner will select one bar from the passage, and will play it in an unharmonised version. Candidates will be asked to identify and describe the note values (rhythmic values of the notes) in the bar.

Pitch

A major or minor triad will be played, followed by one note taken from the triad. Candidates will be asked to identify the note as ‘bottom, middle or top’ or ‘Doh, Mi or Soh’ or ‘root, 3rd or 5th (candidate’schoice). The triad will be played again. Candidates will be asked to state if the triad is major or minor. The key-chord of a major key (C, F, G, and D major only) will be played, and the key stated, followed by the first five notes of the scale in ascending order. The examiner will then play any one of these notes again. Candidates will be asked to identify the note, either by letter name or by tonic sol-fa name or by number (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) as selected by the candidate.