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	== General Info ==		== General Info ==
	1. Candidates are encouraged to play their pieces on the instruments specified, although [[Glockenspiel]] / [[Xylophone]] / [[Vibraphone]] / [[Marimba]] will be acceptable regardless of the specification. <br/>		1. Candidates are encouraged to play their pieces on the instruments specified, although [[Glockenspiel]] / [[Xylophone]] / [[Vibraphone]] / [[Marimba]] will be acceptable regardless of the specification. <br/>
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== General Info ==
1. Candidates are encouraged to play their pieces on the instruments specified, although [[Glockenspiel]] / [[Xylophone]] / [[Vibraphone]] / [[Marimba]] will be acceptable regardless of the specification. 
2. Candidates should always attempt to suit the instrument chosen to the music played. 
3. The use of the vibraphone pedal or finger damping on the glockenspiel is not required. 
4. Sticks must be appropriate to the instrument played, and should be in good condition. 
5. At least one accompanied piece must be performed. Pieces that are published with an accompaniment may not be performed unaccompanied. 

== Pieces / Studies ==
Candidates can express their musical identity by choosing pieces and studies from our varied repertoire lists. Drum kit candidates choose two pieces with backing tracks and one unaccompanied piece, from a wide range of authentic styles including jazz, funk, show tunes, film, TV, Latin, reggae and swing. Percussionists choose from a varied selection of tuned percussion, timpani and snare drum pieces with accompanied and unaccompanied options. Candidates can further personalize their program by including an own composition.

=== Song List ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! Item !! Works !! Composer !! Publications !! Publisher !! Video
|-
| 1 || Lain Xylo || [[Mark Aldous]] || [[Tuned Percussion Solos]] || [[Mark Aldous]] || <embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKOis3gFz5g </embedvideo>
|-
| 2 || Tears pf a Clown || [[Mark Aldous]] || [[Tuned Percussion Solos]] || [[Mark Aldous]] || <embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glrWutBhayg </embedvideo>
|-
| 3 || Cool (from West Side Story) || [[John O'Reilly]] || [[Solos for the Percussion Player]] || [[Schirmer]]
|-
| 4 || Tango || [[Jan Faulkner]] || [[Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5]] || [[Trinity College London Press]] || <embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIRSCnmwlyc </embedvideo>
|-
| 5 || Spike Island March || [[David Hext]] || [[Tuned In]] || [[Southern Music]]
|-
| 6 || The Bells of Notre Dame || Randy Newman || [[Disney Solos for Mallet Percussion]] || [[Hal Leonard]]
|-
| 7 || Empty Pocket || [[Michael Merkins]] || [[The Sound of Pop, Rock, Blues Volume 2]] || [[De Haske]]
|-
| 8 || Charlie is My Darling || [[Jan Faulkner]] || [[Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5]] || [[Trinity College London Press]]
|-
| 9 || Mr John || [[Fons van Gorp]] || [[Big Swing Pop]] || [[De Haske]]
|-
| 10 || Waltz for L || [[Fons van Gorp]] || [[Big Swing Pop]] || [[De Haske]]
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| 11 || Gallop #2 || [[Ivos Weijmans]] || [[13 Pieces for Mallets]] || [[De Haske]]
|-
| 12 || Alla Pollacca || [[Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic]] || [[Funny Xylophone (Book 1)]] || [[Gretel-Verlag]]
|-
|}

=== Study List ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|-
! Item !! Works !! Composer !! Instrument !! Publications !! Publisher
|-
| 1 || Grade 4 Major Study || [[Jan Faulkner]] || Tuned Percussion || [[Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5]] || [[Trinity College London Press]]
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| 2 || Grade 4 Minor Study || [[Jan Faulkner]] || Tuned Percussion || [[Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5]] || [[Trinity College London Press]]
|-
|}

== Technical Works ==
This section of the exam supports the development of technical skills by assessing candidates’ performance in a range of technical work requirements. A range of instrument-specific technical work features in our percussion exams, including exercises, scales & arpeggios, orchestral figures and orchestral extracts. Candidate need to memorize all scales and arpeggios.

=== About the test ===
==== Scales ====
1. B / D♭ Major Scales in one octave with ♩ = 110 
2. G♯ / B♭ Minor Scales in two octave with ♩ = 110 
3. Chromatic Scale starting on any note in two octave with ♩ = 110 
==== Arpeggios ====
1. B / D♭ Major in two octaves with ♩. = 60 
2. G♯ / B♭ Minor in two octaves with ♩. = 60 
3. Dominant 7ths in the keys of C / G / F in two octaves with ♩ = 90 
4. Diminished 7ths starting on C / D♯ or E♭ / F♯ or G♭ / A in two octaves with ♩ = 90 
=== Supporting Publications ===
For practice purposes, all scales and arpeggios requirement are published by [[Trinity College London Press]] in [[Tuned Percussion Scales & Arpeggios]]. Purchasing the book is not a requirement.

== Sight reading ==
This test assesses candidates’ ability to perform a previously unseen musical extract, at a level approximately two grades lower than the exam being taken.
===About the Test===
After 30 seconds’ preparation time, candidates perform a previously unseen musical extract at a level lower than the exam being taken.

=== Supporting Publications ===
For practice purposes, sample Sight-reading tests are published by [[Trinity College London Press]] in [[Graded Percussion Sight-Reading, Grades 1-8]]. Purchasing the book is not a requirement.

== Aural ==
This test supports the development of candidates’ abilities in musical perception and understanding by requiring them to recognize musical features by ear (for example meter and pulse, pitch, performance characteristics). All questions are based on a single musical example played at the [[piano]] by the examiner.
Candidates are asked to describe various features of the music such as dynamics, articulation, texture and style. Candidates are not required to sing. 
1. Listen to the melody twice times, clap the pulse on the second playing and stressing the strong beat, identify the time signature after clapping. 
2. Listen to the melody twice, identify the changing tonality and the final cadence (Perfect, Plagal, Imperfect or Interrupted) 
3. Listen to two notes from the melody line played consecutively and identify the interval 
4. Study a copy of the piece and listen to it once as written and once with a change of rhythm and a change of pitch (both changes in the melody line) 

== Improvisation ==
This test assesses candidates’ ability to improvise fluently, coherently and creatively in response to a musical stimulus. Candidates perform an improvisation based on a stimulus chosen from the following options:
* Stylistic
* Motivic
* Harmonic

=== Stylistic stimulus ===
This option requires candidates to improvise on their instrument over a notated accompaniment played by the examiner at the piano.
* Candidates are given a stimulus which includes the notated piano part and chord symbols. The stimulus begins with a two-bar introduction played by the examiner alone, followed by a further section over which candidates must improvise for a specified number of repeats.
* The examiner plays the stimulus twice for candidates’ reference, without repeats.
* Candidates are then given 30 seconds’ preparation time, during which they may prepare for their improvisation aloud.
* The test then follows. The examiner plays the stimulus again, and candidates join in after the introduction, improvising for the specified number of repeats. Candidates should aim to improvise in a way that complements the musical style of the stimulus.

=== Motivic stimulus ===
This option requires candidates to improvise solo in response to a short melodic fragment.
* Candidates are given a notated melodic fragment, which the examiner plays twice on the piano for candidates’ reference.
* Candidates are then given 30 seconds’ preparation time, during which they may prepare for their improvisation aloud.
* The test then follows. Candidates should aim to improvise within the specified duration range and may begin by quoting the stimulus directly, developing their improvisation from there. However, they are not required to quote the stimulus directly, and may instead develop their improvisation from ideas taken from the stimulus such as a small group of notes or an interval. Responses must use the given time signature.
=== Harmonic stimulus ===
This option requires candidates to improvise solo in response to a chord sequence.
* Candidates are given a notated chord sequence, including chord symbols, which the examiner plays twice on the piano for candidates’ reference.
* Candidates are then given 30 seconds’ preparation time, during which they may prepare for their improvisation aloud.
* The test then follows. Candidates should improvise for the specified number of repeats, following the chord sequence. Responses should contain melodic / rhythmic interest.

== Musical Knowledge ==
This test encourages learners to understand the wider musical context of the pieces they play, as well as their knowledge of notation and their instrument. Examiners ask carefully graded questions based on candidates’ chosen pieces. Questions refer to the solo line only, and not the accompaniment. In the exam, candidates choose which piece they would like to be asked about first. Examiners then choose a second piece for the remaining questions. Candidates’ musical scores should be free of annotations which might aid their responses. Examiners usually point to the relevant part of the score when asking questions. Candidates can use American terms (eighth note, half note, etc) as an alternative to English terms (quaver, minim, etc).

==Reference==

[[Category: Keyboard Percussion Exam Syllabus]]
[[Category: TCL Keyboard Percussion Exam Syllabus]]
[[Category: Grade 4 Keyboard Percussion Exam Syllabus]]

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