TCL Grade 5 Orchestral Percussion

General Info

Candidates taking a Orchestral Percussion exam are required to:

• play one piece for each of Snare Drum, Timpani and Tuned Percussion, must not include the study pieces
• play at least one accompanied piece

Tuned Percussion Song List

Item	Works	Composer	Publications	Publisher	Video
1	Xylo Rhumba	Mark Aldous	Tuned Percussion Solos	Mark Aldous
2	Sparks	Kenneth Alford	Sparks for Xylophone & Piano	Boosey & Hawkes	<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnCV0YiD1FM </embedvideo>
3	Cap-Rice	Rik Elings	Moments of Swing	De Haske
4	There is no closer friend	Rik Elings	Moments of Swing	De Haske
5	Velvet Gown	Rik Elings	Moments of Swing	De Haske
6	Czardina	Jan Faulkner	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press	<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FaB0DHOG5Y </embedvideo>
7	Caprice Valsant	George Hamilton Green	Caprice Valsant	Carl Fischer Music	<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik9dK_nQsho </embedvideo>
8	The Big Wheel	David Hext	Tuned-In	David Hext
9	Friend Like Me (from Aladdin)	Alan Menken	Disney Solos for Mallet Percussion	Hal Leonard
10	Etude #6	Ney Rosauro	Beginning Exercises and Studies for Two Mallets	ProPercussao
11	Burlesca #5	Ivos Weijmans	13 Pieces for Malets	De Haske
12	Memories	Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic	Funny Vibraphone (Book 1)	Gretel-Verlag

Technical Works

One of the following options, chosen by the candidate

Instrument	List	Publications	Memory
Snare Drum	Orchestral Figures Multiple Bounce Roll Study	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Snare Drum Book 1: Grades 1-5	Nil
Timpani	Sticking Patterns Roll Development Dynamics	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Timpani: Grades 1-5	Nil
Tuned Percussion	B / Db Major Scales and Arpeggios (Two Octave) Chromatic Scale starting on any note G# / Bb Minor Scales and Arpeggios (Two Octave) Dominant 7ths in the keys of C / G / F (Two Octave) Diminished 7ths starting on C / D# or Eb / F# or Gb / A(Two Octave)	Tuned Percussion Scales & Arpeggios	All requirements should be played from memory.

Study List

Item	Works	Composer	Instrument	Publications	Publisher	Video
1	Sticks for Six	Lorne Pearcey	Snare Drum	Snare Drum Studies	Mark Aldous
2	Grade 5 Rudimental Study	Michael Skinner	Snare Drum	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Snare Drum Book 1: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press
3	Penguin Waddle	Lorne Pearcey	Timpani	Timpani Studies	Mark Aldous
4	Grade 5 Study	Jan Faulkner & Jayne Obradovic	Timpani	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Timpani: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press
5	Grade 5 Major Study	Jan Faulkner	Tuned Percussion	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press
6	Grade 5 Minor Study	Jan Faulkner	Tuned Percussion	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Tuned Percussion: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press