LCM Grade 1 Orchestral Percussion
General Info
Component 1 - Technical Works
Component 2 - Performance
Component 3 - Viva Voce
Component 4 - Sight Reading
Component 5 - Aural
Snare Drum Song List
Timpani Song List
| Item | Song | Composer / Arranger | Publications | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Study | Jack Richards | LCM Timpani Grades 1-5 | Stainer & Bell |
| 2 | Freewheel | Jack Richards | LCM Timpani Grades 1-5 | Stainer & Bell |
| 3 | Troopers | Jack Richards | LCM Timpani Grades 1-5 | Stainer & Bell |
| 4 | Barns & Fields | Aidan Geary | Timp-Tastic (Geary) | Southern Percussion |
| 5 | A Shaw Thing | Aidan Geary | Timp-Tastic (Geary) | Southern Percussion |
| 6 | Doubleheader | Brian Slawson | Dynamic Solos for Timpani | Alfred Music Publishing |
| 7 | Kettle Waltz | Carol Barratt | Bravo! Percussion (Book 1) | Boosey & Hawkes |
| 8 | Alpenstock | Carol Barratt | Bravo! Percussion (Book 1) | Boosey & Hawkes |
| 9 | Joy to the World | Jan Faulkner | Simply Seven | Southern Percussion |
| 10 | Majestic March | Matthew Hardy | Concert and Audition Pieces for the Young Percussionist | Southern Percussion |
| 11 | Monkey Bars | Tomáš Chmura | Playground for the Beginner on the Timpani | Barenreiter Praha |
| 12 | Carousel | Tomáš Chmura | Playground for the Beginner on the Timpani | Barenreiter Praha |
Tuned Percussion Song List
Technical Works
| Instrument | List | Publications | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snare Drum | Single Stroke Roll Rudiment numbering Double Stroke Roll Paradiddles |
LCM Snare Drum Grades 1-2 | All requirements should be played from memory. |
| Timpani | Tuning one timpani to given note |
Nil | Nil |
| Tuned Percussion | C / F Major Scales and Arpeggios (One Octave) A / D Harmonic Minor Scales and Arpeggios (One Octave) |
LCM Tuned Percussion Grades 1 & 2 | All requirements should be played from memory. |
Discussion
The examiner will ask simple questions asking candidates to identify basic terms and signs including the stave; bars and barlines; note values; location and purpose of the time signature; location of certain notes on the instrument keyboard. All as occurring in the music performed. In addition the candidate should be familiar with the names of the components of their instruments and the materials from which they are made or are likely to be made.
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 Tests
Rhythm
A short harmonised passage, of approximately 6–8 bars in length, will be played. The passage will be in either @2/4 or @3/4 time. Candidates will be asked to:
- identify the time signature as 2 or 3 time.
- clap or tap on each pulse beat, in time, in 2 or 3 time, accenting the first beat of each bar, as the examiner plays the passage again.
Pitch
Two notes of different pitches will be played, one after the other. Candidates will be asked to identify as ‘first’ or ‘second’ which of the two notes is either the higher or the lower, at the examiner’s discretion. The two notes will be played again. Candidates will be asked to sing back one of the two notes (either the first or the second, at the examiner’s discretion). The key-chord of a major key will be played, followed by a short unharmonised melody in the same key, of approximately 4 bars in length. The examiner will stop playing before the final (tonic) note. The candidate will be asked to sing clearly the missing final tonic.