‘Teardrop’ Massive Attack

Teardrop

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Technical Exercises

In this section you will be required to play a selection of exercises drawn from each of the groups below. The examiner will be looking for the speed of your response and will also give credit for the level of your musicality. Please see the syllabus guide for details on the marking criteria.

■■Candidates can choose to play either natural minor or harmonic minor scales ■■Major scales, minor scales, chromatic scales and arpeggios need to be played hands together, in straight or swung feel, ascending and descending, across three octaves (except contrary motion scales, pentatonics, lydian and phrygian modes, which must be played over two octaves and extended arpeggios which are one octave only) ■■Pentatonic scales are right hand only ■■Lydian and Phrygian modes need to be played hands separately ■■Groups A, B and C (scales, arpeggios and chords) need to be played from memory. You may use your book for Group D (technical studies)

Note that Groups A and B need to be played to a click and any fingerings shown are suggestions only.

Group A: Scales The tempo for this group is q =126 bpm.

1. B major (three octaves, two octave example shown) 5 3 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & # ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ ? ? # # œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ # œ4 œ3 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 4 œ3 œ2 1 œ œ œ œ # 3 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2. B major | contrary motion 5 3 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & # ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # 1 2 3 4 1 2 œ3 œ1 2 3 œ œ # œ œ 4 1 œ œ œ œ 2 3 œ œ œ œ œ4 œ œ

3. D major (three octaves, two octave example shown) 2 b 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 2 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bb b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ b œ 3 2 1 3 & 2 1 4 œ3 œ œ œ œ b b 2 1 4 œ œ 1 3 œ œ b 3 œ 2 œ œ œ œ

4. D major | contrary motion 2 b 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 2 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bb b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Piano Grade 5 Grade Piano œ œ œ œ œ œ 46 ? b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b 3 1 2 3 œ1 œ2 3 4 œ œ b b 4 1 2 3 œ œ 1 2 œ œ œ œ œ3 œ œ Supporting Tests Sight Reading

Sight Reading

In the exam, you have a choice between either a Sight Reading test or an Improvisation & Interpretation test. The examiner will ask Sight Reading | Example 2 you which one you wish to choose before commencing. Once you have decided you cannot change your mind. c 80 Pop Ballad In the sight reading test, the examiner will give you an 8–16 bar example in the key of either B major or D b major. You will first be given 90 seconds to practise, after which the examiner will play the backing track twice. The first time is for you to b b j œ œ ˙ j œ ˙ j œ œ practise and the second time is for you to perform the final version for the exam. For each playthrough, the backing track & b b b c ‰ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ q œ œ œ will begin with a one bar count-in. The tempo is = 60–130. p ˙. œ . During the practice time, you will be given the choice of a metronome click throughout or a one bar count in at the beginning. ? ˙ œ w w bbbb c The backing track is continuous, so once the first playthrough has finished, the count in of the second playing will b start immediately.

Please note: j ˙ j ■■You will be required to play all notation and create appropriate parts to chord symbols. bb b œ œ ˙. ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ˙ ■■Time signatures will be either 4/4 or 3/4. & b b w œ œ p œ œ ˙ w œ œ Sight Reading | Example 1 ? b b ‰ œ ˙. ˙ [5] b b b J . c 80 Film Score # # # ## 3 Œ Œ Œ b & 4 ˙˙ ˙ œ œ ˙˙. b bb ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . & b œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w p j j f j ? # # 3 ‰ œ ˙ ‰ œ ˙ ‰ œ ˙ œ œ # ## 4 ˙. ˙. ˙. œ ? b b j j w [9] b b b w w œ. œ œ. œ

Please note: The test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam. #### & # ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙. p ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ? # ## ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. [5] # #

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Please note: The test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam. Piano Grade 5 Grade Piano 54