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‘Teardrop’ Massive Attack Teardrop SONG TITLE: ‘TEARDROP’ ALBUM: MEZZANINE RELEASED: 1998 LABEL: VIRGIN = 75 Trip Hop q GENRE: TRIP HOP/ELECTRONICA WRITTEN BY: ROBERT DEL NAJA/ N.C. ELIZABETH FRASER/ # # GRANTLEY MARSHALL/ # 4 ‰ ‰ ANDREW VOWLES & 4 j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ PRODUCED BY: NEIL DAVIDGE/ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ MASSIVE ATTACK p UK CHART PEAK: 10 # ? ## 4 ∑ ∑ ‘Teardrop’ was a top ten hit for British trip hop (a Asus4 Asus4/G Dsus2 fusion of hip hop and electronica) group, Massive ‘Teardrop’ peaked at number 10 in the UK singles Attack. The song features on their third studio chart and remains their only top ten hit to date. The #song has featured heavily in television and film album, Mezzanine (1998), and was the second song # to be released from said album. 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Technical Exercises Scales, Arpeggios, Chord Voicings & Technical Studies 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.