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Rosanna

SONG TITLE: ‘ROSANNA’ : TOTO IV RELEASED: 1982 s = 84 Rock 2 4 G G add LABEL: COLUMBIA h 2 G Gsus Drum Intro G add Play 4 times GENRE: SOFT ROCK WRITTEN BY: 4 . PRODUCED BY: TOTO # . j j œ UK CHART PEAK: 12 & C œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Con pedaleœ œ 4 P . . j œ . ? # C . œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w w 4 2 Gsus A G add2 G add G Gsus4 G G add2 G ‘Rosanna’ was a 1982 chart hit for American rock and# topping the album chart in Canada, Australia and band Toto and is their second-best performing song the Netherlands. With over 3 million units sold in the œ œ œ œ œ of all time. Written by co-founder David Paich, the & US the album was certified 3xPlatinum and achieved œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ track was released as the lead single from the bands the sameœ levelœ of successœ in Canadaœ œ with similarœ sales œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ fourth studio album Toto IV. The song was well and theœ same certification. œ œ œ œ œ. J received throughout the globe, peaking at number 2 . J in the US (where it stayed for five consecutive weeks) Between the years of 1978J and 2015 Toto released j and number 12 in the UK. The album’s third single, thirteen# studio , despitej a seven-year hiatus j . œ œ œ ‘Africa’, gave them their first and only top five hit in ? from 2008 to 2015. To date, Toto IV is their most . œ œ œ [7] . œ œ œ œ œ the UK when it reached 3rd position on its release. successfulœ album and the only one to reach the top ten ˙. in the UK album chart. In 1979 the band won theirœ ˙ ˙ Toto released two versions of ‘Rosanna’ which first Grammy˙. with their debut album Toto, taking Gsus4 G differed in length and structure. The single version the award for Producer of the year, but it was their2 Gsus4 G has a clear structure, coming straight in with melody fourth album that gaveG them several accoladesG add and whereas the album version is longer building slowly rave reviews. In 1983 Toto IV won album of the year with the rhythm section and ending in a ‘jam’ like at #the Grammys, as well as ‘Rosanna’ itself taking session. Both versions feature keyboard solos by Record of the Year, Best Vocal Arrangement for Two œ ˙ œ writer David Paich and , who recorded &or More Voices and Best Instrumental Arrangementœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ several keys tracks which went on to be layered in Accompanyingœ œ Vocals.œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ production. Paich praises Porcaro for coming up ‰ œ œ œ œ Œ œ. œ œ ‰ J with the idea for this solo section and for recording œ œ J the majority of the keys solos. J j j As well as charting in the US and the UK, ‘Rosanna’ ? # œ œ. œ œ also achieved top ten status in other countries around . œ œ œ [10] œ œ œ œ œ the world including Canada, the Netherlands, Norway œ œ ˙ ˙ and Sweden, making the track a global success. The ˙. album Toto IV also accomplished chart success on its w Em7 release, peaking at number 4 in both the UK and US F Piano Grade 7 Grade Piano # 7 & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j ? # j j œ œ œ. œ œ œ [13] nœ. œ œ œ œ nœ. œ œ ˙ n˙ ˙. n˙ G add2 . Gsus4 G G add2 G # j œ œ œ œ œ & j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ . J J j œ ? # j œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ [16] œ œ œ. œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ 8 Piano Grade 7 Rosanna [16] [13] [10] ? & ? & ? & ? & [7] A # # # # # # # # G a n n n ‰ ˙ œ œ œ w œ œ ˙ œ œ œ d ? & F ˙ œ œ œ œ j j d . . . . . 2 # # G J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ C C h .

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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 4. C b major | contrary motion 5 be looking for the speed of your response and will also give credit for the level of your musicality. Please see the syllabus 2 3 4 1 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 guide for details on the marking criteria. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bb b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ■■Candidates must prepare both natural minor and harmonic minor scales & b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ■■Major scales, minor scales, chromatic scales and arpeggios need to be played: œ œ œ œ – hands together œ œ ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ – ascending and descending b b 1 2 3 4 œ œ 2 3 œ œ b b œ œ 4 1 œ œ b b 1 2 3 1 œ œ 2 3 œ œ – either straight or swung feel (as directed by the examiner) œ œ œ4 œ œ – either legato or staccato articulation (as directed by the examiner) – across four octaves (except contrary motion scales, scale in 3rds, altered scale and phrygian dominant mode, which must be played over two octaves, and extended arpeggios which are one octave only) 5. A# natural minor (four octaves, two octave example shown) ■■Groups A, B and C (scales, arpeggios and chords) need to be played from memory. You may use your book for 4 1 2 3 4 2 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 Group D (technical studies) # œ ## # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Note that Groups A and B need to be played to a click and any fingerings shown are suggestions only. & # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # # # œ œ œ œ ? œ Group A: Scales # # 2 1 œ3 œ2 & 4 3 œ2 œ œ # # œ œ 1 4 3 2 2 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ q 1 3 œ œ œ œ The tempo for this group is =160 bpm. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. C # major (four octaves, two octave example shown) 2 3 4 1 2 4 1 6. A natural minor (four octaves, two octave example shown) 2 3 b 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 œ 3 1 2 3 1 2 # œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 4 1 2 4 1 2 3 ## # ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & # 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 b bbb 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 3 2 1 3 & 4 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ # # 2 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ ? 3 2 1 4 œ œ 2 1 3 œ œ ? b œ œ œ œ b b 3 2 œ1 œ3 & 1 4 œ3 œ œ œ œ b b œ œ 2 1 4 3 3 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ b b 2 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2. C # major | contrary motion 2 3 4 1 2 4 1 7. A harmonic minor (four octaves, two octave example shown) 2 3 # 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 4 3 4 œ œ œ 1 2 1 2 # ## # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 & # # # 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 œ œ œ œ ? # # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # # 3 1 2 3 œ œ 1 2 œ œ # # œ œ 3 4 œ œ # ‹œ œ ? 4 1 2 3 œ œ 1 2 œ œ ? # # œ œ œ œ 3 œ # # 2 1 œ3 œ2 & 4 3 œ2 œ œ œ œ œ # # œ œ 1 4 3 2 2 1 œ ‹œ œ œ œ œ 1 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ 3. C b major (four octaves, two octave example shown) 5 2 3 4 1 3 4 8. A harmonic minor (four octaves, two octave example shown) 1 2 b 1 2 3 1 2 3 3 œ 3 1 2 3 1 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 4 1 2 4 1 2 3 bb b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b b œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b b bbb nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ œ b b œ œ 4 3 2 1 & 1 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ b b 3 2 œ œ œ œ nœ œ ? b b 4 3 2 1 œ œ 3 2 1 œ œ ? b œ œ œ œ b b 3 2 œ1 œ3 & 1 4 œ3 œ œ œ œ b b œ œ 2 1 4 3 3 2 œ nœ œ œ œ œ b b 2 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Piano Grade 7 Grade Piano 52 Ear Tests

Ear Tests

In this section, there are two ear tests: ■■Melodic Recall ■■Harmonic Recall

You will find one example of each type of test printed below and you will need to perform both of them in the exam.

Test 1: Melodic Recall The examiner will play you a 2 bar diatonic melody in the key of C major or C minor with a range up to an octave. The first note will be the root note or the 5th. You will hear the test twice, each time with a one bar count-in, then you will hear a further one bar count-in after which you will need to play the melody to the click. The tempo is q = 95 bpm.

It is acceptable to play over the track as it is being played as well as practising after the second playthough. The length of time available after the second playthrough is pre-recorded on the audio track so the count-in may begin while you are still practising.

bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ &4 œ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ

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

Test 2: Harmonic Recall The examiner will play you a chord progression containing any combination of chords from the C major scale including 7th chords. You will hear the chord progression twice, each time with a one bar count-in. You will then hear a further one bar count in before playing back to a click. Please note, there is no requirement for the chords to be voicing-specific. The tempo is q = 95 bpm.

4 & 4 ˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ?4 ˙ ˙ 4 ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙

Please note: The test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam. Piano Grade 7 Grade Piano 68