TCL Grade 2 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

Snare Drum Song List

Item	Works	Composer	Publication	Publisher
1	Variations on Old MacDonald	Carol Barratt	Bravo! Percussion (Book 2)	Boosey & Hawkes
2	Five Alive!	Keith Bartlett	50 Short Pieces For Snare Drum	United Music Publishing
3	Marchin' To April	Keith Bartlett	50 Short Pieces For Snare Drum	United Music Publishing
4	Slammin' the Flam!	Keith Bartlett	50 Short Pieces For Snare Drum	United Music Publishing
5	Jiggity Jig	Jan Faulkner	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Snare Drum Book 1: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press
6	Accent Etude in 2/4	Ben Hans	40 Intermediate Snare Drum Solos	Hal Leonard
7	Stately Minuet	Jackie Kendle	Percussion World: Snare Drum	Trinity College London Press
8	March	Carol Barratt	Bravo! Percussion (Book 2)	Boosey & Hawkes
9	Rolling	Michael Skinner	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Snare Drum Book 1: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press
10	March in Time	Michael Skinner & Jan Faulkner	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies Snare Drum Book 1: Grades 1-5	Trinity College London Press

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	C / F / G Major Scales and Arpeggios (One Octave) Chromatic Scale starting on C A / D / E Minor Scales and Arpeggios (One Octave)	Tuned Percussion Scales & Arpeggios	All requirements should be played from memory.