Trumpet Jazz Syllabus Grade 5
THREE TUNES
One chosen by the candidate from each of the three lists (Blues & Roots, Standards, and Contemporary Jazz), all published by the Board in The AB Real Book:
BLUES & ROOTS
1 Five Spot After Dark, Benny Golson, arr. Pete Churchill, (tempo =180; Key= Bbm; estructura: 12 Blues)
2 Keepin in the groove, Bud Powell, arr. Phil Peskett, (tempo = 170; Key= F; estructura: 12 Blues)
3 Mandela, Abdullah Ibrahim, arr. Chris Batchelor, (tempo = 126; Key= Bb; estructura: 28ABC)
4 Sugar, Stanley Turrentine, arr. Pete Churchill, (tempo = 120; Key= Cm; estructura: 16AB)
5 Tin Roof Blues, New Orleans Rhythm Kings & Walter Melrose, arr. Pete Churchill, (tempo = 90; Key= F; estructura: 12 Blues)
STANDARDS
1 A Night in Tunisia, Dizzy Gillespie, arr. Nikki Iles, (tempo =140; Key= F; estructura: 32AABA+16Interldi)
2 Charleston, James P. Johnson & Cecil Mack, arr. Keith Nichols, (tempo = 200; Key= Bb; estructura: 32ABAC)
3 Little Jazz, Roy Eldridge & Buster Harding, arr. Brian Priestley, (tempo =140; Key= Eb; estructura: 32AABA)
4 My Ship, Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin, arr. Nikki Iles, (tempo = 70; Key= F; estructura: 38AABA)
5 Nutty, Thelonious Monk, arr. Liam Noble, (tempo = 130; Key= Bb; estructura: 32AABA)
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
1 74 Miles Away, Joe Zawinul, arr. Pete Saberton, (tempo = ; Key= ; estructura: )
2 For Jan, Kenny Wheeler & Norma Winstone, arr. Nikki Iles, (tempo = ; Key= ; estructura: )
3 Odessa, Arthur Blythe, arr. Chris Batchelor, (tempo = ; Key= ; estructura: )
4 Sugar Loaf Mountain, George Duke, arr. Pete Churchill, (tempo = ; Key= ; estructura: )
5 The Samba Dancer, Paul Jayasinha, (tempo = ; Key= ; estructura: )
SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
From memory, straight-8s tongued, straight-8s slurred, or swing, as directed by the examiner:
SCALES
Dorian on B; Mixolydian on A; Lydian on C; C and Db majors (to a twelfth)
Major pentatonic on Ab; Minor pentatonic on G (two octaves)
Blues scale on Bb (one octave)
Chromatic scale beginning on C (to a twelfth)
ARPEGGIOS
The common chords of Bb major and C# minor (to a twelfth)
The common chord of G major (two octaves)
The chords of FM9, F9 and Fm9 (to a ninth)
Diminished 7th on C (to a twelfth)