This book brings together selected exam pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and audio downloads, to support ABRSM’s Grade 2 Flute syllabus from 2022.
Key features:
· Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C
· Classic repertoire and newly commissioned pieces and arrangements
· Scales and arpeggios, and sample sight-reading tests, for requirements from the current syllabus
· Audio performances of the nine pieces by expert musicians, plus accompaniment-only tracks for use when practising (download code included in the book)
The Exam Pack is an ideal resource for preparation for ABRSM’s Practical Grade 2 Flute exam, as well as providing an excellent toolkit for the general development of technical skills at this level.
Contents:
Menuet II (from Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351), arr. Nancy Litten [George Frideric Handel]
Study in D major (from Complete Method for the Flute, Part 1, Op. 53) [Heinrich Soussmann]
The Arethusa, arr. Alan Bullard [Trad. British sailor’s song]
Theme from Berceuse (from Dolly, Op. 56), arr. David Blackwell [Gabriel Fauré]
Once Upon a Time [Karen Tanaka]
Shaker Melody, arr. Peter Gritton [Trad. American]
We're off to see the wizard (from The Wizard of Oz), arr. Nikki Iles [Harold Arlen & Edgar Yipsel Harburg]
Circus Rag [Cecilia McDowall]
Cat Walk (from Really Easy Jazzin' About) [Pam Wedgwood]
