This book brings together selected exam pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and audio downloads, to support ABRSM’s Grade 2 Saxophone 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
· Piano accompaniments for both E- and B- instruments included
· Scales and arpeggios, and sample sight-reading tests, for requirements from the current syllabus
· Audio performances of the nine pieces on alto saxophone and piano by expert musicians, plus accompaniment-only tracks for both E- and B- instruments 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 Saxophone exam, as well as providing an excellent toolkit for the general development of technical skills at this level.
Contents:
Bourrée (second movement from Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351), arr. Alan Bullard [George Frideric Handel]
In Sherwood livde stout Robin Hood (from Fourth Booke of Ayres), arr. Ian Denley [Robert Jones]
Spiritoso [Nilia Velázquez]
Jupiter (from The Planets, Op. 32), arr. David Blackwell [Gustav Holst]
Abendsegen (from Hänsel und Gretel), arr. Peter Gritton [Engelbert Humperdinck]
Xhosa Fantasy [Bongani Ndodana-Breen]
Horseshoe [Beverley Calland]
The Bare Necessities (from The Jungle Book), arr. Peter Lawrance [Terry Gilkyson]
Flying High (No. 2 from Rhythm & Rag for Saxophone) [Alan Haughton]
