This book brings together selected exam pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and audio downloads, to support ABRSM’s Grade 4 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 4 Saxophone exam, as well as providing an excellent toolkit for the general development of technical skills at this level.
Contents:
Valse sous le vent (No. 1 from Couleurs Caraïbe) [Valérie Rousse & Joël Littorie]
Allegro (fourth movement from Sonata in F, HWV 369, Op. 1 No. 11), arr. David Blackwell [George Frideric Handel]
À la Gavotte (No. 1 from Street Beats) [Karen Street]
Chanson de matin, Op. 15 No. 2, arr. Jerry Lanning [Edward Elgar]
Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess), arr. Nikki Iles [George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward & Ira Gershwin]
Pas de deux [Errollyn Wallen]
Abracadabra [Ruth Byrchmore]
Tango (from All Styles) [Mark Fielding]
Entry of the Gladiators, Op. 68, arr. Ian Denley [Julius Fucik]
