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Examples of Year 1 Technique
All Scales and arpeggios one octave, and all tongued.
To be completed in less than 2:30 minutes.

Scales:                                Arpeggios:
CMajor Scale, tongue    ---    CMajor arpeggio, tongue
a natural minor scale, tongue

GMajor Scale, tongue    ---    GMajor arpeggio, tongue
e natural minor scale, tongue   

FMajor Scale, tongue    ---    FMajor arpeggio, tongue

Chromatice Scale on any starting pitch, tongue


Examples of Year 2 Technique
All scales one octave.
To be completed in less than 2:30 minutes.

Scales:                                               Arpeggios

Bb Major, slur            ---                    Bb Major, slur
g natural minor, slur        ---               g minor, slur

Eb Major, tongue        ---                   Eb Major, tongue
c natural minor, slur       

D Major, slur            ---                     D Major, Slur
b natural minor, slur

Chromatic Scale on any starting pitch, tongue


Examples of Year 3 Technique
To be completed in less than 3:15 minutes.

Scales:                                                       Arpeggios
A Major, tongue (one octave)        ---           A Major, tongue (one octave)
f# natural minor, tongue (one octave)    ---   f# minor, slur (one octave)

Ab Major, slur (one octave)            ---          Ab Major, slur (one octave)
f natural minor, slur (one octave)        ---      f minor, slur (one octave)

Eb Major, tongue (two octaves)        ---        Eb Major, tongue (two octaves)

d natural minor, slur (2 octaves)        ---       d minor, slur

D Chromatic Scale, slur (2 octaves)


Examples of Year 4 Technique
All scales and arpeggios are 2 octaves
To be completed in less than 3:15 minutes.

Scales:                                                                       Arpeggios
F Major, slur                    ---                                     F Mavor - I V I, slur
d harmonic minor, slur            ---                               d minor - I, slur

D Major, single tongue            ---                               D Major - I IV V I, single tongue

E Major, double tongue (2 strokes per note)    ---        E Major - I, single tongue

f harmonic minor, slur             ---                             f minor - i, slur

F Chromatic Scale slur 2 tongue 2


Examples of Year 5 Technique
All scales and arpeggios are 2 octaves
To be completed in less than 3:15 minutes.

Scales:                                                                    Arpeggios
A Major, tongue                                         ---        A Major - I IV V I, tongue
f# natural minor, tongue                             ---        f# minor - i, tongue

G Major, double tongue (one stroke per note) ---      G Major - I IV V I, slur
e harmonic minor, double tongue        ---                 e minor - i, slur

Db Major, single tongue            ---                         Db  Major - I, single tongue

c harmonic minor, slur             ---                          c minor - i, slur

G Chromatic Scale - Tongue 2, Slur 2


Examples for Year 6 Technique
All scales and arpeggios are 2 octaves
To be completed in less than 3:30 minutes.

Scales:                                                                    Arpeggios
E Major, slur                                                  ---    E Major -  I, slur
c# harmonic minor, slur                                  ---    c# minor - i, slur

Bb Major, double tongue (one stroke per note)  ---    Bb Major - I IV V I, slur
g harmonic and melodic minor, double tongue   ---    g minor - i, slur

Gb Major, single tongue                                   ---    Gb Major -  I IV V I,single tongue
eb melodic minor, slur                                      ---    eb minor - i, slur

Ab Chromatic Scale - slur 3, tongue 1    &    Thirds in GM, slur


Examples for Year 7 Technique
All scales and arpeggios are 2 octaves
To be completed in less than 3:30 minutes.

Scales:                                                                Arpeggios
Ab Major, double tongue                ---                 Ab Major - I IV V I, single tongue
f harmonic and melodic minor,single tongue    ---  f minor - i, single tongue

Eb Major, triple tongue (3 strokes per note)    ---   Eb Major - I , tongue
c harmonic and melodic minor, slur        ---           c minor - i, slur

Arpeggios on G, slur - diminished 7, minor, Major, Augmented

Bb Chromatic Scale - Tongue 1, Slur 3

Thirds in DM, slur 2, up to b3

Examples for Year 8 Technique
All scales and arpeggios are 2 octaves
To be completed in less than 3:30 minutes.

Scales:                                                                 Arpeggios
B Major, triple tongue    (one stroke per note)    ---B Major -  I IV V7 I, single tongue
b harmonic and melodic minor, slur        ---           b minor - i, slur

F# Major, double tongue (one stroke per note) ---  F# Major - I, slur
d# harmonic and melodic minor, single tongue ---  d# minor - i, single tongue

Arpeggios on A, tongue - diminished 7, minor, Major, Augmented

C Chromatic Scale (3 octaves) - slur    &    Thirds in CM (3 octaves) - slur 2


Examples for Year 9 Technique
To be completed in less than 3:30 minutes.
All scales are one tongue stroke per note.

Scales:                                                                                    Arpeggios
C Major (3 octaves), triple tongue            ---                            C Major -  I IV V7 I, slur - c1 to c4, full range
c harmonic & melodic minor (3 octaves),  double tongue    ---    c minor - i iv V i, tongue- c1 to c4, full range

Dorian on G, slur (2 octaves)   
Mixolydian on D, tongue (2 octaves)

Arpeggios on G, -GM7, G7, gm7, g half dim7, g dim 7 - slur (2 octaves)

C Whole Tone Scale (3 octaves) - slur    &    Thirds in EbM (up to c4) - slur 2, tongue 2


Examples of Year 10 Technique
To be completed in less than 3:30 minutes.
All scales are one tongue stroke per note.

Scales:                                                                                      Arpeggios
C# Major (3 octaves), triple tongue            ---                          C# Major -  I IV V7 I, slur - c#1 to b3, full range
c# harmonic & melodic minor (3 octaves),  single tongue    ---   c# minor - i iv V i, tongue-  c#1 to b3, full range

Phrygian on B, tongue (2 octaves)   
Lydian on F, slur (2 octaves)

Arpeggios on AbM,  -AbM7, Ab7, abm7, ab half dim7, ab dim7- slur (2 octaves)

B Whole Tone Scale (3 octaves) - slur    &    Thirds in AM (up to b3) - tongue 2, slur 2,








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