Bass  Syllabus-­‐Yellow      Student  prepares  two  pieces  from  a  set  list  of  six:    

1. Crossin’  Three  (HL  Pg  22)  2. Octa  Gone  (HL  Pg  23)  3. Rock  ‘N’  Rest  (HL  Pg  32)  4. Movin  8’s  (HL  Pg  35)  5. Eight  Ball  (HL  Pg  35)  6. Octave  Blues  (HL  Pg  28)  

 Student  to  prepare  three  pieces  set  by  ensemble  director  in  the  lead  up  to  assessment  period  (Student  to  be  assessed  on  one):    

1. Libertango  2. Trio  (JW  Pg  42)  3. Tres  Guitarras  (JW  Pg  46)  

   Play  a  G  major  scale  at  MM=60  ascending  and  descending  with  clear  articulation:  

?dfgh|jqWe|Wqjh|gfd+|| Play  a  C  major  arpeggio  at  MM=60  ascending  and  descending  with  clear  articulation:  

hqey|eqh=|| 8  beat  note  in  middle  range  with  crescendo  and  diminuendo:  

?jjjj|jjjj|| Open  string  rake  exercise:    

i-­‐m  m-­‐i  on  each  open  string    

 Musicianship:    

1. Tune  their  instrument  to  their  teacher’s  instrument  (except  strings,  piano,  percussion,  voice)  

2. Sing  a  Perfect  5th  or  a  Perfect  4th  from  a  starting  note  given  on  the  piano  

 *A  Perfect  5th  is  an  interval  that  is  five  notes  away  from  a  given  note  (Count  the  first  note  as  1  when  counting  up)  

 E.g.  a  perfect  5th  from  C  would  be  G    

C   D   E   F   G  1   2   3   4   5  

E.g.  a  perfect  4th  from  C  would  be  F    

C   D   E   F   G  1   2   3   4   5  

   

3. Sing  back  a  three  note  motif  played  three  times  on  the  piano  within  a  comfortable  vocal  range    

4. Read  an  eight  beat  rhythm  using  correct  rhythm  names.  Note  values:  as  for  white  with  the  addition  of  paired  quavers  

 

Semibreve                  w                  ___________________________  

Minim                                  h                  ___________________________     Crotchet                          q                  ___________________________     Crotchet  rest          Q                ____________________________    

  Quavers                      ry ____________________________    

 5. Identify  and  explain  2/4,  ¾,  4/4  time  signatures  

               

Musical  language:    Identify  and  explain:    ƒ Forte      

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π Piano    _____________________________________________________________________________________                      Crescendo    _____________________________________________________________________________________    Diminuendo    _____________________________________________________________________________________    Andante    _____________________________________________________________________________________    Allegro    _____________________________________________________________________________________  

? Clef  (as  appropriate  to  instrument)  

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+ Stave/staff  

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==|== Bar-­‐line  

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==|| Double  bar-­‐line  

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==|| Repeat  sign  

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$$` 4/4  time  signatures        

Fortissimo  ____________________________________________________________________________________  

 

Staccato  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Legato  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Sharp  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Flat  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Natural  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Accent  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Fermata  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Mezzo  Piano  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Mezzo  Forte  ___________________________________________________________________________________  Pianissimo  ___________________________________________________________________________________