EXAMINATION SHEET MUSIC FOR HORN ASSOCIATED BOARD GRADES 1-8
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Grade 1 • Grade 2 • Grade 3 • Grade 4 • Grade 5 • Grade 6 • Grade 7 • Grade 8
GRADE 1
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Beethoven: Ecossaise, WoO 86 from Onozo/Kovacs: Horn Music for Beginners | 8.50 | |
| Arthur Campbell: Chorale from Horn Solos book 1 | 11.00 | |
| Haydn: German Dance Rosseter: When Laura Smiles Both from Time Pieces for Horn vol.1 arr. Harris and Skirrow |
6.85 | |
| Purcell: March Rameau: La Villageoise Both from Langrish: 8 Easy Pieces |
9.50 | |
| Susato: La Mourisque from Humphries: 10 Easy Pieces | 10.00 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Georges Barboteu: Allegretto Moderato or Mouvement de Marche or No.4 from 8 Pieces Courtes vol.1 | 17.00 | |
| Bartók: No.3 from Time Pieces for Horn vol.1 arr. Harris and Skirrow | 6.85 | |
| Christopher Gunning: Sad Café from Really Easy Horn | 7.50 | |
| Paul Harris: Helter-skelter or Parade from Funfare for Horn | 3.50 | |
| Anthony Randall: Swings and Roundabouts | 6.50 | |
| Stravinsky: Andante or Balalaika from Skirrow: Starting Out - 8 Easy Pieces | 8.50 | |
| Pamela Wedgwood: Cheeky Cherry or Hot Chillie from Really Easy Jazzin' About for Horn | 7.00 | |
| LIST C | ||
| Deborah Calland: Lullaby or Ready, Steady, Go! from Top Brass | 6.50 | |
| Horner: Theme and Variation 1 on an old German Folk Song from Primary Studies | 12.00 | |
| John Miller: Hungarian Hoe-down or See-saw from Simple Studies Beginner Brass | 6.50 | |
| Mark Nightingale: A Small Step or Fiesta Siesta from Easy Jazzy 'Tudes | 8.00 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 1-5 | 5.25 |
GRADE 2
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Arbeau: Pavane (from 'Orchésographie') from Campbell: Horn Solos book 1 |
11.00 | |
| Beethoven: German Dance, WoO 13 Tchaikovsky: Old French Song, Op.39 No.16 Both from Onozo/Kovacs: Horn Music for Beginners |
8.50 | |
| Brahms: St Anthony Chorale (from Variations on a Theme by Haydn) Downland: The Frog Galliard Both from Time Pieces for Horn vol.1 arr. Harris and Skirrow |
6.85 | |
| Brightmore: Sad Story from Brightmore: 3 Easy Horn Solos | 5.00 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Anon: Negro Spiritual, Nobody Knows Richard Bissill: Promenade Both from Bissill: Going Solo | 8.00 | |
| Henry Mancini: Pink Panther from Wilson: All Jazzed Up | 6.00 | |
| Anthony Randall: Marching Tune | 6.50 | |
| Michael Rose: Holiday in Israel from Horn on Holiday | 4.00 | |
| Walton: Song at Dusk (from Duets for Children) from Time Pieces for Horn vol.1 arr. Harris and Skirrow | 6.85 | |
| Pamela Wedgwood: Keep Truckin' or Easy Tiger from Really Easy Jazzin' About for Horn | 7.00 | |
| LIST C | ||
| Deborah Calland: Brass Bells or Blowing Blue from Top Brass | 6.50 | |
| Horner: No.37 from Primary Studies | 12.00 | |
| Peter Lawrance: Courante from Featuring Melody | 9.50 | |
| John Miller: Russian Dance or Scottish Warrior from Simple Studies Beginner Brass | 6.50 | |
| Mark Nightingale: The Nuthatch or Three-step from Easy Jazz 'Tudes | 8.00 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 1-5 | 5.25 |
GRADE 3
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Byrd: The Earl of Salisbury's Pavan Handel: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes (from Judas Maccabaeus) Schumann: Soldiers' March (from Album for the Young, Op.68) Weber: Theme from Der Freischütz Overture All from Time Pieces for Horn vol.1 arr. Harris and Skirrow |
6.85 | |
| Delius: La Calinda No.6 from Going Solo arr. Bissill and Campbell | 8.00 | |
| Dvorák: Slavonic Dance (from Op.46 No.3) from Skirrow: Up and Running - 6 Intermediate Pieces | 8.50 | |
| Anthony Randall: Serenade | 6.50 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Delius: Lullaby from 5 Piano Pieces Paul Harris: Hunt the Horn Both from Time Pieces for Horn vol.1 arr. Harris and Skirrow |
6.85 | |
| Ronald Hanmer: 1st or 2nd movement, Prelude or Waltz from Suite for Horn | 8.00 | |
| Ray Hensher: Ragtime Horn from Humphries: 10 Easy Pieces | 10.00 | |
| John Lennon and Paul McCartney: Yesterday from The Beatles for Horn arr. Mortimer | 17.80 | |
| Jim Parker: Penguin Parade from Top Line Album | 6.50 | |
| Michael Rose: Russian Winter Holiday from Horn on Holiday | 4.00 | |
| Thoma Simaku: The Blossoming Rose from Six Albanian Folk Songs | 7.50 | |
| LIST C | ||
| Deborah Calland: Keep Moving from Top Brass | 6.50 | |
| Concone: Study No.1 (Op.9 No.3) or No.2 (Op.9 No.4) or No.3 (Op.17 No.1) from Studies arr. Ashworth | 8.00 | |
| Peter Lawrance: Arietta from Featuring Melody | 9.50 | |
| Maxime-Alphonse: No.3 in Eb or No.9 in A minor/major from 200 Studies book 1 | 34.90 | |
| John Miller: Rubic Rumba or The Easy Easy Winners from Simple Studies Beginner Brass | 6.50 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 1-5 | 5.25 |
GRADE 4
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Brightmore: Lullaby from 4 Peaceful Pieces | 8.00 | |
| Concone: Andante sostenuto Humperdinck: Evening Prayer (from Hänsel und Gretel) Both from Time Pieces for Horn vol.2 arr. Harris and Skirrow |
6.85 | |
| Mendelssohn: Nocturne (from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream') from Campbell: Horn Solos book 1 | 11.00 | |
| Offenbach: Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann) from Lanning: Classic Experience Collection | 9.90 | |
| Tchaikovsky: Humoreske Op.10 from Skirrow: Up and Running | 8.50 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Debussy: Romance from Essential Horn | 8.00 | |
| Roland Hanmer: 3rd or 4th movement from Suite for Horn | 8.00 | |
| Michael Horvit: 1st movement from Circus Suite | 13.50 | |
| Khachaturian: Adagio (from Spartacus) from Lanning: Classic Experience Collection | 9.90 | |
| Satie: Gymnopédie No.2 from Skirrow: Up and Running | 8.50 | |
| Thoma Simaku: Wedding Song from Six Albanian Folk Songs | 8.00 | |
| Bram Wiggins: Bumble's Boogie (for Emma) from Embryo Brass | 12.50 | |
| LIST C | ||
| Deborah Calland: Wistful Waltz from Top Brass | 6.50 | |
| Concone: Study No.5 (Op.17 No.3) from Studies arr. Ashworth | 8.00 | |
| Horner: No.90 in D minor from Primary Studies | 12.00 | |
| Peter Lawrance: Romance from Featuring Melody | 9.50 | |
| Maxime-Alphonse: No.40 in F from 200 Studies book 1 | 34.90 | |
| John Miller: Bothie Ballard or The Upward Slur from Progressive Studies | 9.50 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 1-5 | 5.25 |
GRADE 5
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Dunhill: Andante con moto from Dunhill: Cornucopia | 12.50 | |
| Fauré: Pie Jesu arr. Humphries | 7.50 | |
| Gounod: No.2 from 6 Pieces Mélodiques vol.1 | 12.50 | |
| Mozart: 2nd movement from Concerto No.3 (Barenreiter) | 13.00 | |
| Saint-Saëns: Romance in F Op.36 from Time Pieces for Horn vol.2 arr. Harris and Skirrow | 6.85 | |
| Skriabin: Romance | 6.50 | |
| Franz Strauss: Andante from Concerto in C minor Op.8 (Universal) | 12.00 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Richard Bissill: March of the Gimps from Going Solo | 8.00 | |
| Gary Carpenter: Arioso for Albert from Time Pieces for Horn vol.2 arr. Harris and Skirrow | 6.85 | |
| Michael Horvit: 2nd movement from Circus Suite | 13.50 | |
| John Lennon and Paul McCartney: Penny Lane from The Beatles for Horn arr. Mortimer | 17.80 | |
| Jim Parker: Ground Force or The Midsomer Murders from The Music of Jim Parker | 8.50 | |
| Stephen Sondheim: Send in the Clowns from Iveson: A Little Light Music | 9.50 | |
| Guy Woolfenden: War Dance or Moonlight Rumba from Horn Dances | 8.50 | |
| LIST C | ||
| Deborah Calland: The Distant Horizon from Top Brass | 6.50 | |
| Concone: Study No.18 (Op.17 No.15) from Studies arr. Ashworth | 8.00 | |
| Kopprasch: No.8 in C from 60 Selected Studies book 1 | 10.00 | |
| Peter Lawrance: Syncopated Dance or 2nd movement from Jazz Suite from Featuring Melody | 9.50 | |
| Maxime-Alphonse: No.32 in Db or No.49 in E minor from 200 Studies book 1 | 34.90 | |
| John Miller: Prairie Song or March from Progressive Studies | 9.50 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 1-5 | 5.25 |
GRADE 6
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Brahms: Scherzo and Trio (from Serenade No.1 in D Op.11) from Time Pieces for Horn vol.2 arr. Harris and Skirrow | 6.85 | |
| Danzi: 2nd movement from Sonata in Eb Op.28 | 13.50 | |
| Handel: I See a Huntsman (from Julius Caesar) from Jones: Solos for the Horn Player | 11.50 | |
| Mozart: 1st or 2nd movement from Concerto No.1 (Barenreiter) | 13.00 | |
| Mozart: 2nd movement from Concerto No.2 (Barenreiter) | 13.00 | |
| Rosetti: 2nd movement from Horn Concerto in D | 12.00 | |
| Saint-Saëns: Morceau de Concert Op.94 | 13.00 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Eugène Bozza: En Irlande | 20.00 | |
| Dunhill: Allegro vivo and Slow Minuet from Cornucopia | 12.50 | |
| Gershwin: I Got Rhythm from Iveson: A Little Light Music | 9.50 | |
| Hindemith: 2nd movement from Sonata 1939 | 11.50 | |
| Kodály: Intermezzo from Háry János from Bissill: Absolutely Horn | 8.50 | |
| Alan Ridout: 1st movement from Concertino for Horn | 6.00 | |
| Guy Woolfenden: Spanish Dance or Lotus Waltz from Horn Dances | 8.50 | |
| LIST C | ||
| Andrew Clark: Etude No.3 from 16 Etudes for Valve/Hand Horn | 15.00 | |
| Concone: Study No. 25 (Op.9 No.29) from Studies arr. Ashworth | 8.00 | |
| Alison Davies: Five Note Piece from Four Studies for Horn | 5.50 | |
| Kopprasch: No.13 from 60 Selected Studies book 1 | 10.00 | |
| Peter Lawrance: Restless from Featuring Melody | 9.50 | |
| Maxime-Alphonse: No.6 in C or No.16 in Bb from 200 Studies book 3 | 31.50 | |
| Lowell E. Shaw: No.1 from Just Desserts | 8.50 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 6-8 | 5.00 |
GRADE 7
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Borodin: No.1 from 5 Pieces - Little Suite | 10.50 | |
| Glazunov: Rêverie, Op.24 (Peters) | 9.00 | |
| Gounod: No.4 from 6 Pièces Mélodiques vol.2 | 12.50 | |
| Mozart: 1st or 3rd movement from Concerto No.3 (Barenreiter) | 13.00 | |
| Mozart: 3rd movement from Concerto No.4 (Barenreiter) | 13.00 | |
| Nielsen: Canto Serioso (Musik Forlag) | 7.00 | |
| Rosetti: 3rd movement from Concerto in D | 12.00 | |
| Franz Strauss: Nocturno, Op.7 | 10.00 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Bartos: Rondo from Adagio Elegiaco e Rondo | 10.50 | |
| Bozza: Chant Lointain | 15.00 | |
| Gordon Carr: Idyll from A Day in the Country | 9.50 | |
| Arnold Cooke: Rondo in Bb | 6.50 | |
| Jean-Michel Damase: Pavane Variée | 11.00 | |
| Hindemith: 1st movement from Sonata 1939 | 11.50 | |
| Bertold Hummel: 3rd movement from Sonatine | 11.50 | |
| Guy Woolfenden: Sword Dance from Horn Dances | 8.50 | |
| LIST C | ||
| J.S. Bach: 7th movement from Cello Suite No.5 from 6 Cello Suites (arr. Orval) |
30.50 | |
| Kopprasch: No.33 from 60 Selected Studies book 1 | 10.00 | |
| Peter Lawrance: Hornpipe or La Chase from Featuring Melody | 9.50 | |
| Maxine-Alphonse: No.23 in Eb or No.32 in C from 200 Studies book 3 | 31.50 | |
| de Pré: No.1 or No.5 from 20 Studies | 16.50 | |
| Lowell E. Shaw: No.6 from Just Desserts | 8.50 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 6-8 | 5.00 |
GRADE 8
| COMPOSER: PIECE | £ | ORDER |
|---|---|---|
| LIST A | ||
| Beethoven: 2nd and 3rd movements from Sonata in F, Op.17 (Boosey) | 10.00 | |
| Danzi: 3rd movement from Concerto in Eb (Peters) | 12.00 | |
| Haydn: 1st movement from Horn Concerto No.1 in D (B&H archive) | 18.50 | |
| Mozart: 1st or 3rd movement from Concerto No.2 in Eb (Barenreiter) | 13.00 | |
| Mozart: Rondo in Eb (Barenreiter) | 9.50 | |
| Hermann Neuling: Bagatelle | 10.50 | |
| Ferdinand Ries: 3rd movement from Sonata Op.34 | 13.50 | |
| Rosetti: Concerto in Eb major (IMC) | 8.00 | |
| Richard Strauss: 1st and 2nd movements or 3rd movement from Concerto No.1 in Eb | 16.00 | |
| LIST B | ||
| Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for solo Horn, Op.88 | 8.40 | |
| Gordon Carr: The Happy Fox or To Home! from A Day in the Country | 9.50 | |
| Julia Gomelskaya: Bagatelle for Horn | 12.00 | |
| Hindemith: 1st and 2nd movements from Concerto 1949 | 19.00 | |
| Hindemith: 3rd movement from Sonata 1939 | 11.50 | |
| Poulenc: Élégie | 9.50 | |
| Anthony Randall: Nocturne and Scherzo (combined order) | 13.00 | |
| Gilbert Vintner: Hunter's Moon | 7.50 | |
| LIST C | ||
| Bach: 5th and 6th movements from Cello Suite No.1 from 6 Cello Suites (arr. Orval) | 30.50 | |
| Derek Bourgeois: No.2 or No.3 from Fantasy Pieces | 7.50 | |
| Andrew Clark: Suite 2, Etude 5 from 16 Etudes for Valve/Hand Horn | 15.00 | |
| Alison Davies: Le Basquish from Four Studies for Horn | 5.50 | |
| Maxime-Alphonse: No.40 from 200 Studies book 3 | 31.50 | |
| de Pré: Etude No.9 or No.10 from 20 Studies | 16.50 | |
| Verne Reynolds: No.5 from 48 Etudes | 10.50 | |
| Lowell E. Shaw: No.9 from Just Deserts | 8.50 | |
| SCALES | ||
| Wallace: Scales & Arpeggios grades 1-8 | 5.95 | |
| SPECIMEN SIGHT READING | ||
| Associated Board: Specimen Sight Reading Grades 6-8 | 5.00 |
