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Technical Assessment requirements & regulations
(Part of the Undergraduate Repertoire & Style module in Years 1-3)

The routines below have been carefully planned in consultation with all the teaching staff and are a departure from
the old-fashioned up and down scales you may be used to. Experience has shown that these routines build up a far
more reliable technique and also a deeper understanding of how music is constructed and the unique sound
properties of each individual key.
You should choose one key and work through the entire routine every day at a speed where you know you will play
no wrong notes, no matter how slowly. You can speed it up later. Writing the scales out and memorising them
creates unnecessary extra work and should be avoided as your ear is your best guide - when you hear the next note
in your head, your fingers should immediately create the correct note. The idea is that, as well as exercising and
training your fingers and tongue, you become immersed in the sound world and geography of that key until it
becomes unthinkable to play wrong notes.
Only when you can run the routine of that key should you move to the next one. Each new key you tackle will
become progressively easier and then you can practise every key. You will be tested on one (chosen at random) of
the four keys specified for your year. Read the instructions carefully and do exactly what it says or you will fail the
exam and, more importantly, fail to build up a good technique without which you are unemployable.
Please note that a pass must be achieved in the Technical Assessment in order for you to be eligible to present a
Second Performance assessment.
Should you not achieve a pass at the first attempt, then you will be permitted TWO further attempts.
With approval from the Head of Department, the first of these further attempts may take place in the
Spring term as long as a minimum period of one month has elapsed since the original attempt. If this is
not possible or advised, then the first further attempt will be scheduled during the first weeks of the
Summer term.
If the first further attempt is failed, then you will not be eligible to sit the Second Performance
assessment in the May/June examination period.
A final attempt will normally be available towards the end of the Summer term.
If you are successful in this final attempt, you will then be eligible to sit the Second Performance
assessment during the September examination period.
If you are unsuccessful in this final attempt, and at the discretion of the Music Examination Board, you
may be permitted to repeat the entire module during the next academic year, before being able to
proceed to the next full year of your studies.
FLUTE
All scales to be done in 6 ways: Compass at least 3 octaves where feasible.
1) slurred
4) tongue two, slur two
2) tongued (staccato or long tongued)
5) dotted rhythm slurred
3) slur two, tongue two
6) scotch snap slurred
1st year
C, Eb, F#, A
top note: C
major scale
major 3 step twister
major in thirds
major arpeggio
major broken arpeggio
augmented triad
broken augmented triad
dominant 7th on key note
broken dominant 7th on key note
whole tone
melodic minor scale
harmonic minor scale
harmonic minor 3 step twister
harmonic minor in thirds
2nd year
C#, E, G, Bb
top note: C or C# for scales in C#
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
harmonic minor in fourths
harmonic minor in octaves
minor arpeggio
broken minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
broken diminished 7th
chromatic
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
chromatic in minor 3rds
major single tongued scale 8 demisemis per note
single tongued major scale 8 demisemis per note
3rd year
D, F, Ab, B
top note: C or D for scales in D
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in fifths
major in 6ths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
harmonic minor in 5ths
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
chromatic in major 2nds
chromatic in major 3rds
Double & triple tongued major scale 8
demi-semis/ six sextuplets per note
OBOE
1) slurred

Compass for all years: low Bb to high G where feasible

1st year
C, Eb, F#, A
2nd year
C#, E, G, Bb
3rd year
D, F, Ab, B
major scale
major in thirds
major arpeggio
augmented triad
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in fifths
major in 6ths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
whole tone
melodic minor scale



minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
whole tone
melodic minor scale
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
CLARINET
1) slurred
1st year
C, Eb, F#, A
Top note G. Bottom note E and back to
tonic
2nd year
C#, E, G, Bb
Top note A. Bottom note E and back to
tonic
3rd year
D, F, Ab, B
Top note Bb. Bottom note E and back to
tonic
major scale
major in thirds
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in fifths
major in 6ths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
SAXOPHONE
All scales to be done in 6 ways:
1) slurred
4) swung
1st year
C#, E, G, Bb
Top note F. Bottom note Bb and back
to tonic
2nd year
C, Eb, F#, A
Top note F#. Bottom note Bb and back
to tonic. Arpeggio in A to altisso A
3rd year
D, F, Ab, B
Top note altissimo C. Bottom note Bb
and back to tonic
major scale
major in thirds
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in fifths
major in 6ths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
Bb major 1 octave slap-tongued
BASSOON
1) slurred
1st year
D, F, Ab, B
Top note : D
2nd year
Eb, C, F#, A
Top note: Eb
3rd year
E, C#, G, Bb
Top note: E
major scale
major in thirds
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
major scale
major in thirds
major in fourths
major in fifths
major in 6ths
major in octaves
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
Double & triple tongued major scale 8
demi-semis/ six sextuplets per note
major arpeggio
augmented triad
whole tone
melodic minor scale
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic
minor arpeggio
diminished 7th
chromatic

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Technical Assessment requirements & regulations

(Part of the Undergraduate Repertoire & Style module in Years 1-3)

4) tongue two, slur two

2) tongued (staccato or long tongued)

5) dotted rhythm slurred

3) slur two, tongue two

6) scotch snap slurred

major single tongued scale 8 demisemis per note

single tongued major scale 8 demisemis per note

4) tongue two, slur two

3) slur two, tongue two

6) scotch snap slurred

Compass for all years: low Bb to high G where feasible

broken augmented triad

harmonic minor 3 step twister

harmonic minor in thirds

4) tongue two, slur two

2) tongued (staccato or long tongued)

5) dotted rhythm slurred

3) slur two, tongue two

6) scotch snap slurred

3) slur two, tongue two

6) scotch snap slurred

major single tongued scale 8 demisemis per note

single tongued major scale 8 demisemis per note

4) tongue two, slur two

2) tongued (staccato or long tongued)

5) dotted rhythm slurred

3) slur two, tongue two

6) scotch snap slurred

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