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Grade 5 Scales

Scales and Arpeggios for Horn, Grades 1-5, from 2023

Grade 5 Sight-Reading

Sight-Reading for Horn, Grades 1-5, from 2023

Grade 5 Aural

Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 4-5 (book only), Grade 4-5 (book and CD)
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
Aural Test Survival Book Grade 5
Improve your aural! Grade 5 NEW!

Grade 5 Pieces

Choose ONE piece from each of Lists A, B and C:

List A

1 Callum Au Lethe Brass Mix 2 bass/treble clef (ABRSM) edition, piano accompaniment
2 Beethoven Scherzo and Trio (from Septet, Op. 20), arr. Harris & Skirrow Time Pieces for Horn, Vol. 2 (ABRSM), E♭/F edition
3 G. Concone Study No. 18, arr. Ashworth SOLO G. Concone: Concone Studies for Horn in F (Emerson)
4 Lizzie Davis Hornpipe (from Polished Brass) SOLO Lizzie Davis (Brass Wind), Treble Clef brass edition
5 Françaix Canon in Octave Françaix: Canon in Octave (IMC)
6 Handel La réjouissance (from Music for the Royal Fireworks), arr. Lawrance Winning Matrix for French Horn (Brass Wind)
7 Fiona Pritchard Under Estimated (No. 10 from Getting Down to Business) SOLO Fiona Pritchard: Getting Down to Business (Warwick Music)
8 David A. Stowell Flennon Study either version SOLO Shining Brass, Book 2 with CD bass/treble clef (ABRSM), piano accompaniment
9 David A. Stowell Jam Bouree Shining Brass, Book 2 with CD bass/treble clef (ABRSM), piano accompaniment
10 John Williams Star Wars (Main Theme) (from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), arr. Galliford & Neuburg Top Hits from TV, Movies & Musicals for Horn in F (Alfred)

List B

1 Fauré Après un rêve, arr. Humphries Cordially Yours (Brass Wind)
2 Shanti Paul Jayasinha By the River Brass Mix 2 bass/treble clef (ABRSM) edition, piano accompaniment
3 W. Lloyd Webber Summer Pastures W. Lloyd Webber: Summer Pastures (Stainer & Bell)
4 Paradies Sicilienne, arr. Denwood Paradies: Sicilienne for Horn in F/E♭ (Emerson), F/Eedition
5 Lucy Pankhurst Gone, Not Forgotten Shining Brass, Book 2 with CD bass/treble clef (ABRSM), piano accompaniment
6 Jim Parker Mapp and Lucia The Music of Jim Parker for Horn in F (Brass Wind)
7 Saint-Saëns Romance, Op. 36, arr. Harris & Skirrow Time Pieces for Horn, Vol. 2 (ABRSM), E♭/F edition
8 Sherwin & Maschwitz A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square arr. Ledbury Big Chillers for Horn in F (Brass Wind)
9 Pam Wedgwood The Friends (from After Hours for French Horn) Pam Wedgwood (Faber)
10 Woolfenden Shore Dance (from Horn Dances) Woolfenden (Brass Wind)

List C

1 Tom Davoren Lindy Hop! Shining Brass, Book 2 with CD bass/treble clef (ABRSM), piano accompaniment
2 Peter Meechan Air SOLO Shining Brass, Book 2 with CD bass/treble clef (ABRSM), piano accompaniment
3 Fučík Entry of the Gladiators, arr. Humphries Cordon Bleu for Horn in F (Brass Wind)
4 Gordon & Warren Chattanooga Choo-Choo, arr. Ledbury Big Chillers for Horn in F (Brass Wind)
5 Michael Zev Gordon Burnished Bright Michael Zev Gordon: Burnished Bright (Composers Edition)
6 Kopprasch Study No. 10 SOLO Kopprasch: 60 Selected Studies for Horn, Book 1 (Carl Fischer or Hofmeister)
7 Fiona Pritchard Blue Lagoon (No. 4 from Jazz Cocktails) Fiona Pritchard: Jazz Cocktails (Warwick Music)
8 Shri Sriram Koli Brass Mix 2 bass/treble clef (ABRSM) edition, piano accompaniment
9 John Williams Raiders March (from Raiders of the Lost Ark), arr. Lawrance Great Winners (Brass Wind), Treble Clef or Treble Clef with CD, piano accompaniment
10 Woolfenden Moonlight Rumba (from Horn Dances) Woolfenden: Horn Dances (Brass Wind)

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Theory of Music

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Syllabuses

Validity

This specification is valid from 1 January 2023 until further notice.

Amendments

The ABRSM will post updates to the syllabus e.g. changes to publication details or other minor corrections or clarifications at www.abrsm.org/syllabuscorrections.

Revision

At the time of publication of this document, the next revision of the Brass Syllabus has not been scheduled.

The ABRSM will post advance notice of planned changes to Syllabuses (including syllabus overlap information) at www.abrsm.org/syllabusupdates

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