Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Grade 5 Scales
ABRSM Tuba Scales & Arpeggios Grades 1-8

Grade 5 Sight Reading
ABRSM Tuba specimen sight reading Grades 1-5

Grade 5 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)

Grade 5 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C.

LIST A
1 Byron Adams Intrada or Intermezzo: 1st or 2nd movt from Suite on Old Nautical Airs for Tuba (Editions BIM: bass clef edition)
2 John Frith Canzona, Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition; piano accomps – B♭ – E♭ – F.)
3 David A. Stowell Jam Bouree , Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition; piano accomps – B♭ – E♭ – F.)
4 Gounod Marche funèbre d’une marionnette. Savoir Faire for Tuba/E ♭ Bass, arr. Mowat (Brass Wind: E♭ bass or E♭ treble editions, B♭ bass or B♭ treble editions)
5 Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt). No. 6 from First Solos for the Tuba Player, arr. Wekselblatt (G. Schirmer: bass clef edition)
6 Jacob Scottish: No. 6 from Six Little Tuba Pieces (Emerson E118: bass/E♭ treble edition)
7 Saint-Saëns Le cygne (The Swan), arr. Wyss. The Thomas Wyss Tuba Collection (Kirklees Music: E♭ treble edition)
8 Vaughan Williams Nos 2 and 6: from Six Studies in English Folksong (Stainer & Bell H174: bass clef edition; piano accomp. H47)
9 Vivaldi Largo from ‘Winter’. From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba, arr. Ramskill (Brass Wind: bass or E♭ treble editions)

LIST B
1 Tom Davoren Lindy Hop!, Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition; piano accomps – B♭ – E♭ – F.)
2 Peter Meechan Final Thought, Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition; piano accomps – B♭ – E♭ – F.)
3 Andrew Duncan A Lazy Summer’s Day at Brontë Falls: No. 3 from A Haworth Suite (The Music Company: bass/E♭ bass/B♭ treble edition)
4 Gordon and Warren Chattanooga Choo Choo. A Little Light Music for Tuba, arr. Iveson (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble editions)
5 Edward Gregson Habanera and Ragtime. Gregson and Ridgeon Nine Miniatures for E♭ Bass/Tuba (Brass Wind: bass or E♭ bass editions)
6 Don Haddad Allegro con brio: 3rd movt from Suite for Tuba (Shawnee Press: bass clef edition)
7 Cole Porter Night and Day. Big Chillers for Tuba/E♭ Bass, arr. Ledbury (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble editions)
8 Simon Proctor Bakerloo Boogie: from Take the Tube for Tuba/E♭ Bass (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble editions)
9 Alec Wilder Effie Goes Folk Dancing: 5th movt from Suite No. 1 (‘Effie Suite’) for Tuba (Margun Music: bass clef edition)

LIST C
1 Blazhevich No. 10: from 70 Studies for B♭ Tuba, Vol. 1 (Robert King AL28596: bass clef edition)
2 Derek Bourgeois Joyful: from Per Tuba ad Astra (Brass Wind: bass clef or treble clef editions)
3 Timothy Jackson Creepily: No. 18 from Adverbial Etudes (Onyx Brass Publishing: E♭-bass/treble edition or B♭-bass/ C-bass/F-bass edition)
4 Stuart Johnson Wagner Tubas: No. 8 from The Tuneful Tuba (Brass Wind: bass clef or treble clef editions)
5 Peter Meechan AirShining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass)
6 David A. Stowell Flennon Study (either version) Shining Brass, Book 2 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass)
7 Mark Nightingale Passion Fruit Samba or The Turkey: No. 18 or No. 22 from Easy Jazzy ’Tudes (Warwick Music: bass tuba edition or treble brass edition)

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