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

Grade 6 Scales
ABRSM Tuba Scales & Arpeggios Grades 1-8

Grade 6 Sight Reading
ABRSM Tuba specimen sight reading Grades 6-8

Grade 6 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 6 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 6 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8 (book and CDs)

Grade 6 Pieces
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:

LIST A
1 Arban The Carnival of Venice. No. 17 from First Solos for the Tuba Player, arr. Wekselblatt (G. Schirmer: bass clef edition)
2 Schumann The Happy Farmer. No. 2 from First Solos for the Tuba Player, arr. Wekselblatt (G. Schirmer: bass clef edition)
3 Berlioz Air gai, Concert and Contest Collection for Tuba, arr. Voxman (Rubank: bass clef edition; piano accomp.)
4 B. Marcello Largo and Allegro, Concert and Contest Collection for Tuba, arr. Voxman (Rubank: bass clef edition; piano accomp.)
5 Rimsky-Korsakov Andante cantabile (from Concerto)(observing cadenza), Concert and Contest Collection for Tuba, arr. Voxman (Rubank: bass clef edition; piano accomp.)
6 Jacob Hornpipe or Bourree: No. 2 or No. 4 from Tuba Suite (Boosey & Hawkes: bass clef edition)
7 Mozart Romanza (only): from Horn Concerto No. 4. No. 4 from Classics for Tuba, arr. Woods and Death (Studio Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
8 Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre. Savoir Faire for Tuba/E♭ Bass, arr. Mowat (Brass Wind: E♭ bass clef or E♭ treble editions, B♭ bass clef or B♭ treble editions)
9 Vivaldi Allegro (from Sonata No. 3), arr. Swanson (Alfred BWI00473: bass clef edition)

LIST B
1 Nigel Clarke Fighting Windmills: from Sketches from Don Quixote for Tuba (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble edition)
2 Tony Cliff Low-down Blues or Demented Waltz: No. 1 or No. 3 from Suite Syncopation (Winwood Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
3 Peter Davis Stomp: No. 2 from Two Character Pieces for Tuba (Warwick Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
4 Walter Hartley Aria for Tuba (Elkan-Vogel: bass clef edition)
5 Hindemith Allegro assai: 2nd movt from Sonata for Bass Tuba (Schott ED 4636: bass clef edition)
6 Jim Parker Soldier, Soldier. The Music of Jim Parker for Tuba/E♭ Bass (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble edition)
7 Simon Proctor Circle Line Dance: from Take the Tube for Tuba/E♭ Bass (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble editions)
8 John Sweden Waltz La Souterraine (Warwick Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
9 Fats Waller Ain’t Misbehavin’. Big Chillers for Tuba/E♭ Bass, arr. Ledbury (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble editions)

LIST C
1 Blazhevich No. 11 or No. 14: from 70 Studies for B♭ Tuba, Vol. 1 (Robert King AL28596: bass clef edition)
2 Derek Bourgeois Happy: from Per Tuba ad Astra (Brass Wind: bass clef or treble clef editions)
3 Jonathan Cranston Moderato: No. 2 from Ten Progressive Studies for Tuba (Con Moto: bass clef/treble edition)
4 Jock McKenzie Hornpipe or Mazurka: from Rhythms of Life (Con Moto: bass clef tuba edition or treble brass edition)
5 Mark Nightingale On the Off-beat or Transposition Blues: No. 23 or No. 27 from Easy Jazzy ’Tudes (Warwick Music: bass clef tuba edition or treble brass edition)
6 Piet Swerts Tuba Rag, Performance Studies for Tuba (De Haske: bass clef (tuba in C) edition or treble (bass clef BC/TC) edition)
7 Jan Van der Roost Saudade, Performance Studies for Tuba (De Haske: bass clef (tuba in C) edition or treble (bass clef BC/TC) edition)

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