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

Grade 7 Scales
ABRSM Tuba Scales & Arpeggios Grades 1-8

Grade 7 Sight Reading
ABRSM Tuba specimen sight reading Grades 6-8

Grade 7 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 7 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 7 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8 (book and CDs)

Grade 7 Pieces
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:

LIST A
1 Byron Adams Hornpipe: 4th movt from Suite on Old Nautical Airs for Tuba (Editions BIM: bass clef edition)
2 Anon. Hornpipe. No. 14 from First Solos for the Tuba Player, arr. Wekselblatt (G. Schirmer: bass clef edition)
3 Handel Andante and Allegro, arr. Wyss. The Thomas Wyss Tuba Collection (Kirklees Music: B♭ treble edition)
4 Massenet Meditation (from Thäis), arr. Meador (Warwick Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
5 Mozart Rondo (only): from Horn Concerto No. 4. No. 4 from Classics for Tuba, arr. Woods and Death (Studio Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
6 Senaillé Introduction and Allegro spiritoso, arr. Catelinet (Hinrichsen H853: bass clef/E♭ treble/B♭ treble edition)
7 Tcherepnin Andante, Op. 64 (Belaieff BEL 223: bass clef edition)
8 Trad., arr. Steadman-Allen Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron (Winwood Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
9 Vaughan Williams Romanza: 2nd movt from Concerto for Bass Tuba (OUP: bass clef edition)

LIST B
1 Andrew Duncan A Cat and Mouse Chase Down Haworth Main Street!: No. 4 from A Haworth Suite (The Music Company: bass clef/E♭ treble/B♭ treble edition)
2 Arthur Frackenpohl Variations for Tuba (‘The Cobbler’s Bench’) (observing cadenza) (Shawnee Press: bass clef edition)
3 John Frith Tuba Treat (Camden Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
4 Hindemith Allegro pesante: 1st movt from Sonata for Bass Tuba (Schott ED 4636: bass clef edition)
5 Joseph Horovitz Andante: 2nd movt from Tuba Concerto (Studio Music: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
6 Leroy Ostransky Serenade and Scherzo. Concert and Contest Collection for Tuba, arr. Voxman (Rubank: bass clef edition; piano accomp.)
7 Simon Proctor Ulloco or Oca: from Tuber Music (Brass Wind: bass clef or E♭ treble editions)
8 Philip Sparke A Song for Susie (Anglo Music AMP 211-401: bass clef/E♭ treble edition)
9 Alec Wilder Effie Chases a Monkey and Effie Falls in Love: 1st and 2nd movts from Suite No. 1 (‘Effie Suite’) for Tuba (Margun Music: bass clef edition)

LIST C
1 Blazhevich No. 15 or No. 20: from 70 Studies for B♭ Tuba, Vol. 1 (Robert King AL28596: bass clef edition)
2 Derek Bourgeois Allegro moderato or Commodo: No. 1 or No. 4 from Fantasy Pieces for Tuba (Brass Wind: bass clef or treble editions)
3 Derek Bourgeois Convivial: from Per Tuba ad Astra (Brass Wind: bass clef or treble clef editions)
4 Jonathan Cranston Andante or Allegro: No. 8 or No. 9 from Ten Progressive Studies for Tuba (Con Moto: bass clef/treble edition)
5 Jock McKenzie Dixieland or Samba: from Rhythms of Life (Con Moto: bass clef tuba edition or treble brass edition)
6 Bertrand Moren Bagatelle, Performance Studies for Tuba (De Haske: bass clef (tuba in C) edition or treble (bass clef BC/TC) edition)
7 Jan Van der Roost Allegria, Performance Studies for Tuba (De Haske: bass clef (tuba in C) edition or treble (bass clef BC/TC) edition)

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