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Page 1: Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association Band & Orchestra Directors Association All-District Band Audition Requirements: Wind and Percussion Students 1. Major Scales (20% of

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All-DistrictBandAuditionRequirements:WindandPercussionStudents1. MajorScales(20%oftotalscore)Pleasenotethefollowingscalerequirements:

a. Allmajorscalesarerequiredandmustbememorizedb. ScalesarecalledbyCONCERTPITCHANDBYKEYNAME.c. Scalesaretobeplayedinasmanycompleteoctavesaspossibleontheinstrumentexceptforpercussionists.d. Articulationislegatotongueupanddown.e. TempoisMM=100forwindplayers,MM=160forpercussionists.f. Thefollowingrhythmpatternwillbeusedforalloctaves:quarternote(tonic)followedbyeighthnotes.

SnareDrum:Thissectionisusedforrudimentalscore.RudimentswillbeselectedfromthePercussiveArtsSocietyStandard26Rudiments.Eachrudimentwillhavea15secondtimelimitandshouldbeplayedopentoclosed.Studentsmayusetheirownsnaredrumoroneprovidedbytheauditionsite.Timpani:Thissectionisusedtoevaluatetuningskills.Studentsmayuseapitchpipe,tuningfork,ormalletinstrumentasapitchsource.Studentsareallowed45secondsfortuningandstudyofthesight-reading.

2. ChromaticScale(20%oftotalscore)Pleasenotethefollowingscalerequirements:Slur

ascending,tongueddescending(excepttrombonesandpercussion).Instrumentsplaytheirchromaticscaleinsixteenthnotesatthetempogivenbelow.(Quarternote=onebeat;seeManual)AlltemposgivenaretherequiredMINIMUM;studentsmayplayfaster.

--- Piccolo:DbelowstafftoaltissimoC(2octaves+7th)MM=120--- Flute:Cbelowstaff toaltissimoC (3octaves)MM=120--- Oboe:CbelowstafftoEabovehighC(2octaves+3rd)MM=120--- EnglishHorn:CbelowstafftoDabovestaff(2octaves+2nd)MM=120--- Bassoon:BbbelowstafftohighBboneoctaveabovestaffMM=96*--- Eb Clarinet: SameasB♭Clarinet (seebelow)--- BbClarinet:EbelowstafftoGabovehighC(3octaves+3rd)MM=120--- BassClarinet:EbelowstafftoCabovethestaff (2octaves+6th)MM=120--- ContraClarinet:Ebelowstaff toG#abovestaff (2octaves+3rd)MM=96--- AltoSaxophone:Bbbelowstaff toFabovestaff (2octaves+5th);holdhighF fortwocountspriortodescending.

MM=120--- TenorSaxophone: SameasAltoSaxophone (seeabove)--- BaritoneSaxophone:SameasAltoSaxophone(seeabove)MM=96--- Cornet/Trumpet:Gbelowstaff toCabovestaff (2octaves+4th)MM=120--- Horn:FbelowstafftoBbabovestaffMM=120*--- TenorTrombone:LowF to4th ledger lineBb (2octaves+5th); legatotongueascending,staccatotongue

descending.MM=96--- BassTrombone:CbelowstafftoFabovestaff(2octaves+5th);legatotongueascending,staccatotongue

descending.MM=96 *--- EuphoniumTC:GbelowstafftoCabovestaff(2octaves+4th)MM=120--- EuphoniumBC:LowFto4th ledgerlineBb(2octaves+5th)MM=120--- Tuba:LowestFtohighestBb(2octaves+4th)MM=112--- Mallets:3octavesONLY; minimumtempoMM=144--- SnareDrum:Longroll(30secondtimelimit),concertroll,sustainedsound, pp---ff---pp(15secondtimelimit)

3. PreparedEtude(30%oftotalscore):Studentsperformthepreparedetudefortheirinstrumentaspostedonthe

VBODA16.ORGwebsite.4. Sight---Reading(30%oftotalscore):Studentsaregivenonesight---readingexercise.Studentsaregiven30secondstostudy

theexerciseprior toperforming.