Instrumental Tuition Programme Curriculum Pathways
HANDBOOK2015 - 2016
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Introduction
Dulwich College shanghai has a rich history of excellence in music education. we are pleased to be able to offer high quality tuition on a range of instruments from Piano to Violin, Brass, woodwind, Voice, Guitar and Percussion.
The Instrumental Tuition Programme underpins the excellence in our choirs and ensembles and provides the opportunity to enrich students lives, both through their school career and beyond.
Many students choose to take ABRsM examinations, and we have a enviable track record of success in this area, however, many of our students choose to follow a different path, often through contemporary music.
This document aims to present the different routes students may take as they progress on their instrument, and how these different pathways and instruments align with each other and against expected curriculum attainment.
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Piano
Instrument: Piano
Level Descriptor: Students will typically exhibit the following…
Suggested Repertoire (Age appropriate)
Resources
FoundationPre Grade 1NC: L 1 / 2
• Learning the basics of musical notation.
• Learning the basics of rhythm• Able to play in five fingers position• Learn treble and bass clef notation.
simple piece and nursery rhymes
Music book with exercises
Children’s piece books for beginners.
BeginnerGrades 1 to 3NC: L 3/6
• Understanding musical articulation and dynamics
• Able to play two hands together• Development of touch and
technique• Has a basic awareness of different
styles and genres of music• working on simple scales and
arpeggios up to three sign• starting to use a pedal
simple piece for 2 hands
Easy songs of shostakovich
Gedike, Prokofiev
Easy baroque pieces of Bach.
ABRsM piece books
small preludes of Bach
Prokofiev Children’s music
Collections of easy pieces of Gedike, schostakovich, Maikopar.
Musicbook of Anna Magdalena Bach.
IntermediateGrades 4 to 6NC 7/8
• Developing fingers and pedal synchronization
• Improve technique skills• show more mature playing.• Increase tempo and keep working
on scales and arpeggios• Has a working knowledge of
different styles and genres.
Inventions of Bach
sonatas and sonatinas of Haydn, Clementi, scarlatti.
Romantic pieces of Grieg, Tchaikovsky, schumann
ABRsM piece books
Two and three part inventions
Collections of sonatas Haydn, Clementi and scarlatti.
Grieg. Liryc pieces
Tchaikovsky Children’s album
schumann Album for young
AdvancedGrades 7 / 8 plusNC Exceptional
• Improved technique skills• Play different styles of music
including contemporary music.• Increase tempo and working on
scales, arpeggios and broken chords
• Improving the quality of piano touch
•• Has a developed understanding of
different music styles
Fugues of Bach
sonatas of Beethoven, Mozart and shubert.
Romantic music of Chopin, Rachmaninov, Debussy, scriabin.
Pieces of contemporary composers.
Jazz music.
ABRsM piece books
Bach. Preludes and Fugues
Collections of sonatas Beethoven, Mozart and shubert.
Chopin. Preludes, Mazurkas Polonaises, waltzes.
scriabin Preludes
Collections of Debussy’s pieces
Rachmaninov. Preludes
Collections of Jazz music
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Strings
Instrument: Strings
Level Descriptor: Students will typically exhibit the following…
Suggested Repertoire (Age appropriate)
Resources
FoundationPre Grade 1NC: L 1 / 2
• Develop a stable bow hold and good general posture
• Able to play short simple pieces with adequate intonation
• Developing tone quality• Basic understanding of notation• Ability to play loud and soft
simple songs and nursery rhymes
suzuki Book 1
stepping stones
Abracadabra
A Tune a day
Violin/Viola/Cello Time Joggers series
BeginnerGrades 1 to 3NC: L 3/6
• Increased bow control• Improved intonation• Ability to use varied Dynamics and Articu-
lation• Increased sense of tone quality• Further development of note reading
abilities • Develop some awareness in performance
style • Increased in Aural Awareness
Beginner classical repertoireFolk tunesBeginner Jazz tunes
suzuki Book 1-3wagon wheels/Fast ForwardA Tune a day book 2Violin/Viola/Cello Time Runners/sprinters series ABRsM piece books...Grade 1-3Allsorts seriesTime pieces series Grade 1-3 sight-reading Grade 1-3 Aural test books and software applications Aural Time book
IntermediateGrades 4 to 6NC 7/8
• Development of more complex bowing styles e.g. basic off the string bowing
• Introduction to vibrato• Can play confidently from 1st to 5th
position• Possesses a good tone quality • Is regularly taking part in ensembles and
chamber music.• Can perform intermediate works by
memory• Is developing independence in learning
material and using notation• Has a working knowledge of different
styles and genres.
Various Baroque/Rococo concertos and sonatasEtudes
ABRsM Grade 4-6 books
ABRsM Time pieces series
ABRsM scale books grade 4-6
suzuki books 6-8
IMsLP
Kayser Etudes
Francis Grant 40 Etudes
schroeder 180 Etudes collection
AdvancedGrades 7 / 8 plusNC Exceptional
• Is currently developing and can perform the more advanced bow strokes e.g. Martele, spiccato, sautille
• Possesses good tone quality and can vary the speed of vibrato and the bow stroke
• Has gained the ability to play in multiple positions whilst maintaining correct into-nation
• Has knowledge of different styles and periods of music and is aware of the per-formance practice associated with each.
• Has good sense of aural awareness and can repeat phrases on the instrument.
• Can perform longer works from memory• Demonstrates good sight reading• Has extensive experience in chamber
music and shows a good sense of ensemble awareness.
EtudesLonger and more technically challenging works including Bach, Mozart and Haydn violin concertos.
suzuki book 8+
sonatas/Concertos
Mazas/Fiorillo/Kreutzer Etudes
Popper High school of Cello playing
Carl Flesch scale system
sevick/schradieck studies
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Brass
Instrument: TrumpetTrombone(BRASS)
Level Descriptor: Students will typically exhibit the following…
Suggested Repertoire (Age appropriate)
Resources
FoundationPre Grade 1NC: L 1 / 2
• starting control of breathing• Able to sustain long tones in
different dynamic • Developing tone quality• Limited range (around an octave)
Long tonessimple pieces
Any available beginner’s sources
BeginnerGrades 1 to 3NC: L 3/6
• Increasing control of pitch • Developing control of breathing• Keep working on long tones• Increase dynamic level• Able to sustain short phrases• wider Range (over one octave)• Developing finger and tongue
synchronization• working on simple scales up to
two sign• Has a basic awareness of
different styles and genres of music
simple Art Pieces
simple folk songs
selected exercise from Arban Book
ABRsM books
Arban trumpet book
IntermediateGrades 4 to 6NC 7/8
• More developed control of pitch• Long tones true all available
range and dynamics• Is able to sustain long phrases• wider range (up to 2 octaves)• Learning scales up to 6 signs as
well as chromatic• Is developing independence
in learning material and using notation
• Has a working knowledge of different styles and genres.
More demanding music Exercises from Arban Book
selected vocalize from Max schlossberg “Daily drills and technical studies for trumpet”
Building and lip flexibility exercises for Low Brass
ABRsM Books
Arban Book
Canadian Brass Easy trumpet solos
The “Total Embouchure by Claude Gnocchi”
Max schlossberg “Daily drills and technical studies for trumpet”
Easy Classical Pieces arranged by Peter Billam
AdvancedGrades 7 / 8 plusNC Exceptional
• Has a developed tonal quality and range
• Add more vocalise style exercise instead of long tones
• Is attempting melisma • Able to play in all key, learning
the scales in all keys• Can play across different music
styles• Has a developed understanding
of different music styles
Arban Characteristic studies
Non specific brass pieces arranged for the instrument
selected vocalise from Max schlossberg “Daily drills and technical studies for trumpet”
Building and lip flexibility exercises for Low Brass
Arban Book
Max schlossberg “Daily drills and technical studies for trumpet”
Bordogni “Melodius Etudes for Trombone”
Bach “six short solo suites” edited by Robert King
ABRsM Books
The “Total Embouchure by Claude Gnocchi”
Vizzutti Rhythmic Etudes
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Guitar
Instrument:
Guitar Level Descriptor: Students will typically exhibit the following…
Suggested Repertoire (Age appropriate)
Resources
FoundationPre Grade 1NC: L 1 / 2
• Able to play simple first position melodies
• Developing stamina (up to 16 Bars)• Able to play some basic open chords• Can move across adjacent strings
simple one line melodies and basic guitar pieces.
Debut Rock school, first and beginners guitar books.
BeginnerGrades 1 to 3NC: L 3/6
• Increasing control of left and right hand techniques
• Able to perform longer pieces (up to 48 bars)
• Can convey expressive intentions through the effective use of vibrato, slides, palm muting and bends
• Can perform some basic barre chords (incl. half-barre)
• Can follow basic time signature changes• Able to improvise short sections• Has an awareness of different styles and
genres of popular music
suitable rock and pop repertoire.
Rock school Guitar song books
IntermediateGrades 4 to 6NC 7/8
• Can exhibit some stylistic intentions• Displays comfortable use of Hammer-
on’s and Pull-off’s, legato and staccato sections and effective use of harmonics (natural and artificial)
• Is able to perform longer pieces with sustained solo sections
• Can perform across a number of time and harmonic changes
• Can perform in a number of popular music genres
• Is able to play in a range of tempi (incl. 16th notes) up to but not limited to 170bpm
• Is developing independence in learning material and using a range of notation
More demanding music.
Current Rock and Pop music hits.
Classic Rock Guitar pieces.
Rock school Guitar song books
Pieces selected individually by teacher and student (dependent on style)
Jazz and Blues anthology
Rock Hits
101 Guitar Tips
Guitar Techniques
AdvancedGrades 7 / 8 plusNC Exceptional
• Displays a strong personal style• Is able to perform at length, challeng-
ing pieces with a high level of technical understanding and ability
• Can utilize the full range of physical and expressive techniques
• Can demonstrate a secure knowledge of scales and the theory behind many of the key concepts involved
• Can improvise chords and solo sections in different genres
• Able to perform with complex time and rhythm changes at speed
• Is able to make use of a range of notation
• Can comment on technical specifications and types of instruments, amplifiers and electronics required for different sounds or ensembles
• writes or arranges their own material
More demanding Rock and Pop repertoire.
some Jazz and progressive rock pieces.
students own choice of practice material
Rock school Guitar song books
Pieces selected individually by student (dependent on style)
Jazz and Blues anthology
Rock Hits
Guitar Greats
Guitar workout
The Greatest Guitar solos of all Time
101: Blues Licks
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Voice
Instrument: Voice
Level Descriptor: Students will typically exhibit the following…
Suggested Repertoire (Age appropriate)
Resources
FoundationPre Grade 1NC: L 1 / 2
• Developing control of pitch • Able to sustain short phrases• Developing tone quality• Limited range (up to a 5th)
simple songs and nursery rhymes
sing Up
Children’s song books
BeginnerGrades 1 to 3NC: L 3/6
• Increasing control of pitch • Able to sustain longer phrases• wider Range (around an octave)• Able to use a head resonance• Can create 5 basic vowel sounds• Can repeat back phrases after a few
repetitions• Is beginning to use notation• Has a basic awareness of different styles
and genres of music
simple Art songs
simpler music theatre repertoire
suitable pop repertoire (not belted)
ABRsM song books
Glee
Music theatre anthologies
IntermediateGrades 4 to 6NC 7/8
• More developed control of pitch• Is able to sustain long phrases• wider vocal range (up to 2 octaves)• Is able to produce the 5 vowel sounds
across the whole vocal range• Is developing chest resonance• Is aware of ‘Passagio’• Is beginning to explore different
languages• Is developing independence in learning
material and using notation• Is able to accompany his or her self using
a guitar• Has a working knowledge of different
styles and genres.
Art song
More demanding music theatre repertoire
simple operatic aria
simple Cantata and Oratorio repertoire
ABRsM song books
Art of song
Glee
Music theatre anthologies
Other songs to be set individually.
Italian songs and Arias
Jazz and Blues anthology
AdvancedGrades 7 / 8 plusNC Exceptional
• Has a developed tonal quality• Is attempting melisma and runs (colora-
tura)• Is beginning to establish a vocal type,
Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Alto, soprano, Music theatre, Rock and Pop
• Is equalizing the registers across the vocal range
• Makes independent use of notation • Can use Guitar and or piano to
accompany themselves• writes or arranges their own material• Can sing in different languages• Can sing across different vocal styles• Has a developed understanding of
different vocal styles
Lieder and Art song
Opera
Cantata and Oratorio
More demanding Rock and Pop repertoire
Art of song
Italian songs and Arias
western Classical repertoire, Lieder, songs, Oratorios
To be set as required
IMPsL
Jazz and Blues anthology.
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Woodwind
Instrument: woodwind
Level Descriptor: students will typically exhibit the following…
suggested Repertoire (Age appropriate)
Resources
FoundationPre Grade 1NC: L 1 / 2
• Positioning of Embouchure• Creating a basic sound• Holding of Instrument• Learning basic fingering of notes.• Basic understanding of rhythm and
notation
simple pieces with 3 or 4 notes.
Clarinet Basics – Paul Harris
Abracadabra series for Flute, sax or Clarinet
BeginnerGrades 1 to 3NC: L 3/6
• Executing correct position of embouchure• Increased breath control• Greater knowledge of notes – Cl & sx
include notes over the break• wider knowledge of dynamic contrast and
how to play them• Is reading notation competently• Learning more complicated fingerings for
notes.• Moving from 4/4 & ¾ to 6/8 time signa-
tures• Guidance of where to breathe in pieces of
music still required.• Between 1 – 5 scales & arpeggios known
Pieces composed by Christopher Norton, James Rae, Paul Harris
80 Graded studies
style workout for Fl/Cl/sx James Rae
The Microjazz Collection Book 1 Christopher Norton
ABRsM Graded Books for Fl & Cl
IntermediateGrades 4 to 6NC 7/8
• More developed and longer breath control• Larger range of notation • Larger range of notes and their fingerings• Increased understanding of phrasing • Able to make own decisions of when
breaths are required• Exploring different styles of musical genres• More independent learning• Can play faster and more challenging
passages of music• Basic understanding of dotted rhythms• Approximately 1-10 scales and Arpeggios
known plus some Dom7 and Dim7• Medium level of understanding when
reading articulation
Mozart extracts
Movements from Bach sonatas
schumann repertoire
Gershwin and Joplin arrangements
Koechlin Pieces
saint saens Carnival of the Animals
ABRsM Exam Books
Blue saxophone – James Rae
Time Pieces for FL/Cl/sx
The Microjazz Collections Book 2
Easy Gershwin Books
AdvancedGrades 7 / 8 plusNC Exceptional
• Versatility and dexterity when maneuvering around the instrument
• Focused tonal centre• Understanding of some professional level
music• Knowledge of all scales, arpeggios, Dom
7, Dim 7’s and key signatures• Beginning own interpretation of musical
phrasing • Beginning of own use of expression in a
piece• Can play in youth Orchestras/Bands • Can rehearse affectively with Piano ac-
companiment• High level of sight reading • Large dynamic range• All articulation styles known
Mozart Concerto
Brahms sonata
Crusell Concerto
saint saens sonata
Paul Harvey Three Etudes
Piazolla Histoire du Tango
Lawson Lunde sonata
Bach Adagio and Allegro
Handel sonatas
Debussy Three Pieces
Vivaldi Concerto
Baroque Flute Pieces Book 3/4
40 Modern studies for Fl/sx
Music Through Time Book 4
sixty for sax
12 Modern Etudes
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Percussion
Instrument: Percussion/Drums
Level Descriptor: Students will typically exhibit the following…
Suggested Repertoire (Age appropriate)
Resources
FoundationPre Grade 1NC: L 1 / 2
• Basic mallet/stick grip and proper strokes
• The ability to keep their eyes on the music while playing their instrument
• Counting rhythms out loud while playing
• Able to sing basic melodies of mallet and drum exercises
• Proper posture
• Pieces with up to 5 different pitch notes
• Able to handle rhythms such as: semibreves, minims, crochets, and quavers
• Garwood whaley: Fundamental studies for Mallets
• Garwood whaley: Fundamental studies for snare Drum
BeginnerGrades 1 to 3NC: L 3/6
• Ability to play longer etudes and medium length pieces.
• Focus and self discipline
• Creativity
• Basic rhythms with semi quavers
• Major (ionian) scales and arpeggios; chromatic scale
• Basic drum rudiments
• Garwood whaley: Fundamental studies for Mallets
• Garwood whaley: Fundamental studies for snare Drum
IntermediateGrades 4 to 6NC 7/8
• A moderate control of all normal rhythms and musicality
• A good sense of phrasing
• Ability to convey basic feelings and emotions through music
• An overall growing sense of maturity as a person and a musician
• Easy orchestral excerpts
• More advanced semi quaver rhythms and triplets
• scales: Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor
• Arpeggios/Chords: minor, diminished, augmented
• Intermediate drum rudiments
• Possibly drum set basics
• Garwood whaley: Intermediate studies for Mallets
• Mitchell Peters: Intermediate snare Drum studies
• Hochrainer: Etuden for Timpani Vol. 1
AdvancedGrades 7 / 8 plusNC Exceptional
• A great sense of rhythm and musicality
• Able to convey more complex emotions through music
• A general sense of orchestral music, jazz, and drum set
• Familiarity with the music of Cuba, Brazil, and west Africa
• Modal and Jazz scales
• Beginning four mallet keyboard playing and multiple percussion
• Rudimental drum solos
• Intermediate difficult: orchestral excerpts, timpani, auxiliary percussion, and drum set
• Beginning conga, djembe, and small Brazilian percussion
• Mitchell Peters “yellow after the Rain”
• John Pratt: Rudimental solos for Accomplished Drummers
• Hochrainer: Etuden for Timpani Vol. 2-3
• Mitchell Peters: French suite
• (multiple percussion)
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