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Practising exercises
You must play on the Practice Chanter all the following exercises:
♦ The Scale
♦ The Scale to F with a G Gracenote, to C with a D Gracenote and to D with a E Gracenote
♦ GDE Gracenote groupings
♦ All Strikes
♦ Thumb or High A Gracenotes
♦ The Throw on D from Low A
♦ Doublings on High A, High G, F, E, D, C and B from Low A
Monotone exercises
You must tap or clap out the rhythm of four monotone exercises selected by the Assessor.
You must:
♦ Tap or clap out rhythms with accurate note values
♦ Tap or clap out rhythms with accurate rests
♦ Tap or clap out rhythms in Simple Time Signatures — 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
Performing on the Practice Chanter
You must show musical skills on the Practice Chanter by playing two tunes in Simple Time from memory. The tunes must be played in accordance with the written score presented to the Assessor. The tunes must incorporate some of the embellishments from the exercise section of this Unit. The Assessor must observe and grade all practical performances.
The performance of each tune will be assessed against the following criteria:
1 Rhythm
2 Tempo
3 Technique
4 Melody/musical expression
5 Mistakes/faults
Music notation
You must write out the answer to questions about aspects of music theory as listed below. You must answer questions on:
♦ Music notation and relative note values
♦ Clefs and Bar Lines
♦ Dotted and Cut Notes
Writing music in Simple Time
You must write on manuscript paper four bars of a tune with a 2/4 Time Signature by copying from set music provided by the Assessor.
You must:
♦ Write music notation clearly
♦ Use correct Clefs and Bar Lines when writing notation
♦ Write Dotted and Cut Notes
Practice Chanter maintenance
You must show that you can describe in writing the practical exercises detailed below.
You must describe how to:
♦ Dismantle the Practice Chanter
♦ Clean and dry the Practice Chanter
♦ Correctly hemp the Practice Chanter
Practising exercises
You must play on the Practice Chanter all the following exercises:
All Doublings (Low G to High A), from any note of the scale
♦ The throw on D from each note of the Scale
♦ Grips (including Grips with a B Gracenote)
♦ The Birl and Birl with a G Gracenote from each note of the Scale
♦ Taorluaths to Low A from each note of the Scale (including Taorluaths from D with a B Gracenote)
♦ Tachums
Monotone exercise skills
You must tap or clap out the rhythm of four monotone exercises selected by the Assessor.
You must:
♦ Tap or clap out rhythms with accurate note values
♦ Tap or clap out rhythms with accurate rests
♦ Tap or clap out rhythms in Simple Time — 2/4 and 3/4; and Compound Time — 6/8, 9/8
Performing a programme of Bagpipe music
You must show musical skills by selecting and playing on the Practice Chanter, five tunes from memory. At least one tune should be in Compound Time. The tunes must be played in accordance with the written score presented to the Assessor. The tunes must incorporate some of the embellishments from the exercise section of this Unit. The Assessor must observe and grade all practical performances.
The performance of each tune will be assessed against the following criteria:
1 Rhythm
2 Tempo
3 Technique
4 Blowing
5 Melody/musical expression
6 Mistakes/faults
Bagpipe movements (Doublings and Embellishments)
You must write out in notation movements as listed below. You must answer questions on:
♦ All Doublings (Low G to High A), from any note of the Scale
♦ Throw on D from each note of the Scale
♦ Grips (including Grips with a B Gracenote)
♦ Birl and Birl with a G Gracenote from each note of the Scale
♦ Taorluaths to Low A from each note of the Scale (including Taorluaths from D with a B Gracenote)
♦ Tachums
♦ Basic monotone exercises in Simple and Compound Time
Music notation
You must write out the answer to questions about aspects of music theory as listed below.
You must answer questions on:
♦ Music notation and relative note values
♦ Clefs and Bar Lines
♦ Time Signatures
♦ Rhythmic patterns in Simple Time
Writing music in Simple Time
You must write from memory one part (eight bars) of a tune in Simple Time, the tune is to be selected by you from those submitted for your practical test.
You must:
♦ Write music notation clearly
♦ Use correct Clefs and Bar Lines
♦ Use correct Time Signatures
♦ Write rhythms in Simple Time
Practice Chanter maintenance
You must show that you can describe the following practical exercises:
♦ How to dismantle the Practice Chanter
♦ Cleaning and drying the Practice Chanter
♦ Correctly hemping the Practice Chanter
♦ Weakening and strengthening a Practice Chanter Reed
♦ Sharpening and flattening the Practice Chanter pitch
