RCM Double Bass Grade 10

Advanced graded level. Repertoire from lettered lists plus orchestral excerpts are part of the upper-level requirements (the syllabus lists standard bass excerpts: Beethoven Symphonies 1, 5, 9; Mozart 'Haffner' Symphony No. 35 and Symphony No. 39; Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture; Britten Young Person's Guide; Mussorgsky Pictures, with specific rehearsal-letter measure ranges keyed to Zimmerman/Hartley/Simandl editions). Full technical tests, ear tests, and sight reading. Difficulty anchor: advanced orchestral-bass and solo literature. Confidence high that orchestral excerpts and lettered-list repertoire apply at this level (read directly from the 2004 PDF); I did not re-read the exact per-grade scale tempo table for Grade 10. This is based on the RCM Double Bass Syllabus, 2004 Edition (filename doublebasssyll_2004_online on the official RCM CDN; verified directly from the PDF; the PDF preface explicitly states 'The 2004 edition of the Double Bass Syllabus ... replaces all previous double bass syllabi'). THIS IS THE OLDER-EDITION INSTRUMENT FLAGGED IN THE CAVEAT: its level naming and list structure DIFFER from the 2021 violin and 2013 viola/cello. Its referenced theory syllabus is the Theory Syllabus 2002 edition, and theory subject names (e.g. 'Preliminary Rudiments') differ from the newer editions. As of this research I could NOT confirm a newer double bass edition exists on the official RCM CDN.; the exact repertoire lists and mark breakdown change by edition, so confirm the current requirements on the official RCM syllabus.

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