LEVEL TWO - BAGPIPE

SYLLABUS

Maintenance:

Candidates must demonstrate an understanding of the following:

Naming all of the parts of a bagpipe
How to properly replace and remove the pipe chanter
How to properly replace and remove the drones
Correct hemping/sealing of pipe joints
How to correctly tie on and space the drone cords.

Practical:

On the practice chanter, candidates must demonstrate competency in the following exercises:

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
Monotone exercises in simple time

Tunes:

Candidates submit five tunes comprising:

2 parts of a Slow Air
2 parts of a March in 3/ 4 or 4/4  Time
2 parts of a March in 6/8 or 9/8 Time
2 parts of a Strathspey
2 parts of a Reel

The music is to be presented to the examiner and played on the bagpipe in accordance with the written score.  The music does not have to be written out by the candidate.  The tunes submitted must incorporate some of the embellishments from the exercises listed in section a.

Theory:

Candidates must be able to:

Understand simple time rhythms
Explain what a time signature is
Place bar lines according to a time signature
Explain what a treble clef is
Identify the time signature from a piece of music presented by the Examiner
Write out all doublings and embellishments in section 2.a.
Write out 8 bars of a Simple Time tune from memory. The tune is to
be selected from those submitted by the candidate for the practical section.
Be able to draw a note value table and understand relative note durations.