LEVEL TWO - CHANTER

SYLLABUS

Maintenance

Candidates must demonstrate an understanding of the following:

Dismantling the practice chanter,
Cleaning and drying the practice chanter,
Correct hemping of the practice chanter,
Weakening and strengthening a practice chanter reed, and
Sharpen and flatten the practice chanter pitch.

2. Practical

Candidates must demonstrate competency in the following:

a. 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

b. Tunes:

Five tunes to be played from memory. At least three tunes are to be in Simple Time. The music is to be presented to the examiner and played 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.

3. 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.; and
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.