YouthOrchestra(EPYO)Audition2020Contrabass

1. PreparethefollowingScalesandArpeggios:

• Major:allMajorscales–twooctaves,asappropriate• MelodicMinor:a,d,g,e,b–twooctaves• YouwillbeaskedtoperformoneMajorandoneMelodicMinoroftheprepared

scalesandarpeggios,frommemory.• Scaleandarpeggiosmustbeplayedineveneighthnotesusingseparatebows.• Quarternote=60-80

2. Soloofcandidate’schoice(about1minute)

3. 2Excerptsbelow:

#1

#2

You will find an instructional video in order to prepare theseexcerpts and your audition by following this link:

https://youtu.be/uZX504l5nE0