This is re-posted from September 5th
The second part of the audition is the chromatic scale.
Although it is explained below, you might also find this guide helpful - How to not fail your chromatic scale test
To help clarify the scale - the one octave chromatic scale is easily understood as playing all the notes on a fingering chart beginning and ending on the same letter name. A two octave scale would then be repeating this process twice except that the 2nd octave would be higher in pitch than the first.
Basically, you are going from just about as low as you can play to pretty well as high as you can play on your instrument.
You may begin on any note you wish that will allow you to play two octaves.
You will be asked to say the note name "out-loud" first and then play the note on your instrument. You will continue this way until you reach the top of the 2nd octave. Then you will follow the same pattern as you descend.
You will name the notes by their "sharp" name on the way up and by their "flat" name on the way down.
Gr.9's are permitted to use a fingering chart and Gr. 10 - 12 may not.
There are no part marks for the chromatic scale.
It is a pass/fail assignment... either you can play it or you cannot.
Thus, you will either get 50/50 or 0/50.
If you have any questions about your audition, please see Mr. Edwards ASAP and do not procrastinate.
