PMEA District 7 Solo Scoring Guide District 7 Band and Orchestra Qualifying Auditions

Revised Requirements for Timpani Auditions
effective for the 2008 audition

TIMPANI AUDITION PROCEDURE (TOTAL OF 100 POINTS)

Tuning: 30 points (10+10+10)

• The student will use either a pitch pipe or tuning fork to tune 29” drum to a pitch requested by the adjudicators. Maximum time for this tuning is 30 seconds. (10)
• The student then tunes the 26” drum by ear (no pitch pipe, tuner, etc.) to one of the following intervals (as requested by the adjudicators) above the 29” drum: P4, P5, M3, m3. Maximum time for this tuning is 30 seconds. (10)
• Student then tunes 23” drum by ear (no pitch pipe, tuner, etc.) to one of the following intervals (as requested by the adjudicators) above the 26” drum: P4, P5, M3, m3. Maximum time for this tuning is 30 seconds. (10)
  

Solo: 70 points (35+35)

• The student will perform two excerpts from the current solo; each excerpt will be worth 35 points. A pitch pipe or tuning fork may be used for the initial tuning for the first excerpt only; all other tuning changes must be made by ear. Maximum time for the initial tuning is 30 seconds.