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CONTEMPORARY VOCALS (MOST SUITED TO FEMALE VOICES)
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Soulful ballad with advanced and controlled
When We Were
Adele Pop/Soul tone and stamina and rhythmic phrasing with E♭3 - E♭5 When We Were Young
Young
stylistic conviction

Upbeat rocky tune with unique and advanced

Black Velvet Alannah Myles Rock/Blues techniques needed for belt and tone and G♭3 - C♭4 Black Velvet
attention to diction throughout essential

Slow beat pop with head voice tone needing

advanced projection and control with advanced
Dangerous Woman Ariana Grande Pop/R&B G4 - B5 Dangerous Woman
melisma and improvised stylistic phrasing and
ad libs

Power pop ballad with advanced control to

Heart Attack Demi Levato Pop maintain stamina through swooping register E♭4 - D♭6 Heart Attack
changes with sustained projection

Advanced phrasing and sustained powerful tone

All I Could Do Was Etta James (Beyoncé
R&B/Blues throughout with an emphasis on story and Ab4-Db6 All I Could Do Was Cry
Cry )
stylistic awareness

Stamina and advanced techniques to sustain

Bring Me To Life Evanescence Rock/Alt long notes with projected tone and extreme A3 - D5 Bring Me To Life
dynamics and vibrato

Key and tempo changes with unusual tone and

Wuthering Heights Kate Bush Pop/Alt swooping register changes call for advanced F4 - F♯5 Wuthering Heights
control with stylistic and rhythmic awareness

Extensive stamina in higher range and tone

Run Leona Lewis Pop/Soul A♭3 - D♭5 Run
control throughout register with flipped notes
 Unusual and powerful tone sustained
throughout with strong storytelling and
Chandelier Sia Electro Pop Ab3-Gb5 Chandelier
intensity makes this song more of a challenge
than it might seem.

This is a good example on how to take a well-

Haley Reinhart known song and reworking it into another style
Creep Jazz/Alt C4-D5 Creep
(Radiohead) applying advanced stylistic awareness and
finesse
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Power ballad with advanced techniques to
maintain tone and long sustained notes and
Always Bon Jovi Rock/Prog G♯3 - B5 Always
dynamic changes. Grit in tone without
compression/strain.

Gritty tone needed without strain and projected

Best Of You Foo Fighters Alt/Indie vocals with stamina to maintain lower notes D4 - G♯5 Best Of You
and phrasing throughout the performance.

This song is incredibly hard to get right with

register changes and dynamics and rhythmic
Thinkin’ Bout You Frank Ocean R&B G3-G6 Thinkin' Bout You
phrasing plus understanding of structure and
style.

This classic Rock song needs unique tone with

Sweet Child O' clarity and strong head voice/falsetto. Dynamic
Guns N' Roses Hard Rock E3-E6 Sweet Child O' Mine
Mine management with articulation throughout
needed.

Clarity and consistency needed with convincing

stylistic awareness. Flawless register and key
You Raise Me Up Josh Groban Pop/Mt Bb3-Bb5 You Raise Me Up
change management with powerful dynamic
build-up.

This song needs consistent stamina and

consistent tone with grit and energy and
Long Tall Sally Little Richard Rock 'n' Roll D4 - G5 Long Tall Sally
stylistic awareness. An excellent repertoire
example of this genre.
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Who Wants To Live Queen / Freddy Who Wants To Live
Rock Freddy Mercury's performances with wide E4-D6
Forever Mercury Forever
register management and tone.

Full of key and tempo changes, large staccato

and powerful sections require excellent
When Doves Cry Prince Pop/Exp E4-B4 When Doves Cry
breathing techniques and poses a struggle to
pull of convincingly.

This song needs advanced rock style

techniques with consistent stamina and tone Numb
Numb Linkin Park Rock with energy and stylistic awareness C#4-A5
demonstrated without strain.

Advanced technique needed to get stylistic tone

and sustained notes across registers consistent.
As Stevie Wonder Soul D#4-G#5 As
Rhythmic phrasing and improvisation skills
required.
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Advanced technical dexterity required, ability to

play at high speed and to deliver rhythmic
The Finger Breaker ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton Jazz syncopation, wide leaps and stretches in left The Finger Breaker
hand. Room for improvisation and development
of given material.

Behemoth Two-Step/Scott Extended Rag techniques used here including Behemoth Two-Step/Scott
Joplin’s Victory (From Grand William Albright Ragtime unusual syncopation, octave technique in both Joplin’s Victory (from Grand
Sonata In Rag) hands, chromatic figuration Sonata in Rag)

Advanced technical fluency, ability to segue

John Williams Arr.
Star Wars Fantasy Film between different moods, scene ‘painting’ and Star Wars Fantasy
Jarrod Radnich
stamina

Requires full Boogie technique, power driven

Boogie-
Boogie-Woogie Etude Morton Gould left hand with ability to both reproduced and Boogie-Woogie Etude
Woogie
extemporise upon RH line

Advanced digital fluency, accurate playing at

speed and dexterity required. Varying
Close To Home Keith Emerson Rock/Pop Close to Home
articulation, rhythmic groupings and time/key
signatures.

Ability to play cantabile, convincingly deliver

West Side Story Piano Leonard Musical various dance rhythms, differing moods and West Side Story Piano
Selection Bernstein Theatre styles. Technically demanding as variation and Selection
development of material would be expected.
 Rhythmic complexity, syncopation, advanced
Hello & Goodbye Michel Camilo Latin digital dexterity, clarity and accuracy, chromatic Hello & Goodbye
shifts.

Power is needed here, stamina, octave

Philosophy Ben Folds Five Rock/Pop technique and ability to develop melodic/vocal Philosophy
line suitably to compliment piano part.

Ability to deliver odd metre time signatures,

Blue Rondo Alla Turk Dave Brubeck Jazz ability to develop solo in central section. Power Blue Rondo Alla Turk
playing, wide leaps and stamina required

Advanced technical fluency, scale and arpeggio

Klaus Badelt Arr.
Pirates Of The Caribbean Film passages, ability to segue between different Pirates of the Caribbean
Jarrod Radnich
moods, scene ‘painting’ and stamina needed.
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Advanced Expressive control and phrasing, with
Song For My Father Horace Silver Jazz ensemble/harmony ability demonstrated, with Song For My Father Song For My Father
advanced improvisation.

High Tempo, difficult phrasing, comping and

Spain Chick Corea Fusion Spain Spain
improvisation

Satch Boogie Joe Satriani Blues/Rock High Tempo, Advances Techniques/Phrasing Satch Boogie Satch Boogie

Unison Playing, Technical demands,

Overture 1928 Dream Theater Progressive Metal Overture 1928 Overture 1928
Time/Tempo changes

Advanced Technique, Unison Playing,

Black Star Yngwie Malmsteen Neo-Classical Black Star Black Star
Expressive control, feel changes
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Advanced techniques, long form song writing,
Birdland Jaco Pastorious Jazz/Fusion Birdland Birdland
Complex Phrasing

Fast phrasing, Advanced techniques, feel

Colorado Bulldog Mr. Big Pop/Rock Colorado Bulldog
changes

Advanced Techniques, Feel development,

Hair Larry Graham Funk/Rock Hair
Ensemble Playing

East River Drive Stanley Clarke Fusion Advanced Phrasing & Improvisation East River Drive

Digital Man Rush Progressive Rock Time/Feel Changes, Advanced Phrasing Digital Man
DRUMS
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Spacious and syncopated hi-hat dynamics.
David Garibaldi - The Funky
Soca Rumba Tower Of Power Latin Funk Syncopated phrasing, ensemble support,
Beat
soloing and improvisation.

Syncopated groove and phrasing, linear and

Shake Me Like A
Dave Matthews Band Funk layered vocabulary, soloing around Www.Paulelliottdrums.Com
Monkey
melodic/rhythmic hits.

Unison hands, Chicago/Texas Shuffle groove.

In Session With The Dave
101 Shuffle Dave Weckl Blues/Shuffle Syncopated phrasing, ensemble support and
Weckl Band
improvisation.

Syncopated groove, ensemble support

Syncopated groove and phrasing, ensemble In Session With The Dave
Get To It Dave Weckl Funk
support, improvisation and soloing around Weckl Band
melodic/rhythmic hits

Up tempo, improvised time feel, swing

Jazz/Jazz Blues Survival Guide For The
Fast Be-Bop independence, jazz comping, “trading 4’s”
Modern Drummer
drum soloing. Ensemble support.

Dynamic independence, rhythmic

6/8 African And Mark Walker World Jazz
Deep Six Mark Walker modulation, swing improvisation, ensemble
Swing Feel Drumming
phrasing and support.

Latin, swing and funk shuffle independence,

Big Band Sittin' In With The Big Band,
Now What improvisation, ensemble support,
Latin/Funk/Swing Vol 1: Drums
syncopated phrasing.
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John Scofield: Dennis Dennis Chambers: In The
Blue Matter Funk Fusion phrasing, changing dynamics, ensemble
Chambers Pocket
support, melodic phrasing, improvisation.

Songo Funk independence, changing

dynamics, syncopated phrasing. Drum solo
Yo Me Songo Robby Ameen Afro – Cuban / Funk Funkifying the Clave
around melodic and rhythmic hits. Ensemble
support.

Powerful dynamics, changing time

Virgil Donati Ultimate Play
Pyramids On Mars Virgil Donati Progressive Rock signatures, changing time feel, polyrhythmic
Along
structures, syncopated phrasing.

Dynamic independence, changing sections,

Total Drum Tracks: Aja:
Aja Steely Dan Fusion improvisation, ensemble support. Drum solo
Steely Dan
around melodic and rhythmic hits.

Changing sections/time feel, changing time

Total Drum Tracks: Tom
Tom Sawyer Rush Progressive Rock signatures, dynamic independence,
Sawyer: Rush
syncopated phrasing.