Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Candidates must choose one piece from each of the three Lists, Snare Drum, Timpani and Tuned Percussion, and must include at least one piece marked ?.

Pieces marked ?? can be found in Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies from 2020 Grade 1 (ABRSM)
Pieces marked ?? are with piano accompaniment
Pieces marked ? are with percussion accompaniment as specified

Snare Drum
Kevin Hathway, Tandem (? low tom) ? ??
William Edwards, Step �n� March ??
Jan Bradley, Mind the Gap ??
David Hext, Madison March ? ?? ??
Zara Nunn, Journeying Home from the Hills ? ?? ??
Keith Bartlett, Three and Easy♭!, No. 42 from 50 Short Pieces for Snare Drum (UMP)
Peter R. Birkby, Fanfarette, from Dozens of Duets for Drums Book 3 (? unpitched percussion) (Peter R. Birkby) ?
Richard Charles, Chicken and Chips, from Beat This! (Southern Percussion)
Ian Faulkner, A Charlie�s Caterpillar, Simply Seven (Southern Percussion) ? ??
Edward Freytag, Just a Little Bit, Just Desserts (Row�Loff Productions)

Timpani
Simon Archer, March♭ ? ?? ??
Cameron Sinclair, Ceremonial ??
Andrea Vogler, Yeti Dance ? ?? ??
David Hext, Tumbledown Mountain (? tenor drum or low tom) ? ??
Ian Wright, Baroque Notes ??
Carol Barratt, Alpenstock, Bravo! Percussion, Book 1 (Boosey & Hawkes) ? ??
Matthew Hardy, Majestic March (play bb. 11-14 as written – ♭ or ? snare drum), Concert and Audition Pieces for the Young Percussionist (Southern Percussion) ? ??
Hochrainer, Etude No. 8, from Etudes for Timpani, Vol. 1 (Doblinger)
Knauer, Exercise No. 3 in C, from 85 Exercises for Timpani P. 3 (Hofmeister)
Andrea Vogler, Gilda�s Party (? low tom-tom) (Southern Percussion) ?

Tuned Percussion
Lizzie Davis, Tightrope Tricks (d'�g�) ??
Alex Neal, Smooov (d'-g�) ??
Zara Nunn, Tiptoe on the Ice (c'�f�) ? ?? ??
Arthur C.Lipner, Morning Sunlight (b-c� ?? or ? marimba) ? ??
Andrew J. Smith, The Soldier�s Return (d'�f�) ? ?? ??
Anon., Dona nobis pacem, arr. Sewrey, Hans & Schneller (c'�d�) Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments (Hal Leonard)
Peter R. Birkby, Clocking On, (g'-b�, ? separate tuned percussion) from Dozens of Duets for Keyboard Percussion, Book 1 (Peter Birkby) ?
Jan Faulkner, A Crazy Cowboy Jan Faulkner: Simply Seven (Southern Percussion) ? ??
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkoic, Polka ( c'-a' ♭ or ? marimba) No. 2 from My First Book for Xylophone and Marimba (Gretel Verlag) ? ??
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkoic, Walzer (without D.C., (c'�c� ♭ or ? marimba), No. 3 from My First Book for Xylophone and Marimba (Gretel Verlag) ???

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