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 2 (ABRSM)
Pieces marked ?? are with piano accompaniment
Pieces marked ? are with percussion accompaniment as specified

Snare Drum
Peter R. Birkby, Fantastic Clock (? woodblock) ? ??
Jan Bradley, Smoothly Does It ? ?? ??
Damien Harron, March of the Octopus ? ?? ??
Kevin Hathway, Vector ??
Alex Neal, Swaggerit ??
Keith Bartlett, Fives Alive!, No. 44 from 50 Short Pieces for Snare Drum (UMP)
Gert Bomhof, Father and Son, from 21 Solos for Snare Drum (De Haske)
Richard Charles, Spicy Noodles (? snare drum), from Beat This! (Southern Percussion) ?
Edward Freytag, The Witch is Dead!, Just Desserts (Row-Loff Productions)
James L. Moore, Du-Du-Bubba, No.18 from Solo Time for the Intermediate Snare Drummer (Per�Mus Publications)

Timpani
Peter R. Birkby, The Haunted ? ?? ??
Rachel Gledhill, Tribal Dance ??
Andrew J. Smith, Space Race ? ?? ??
Andrea Vogler, What�s for Tea Tonight♭ (? low tom) ? ??
Nick Woud, The Guard ??
Carol Barratt, Flight Past Bravo! Percussion, Book 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) ? ??
Gert Bomhof, Fanfaria, No.1 from Solo Pieces for Timpani (De Haske)
Jan Faulkner, Ship Ahoy Jan Faulkner: Simply Seven (Southern Percussion) ? ??
Matthew Hardy, Waltz for Jan, (?? or ? vibraphone) Concert and Audition Pieces for the Young Percussionist (Southern Percussion) ?
Hochrainer, Etude No. 18, from Etudes for Timpani, Vol. 1, (Doblinger)

Tuned Percussion
Clive Malabar, Sea Blues (c'�f�) ??
Alan Bullard, Summer Sunshine (g'-b♭� ? separate tuned percussion) ? ??
Cameron Sinclair, Turn the Key, Unlock the Door (c'�e�) ? ?? ??
Alex Neal, , Blue Stix (c'�g�) ??
Andrew J. Smith, A Winter�s Night (g'�g�) ? ?? ??
attrib.J. S. Bach, Minuet in G, arr. Moore (d'-b� if glock: without rolls) Bach for Marimba (Kendor Music)
J. S. Bach, Polonaise arr. Whaley (g'�g� with first repeat, if glock: without rolls) Fundamental Studies for Mallets (Joel Rothman Publications)
Tchaikovsky, The New Doll, arr. Whaley (f'-b♭� without rolls) Fundamental Studies for Mallets (Joel Rothman Publications)
Haydn, Two German Dances, arr. Houllif (a�b� without rolls) Melodic Mallets (Kendor Music)
David Hext, Church Ope Waltz (c'-f�) (Southern Percussion) ? ??

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