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

Prequisite for Entry: ABRSM Grade 5 (or above) in Music Theory, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz instrument.
Candidates must choose one piece from each of the three Lists, Snare Drum, Timpani and Tuned Percussion

Pieces marked ?? are with piano accompaniment

Snare Drum
W. Benson, Cretan Dance, No.1 from Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum (Hal Leonard)
James Campbell, Taiko (with repeats, without D.S., MULTI low, medium, high drum & cymbals, no snare drum), Music for Multi-Percussion: A World View (Alfred)
Anthony J. Cirone, Study No.32, from Portraits in Rhythm (Alfred)
Guy G. Gauthreaux II, Movement IV, from American Suite (Meredith Music)
Rachel Gledhill, Battercada (MULTI 2 drums) (Southern Percussion)
William Kraft, Prelude (MULTI bass, tenor, field drum & bongos), Part 1 from English Suite (Alfred)
Clive Malabar, Up Sticks, Principal Percussion (ABRSM)
Cameron Sinclair, Zonal I (MULTI bongos & tom-tom) (Scottish Music Centre)
Wilcoxon, The New Downfall (with repeats), from Modern Rudimental Swing Solos (Ludwig Masters)
Wilcoxon, Swinging the �26�, from Modern Rudimental Swing Solos (Ludwig Masters)

Timpani
Bill Cahn, Etude (4D), from Six Concert Pieces for Solo Timpani (Meredith Music)
Raynor Carroll, Prelude (4D PED RETUNE), Exercises, Etudes and Solos for the Timpani (Batterie Music)
Peter Evans, Shades of Bartok (4D PED RETUNE) (Southern Percussion)
Kirk J. Gay, Rock of the 80�s (4D PED RETUNE), from Pedal to the Kettle (Tapspace)
Stravinsky, arr. Matthew Hardy, Rite of Passage (with repeats, 3D PED RETUNE may be played on 4 drums without retune), Concert and Audition Pieces for the Young Percussionist (Southern Percussion)
David Mancini, Flower City Funk (4D PED RETUNE) (Kendor Music)
A. Ridout, Movement III (4D), from Sonatina for Timpani (Boosey & Hawkes)
Cameron Sinclair, Feuertanz (4D PED RETUNE), from 3 Tanzen (Scottish Music Centre)
Nick Woud, Study No. 9 (4D PED RETUNE) from The Timpani Challenge (Pustjens Percussion)
Ian Wright, Spring Fever (4D RETUNE), Principal Percussion (ABRSM)

Tuned Percussion
J. S. Bach, Presto (g�d”�, MAR/XYL/VIB), from Sonata in G minor, arr. Moore, Bach for Marimba (Kendor Music)
J. S. Bach, Sarabande (g-b♭� MAR/VIB 4M), from Parfita No.2, arr. Whaley, Recital Pieces for Mallets (Hal Leonard)
Breuer (and Anderson & Spivack), Waltz in Ragtime (f?-g', MAR/XYL/VIB), from Harry Breuer�s Ragtime Solos (Hal Leonard) ??
Pius Cheung, Prelude in G minor (A �g”�, MAR 4M), (Pius Cheung)
Daquin, Cou-Cou, arr. E. & I. Finkel (b�d�' XYL), Ian Finkel�s Classical Encores for Xylophone and Piano (Southern Percussion) ??
Dinicu, trans. Heifetz, Hora staccato, arr. Goldenberg (g�e♭�� XYL), Dinicu & Heifetz: Hora staccato (Carl Fischer) ??
Michael Zev Gordon, Folkish (f�f', MAR/XYL/VIB), Principal Percussion (ABRSM)
G. H. Green, Triplets (c'�f�', XYL), George Hamilton Green�s Xylophone Rags (Hal Leonard) ??
David Hext, No. 4 (A-d��, MAR 4M), from Four Graded Pieces for Multi�Mallet Marimba (Southern Percussion)
Ney Rosauro, Baiao (d�g', MAR 4M, with repeats), No. l from Suite Popular Brasileira (Music for Percussion)
Eric Sammut, Hombre d�aout (A-a�, MAR 4M, with repeats) (Billaudot)
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic, Il canto dei gondolieri (F�d�', MAR 4M), from Funny Marimba, Book 2 (Gretel Verlag)

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