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

Grade 6 Aural
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests Grade 6
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests Grade 6 with CD
Aural Training in Practice with 3 CDs

Scales and Arpeggios
Scales and Arpeggios for Horn Grades 1-8

Grade 6 Sight Reading
Specimen sight reading tests Grades 6-8

Grade 6 Pieces
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:

LIST A
1 Albinoni Allegro finale: from Concerto, Op. 7 No. 3. Classic SH, arr. Green (Brass Wind)
2 Boyce 1st movt from Symphony No. 4. O Solo Mio forE♭ Horn, arr. Bissill (Brass Wind)
3 Elgar Chanson de matin, Op. 15 No. 2. E♭ Solo Book, arr. Wallace (Warwick Music)
4 Fauré Pie Jesu (from Requiem). Music for the Minster, arr. Green (Warwick Music:E♭/F F edition)
5 arr. Peter Graham Swedish Hymn. Gramercy Solo Album E♭ (Gramercy Music: treble/bass edition)
6 Handel La réjouissance and La paix (from Music for the Royal Fireworks). Time Pieces for Horn, Vol. 2, arr. Harris and Skirrow (ABRSM: E♭/F F edition)
7 Handel Lascia ch’io pianga (from Rinaldo), arr. Fretwell (observing higher notes in ossia) (Con Moto)
8 Mozart The Queen of the Night’s Aria (from The Magic Flute), arr. Golland (Kirklees Music)
9 Philip Sparke Little Overture or Moto Perpetuo: No. 1 or No. 6 from Super Solos for For E♭ Horn (Anglo Music AMP 265-400: E b/F edition)

LIST B
1 Richard Bissill Ghost Rider. Hornscape for Horn in E♭, arr. Bissill (Brass Wind)
2 Hoagy Carmichael Stardust (not observing ossia). A Little Light Music for Horn in E♭, arr. Iveson (Brass Wind)
3 Colin Cowles The Hornets’ Nest (ignoring alternative ending): No. 9 from Sound Your Horn! (Spartan Press E♭/F F edition)
4 Gareth Glyn Rumba: No. 1 from Star Turn for Horn in E♭ (Spartan Press SP366)
5 Peter Graham A Time for Peace. Gramercy Solo Album E♭ (Gramercy Music: treble/bass edition)
6 Hindemith Ruhig bewegt: 1st movt from Sonata for Alto Horn in E♭ (1943) (Schott ED 4635)
7 Bryan Kelly Scherzo: 4th movt from Concert Suite for Horn (G & M Brand: E♭/F edition)
8 H. Mancini Moon River. Let’s Face the Music for Horn in E♭, arr. Iveson (Brass Wind)
9 Philip Sparke Chicago Blues: No. 5 from Super Solos for For E♭ Horn (Anglo Music AMP 265-400: E b/F edition)

LIST C
1 Arban Andantino in B♭: No. 9, P. 117 from Cornet Method (Boosey & Hawkes)
2 J. S. Bach, arr. Piper Study No. 20 in A minor: from The Well-Tempered Player (Winwood Music)
3 Alwyn Green Study No. 5: P. 29 from Tenor Horn Eurhythmics (Warwick Music)
4 Sigmund Hering No. 35 or No. 36: from 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet or Cornet (Carl Fischer)
5 Jock McKenzie Hornpipe or Mazurka: from Rhythms of Life (Con Moto: treble brass edition)
6 Mark Nightingale On the Off-beat or Transposition Blues: No. 23 or No. 27 from Easy Jazzy ’Tudes (Warwick Music: treble brass edition)
7 Philip Sparke Baroque Melody: No. 4 from Super Studies for Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn or Tenor Horn (Anglo Music AMP 098-401)

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