Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Flute Grade 1 2022:

Grade 1 Scales and Sight-Reading

ABRSM Flute Scales & Arpeggios and Sight-Reading, Grades 1-5

Grade 1 Aurals

Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book only)
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)

Grade 1 Pieces

One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C.
Please note that the first three pieces in each list are found in the ABRSM Flute Exam Grade 1 2022 Pieces or Exam Pack Grade 1 Books:

ABRSM Flute Exam Pack Grade 1 (Flute & Piano Parts, Audio Downloads, Scales & Sight-Reading))
ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces Grade 1  (pieces, piano parts and audio download)

List A

1 Sally Adams The Lollypop Trot
2 Haydn Minuet (from ‘Surprise’ Symphony, Hob. I:94,3rd movt), arr. Blackwell
3 Sancho Le douze de décembre (from Minuets, Cotillons and Country Dances)
4 Carol Barratt Maggie’s Musette, Bravo! Flute (Boosey & Hawkes)
5 N. Chédeville Fanfare, arr. Wastall upper part, Grade by Grade, Flute Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes) or P. 27, No. 25 from Learn as You Play Flute (Boosey & Hawkes) [Duet]
6 Susato Rondo VI, arr. Rosenberg, Grade by Grade, Flute Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes)
7 Daquin Noël, arr. McDowall, Harlequin, Book 1 (Cramer)
8 Cecilia McDowall Zig Zag, Harlequin, Book 1 (Cramer)
9 James Rae Snow Walk, No. 1 from 42 More Modern Studies for Solo Flute (Universal)
10 Trad. English The British Grenadiers, arr. Hellen flute 1 part, Double Act – Flute (Kevin Mayhew)[Duet]

LIST B

1 Trad. Japanese Sakura, arr. Gritton
2 R. & R. Sherman Feed the Birds (from Mary Poppins), arr. Iles
3 Trad. English Golden Slumbers, arr. Bullard
4 Hywel Davies Song, Folk Roots for Flute (Boosey & Hawkes)
5 Andrew Lloyd Webber Close Every Door to Me (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), arr. Lawrance, Winner Scores All for Flute (Brass Wind) with CD, Piano Accomp.
6 Sholom Secunda Donna Donna, arr. Lawrance with repeat,Winner Scores All for Flute (Brass Wind) with CD, Piano Accomp.
7 Cecilia McDowall Moulin Rose, Harlequin, Book 1 (Cramer)
8 R. & R. Sherman Hushabye Mountain (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) (arr.), What Else Can I Play♭ Flute Grade 1 (Faber)
9 Trad. Russian Song of the Volga Boatmen, arr. Pollock player 1, No. 24 from Abracadabra Flute Technique (HarperCollins) With CD [Duet]
10 Sarah Watts The Doris Waltz upper part, Sarah Watts: Razzamajazz Duets And Trios For Flute (Kevin Mayhew)[Duet]

LIST C

1 Helen Long Spooked
2 Mike Mower Scrambled Egg and Chips
3 Jim Henson & Sam Pottle The Muppet Show Theme, arr. Blackwel
4 Keith Amos Caribbean Calypso, from The First Amos Flute Album (CMA Publications)
5 Joplin The Easy Winners, arr. Blackwell, Joplin: The Easy Winners (ABRSM) Digital download only
6 Mark Nightingale Click Here, No. 2 from Jazz@Etudes for Flute (Warwick Music)
7 Julian Nott Theme (from Wallace and Gromit), arr. Hammond, Ten Top Pops for Flute (Kevin Mayhew)
8 Mark Tanner The Pelican from Heligan, No. 1 from Creature Comforts, Grades 1–3) (Spartan Press)
9 Trad. Jamaican Linstead Market, arr. Hellen flute 1 part, Double Act – Flute (Kevin Mayhew)[Duet]
10 Pam Wedgwood Fandango (a duet), instrument 1, No. 15 from Up-Grade! Flute Grades 1–2(Faber)[Duet]

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ABRSM Flute Grade 1 2022 Additional Resources & information

Theory of Music

ABRSM Music Theory Exam Materials
Additional Music Theory Resources

Syllabus amendments

The ABRSM will post updates to the syllabus – e.g. changes to publication details or other minor corrections or clarifications – at www.abrsm.org/syllabuscorrections.

Syllabus revision

The ABRSM has not scheduled the next revision of the Woodwind Syllabus. The ABRSM will post advance notice of planned changes to the Woodwind Syllabus (including syllabus overlap information) at www.abrsm.org/syllabusupdates.

Photocopies & downloads
Candidates should not perform from unauthorised photocopies (or other kinds of copies) or illegal downloads of copyright music in examinations. There are limited circumstances where can copies be used in an examination the UK. The MPA’s Code of Fair Practice gives further guidance. Before making a copy an application should be made to the copyright holder and evidence of permission should be brought to the exam. Candidates and Applicants must act within the law with regard to copyright.