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

Grade 7 Scales
Scales for this Grade can be found in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus for Harpsichord

Grade 7 Sight-reading
ABRSM Harpsichord Specimen Sight Reading, Grades 4-8

Grade 7 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 7 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 7 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8 (book and CD)

Grade 7 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists B and C and one piece from either list A or

LIST A
1 Byrd The Carman’s Whistle. Byrd Six Sets of Variations (Stainer & Bell K34)
2 Cabezón Pavana Italiana. No. 2 from Cabezón Claviermusik (Schott ED 4286) or No. 1 from Drei Pavanen über das gleiche Thema (Schott ED 5457)
3 Farnaby Loath to Depart. No. 17 from Farnaby 17 Pieces (Stainer & Bell K11)
4 Frescobaldi Capriccio in G. Frescobaldi Fantasy and Capriccio (Doblinger DM 296)
5 Gibbons Galliard ‘Lord Salisbury’. Gibbons Eight Keyboard Pieces (Stainer & Bell K26)
6 Purcell Almand: from Suite No. 7 in D minor (Z.668). Purcell Complete Keyboard Music, Book 1 (Chester) or Purcell Eight Suites (Stainer & Bell K21)
7 Scheidemann Praeambulum in D minor. No. 1 from Scheidemann Sämtliche Werke für Clavier (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8688)
8 Sweelinck Toccata 2di Toni (g2), SwWV 293. Sweelinck Sämtliche Werke für Tasteninstrumente, Vol. 1 (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8741)

LIST B
1 Chambonnières Pavane: L’Entretien des Dieux. No. 3 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 5 (ABRSM)
2 F. Couperin La Favorite: Chaconne à deux tems (from 1er livre, 3e ordre). No. 6 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 5 (ABRSM)
3 F. Couperin La Superbe ou la Forqueray (from 3e livre, 17e ordre). P. 20 from F. Couperin Anthologie pour Clavecin (L’Oiseau-Lyre OL941)
4 L. Couperin Prélude No. 12 in F (complete). No. 12 from L. Couperin Préludes non mesurés für Cembalo (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8705)
5 Dagincour La Couronne (Allemande) (from Pièces de Clavecin, 1er ordre). P. 96 from Early French Keyboard Music, Vols 1 & 2 (OUP archive)
6 Rameau Courante in E minor (from Pièces de Clavecin) Rameau Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter BA 6581) or Rameau Pièces de Clavecin (Bärenreiter BA 3800)
7 Rameau Gigue (from 1er livre) Rameau Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter BA 6581) or Rameau Pièces de Clavecin (Bärenreiter BA 3800)
8 Royer La Majestueuse (Courante). Royer Pièces de Clavecin (Heugel LP 71)

LIST C
1 J. S. Bach Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor, BWV 801. Bach Inventions and Sinfonias (ABRSM)
2 J. S. Bach Courante: 3rd movt from English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808, J. S. Bach English Suites (Bärenreiter BA 5165 BWV 811 or Henle 100)
3 J. S. Bach Sarabande and Double: 4th movt from English Suite No. 6 in D minor, J. S. Bach English Suites (Bärenreiter BA 5165 BWV 811 or Henle 100)
4 J. S. Bach Praeludium: 1st movt from Partita No. 1 in B♭, BWV 825. J. S. Bach Six Partitas (Bärenreiter BA 5152 or Henle 28
5 J. S. Bach Contrapunctus 1: from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (ABRSM)
6 Böhm Chaconne: from Suite in D. P. 36 from Böhm Sämtliche Werke, Vol. 1 (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 6634)
7 Buxtehude Gigue: from Suite in A, BuxWV 243. No. 17 from Buxtehude Sämtliche Suiten und Variationen (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8077)
8 Handel Presto: 6th movt from Suite in D minor (1720), HWV 428. No. 3 from Handel Klavierwerke, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter BA 4224) or No. 3 from Handel Klaviersuiten (1720) (Henle 336)
9 Handel Fugue No. 5 in A minor, HWV 609. No. 5 from Handel Klavierwerke, Vol. 3 (Bärenreiter BA 4222) or No. 5 from Handel Six Fugues, HWV 605–610 (Henle 749)

LIST D
1 C. P. E. Bach Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in F minor, Wq. 62/6, H. 40. No. 5 from C. P. E. Bach Klaviersonaten Auswahl, Vol. 1 (Henle 376)
2 J. C. Bach Presto: 2nd movt from Sonata in A, Op. 17 No. 5. No. 5 from J. C. Bach Klaviersonaten, Vol. 2, Op. 17 (Henle 333)
3 W. F. Bach Allemande: 1st movt from Suite in G minor (FK 24). W. F. Bach Ausgewählte Klavierwerke (Henle 452)
4 G. (J. A.) Benda Un poco Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in G. No. 2 from Benda Six Sonatas (Schott ED 9018)
5 Ronald Caltabiano No. 1: from Fanfares for Solo Harpsichord (Presser: custom print)
6 Maconchy Tempo libero, poco lento espressivo: 3rd movt from Notebook for Harpsichord ( pp. 6–11) (Chester)
7 Paradies Andante: 1st movt from Sonata No. 4 in C minor. Paradies Sonate di Gravicembalo, Vol. 1 (Schott ED 6120)
8 D. Scarlatti Sonata in E minor, Kp. 263. No. 60 from Scarlatti Ausgewählte Klaviersonaten, Vol. 3 (Henle 476)

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