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

Grade 1 Sight-Reading
Specimen sight reading tests, all Harps Grades 1-8

Grade 1 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
ABRSM 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.
Books marked ♭ may be unavailable in the U.K. Please contact us by email for more information

LIST A
1 Bernard Andrès, No. 1, from Asters (Hamelle)
2 Anon. ,Bohemian The Jolly Peasant, arr. Paret, First Harp Book (G. Schirmer)
3 Betty Paret, Rondo, First Harp Book (G. Schirmer)
4 Anon., Italian O Sanctissima, arr. Milligan, Fun from the First! Vol. 2 (Lyon & Healy)
5 Grandjany, Little Waltz, Grandjany & Weidensaul: First-Grade Pieces for Harp (Carl Fischer)
6 Weidensaul, Midnight Stars Grandjany & Weidensaul: First-Grade Pieces for Harp (Carl Fischer)
7 Weidensaul, Barn Dance Memory Grandjany & Weidensaul: First-Grade Pieces for Harp (Carl Fischer)
8 Soler, Allegretto, arr. Schlomovitz Beginner’s Harp Book, 1 (Salvi)

LIST B
1 Anon. Chinese, The Purple Bamboo, arr. Milligan (+s in glissandi may be played as =s) Fun from the First! Vol. 2 (Lyon & Healy)
2 Fiona Clifton-Welker, Charlotte in Spring, from Harping On, Book 1 (Clifton-Welker)
3 Bonnie Goodrich, Azaleas in Houston, from A Bouquet for Young Harpists)(Hal Leonard)
4 Bonnie Goodrich, Japanese Lanterns, from A Bouquet for Young Harpists) (Hal Leonard)
5 arr. Meinir Heulyn, Three Blind Mice 12 Easy Nursery Tunes for Young Harpists (Alaw)
6 Claire Jones & Chris Marshall, Stars, from Six Pieces for Harp (Marshall Jones Music) ♭
7 Anne Macdearmid, Lullaby Comunn na Clarsaich: Folio 18 (Clarsach Society)
8 Anne Macdearmid, The Merry-go-Round Comunn na Clarsaich: Folio 18 (Clarsach Society)
9 David Watkins, Berceuse, No. 2 from Six Pieces (Boosey & Hawkes)

LIST C
1 Dominig Bouchaud, Coquillages (Shells) Harpe d’or (Billaudot)
2 Dominig Bouchaud, A pas de fourmis (Ant’s Steps) Harpe d’or (Billaudot)
3 Dominig Bouchaud, La balle (The Ball) Harpe d’or (Billaudot)
4 Van Campen, Etude No. 2, from Tutor for the Celtic Harp, Vol. 1, (Harmonia)
5 Van Campen, Etude No. 5, from Tutor for the Celtic Harp, Vol. 1, (Harmonia)
6 Skaila Kanga, Sound the Trumpets, No. 8 from Minstrel’s Gallery (Maruka Music)
7 Skaila Kanga, The Glittering Ballroom, No. 10 from Minstrel’s Gallery (Maruka Music)
8 Pozzoli, 1st Grade: No. 2, from 65 piccoli studi facili e progressivi, P. 91 from M. Grossi: Metodo per arpa (Ricordi)
9 Pozzoli, 1st Grade: No. 3, from 65 piccoli studi facili e progressivi, P. 91 from M. Grossi: Metodo per arpa (Ricordi)
10 Pozzoli, 1st Grade: No. 10, from 65 piccoli studi facili e progressivi, P. 97 from M. Grossi: Metodo per arpa (Ricordi)
11 Tournier, Les tierces, Les plaisirs de la harpe, Vol. 1 (Lemoine)

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