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

Grade 3 Sight-Reading
Specimen sight reading tests, all Harps Grades 1-8

Grade 3 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)

Additional Resources such as scales and arpeggios

Grade 2 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 Gavotte, from Automates (Hamelle)
2 Anon. Welsh Llwyn Onn (The Ash Grove), arr. Milligan Pp. 20–22 from Medieval to Modern, Vol. 2 (Lyon & Healy) ♭
3 Bochsa Rondo ‘Le garçon volage’, from Air and Rondo, arr. Milligan Pp. 4–6 from Medieval to Modern, Vol. 2 (Lyon & Healy) ♭
4 J. Clarke Chaconne, arr. Powell Y Telynor Clasurol (The Classical Harpist) (Adlais)
5 Handel Allegro, arr. Powell Y Telynor Clasurol (The Classical Harpist) (Adlais)
6 Handel Sonatina, arr. Powell Y Telynor Clasurol (The Classical Harpist) (Adlais)
7 Skaila Kanga Country Dance, No. 2 from Miniatures (harp 1 part)(Alaw)
8 Pässler Rondo, arr. Grandjany, Short Pieces from the Masters (Carl Fischer) ♭

LIST B
1 Anon. Scottish A’ Bheairt-Fhioda (A Weaving Lilt), arr. Mieras A Harper’s Pleasure (Swanston Music)
2 Bartók Triplets (from Mikrokosmos), arr. Marzuki for Harp (Boosey & Hawkes)
3 Bartók Five-tone Scale (from Mikrokosmos), arr. Marzuki for Harp (Boosey & Hawkes)
4 Grandjany Barcarolle, No. 3 from Trois petites pièces très faciles, Op. 7 (Leduc)
5 Stewart Green Blistering Rock!, from Blistering Along! (Spartan Press)
6 Susann McDonald Alpine Waltz, Linda Wood & Susann McDonald: Harp Solos, Vol. 3 (Musicworks)
7 B. Orr No. 2, from Three Diatonic Preludes (OUP archive)

LIST C
1 Van Campen Scale-Study No. 4, P. 47 from Tutor for the Celtic Harp, Vol. 1 (Harmonia)
2 Damase No. 1, from Dix études faciles et progressives (Billaudot)
3 Damase No. 2, from Dix études faciles et progressives (Billaudot)
4 C. Grossi Etude Les plaisirs de la harpe, Vol. 1 (Lemoine)
5 Pozzoli No. 1, from Studi di media difficoltà (Ricordi)

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