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

Grade 5 Sight-Reading
ABRSM Specimen sight reading tests, all Harps Grades 1-8

Grade 5 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests,
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)

Additional Resources such as scales and arpeggios

Grade 5 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 Anon. Theme and Variations 2, 5 and 6, from Variations sur un thème de Mozart, arr. Le Dentu (Billaudot)
2 Clementi Andante and Vivace, 2nd and 3rd movts from Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1, trans. Shaljean, Composers in Georgian London (Blue Crescent Music)
3 O’Carolan, Concerto, arr. Bouchaud, Panorama de la harpe celtique, Vol. 1 (Editions Musicales Transatlantiques)
4 O’Carolan, Madam Cole, arr. Yeats, Sounding Harps, Book 3 (Cáirde na Cruite)
5 O’Carolan, Lady Dillon, arr. Groocock, Sounding Harps, Book 3 (Cáirde na Cruite)
6 D. Scarlatti, Sonata in C, arr. Bouchaud, Pièces Classiques, Book 5 (Billaudot)
7 arr. Florence Wilson, Eilean a’ Chéo (The Misty Island), Comunn na Clarsaich: Folio 8 (Clarsach Society) ♭

LIST B
1 Anon. Water is Wide, arr. Robertson Treasures of the Celtic Harp (Mel Bay)
2 Jeffrey Mayhew Fiskars, from People and Places (Creighton’s Collection)
3 O’Carolan Carolan’s Farewell to Music, arr. Larchet Cuthbert, P. 103 from The Irish Harp Book (Carysfort Press) ♭
4 Anne-Marie O’Farrell Prelude for Irish Harp, The O’Farrell Collection, Vol. 3: Ancient to Modern (O’Farrell)
5 B. Orr No. 3, from Three Diatonic Preludes (OUP archive) ♭
6 Alfredo Rolando Ortiz Noche de Fiesta, The International Rhythmic Collection, Vol. 1 (AROY Music)
7 arr. Ronald Stevenson, Harp of Gold and The Cockle-Gatherer, Sounding Strings (UMP)

LIST C
1 F. Alberti, No. 4, from Dix études progressives et techniques (Hamelle)
2 L. Concone, Prélude in B♭, No. 2 from 30 études progressives, Op. 26, Book 1 (Billaudot)
3 Damase, No. 4, from Dix études faciles et progressives (Billaudot)
4 Damase, No. 5, from Dix études faciles et progressives (Billaudot)
10 Sor, Etude No. 5, arr. Bouchaud, Panorama de la harpe celtique, Vol. 1 (Editions Musicales Transatlantiques)

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