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

Grade 2 Sight-Reading
Specimen sight reading tests, all Harps Grades 1-8

Grade 2 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, No. 2, from Aquatintes (Hamelle)
2 Bernard Andrès, No. 6,(from Aquatintes (Hamelle)
3 Anon. Scottish, College Hornpipe, arr. Mieras A Harper’s Pleasure (Swanston Music)
4 Anon. Welsh, Dacw Mam yn Dwad (Here Comes Mother), arr. Heulyn (harp 1 part) O’r Dechrau (From the Beginning) (Alaw)
5 Anon. Welsh, Can y Melinydd (The Miller’s Song), arr. Heulyn (harp 1 part) O’r Dechrau (From the Beginning) (Alaw)
6 J. S. Bach, While Bagpipes Play, arr. Paret Second Harp Book (Lyra)
7 J.-J. Rousseau, Evening Song, arr. Paret Second Harp Book (Lyra)
8 Mel Bonis, Le petit mendiant (The Little Beggar) Les plaisirs de la harpe, Vol. 1 (Lemoine)
9 Grandjany, Gigue, No. 2 from Petite suite Classique (Carl Fischer)
10 Grandjany, The See-Saw, from Little Harp Book (Carl Fischer)
11 L. Thomson, Ebbing Tide (Thomson)
12 L. Thomson, Song at Night (Thomson)

LIST B
1 Bartók, In Phrygian Mode, from Mikrokosmos, arr. Marzuki (Boosey & Hawkes)
2 Bartók, In Yugoslav Mode, from Mikrokosmos, arr. Marzuki (Boosey & Hawkes)
3 Burgon, Dawn, No. 1 from Beginnings (Stainer & Bell)
4 Fiona Clifton-Welker, Goblin Rustle, from Harping On, Book 1 (Clifton-Welker)
5 Gabus, Crépuscule sur le lagon (Twilight on the Lagoon) Les plaisirs de la harpe, Vol. 1 (Lemoine)
6 Yann Geslin, Complainte (Lament) Les plaisirs de la harpe, Vol. 1 (Lemoine)
7 Grandjany, Rêverie, No. 1 from Trois petites pièces très faciles, Op. 7 (Leduc)
8 Stewart Green, Mister Blister’s March,Spartan Press)
9 Claire Jones & Chris Marshall, MJ the Cat, from Six Pieces for Harp (Marshall Jones Music) [[see grade 1]]
10 Skaila Kanga, Hippopotamus Rag, No. 27 from Minstrel’s Gallery (Maruka Music)
11 Skaila Kanga, Bedtime Blues, No. 28 from Minstrel’s Gallery (Maruka Music)
12 Skaila Kanga, Swing Time, No. 29 from Minstrel’s Gallery) (Maruka Music)

LIST C
1 Dominig Bouchaud, Parapluie (Umbrella) Harpe d’or (Billaudot)
2 Dominig Bouchaud, Le crabe (The Crab) Harpe d’or (Billaudot)
3 Van Campen, Etude No. 8, from Tutor for the Celtic Harp, Vol. 1 (Harmonia)
4 Van Campen, Etude No. 11, from Tutor for the Celtic Harp, Vol. 1 (Harmonia)
5 Skaila Kanga, Mountain Stream, No. 14 from Minstrel’s Gallery (Maruka Music)
6 Skaila Kanga, Garden of Dreams, No. 22 from Minstrel’s Gallery) (Maruka Music)
7 Pozzoli, 1st Grade: No. 13a, from 65 piccoli studi facili e progressive, P. 100 from M. Grossi: Metodo per arpa (Ricordi)
8 Pozzoli, 1st Grade: No. 13b, from 65 piccoli studi facili e progressive, P. 100 from M. Grossi: Metodo per arpa (Ricordi)
9 Pozzoli, 2nd Grade: No. 11, from 65 piccoli studi facili e progressivi, P. 116 from M. Grossi: Metodo per arpa (Ricordi)
10 Pozzoli, 2nd Grade: No. 15, from 65 piccoli studi facili e progressive, P. 122 from M. Grossi: Metodo per arpa (Ricordi)
11 Schlomovitz, Ballerina, Beginner’s Harp Book, 1 (Salvi)

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