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Grade 5 Pieces
Four pieces; at least one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C, and a fourth of the candidate’s own choice; for further programming requirements, see the ABRSM Exam Syllabus.
Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus.
Please note the first three pieces in each list are in ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028 Grade 5
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Grade 5 Scales & Arpeggios
ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios Grade 5
Grade 5 Sight-Reading
ABRSM Piano Sight-Reading Grade 5
Grade 5 Aural
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests Grades 4-5
Additional Resources
Grade 5 Scale & Arpeggios
Improve Your Scales Grade 5
Grade 5 Sight Reading
ABRSM More Piano Sight-Reading Grade 5
Joining the Dots Grade 5
Improve Your Sight-Reading Grade 5
Grade 5 Aural
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5
Improve Your Aural Grade 5
Aural Test Survival Grade 5
Theory of Music
ABRSM Music Theory Exam Materials
Additional Music Theory Resources
Grade 5 2027 & 2028 List A
1. Schubert, Minuet and Trio in B- (No. 10 from 20 Minuets, D. 41), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
2. Saint-Saëns, arr. Litten, Fossiles (from Le carnaval des animaux), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
3. Diabelli, Rondo (3rd movt from Sonatina in F, Op. 168 No. 1), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
4. J. S. Bach, Invention No. 8 in F, BWV 779, Two-part Inventions (ABRSM) or Inventions and Sinfonias (Henle) or Core Classics, Grades 5–6 (ABRSM) or Lang Lang Piano Academy – Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)
5. Beethoven, Bagatelle in G minor, Op. 119 No. 1, A Keyboard Anthology, 1st Series, Book 3 (ABRSM) or Core Classics, Grades 4–5 (ABRSM) or Classics for the Developing Pianist, Book 3 (Alfred)
6. Chaminade, Gavotte (No. 5 from Album des enfants, Op. 123), Women Composers, Book 2 (Schott)
7. J. H. Fiocco, Andante (from Pièces de clavecin, Op. 1), Eight Keyboard Pieces (ABRSM)
8. Gade, Ringeltanz (Boys’ Merry-go-round) (No. 2 from Children’s Christmas, Op. 36), Aquarelles and Other Pieces (ABRSM) or More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 3 (ABRSM)
9. Grieg, Norwegian Air (No. 6 from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12), Lyric Pieces & Poetic Tone-Pictures (ABRSM)
10. Haydn, Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:G1), Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book 1 (ABRSM) or Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Vol. 5 (Alfred)
11. S. Heller, Study in E minor (No. 7), 30 Progressive Studies, Op. 46 (Universal)
12. J. N. Hummel, Allegro in C (No. 2 from Six pièces très faciles, Op. 52), 16 Short Pieces (ABRSM)
13. J. L. Krebs, Toccata in E-, Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Vol. 6 (Alfred)
14. Kuhlau, Allegro con spirito (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 55 No. 3), EPTA Teachers’ Choice Piano Collection 1 (Faber)
15. Mozart, Theme, Var. 1 and Var. 5, 12 Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman", K. 265 (Henle) or "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman", 12 Variations in C major, KV 265 (Bärenreiter)
16. J. Sifford, Rondo Scherzando, Mosaic, Vol. 4 (Editions Musica Ferrum)
Grade 5 2027 & 2028 List B
1. Farrenc, Étude in C, (from 25 études faciles, Op. 50 No. 1), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
2. D. Fournier, Ombrelle versicolore (from Six chants sans paroles), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
3 F. Price, Absence, Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
4. Dyson, Waltz (No. 4 from Six Lyrics, Op. 12b), Collected Piano Works (Dyson Trust) 📖
5. Gillock, Arabesque Sentimentale, Arabesque Sentimentale (Willis)
6. Glière, Evening, Eight Easy Pieces, Op. 43 (ABRSM)
7. Granados, La huérfana, Stories of the Young, Op. 1 (ABRSM)
8. S. Heller, Study in E minor, Op. 47 No. 15, with repeat, 20 Miscellaneous Studies (ABRSM)
9. T. Kirchner, Andante (3rd movt from Sonatina in B-, Op. 70 No. 5), Bärenreiter Sonatina Album, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter)
10. P. Lane, A Walk in the Park, Three Little Bites at the Big Apple (Goodmusic)
11. Massenet, Mélodie (No. 5 from 10 Pièces de genre, Op. 10), French Romantic Repertoire, Level 1 (Faber)
12. Pachulski, Prelude in C minor, Op. 8 No. 1, A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 3 (ABRSM)
13. Schumann, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen, Kinderscenen, Op. 15 (ABRSM) or Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 (Henle) or Lang Lang Piano Academy – Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)
14. Tchaikovsky, Chant de l’alouette, Encore Plus, Book 3 (ABRSM) 📖 or Album for the Young, Op. 39 (ABRSM)
15. Trad. Korean, arr. Bullard, Arirang, Lang Lang Piano Academy – Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)
16. P. Wedgwood, Beauly Abbey, Up-Grade! Piano Grades 4–5 (Faber)
Grade 5 2027 & 2028 List C
1. S. Schwartz, arr. Atkins, Popular (from Wicked), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
2. M. Cornick, Blues for Lydia (from Easy Jazzy Piano 2), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
3. J. Metelka, The Witch (from The Secret Garden), with first repeat, Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
4. Agay, Blue Waltz, The Joy of Boogie and Blues (Yorktown Music Press)
5. Alwyn, The Sea is Angry, Pianoworks Collection 2 (OUP)
6. Arlen, arr. Iles, Stormy Weather, Nikki Iles and Friends, Book 1 (ABRSM)
7. S. Bareilles, arr. Baker, King of Anything, Pop Performer, Grades 4–5 (ABRSM)
8. A. A. Cook, arr. Önaç, If I Ain’t Got You, Pop Performer, Grades 4–5 (ABRSM)
9. Bartók, Winter Solstice Song, For Children, Vol. 1 (Boosey & Hawkes)
10. A. Bell, Lounging by the Pool, My Seaside Notebook (Editions Musica Ferrum)
11. L. Berwin, The Ghost Train, All the Fun of the Fair (EVC)
12. L. Einaudi, Elegy for the Arctic, Extra Elements (Chester)
13. M. Mier, Tuxedo Jazz, Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 4 (Alfred)
14. Pinto, March, Little Soldier!, gliss. optional, Scenas infantis (G. Schirmer)
15. C. Rollin, Love Theme, Lyric Moments, Book 2 (Alfred)
16. Starer, Bright Orange, Sketches in Colour, Sets One and Two (Hal Leonard)
17. M. Tanner, Fra Jacopino’s Morning Cappuccino, Listen to the World, Vol. 3 (Clifton Edition)
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