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Grade 7 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 7
Books marked with 📖 are currently unavailable in the UK.
Grade 7 Scales & Arpeggios
ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios Grade 7
Grade 7 Sight-Reading
ABRSM Piano Sight-Reading Grade 7
Grade 7 Aural
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests Grade 7
Additional Resources
Grade 7 Sight Reading
ABRSM More Piano Sight-Reading Grade 7
Joining the Dots Grade 7
Improve Your Sight-Reading Grade 7
Grade 7 Aural
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8
Improve Your Aural Grades 7-8
Aural Test Survival Grade 7
Theory of Music
ABRSM Music Theory Exam Materials
Additional Music Theory Resources
Grade 7 2027 & 2028 List A
1. Mendelssohn, Christmas Piece in F (No. 6 from Six Christmas Pieces, Op. 72), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
2. Handel, Passecaille (6th movt from Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
3. E. Turner, Allegro (1st movt from Lesson I), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
4. C. P. E. Bach, Allegro di molto (1st movt from Sonata in F minor, Wq. 63/6), Selected Keyboard Works, Book 4 (ABRSM) or
The Classical Spirit, Book 2 (Alfred)
5. J. S. Bach, Gigue (7th movt from French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814), French Suites (ABRSM)
6. Beethoven, Menuetto and Trio (3rd movt from Sonata in D, Op. 10 No. 3), Sonata in D, Op. 10 No. 3 (ABRSM) 9781786014948 or The 35 Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) or Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Vol. 1 (ABRSM)
7. Grieg, Rigaudon (5th movt from Holberg Suite, Op. 40), with first repeat, Piano Works, Vol. 3 (Peters)
8. Handel, Allemande and Courante (2nd and 3rd movts from Suite in D minor, HWV 437), Keyboard Works, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter) or Encore Plus, Book 4 (ABRSM) 📖
9. Haydn, Moderato (1st movt from Sonata in E, Hob. XVI:31), Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book 3 (ABRSM) or Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 (Wiener Urtext)
10. Kuhlau, Allegro con spirito (1st movt from Sonatina in A, Op. 60 No. 2), Sonatinas, Vol. 2 (Peters)
11. Mageau, Toccatina, Mostly Short Pieces (Australian Music Centre) 📖
12. Paradies, Allegro (2nd movt from Sonata No. 6 in A), Sonate di Gravicembalo, Vol. 1 (Schott) or Encore Plus, Book 4 (ABRSM) 📖
13. Rameau, Les sauvages (from Pièces de clavecin), Les cyclopes / Les sauvages (Bärenreiter) or Pièces de clavecin (Heugel)
14. Rofe, Miniature Variations on a Theme in A minor, Miniature Variations on a Theme in A minor (Wirripang) 📖
15. D. Scarlatti, Sonata in E, Kp. 380, L. 23, Keyboard Pieces and Sonatas, Book 3 (ABRSM) or 200 Sonatas, Vol. 3 (EMB Zeneműkiadó)
16. C. Schumann, Scherzo (No. 4), with first repeat, Quatre pièces fugitives Op. 15 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Grade 7 2027 & 2028 List B
1. M. K. Čiurlionis, Prelude in D minor, Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
2. C. Schumann, Adagio (2nd movt from Sonata in G minor), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
3. K. Feenstra, If I told you I loved you (from Whispers of Wonder), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
4. Debussy, The Little Shepherd (No. 5 from Children’s Corner), A Keyboard Anthology, 1st Series, Book 5 (ABRSM) or Isata Kanneh-Mason – Piano Inspiration, Book 2 (ABRSM)
5. Field, Nocturne in E minor, Nocturnes and Other Short Piano Pieces (ABRSM)
6. Görres, Children’s Song (No. 11 from Bunte Reihen kurzer Klavierstücke, Op. 6), Women Composers, Book 2 (Schott)
7. Hensel, Mélodie, Op. 4 No. 2, At the Piano with Women Composers (Alfred) or Piano Music by Female Composers (4th revised edition 2011) (Schott)
8. Liszt, Consolation No. 5 in E, 21 Short Piano Pieces (ABRSM) or Consolations (Wiener Urtext)
9. Lyadov, Mazurka in F minor (No. 3 from Trois morceaux, Op. 57), Preludes, Trifles and Other Pieces (ABRSM) or A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 4 (ABRSM)
10. Mendelssohn, Song without Words, Op. 19 No. 1, Songs without Words (ABRSM)
11. N. Hongjin, Cradle Song (No. 3 from Suite of the Zhuang People’s Village), Encore Plus, Book 4 (ABRSM) 📖
12. F. Price, Rhapsody in E-, Rediscovered Gems for Piano Solo (Hal Leonard)
13. Rubinstein, Romance (No. 1 from Soirées à Saint-Petersbourg, Op. 44), Short Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 5 (ABRSM)
14. O. Russell, Jamaican Dance No. 2 (from Three Jamaican Dances), Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 (OUP)
15. Schumann, Kind im Einschlumm, Kinderscenen, Op. 15 (ABRSM) or Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 (Henle) or Night and Dreams (Schott)
16. P. E. Wolf, Nostalgia (Vágyódás), Jazz Preludes Wolf-temperiertes Klavier 2 (EMB Zeneműkiadó)
Grade 7 2027 & 2028 List C
1. Grieg, Småtroll (No. 3 from Lyriske stykker, Op. 71), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
2. F. Ruiz, Tu presencia, Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
3. C. Norton, Wildcat (No. 1 from The Christopher Norton Rock Preludes Collection), Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 7 (ABRSM)
4. Bartók, Bagpipers: Allegretto (1st movt), Sonatina (EMB Zeneműkiadó or Henle)
5. C. Calvache, Soaring Seagull, Soaring Seagull (Calvachmusic) 📖
6. Ginastera, Tribute to Roberto Garcia Morillo, 12 American Preludes, Op. 12 (Carl Fischer)
7. Grieg, Butterfly (from Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43), 38 Pianoforte Pieces, Book 2 (ABRSM)
8. Grovlez, Chanson du chasseur (No. 4 from L’Almanach aux images), L’Almanach aux images (Stainer & Bell) or Beyond the Romantic Spirit, Book 2 (Alfred)
9. B. Howard, arr. Iles, Fly Me to the Moon, Nikki Iles and Friends, Book 2 (ABRSM)
10. Kern, arr. Evans, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Roberta), Lee Evans Arranges Jerome Kern (Hal Leonard)
11. F. Mulsant, Prélude No. 14, 24 Préludes pour piano, Op. 38 (Furore Verlag)
12. C. Norton, Pop Bossa (No. 5 from Latin Preludes 2), Latin Preludes Collection (Boosey & Hawkes)
13. Piazzolla, Milonga del ángel, Ángel for piano (Tonos)
14. Villoldo, arr. Korn, El Choclo, with repeat, Tango Meets Jazz (Schott)
15. C. Vine, Spartacus, Red Blues (Faber)
16. J. Williams, arr., Nimbus 2000 (from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone), The Harry Potter Piano Anthology (Faber)
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