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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:
Grade 1 Scales & Arpeggios
ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios Grade 1
Grade 1 Sight-reading
ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Grade 1
Additional Sight Reading Resources
ABRSM More Piano Sight Reading Grade 1
Join the Dots Grade 1
Grade 1 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)
Grade 1 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. Please note that the first three pieces in each list are found in the ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces book:
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Grade 1 (book only)
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Grade 1 (book and CD)
List A
1 Anon. A Toy (No. 193 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
2 Mozart Minuet in C, K. 6
3 Trad. English Parson’s Farewell (from The English Dancing Master), arr. Blackwell with repeat
4 Dennis Alexander Sonatina primo part Dennis Alexander: Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Duet Book 2 (Alfred)
5 attrib. J. S. Bach Choral ‘Deal with Me, Lord’, BWV 514, My First Bach (Schott)
6 Gurlitt The Chase/The Hunt (No. 15 from First Lessons for the Piano, Op. 117) Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3B (Carl Fischer) or Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press)
7 Handel Gavotte in C ornaments optional, My First Concert for Piano (Schott)
8 M. Helyer Haymaking (from The Greenwood Tree) M. Helyer: The Greenwood Tree (Stainer & Bell)
9 Türk Arioso in F (No. 1 from 12 Handstücke), Clavierstücke für Anfänger (Schott) or Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3A (Carl Fischer) or Pianissimo: Piano Piccolo (Schott)
10 Elsie Wells Courante primo part, Mixed Doubles: Piano Time Duets, Book 2 (OUP)
List B
1 Schumann Melodie (No. 1 from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68)
2 Chee-Hwa Tan The Swing (from Through the Windowpane)
3 Trad. Irish Down by the salley gardens, arr. Blackwell
4 Dennis Alexander Reflections (from Just for You and Me, Book 1) primo part, Dennis Alexander: Just for You and Me, Book 1 (Alfred)
5 Alwyn The Trees are Heavy with Snow, Five by Ten, Grade 1 (Lengnick)
6 R. R. Bennett Friday (from Seven Days a Week) R. R. Bennett: Seven Days a Week (Alfred)
7 Jessie Blake The Little White Cloud, Grade by Grade, Piano Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes)
8 Grechaninov Fairy Tale (No. 1 from Children’s Album, Op. 98) Grechaninov: Children’s Book, Op. 98 (ABRSM) or More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 1 (ABRSM) or My First Concert for Piano (Schott)
9 Helen Madden The Forgotten Forest primo part, Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM)
10 Borislava Taneva Small Valse with repeat Mosaic, Vol. 2 (Editions Musica Ferrum)
List C
1 Elissa Milne Cockatoo (No. 9 from Very Easy Little Peppers)
2 Papp Szöcske (No. 15 from 22 Kis Zongoradarab)
3 Pam Wedgwood The Detective (No. 6 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 1–2)
4 June Armstrong Sunlight Through the Trees, Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM)
5 Elias Davidsson The Frog (from The Gift of Music), Elias Davidsson: The Gift of Music (Spartan Press)
6 Alison Mathews Woodland Folk Song primo part, Piano Star Duets (ABRSM)
7 Jane Sebba Latin Laughter primo part; play the 6ths in bb. 10 & 28, Piano Magic Duets, Book 2 (Collins Music)
8 Barbara Snow Jazzy Dragon (from Animal Jazz), Barbara Snow: Animal Jazz (Edition HH)
9 Trad. Ewe (Ghanaian) Tu tu Gbovi, arr. Chapman, Nyaho primo part Piano Star Duets (ABRSM)
10 Trad. Jamaican Mango Walk, arr. Cornick, Piano Repertoire, Level 1 (Universal)
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