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 Audio)

List A

1 Diabelli, Allegretto in C (No. 3 from Die ersten 12 Lectionen, Op. 125)
2 M. Helyer, Dragonflies (from The Greenwood Tree)
3 A. Reinagle, Minuet in C (No. 10 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, Op. 1)
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) or Studio 21 (1st Series), Vol. 1 (Universal)
7 Handel, Gavotte in C ornaments optional, My First Concert for Piano (Schott) or Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press) or Studio 21 (1st Series), Vol. 1 (Universal)
8 M. Helyer, Haymaking (from 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)
11 Hook, Gavotte in C (No. 3 from 24 Progressive Lessons, Op. 81) Encore, Book 1 (ABRSM) or Music Through Time, Piano Book 1 (OUP)
12 Mozart, Allegro (No. 8 from 12 Duos, K. 487), arr. Blackwell Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM)
13 Purcell, Minuet in A minor, Z. 649 Music Through Time, Piano Book 1 (OUP)

List B

1 Andrew Eales, Fresh Air
2 F. Price, A Morning Sunbeam (No. 3 from Three Sketches for Little Pianists)
3 Head, The Quiet Wood
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)(Alfred) or The Young Pianist’s Repertoire, Book 1 (Faber)
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)
11 Agnieszka Lasko, Fountain (from Little Stories) Agnieszka Lasko: Little Stories (Euterpe)
12 Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast (from Beauty and the Beast), arr. Hussey, Gradebusters Grade 1 Piano (Hal Leonard) with audio access
13 Siegmeister, Song of the Dark Woods Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3B (Carl Fischer)

List C
1 Shruthi Rajasekar, Virginia Hall
2 Martha Mier, Sneaky Business (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1)
3 Caroline Tyler, Little Whale Explores the Calm Sea
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)
11 Carol Barratt  Cheesecake-Walk (from Get It Together!) Carol Barratt: Get It Together! (Chester)
12 Gillock, Swinging Beat Gillock: Swinging Beat (Willis) ⭳
13 Chee-Hwa Tan, At the Seaside (from A Child’s Garden of Verses) Chee-Hwa Tan: A Child’s Garden of Verses (Piano Safari)

⭳ Digital only edition, available from publisher’s website

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