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

Grade 1 Scales
ABRSM Piano Scales 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. Attwood Theme (from Theme and Variations, Sonatina No. 4 in D)
2. Duncombe Minuet in C
3. Anon. English Agincourt Song, arr. Hammond
4. W. F. Bach Air in A minor: from The Joy of First Classics, Book 2
5. Haydn Quadrille: from Classics to Moderns, Book 1
6. Turk A Lovely Day: from Pathways to Artistry: Masterworks Book 2

List B
1. Brahms Wiegenlied (No. 4 from Five Songs, Op. 49), arr. Litten
2. Oesten The Echo
3. Swinstead The Lonely Road
4. Bartok Quasi adagio: No. 3 from For Children, Vol. 1
5. Andrew Eales Head in the Clouds: from Piano Star 3
6. Andrew Lloyd Webber Close every door (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), arr. Bullard: from The Graded Piano Player, Grades 1-2

List C
1. Ian King Happy Day
2. J. M. Last Who Said Mice♭
3. Kevin Wooding The Egyptian Level
4. Heather Hammond In the Scrum: from Cool Piano Sport, Grade 1-2
5. John Kember Gospel Song: No. 2 from On the Lighter Side
6. S. Wilson The Witch: No. 7 from Hansel & Gretel

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