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

Grade 4 Scales & Arpeggios
ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios Grade 4

Grade 4 Sight-reading
ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Grade 4
Additional Sight Reading Resources
ABRSM More Piano Sight Reading Grade 4
Join the Dots Grade 4

Grade 4 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)

Grade 4 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 4 (book only)
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Grade 4 (book and Audio)

List A
1 Pescetti, Presto (3rd movt from Sonata No. 6 in C minor)
2 Farrenc, Mouvement de valse (No. 15 from 25 études faciles, Op. 50)
3 Handel, Allegro in F, HWV 488
4 Alcock, Gavot (3rd movt from Suite No. 2 in B♭) with ornaments in bb. 7, 23 & 31; all others optional Alcock: Six Suites of Easy lessons (ABRSM) or The Best of Grade 4 Piano (Faber)
5 Beethoven, Allegro assai (1st movt from Sonatina in F, Anh. 5 No. 2) The New Sonatina Book, Vol. 1 (Schott)
6 Buxtehude, Saraband (from Suite in E minor, BuxWV 236) Baroque Keyboard Anthology, Vol. 1 (Schott)
7 Dring, Scherzando (from 12 Pieces in the Form of Studies) (Weinberger)
8 Gurlitt, Allegretto scherzando (3rd movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 188 No. 4) No. 13 from Sonatinas for Piano, Book 1 (PWM)
9 Haydn, Allegro scherzando in F Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Vol. 6 (Alfred)
10 S. Heller, Study in A minor, Op. 45 No. 2, S. Heller: 20 Miscellaneous Studies (ABRSM) or pp. 7–9 from Piano Literature for a Dark and Stormy Night, Vol. 1 (Faber Piano Adventures)
11 G. Berg, Allegro (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 3 No. 7) G. Berg: Twelve Sonatinas, Op. 3, Vol. 2 (Edition HH)
12 J. F. F. Burgmüller, Ballade, Op. 100 No. 15, Encore, Book 2 (ABRSM) or Lang Lang Piano Academy: Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)
13 Mozart, Rondo in F, K. 15hh Core Classics, Grades 3–4 (ABRSM) or Mozart: 25 Early Pieces (ABRSM) or The Best of Grade 4 Piano (Faber)

List B
1 Valerie Capers, Billie’s Song (No. 7 from Portraits in Jazz) with repeat
2 Chaminade, Idylle (No. 1 from Album des enfants, deuxième série, Op. 126)
3 Tchaikovsky, La nouvelle poupée (No. 6 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39)
4 C. P. E. Bach, Andante (arr.) Lang Lang Piano Academy: Mastering the Piano, Level 4 (Faber)
5 W. Carroll, Sunrise (No. 7 from River and Rainbow) (Forsyth)
6 Granados, Dedicatoria (No. 1 from Cuentos de las juventud, Op. 1) Granados: Stories of the Young, Op. 1 (ABRSM) or More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 2 (ABRSM)
7 Khachaturian, A Little Song (Andantino) (No. 1 from Pictures of Childhood) (Boosey & Hawkes)
8 Liszt, La cloche sonne, S. 238 Chopin, Liszt, Hiller: Urtext Primo, Vol. 5 (Wiener Urtext)
9 Mendelssohn, Andante (2nd movt from Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64), arr. Scott-Burt Piano Mix 3 (ABRSM)
10 Vaughan Williams, Valse lente (from Six Teaching Pieces) Vaughan Williams: A Little Piano Book (OUP)
11 Heather Hammond, Once Upon a Frozen Winter (from Ballads Without Words, Vol. 1) (EVC)
12 Hummel, Romance in G, Op. 52 No. 4, Hummel: 16 Short Pieces (ABRSM)
13 Trad. Malay, Voyage of the Sampan, arr. Siagian with repeats Malay Folk Songs Collection (Hal Leonard)

List C
1 Bartók, Pentatonic Tune (No. 29 from For Children, Vol. 1) )
2 Nevada, Ninette’s Musette (No. 5 from Romantic Impressions)
3 F. Price, Ticklin’ Toes
4 Maikapar, At the Smithy, Op. 8 No. 5, A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 2 (ABRSM)
5 Alison Mathews, Buried Rubies (No. 8 from Treasure Trove) (Editions Musica Ferrum)
6 Martha Mier Worrisome Blues (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 3)  (Alfred)
7 Arvo, Pärt Für Anna Maria fröhlich or nachdenklich (Universal)
8 Prokofiev, Marche (No. 10 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65)  (Boosey & Hawkes)
9 V. Stoyanov, Bulgarian Peasant Dance, The Joy of Modern Piano Music (Yorktown Music Press)
10 Trad., Shenandoah, arr. Bennett The Graded Piano Player, Grades 3–5 (Faber)
11 Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46), arr. White Piano Mix 3 (ABRSM)
12 Kabalevsky, Toccatina (No. 12 from 30 Children’s Pieces, Op. 27)  (Boosey & Hawkes) or The Best of Grade 4 Piano (Faber)
13 Waller, Razaf & H. Brooks, Ain’t Misbehavin’, arr. Iles Nikki Iles and Friends, Book 1 (ABRSM)

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