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

Grade 6 & Arpeggios Scales
ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios Grade 6

Grade 6 Sight-reading
ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Grade 6
Additional Sight Reading Resources
ABRSM More Piano Sight Reading Grade 6
Join the Dots Grade 6

Grade 6 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8 (book and CD)

Grade 6 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 6 (book only)
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Grade 6 (book and CD)

THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C;

List A
1 Pescetti Allegro (4th movt from Sonata No. 8 in C)
2 Mozart Allegro (3rd movt from Sonata in E♭, K. 282)
3 C. Nielsen Snurretoppen (No. 2 from HumoreskeBagateller, Op. 11)
4 C. P. E. Bach Solfeggietto in C minor, Wq. 117/2, C. P. E. Bach: Selected Keyboard Works, Book 2 (ABRSM) or Classics to Moderns, Book 6 (Yorktown Music Press)
5 J. S. Bach Invention No. 6 in E, BWV 777, J. S. Bach: Two-part Inventions (ABRSM) or J. S. Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias (Henle)
6 J. F. F. Burgmüller Velocity, Op. 109 No. 10, J. F. F. Burgmüller: Studies, Op. 109 (Peters)
7 Cimarosa Allegro (1st movt from Sonata No. 6 in G) The Classical Spirit, Book 2 (Alfred)
8 Handel Fantasia in A, Classics to Moderns, Book 6 (Yorktown Music Press)
9 Haydn Finale: Allegro molto (4th movt from Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:6) Haydn: Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book 1 (ABRSM) or Haydn: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Wiener Urtext)
10 D. Scarlatti Sonata in A, Kp. 208, L. 238, D. Scarlatti: 200 Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Editio Musica Budapest)

List B
1 Chopin Mazurka in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2
2 Debussy Page d’album
3 Senfter Erster Schmerz (from Sechs kleine Stücke für Anfänger)
4 Y. Bowen A Pastel Y. Bowen: A Pastel (Chester)
5 Dello Joio Prayer of the Matador (No. 2 from Lyric Pieces for the Young) The Boosey & Hawkes 20th-Century Piano Collection: from 1945 (Boosey & Hawkes)
6 Glière Prelude in D♭ (No. 1 from 8 Easy Pieces, Op. 43) Glière: Eight Easy Pieces, Op. 43 (ABRSM) or A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 4 (ABRSM)
7 C. Hartmann Nocturne, C. Hartmann: Two Piano Pieces (Edition HH)
8 Stephen Hough Little Lullaby (4th movt from Suite R-B) Stephen Hough: Suite R-B and Other Enigmas (Weinberger)
9 Howells There Was a Most Beautiful Lady (No. 3 from Country Pageant) Howells: Country Pageant & A Little Book of Dances (ABRSM) or Core Classics, Grades 5–6 (ABRSM)
10 Khachaturian Legend (No. 6 from Pictures of Childhood) Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Boosey & Hawkes)

List C
1 Martha Mier Opening Night Jazz (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 5)
2 M. Arnold The Buccaneer (from Eight Children’s Pieces, Op. 36)
3 Karen Tanaka Lavender Field
4 L. Bernstein For Stephen Sondheim (No. 3 from 13 Anniversaries) L. Bernstein: 13 Anniversaries (Boosey & Hawkes)
5 Casella Galop Final (No. 11 from 11 Children’s Pieces, Op. 35) Casella: 11 Children’s Pieces (Universal)
6 Ben Crosland View from a Window (No. 12 from Cool Beans!, Vol. 1) Pp. 24–27 from Ben Crosland: Cool Beans!, Vol. 1 (Editions Musica Ferrum)
7 Paul Harvey Rumba Toccata, Paul Harvey: Rumba Toccata (Ricordi)
8 Nikki Iles East Coast Blues, Jazz on a Summer’s Day (OUP, Digital Download – PDF)
9 Stephen Montague Tsunami, Spectrum 2 (ABRSM)
10 Prokofiev Cortège de sauterelles (No. 7 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65) Prokofiev: Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65 (Boosey & Hawkes)

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