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 Audio)

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

List A
1 S. Heller Prelude in C♯ minor (No. 10 from 24 Preludes,Op. 81
2 Gambarini Giga in D (from Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 2)
3 Kuhlau Allegro (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1)
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 (EMB Zeneműkiadó)
11 Hummel Rondo in C, Op. 52 No. 6, Hummel: 16 Short Pieces (ABRSM)
12 Schubert Moment musical in F minor (No. 3 from Moments musicaux, D. 780) (ABRSM) or Schubert: Impromptus and Moments musicaux (Henle) or (Henle hardback edition)
13 Telemann Allegro (1st movt from Fantasia No. 1 in D, 1st Dozen, TWV 33:1) Telemann: Fantasias, 1st Dozen (ABRSM)

List B
1 Dett Honey (Humoresque) (3rd movt from In The Bottoms)
2 Granados Vals poético (No. 6 from Valses poéticos)
3 Mendelssohn Venetianisches Gondellied (No. 6 from Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19b)
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) (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)(Boosey & Hawkes)
11 Mel Bonis Interlude (from Interlude et Valse lente, Op. 38) ending b. 53, Mel Bonis: Piano Music Volume 5 – Dances A (Furore Verlag)
12 Guastavino Cantilena No. 1 ‘Santa Fe para Ilorar’ (from 10 Cantilenas Argentinas) (Melos)
13 Schumann Einsame Blumen (No. 3 from Waldscenen, Op. 82) (ABRSM)

List C
1 R. R. Bennett The Child that Is Born on the Sabbath Day (from A Week of Birthdays)
2 Elissa Milne Indigo Moon (from Pepperbox Jazz, Book 2)
3 O. Peterson Jazz Exercise No. 2 (from Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes and Pieces for Piano)
4 L. Bernstein For Stephen Sondheim (No. 3 from 13 Anniversaries) (Boosey & Hawkes)
5 Casella Galop Final (No. 11 from 11 Children’s Pieces, Op. 35) (Universal)
6 Ben Crosland View from a Window (No. 12 from Cool Beans!, Vol. 1) Pp. 24–27  (Editions Musica Ferrum)
7 Paul Harvey Rumba Toccata  (Ricordi)
8 Nikki Iles East Coast Blues, Jazz on a Summer’s Day (OUP) or East Coast Blues Download (OUP)
9 Stephen Montague Tsunami Spectrum 2 (ABRSM)
10 Prokofiev Cortège de sauterelles (No. 7 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65) (Boosey & Hawkes)
11 Nkeiru Okoye Dancing Barefoot in the Rain (from African Sketches) Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 1 (OUP)
12 Poul Ruders Shooting Stars Spectrum 3 (ABRSM)
13 Billy Taylor I wish I knew how it would feel to be free, arr. Churchill Nikki Iles and Friends, Book 1 (ABRSM)

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