Grade 6 Pieces
Three pieces:

One chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists A, B and C.

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

Please note that the first three pieces in each list are found in:
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026 Grade 6

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

Grade 6 Sight-Reading
ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Grade 6

Grade 6 Aural
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6

Additional Resources

Grade 6 Scales & Arpeggios
The Manual of Scales, Broken Chords and Arpeggios

Grade 6 Sight-Reading Resources
ABRSM More Piano Sight-Reading Grade 6
ABRSM Join the Dots Grade 6
Improve Your Sight-Reading Grade 6
Improve Your Sight-Reading! A piece a week Grade 6

Grade 6� Aural
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grade 6
Improve Your Aural Grade 6
Aural Test Survival Grade 6

Theory of Music
ABRSM Music Theory Exam Materials
Additional Music Theory Resources

Grade 6 2025 & 2026 List A

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 Inventions and Sinfonias (Henle)
6. J. F. F. Burgm�ller Velocity, Op. 109 No. 10 J. F. F. Burgm�ller: 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. Hummel Rondo in C, Op. 52 No. 6 Hummel: 16 Short Pieces (ABRSM)
11. Knowles Paine Village Dance (No. 5 from In the Country, Op. 26) Masters of American Piano Music (Alfred)
12. Lindeman Allegretto (from Character Pieces) Women Composers, Book 2 (Schott)
13. B. Marcello Presto (2nd movt from Sonata in G) A Keyboard Anthology, 3rd Series, Book 4 (ABRSM)
14. D. Scarlatti Sonata in A, Kp. 208, L. 238 D. Scarlatti: 200 Sonatas, Vol. 2 (EMB Zenemukiad�)
15. Schubert Moment musical in F minor (No. 3 from Moments musicaux, D. 780) Schubert: Moments musicaux, D. 780 (ABRSM) or Schubert: Impromptus and Moments musicaux (Henle)
16. Telemann Allegro (1st movt from Fantasia No. 1 in D, 1st Dozen, TWV 33:1) Telemann: Fantasias, 1st Dozen (ABRSM)

Grade 6 2025 & 2026 List B

4. Alb�niz Tango (No. 2 from Espa�a, Op. 165) Core Classics, Grades 5�6 (ABRSM)
5. Mel Bonis Interlude (from Interlude et Valse lente, Op. 38) ending b. 53 Mel Bonis: Piano Music Volume 5 � Dances A (Furore Verlag)
6. Y. Bowen A Pastel Y. Bowen: A Pastel (Chester)
7. Chopin Waltz in A minor, KK. IVb No. 11 with first repeat Chopin: Waltzes for Piano (Henle) or More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 4 (ABRSM)
8. 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)
9. Gli�re Prelude in D- (No. 1 from 8 Easy Pieces, Op. 43) Gli�re: Eight Easy Pieces, Op. 43 (ABRSM) or A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 4 (ABRSM)
10. Guastavino Cantilena No. 1 �Santa Fe para Ilorar� (from 10 Cantilenas Argentinas) Guastavino: 10 Cantilenas Argentinas (Melos)
11. C. Hartmann Nocturne C. Hartmann: Two Piano Pieces (Edition HH)
12. Stephen Hough Little Lullaby (4th movt from Suite R-B) Stephen Hough: Suite R-B and Other Enigmas (Weinberger)
13. 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)
14. Khachaturian Legend (No. 6 from Pictures of Childhood) Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Boosey & Hawkes)
15. Schumann Einsame Blumen (No. 3 from Waldscenen, Op. 82) Schumann: Waldscenen, Op. 82 (ABRSM)
16. Sam Wedgwood Empty Rooms (from Sam Wedgwood�s Project, Book 1) Sam Wedgwood�s Project, Book 1 (EVC)

Grade 6 2025 & 2026 List C

4. L. Bernstein Cool (from West Side Story), arr. Klose Broadway Piano Solos (Boosey & Hawkes)
5. L. Bernstein For Stephen Sondheim (No. 3 from 13 Anniversaries) – L. Bernstein: 13 Anniversaries (Boosey & Hawkes)
6. Valerie Capers Mr �Satchmo� (from Portraits in Jazz) Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (OUP)
7. Casella Galop Final (No. 11 from 11 Children�s Pieces, Op. 35) Casella: 11 Children�s Pieces (Universal)
8. 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)
9. Paul Harvey Rumba Toccata Paul Harvey: Rumba Toccata (Ricordi)
10. Nikki Iles East Coast Blues Jazz on a Summer�s Day (OUP)
11. Mercury Somebody to Love, arr. Keveren Queen for Classical Piano (Hal Leonard)
12. Stephen Montague Tsunami Spectrum 2 (ABRSM)
13. Prokofiev Cort�ge de sauterelles (No. 7 from Musiques d�enfants, Op. 65) Prokofiev: Musiques d�enfants, Op. 65 (Boosey & Hawkes)
14. Nkeiru Okoye Dancing Barefoot in the Rain (from African Sketches) Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 1 (OUP)
15. Poul Ruders Shooting Stars Spectrum 3 (ABRSM)
16. 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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