Grade 7 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 Grade 7 2025 & 2026 

Grade 7 Scales & Arpeggios
Piano Scales & Arpeggios Grade 7

Grade 7 Sight-Reading
Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Grade 7

Grade 7 Aural
   Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 7

Additional Resources

Grade 7 Scales & Arpeggios
Manual of Scales, Broken Chords and Arpeggios

Grade 7 Sight-Reading
More Piano Sight-Reading Grade 7
Join the Dots Grade 7
Improve Your Sight-Reading Grade 7
Improve Your Sight-Reading! A piece a week Grade 7-8

Grade 7 Aural
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8
Improve Your Aural Grade 7-8
Aural Test Survival Grade 7

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

Grade 7 2025 & 2026 List A

4. C. P. E. Bach Allegro di molto (1st movt from Sonata in F minor, Wq. 63/6) Pp. 40–43 from C. P. E. Bach: Selected Keyboard Works, Book 4 (ABRSM) or The Classical Spirit, Book 2 (Alfred)
5. J. S. Bach Gigue (7th movt from French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814) J. S. Bach: French Suites (ABRSM)
6. Beethoven Menuetto and Trio (3rd movt from Sonata in D, Op. 10 No. 3) Beethoven: Sonata in D, Op. 10 No. 3 (ABRSM) or Beethoven: The 35 Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) or Beethoven: Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Vol. 1 (ABRSM)
7. Grieg Rigaudon (5th movt from Holberg Suite, Op. 40) with first repeat Grieg: Piano Works, Vol. 3 (Peters)
8. Handel Allemande and Courante (2nd and 3rd movts from Suite in D minor, HWV 437) Handel: Keyboard Works, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter)
9. Haydn Moderato (1st movt from Sonata in E, Hob. XVI:31) Haydn: Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book 3 (ABRSM) or Haydn: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 (Wiener Urtext)
10. Kuhlau Allegro con spirito (1st movt from Sonatina in A, Op. 60 No. 2) Kuhlau: Sonatinas, Vol. 2 (Peters)
11. Mozart Gigue in G, K. 574 Pp. 11–12 from A Keyboard Anthology, 2nd Series, Book 5 (ABRSM) or Mozart: Mature Piano Pieces (ABRSM) or Mozart: Piano Pieces, Selection (Henle)
12. Paradies Allegro (2nd movt from Sonata No. 6 in A) Pp. 45–47 from Paradies: Sonate di Gravicembalo, Vol. 1 (Schott)
13. Rameau Les sauvages (from Pièces de clavecin) Rameau: Les cyclopes / Les sauvages (Bärenreiter) or pp. 96–97 from Rameau: Pièces de clavecin (Heugel)
14. D. Scarlatti Sonata in E, Kp. 380, L. 23 Pp. 30–33 from D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Pieces and Sonatas, Book 3 (ABRSM) or D. Scarlatti: 200 Sonatas, Vol. 3 (EMB Zeneműkiadó)
15. C. Schumann Scherzo (No. 4 from Quatre pièces fugitives, Op. 15) with first repeat C. Schumann: Quatre pièces fugitives Op. 15 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
16. Joaquín Turina El mercado (No. 5 from Miniaturas, Op. 52) Joaquín Turina: Miniaturas (Schott)

Grade 7 2025 & 2026 List B

4. Alan Bullard Prelude No. 9 (from 12 or 13 Preludes for Piano Solo, Set One) Alan Bullard: Prelude No. 9 from 12 or 13 Preludes for Piano Solo, Set One (Colne Edition) or Alan Bullard: 12 or 13 Preludes for Piano Solo, Set One (Colne Edition)
5. Debussy The Little Shepherd (No. 5 from Children’s Corner) A Keyboard Anthology, 1st Series, Book 5 (ABRSM)
6 Görres Children’s Song (No. 11 from Bunte Reihen kurzer Klavierstücke, Op. 6) Women Composers, Book 2 (Schott)
7. Hensel Mélodie, Op. 4 No. 2 At the Piano with Women Composers (Alfred) or Piano Music by Female Composers (4th revised edition 2011) (Schott)
8. Ilyinsky Berceuse (No. 7 from Noure et Anitra, Op. 13) Core Classics, Grades 6–7 (ABRSM) or A Keyboard Anthology, 3rd Series, Book 5 (ABRSM)
9 Liszt Consolation No. 5 in E (from Consolations, S. 172) Liszt: 21 Short Piano Pieces (ABRSM) or Liszt: Consolations (Wiener Urtext)
10. Lyadov Mazurka in F minor (No. 3 from Trois morceaux, Op. 57) Lyadov: Preludes, Trifles and Other Pieces (ABRSM) or A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 4 (ABRSM)
11. Mendelssohn Song without Words, Op. 19 No. 1 Mendelssohn: Songs without Words (ABRSM)
12. A. Richardson Lento moderato (2nd movt from Sonatina in F, Op. 27) A. Richardson: Sonatina in F, Op. 27 (Weinberger)
13. Rubinstein Romance (No. 1 from Soirées à Saint-Petersbourg, Op. 44) Short Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 5 (ABRSM)
14. O. Russell Jamaican Dance No. 2 (from Three Jamaican Dances) Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 (OUP)
15. Schumann Kind im Einschlummern (No. 12 from Kinderscenen, Op. 15) ABRSM or Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 (Henle) or Night and Dreams (Schott)
16. P. E. Wolf Nostalgia (Vágyódás) (No. 4 from Jazz Preludes Wolf-temperiertes Klavier 2) Jazz Preludes Wolf-temperiertes Klavier 2 (EMB Zeneműkiadó)

Grade 7 2025 & 2026 List C

4. Bartók Bagpipers: Allegretto (1st movt from Sonatina) Bartók: Sonatina (EMB Zeneműkiadó or Henle)
5. Chen Yi Bamboo Dance II Spectrum 5 (ABRSM)
6. Ginastera Tribute to Roberto Garcia Morillo (No. 6 from 12 American Preludes, Op. 12) Ginastera: 12 American Preludes, Op. 12 (Carl Fischer)
7. Grieg Butterfly (No. 1 from Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43) Grieg: 38 Pianoforte Pieces, Book 2 (ABRSM)
8. Grovlez Chanson du chasseur (No. 4 from L’Almanach aux images) Grovlez: L’Almanach aux images (Stainer & Bell) or Beyond the Romantic Spirit, Book 2 (Alfred)
9. Bart Howard Fly Me to the Moon, arr. Iles Nikki Iles and Friends, Book 2 (ABRSM)
10. Kern Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Roberta), arr. Evans Lee Evans Arranges Jerome Kern (Hal Leonard)
11. Florentine Mulsant Prélude No. 14 (from 24 Préludes pour piano, Op. 38) Florentine Mulsant: 24 Préludes pour piano, Op. 38 (Furore Verlag)
12. Christopher Norton Pop Bossa (No. 5 from Latin Preludes 2) Christopher Norton: Latin Preludes Collection (Boosey & Hawkes)
13. Piazzolla Milonga del ángel Piazzolla: Piazzolla: Ángel for piano (Peters Edition g7 Piano Anthology) or (Tonos edition)
14. Uzoigwe Nigerian Dance No. 1 (from Four Nigerian Dances) Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 2 (OUP)
15. Villoldo El Choclo, arr. Korn with repeat Tango Meets Jazz (Schott)
16. Carl Vine Spartacus Carl Vine: Red Blues (Faber)

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