Initial Grade Scales & Apeggios
ABRSM Piano Scales & Arpeggios Initial Grade

Initial Grade Sight-reading
ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Grade 1

Additional Sight Reading Resources
ABRSM More Piano Sight Reading Grade 1
Join the Dots Grade 1

Initial Grade Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Initial Grade
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 the ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces book:
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Initial Grade (book only)
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces Initial Grade (book and on-line audio)

THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C;
Candidates may perform a duet for one of their three pieces.

LIST A

1 Chwatal, Little Playmates
2 Trad., What shall we do with the drunken sailor♭, arr. �na�
3 H. Wohlfahrt, Patterns (No. 10 from Kinder-Klavierschule), arr. Jones
4 Gurlitt, Dance (No. 2 from Das kleines Konzert, Op. 227) Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3A (Carl Fischer)
5 Humbert, The Black Forest Doll (No. 3 from Allerlei Spielzeug) (Schott)
6 Kabalevsky, A Little Scherzo (No. 6 from 24 Little Pieces, Op. 39) (Boosey & Hawkes)
7 A. Reinagle, Allegretto (No. 9 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, Op. 1)� (Schott) or Pianissimo: Piano Piccolo (Schott) or p. 23 from Piano Time Pieces 1 (OUP)
8 Bertram Schattel, Racing Against Each Other (No. 12 from For Rosalie and Finn) primo part Pp. 23�24 f (Breitkopf & H�rtel)
9 Trad. Irish, John Ryan�s Polka, arr. Blackwell Piano Star 2 (ABRSM)
10 Elsie Wells, Donkey Ride (from Sea Pictures, Set 1) primo part Duets with a Difference: Piano Time Duets, Book 1 (OUP)
11 W. Carroll, Raindrops (No. 4 from The Countryside)� (Forsyth)
12 Diabelli, Scherzo primo part�Piano Lessons, Book 1 (Faber)
13 Pam Wedgwood, Mission Impossible (No. 11 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 0�1)� (Faber)

LIST B
1 Schonthal, A Waltz that�s a Little Melancholy (No. 10 from Short Impressions for Very Young Piano Players, Vol. 1)
2 Waterman & Harewood, Swans and Ducks
3 Naomi Yandell, Secret Footpath
4 June Armstrong, Butterfly primo part�Piano Star Duets (ABRSM)
5 Pauline Hall, The Secret Garden pedalling optional Piano Time Pieces 1 (OUP)
6 Alison Mathews, Sailing Under a Moonlit Sky una corda optional Mosaic, Vol. 1 (Editions Musica Ferrum)
7 Christopher Norton, Enchanted Castle (No. 6 from The Microjazz Duets Collection 1) primo part (Boosey & Hawkes)
8 Orff, No. 1 (from Two Pieces) From Bart�k to Stravinsky (Schott)
9 Satie, What the Little Princess Tulip Says (No. 2 from Menus propos enfantins) Satie: Nine Children�s Pieces (ABRSM) or Pianissimo: Piano Piccolo (Schott) or Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press)
10 Pam Wedgwood, Whirleybird (No. 2 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 0�1) (Faber) or Pam Wedgwood: Piano for Fun (Faber)
11 Agay, Moonlit Pagoda More Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press)
12 Karen Marshall, Sprinkling Stardust Piano Star 2 (ABRSM)
13 Trad. Chinese, (Jiangsu) Crescent Moon, arr. N. & R. Faber student part�ShowTime Piano, Music from China, Level 2A (Faber Piano Adventures)

LIST C
1 Peter Gritton, Haunted House
2 Kerstin Strecke, The Waltz of the Toads (from Tio on Tour)
3 Diane Hidy, Jinx (from Mean Little Monsters )
4 Pauline Hall & Paul Drayton, Stegosaurus Stomp (from Prehistoric Piano Time)� (OUP)
5 Heather Hammond, Action Stations Piano Star 2 (ABRSM)
6 Mark Tanner, Wonkey Donkey Piano Star 2 (ABRSM)
7 Alan Haughton, Treading Carefully, Piano Time Going Places (OUP)
8 Elton John, I Just Can�t Wait to Be King (from The Lion King), arr. N. & R. Faber student part; with repeat �Faber Studio Collection: Selections from ShowTime Piano, Level 2A (Faber Piano Adventures)
9 Gerald Martin Boogie No. 1, The Joy of Boogie and Blues (Yorktown Music Press)
10 Jane Sebba, The Grand Waltz primo part, Piano Magic Duets, Book 1 (Collins Music)
11 Hans-G�nter Heumann, Piano Junior Blues, Piano Junior, Performance, Book 2 (Schott)
12 Julie Knerr, Detective Wombat Blues, Piano Safari Pattern Pieces 1 (Piano Safari)
13 J. M. Last, Ducks in the Pond, Piano Time Pieces 3 (OUP);

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