Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Violin Grade 1 from 2024 Syllabus:

ABRSM Violin Grade 1 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 ABRSM Violin Exam Pieces Grade 1 from 2024 available in different formats:

Part only, Violin & Piano Parts, Violin & Piano Parts with Audio

Please see the list below of other pieces for Grade 1.

Grade 1 Scales

Violin Scales Grade 1

Grade 1 Sight-Reading

Violin Specimen Sight-Reading Grades 1-5

Grade 1 Aural

Specimen Aural Tests Grades 1-3 (book only), Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
Aural Training in Practice Grades 1-3 (book and CD)

ABRSM Violin Grade 1 From 2024 Additional Resources

Grade 1 Scale & Arpeggios
Improve Your Scales Grade 1

Grade 1 Sight-Reading
Joining the Dots Grade 1 Violin
Improve Your Sight-Reading Violin Grade 1

Grade 1 Aural
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
Improve Your Aural Grade 1
Aural Test Survival Grade 1

Theory of Music for ABRSM Violin Grade 1 From 2024

ABRSM Music Theory Exam Materials
Additional Music Theory Resources

Other pieces for Grade 1

List A

1 Sancho The Sword Knott (from Minuets, Cotillons and Country Dances)
2 J. S. Bach Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, arr. Salter
3 Trad. Irish The Wind that Shakes the Barley, arr. Litten
4 Arbeau Mattachins, arr. Huws Jones Encore Violin, Book 1 (ABRSM)
5 Kathy & David Blackwell Patrick’s Reel DUET/PIANO Fiddle Time Joggers Book & audio downloads (OUP) 🎵 Fiddle Time Joggers Violin Accompaniment 3rd Edition (OUP) Fiddle Time Joggers Piano Accompaniment (OUP)
6 Carse Minuet (from The Fiddler’s Nursery) Carse: The Fiddler’s Nursery for Violin (Stainer & Bell)
7 Thomas Gregory Sinfonia DUET/PIANO Vamoosh Violin, Book 1.5 and CD (Vamoosh)
8 Purcell Rigadoon, arr. Nelson with repeat Piece by Piece 1 for Violin (Boosey & Hawkes)
9 Suzuki Andantino DUET/PIANO Suzuki Violin School, Vol. 1 Revised Edition (Alfred) 🎵 Suzuki Violin School Volume 1 (Revised Edition) Book & CD (Alfred) Suzuki Violin School Volume 2 (Revised Edition) Piano Accompaniment (Alfred)
10 Trad. Irish John Ryan’s Polka, arr. Huws Jones DUET/PIANO Violin Star 2 and CD (ABRSM)
11 Chevalier de Saint-Georges Chevalier’s Rondeau (from String Quartet, Op.1 No. 3), arr. K. & D. Blackwell DUET/PIANO Violin Mix 1 (ABRSM)
12 Eve Hungerford An Old World Minuet Violin Music By Women, A Graded Anthology, Vol. 1 Beginning (Sleepy Puppy Press)
13 Trad. Indonesian Rasa Sayang, arr. Harris & O’Leary DUET/PIANO Flexi Violin, Book 1 (Faber)

List B

1 B. Shore Moonrise (No.1 from A Fairy Ring)
2 Trad. Scottish An Coineachan, arr. Bullard
3 Trad. Yiddish Tumbalalaika, arr. Gritton
4 Kathy & David Blackwell Rocking Horse DUET/PIANO Fiddle Time Joggers Book & audio downloads (OUP) 🎵 Fiddle Time Joggers Violin Accompaniment 3rd Edition (OUP) Fiddle Time Joggers Piano Accompaniment (OUP)
5 Katherine & Hugh Colledge Full Moon (No. 22 from Waggon Wheels) Katherine & Hugh Colledge: Waggon Wheels for Violin (Boosey & Hawkes)
6 Lehár Waltz (from The Merry Widow), arr. Huws Jones Going Solo for Violin and Piano (Faber) or The Best of Grade 1 Violin (Faber)
7 Rodgers & Hammerstein Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music), arr. Davey, Hussey & Sebba DUET/PIANO Abracadabra Violin (Third Edition) (Collins Music) Abracadabra Violin (Third Edition) and CD (Collins Music)
8 Schubert Cradle Song, arr. Nelson DUET Tunes You Know 1 for Violin Duet (Boosey & Hawkes)
9 Trad. The Leaving of Liverpool, arr. Huws Jones Violin melody DUET/PIANO The Seafaring Fiddler (Boosey & Hawkes)
10 Trad. English A North Country Lass, arr. Huws Jones DUET/PIANO Violin Star 2 and CD (ABRSM)
11 Carse Song Without Words Carse: First String Tunes (Stainer & Bell)
12 Mendelssohn Cavatine I Love My Violon (Leduc)
13 Sitt First Solo, arr. Harris & O’Leary DUET/PIANO Flexi Violin, Book 1 (Faber)

List C

1 Barbera, Hanna & Curtin The Flintstones, arr. Iles
2 Peter Martin Hoe Down (from Little Suite No. 3)
3 Trad. Zulu Siyahamba, arr. Iles
4 Klaus Badelt & Hans Zimmer He’s a Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), arr. Galliford & Neuburg with repeat; ending 1st beat of b. 22 Top Hits from TV, Movies & Musicals for Violin (Alfred)
5 Thomas Gregory Fiery Fiddler with repeats Vamoosh Violin, Book 1 and audio (Vamoosh) or The Best of Grade 1 Violin (Faber)”
7 Trad. Chinese Jasmine Flower (No. 4), arr. O’Leary SOLO No. 4 from 80 Graded Studies for Violin, Book 1 (Faber)
8 Trad. Czech Rocking, arr. Nelson DUET Tunes You Know 1 for Violin Duet (Boosey & Hawkes)
9 Judith Bell Minor Groove 🕮 Easy Tunes for Tamariki for Violin (Wellington Branch IRMTNZ) 🕮
10 Mary Cohen Gliding Along at the Octopus Ball (No. 9 from Superstudies for Violin, Book 1) Mary Cohen: Superstudies for Violin, Book 1 (Faber)
11 Flanders & Swann The Hippopotamus, arr. K. & D. Blackwell Violin Mix Book 2 (ABRSM)
12 R. & R. Sherman Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (from Mary Poppins), arr. K. & D. Blackwell Violin Mix 1 (ABRSM)
13 Trad. American Casey Jones, arr. Huws Jones Violin Star 2 and CD (ABRSM)

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