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ABRSM Exam Syllabus

Piano Exams 2009-2010

For the first time the Associated Board have published the "Selected Piano Exam Pieces" with or without an attached CD. The CDs are also available seperately.

Please click on the relevant grade to be taken straight to its list of applicable publications:

Grade 1 / Grade 2 / Grade 3 / Grade 4 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7

Grade 1

List A

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
4. Clavierstucke fur Anfanger (Schott ED 2572/MDS)
5. Handel Easy Piano Pieces and Dances (Barenreiter BA 6578)
6. A Keyboard Anthology, 3rd Series Book 1 (ABRSM Publishing) or
Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 1 (ABRSM Publishing) or
English Keyboard Music 1663-1702 (ABRSM Publishing)

List B

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1 or
First Year Pieces/Work and Play (ABRSM Publishing)
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
4. Simply Classics, Grades 0-1, arr Griton (Faber)
5. The Greenwood Tree (Stainer & Bell)
6. Piano Time Classics arr. Hall (OUP)

List C

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 1
4. Spectrum 4: An International Collection of 66 Miniatures for Solo Piano
5. Piano Time: Going Places, arr. Hall (OUP)
6. Keynotes Grades 1-2 (Faber)

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Grade 2

List A

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
4. Keynotes Grades 1-2 (Faber)
5. Simple Short Piano Pieces (Schott ED 2425/MDS)
6. Mozart 25 Early Pieces (ABRSM Publishing)

List B

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
4. Music through time, Piano Book 2 (OUP)
5. Album fur die Jugend, Op. 68 (ABRSM Publishing) or
A Keyboard Anthology, 3rd Series Book 1 (ABRSM Publishing)
6. Piano Time Pieces, Bk 2, arr. Hall (OUP)

List C

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2 or
Easy Little Peppers
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 2
4. More Making the Grade, Grade 2 (Chester/ Music Sales)
5. A Century of Piano Music, Grades 1-4 (Bosworth/Music Sales)
6. Mini Tango (DVfM 32148/Breitkopf & Hartel)

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Grade 3

List A

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
4. Attwood Easy Progressive Lessons (ABRSM Publishing)
5. Clementi Sonatinas, Op.35 & 4 (ABRSM Publishing)
6. The Joy of First Classics Book 2 (Yorktown/Music Sales)

List B

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
4. A Keyboard Anthology, Second Series Book 2 (ABRSM Publishing)
5. Reinecke, Six miniature sonatas. Op. 136 (Breitkopf & Hartel EB8110)
6. A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 1 (ABRSM Publishing)

List C

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 3
4. On the right track, Level 1 (Universal 21124/MDS)
5. World Jazz Tour (Spartan SP545)
6. Spectrum 4: An International Collection of 66 Miniatures for Solo Piano

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Grade 4

List A

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
4. J.C.F Bach: Musical Leisure Hours (ABRSM Publishing)
5. Simply Classics Grades 4-5 arr. Gritton (Faber)
6. Mozart 25 Early Pieces (ABRSM Publishing)

List B

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
4. In Southern Seas (Forsyth)
5. 25 Etuden Op. 47 (Peters EP3563)
6. Album fur die Jugend Op. 68 or
A Keyboard Anthology First Series Book 2 (ABRSM Publishing)

List C

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 4
4. Bartok: Rumanishe Volkstanze (Universal 5802/MDS)
5. Heather Hammond: Cool Piano 3 (Kevin Mayhew)
6. Rhythm and Rag (ABRSM Publishing)

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Grade 5

List A

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
4. J S Bach: A Little Keyboard Book (ABRSM Publishing)
5. Three Czech Masters for Piano (Bärenreiter Praha H 7940/Bärenreiter)
6. Handel: Selected Keyboard Works, Book 2 (ABRSM Publishing)

List B

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
4. French Romantic Repertoire, Level 1, ed. Coombs (Faber)
5. Nielsen: Humorous Bagatelles, Op.11 (ABRSM Publishing)
6. Schumann: 16 Albumleaves from Op. 99 & 124 (ABRSM Publishing)

List C

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 5
4. Take Another Ten for piano, arr. Cornick (Universal UE 21171)
5. Hello, Mister Gillock! Hello, Carl Czerny! (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8627)
6. Spectrum 2: 30 Miniatures for Solo Piano (ABRSM Publishing)

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Grade 6

List A

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
4. J S Bach: French Suites, BWV 812–817 (ABRSM Publishing) view PDF or
J S Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 (Henle Urtext HN71)
5. Three Czech Masters for Piano (Bärenreiter Praha H 7940/Bärenreiter)
6. A Keyboard Anthology, Third Series, Book 4 (ABRSM Publishing)

List B

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
4. More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 4 (ABRSM Publishing)
5. Esplá: Música para piano (UME)
6. Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (ABRSM Publishing) view PDF or
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (Henle Urtext HN327)
A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book 5 (ABRSM Publishing)

List C

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 6
4. Spectrum 2: 30 Miniatures for Solo Piano (ABRSM Publishing)
5. Octavio Pinto: Scenas infantis (Memories of Childhood) (Schirmer)
6. Prokofiev: Musiques d’enfants, Op.65 (Boosey & Hawkes)

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Grade 7

List A

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
4. Clementi: Piano Sonata in G major, WO 14 (Henle Urtext HN817) or
Clementi: Piano Sonatas (Selection), Volume 1 (Henle Urtext HN317)
5. Haydn: Selected Keyboard Sonatas, Book 4 (ABRSM Publishing) or
Haydn: Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume I (Henle Urtext HN238) or
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Selection Volume I (Henle Urtext HN152)
6. Scarlatti: Nine Sonatas (ABRSM Publishing) view PDF or
Scarlatti: Selected Piano Sonatas, Volume I (Henle Urtext HN395)

List B

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
4. Bruch: Schwedische Tänze, Op.63 (Simrock)
5. Chopin: Mazurkas (Henle HN 264) or
Chopin: Mazurkas (ABRSM Publishing) view PDF
6. Schumann: Kinderscenen, Op.15 (ABRSM Publishing) view PDF

List C

1. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
2. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
3. Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010: Grade 7
4. Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Volume 5 (new definitive edition: Boosey & Hawkes)
5. A Keyboard Anthology, First Series, Book 5 (ABRSM Publishing) or
Debussy: Children's Corner Suite (UMP) view PDF
6. Bill Evans: Jazz Piano, trans. Long (Wise Publications/Music Sales)

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