Piano GRADE 1
SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS*: see also p. 6
Scales
C, G, D, F majors hands separately 2 octaves
A, D minors (L.H. may, at candidates choice, be
(natural or harmonic or melodic at played descending and ascending)
candidates choice)
Contrary-motion scale
C major hands beginning on the key-note (unison) 1 octave
Broken chords
C, G, F majors hands separately, as pattern below:
A, D minors
V 68 . .
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C:
LIST A
1 Mozart Minuet in G, K. 1e Piano Exam Pieces 20132014, Grade 1
2 Rowley Fugue: No. 4 from Five Miniature Preludes and Fugues
(ABRSM)
3 TrkDas Ballett: No. 19 from 60 Pieces for Aspiring Players, Book 1
4 Neefe Minuetto in G. No. 9 from Clavierstcke fr Anfnger (Piano Pieces for Beginners) (Schott ED 2572)
5 Purcell Prelude, Z. 660/1. No. 9 from English Keyboard Music 16631702 or No. 2 from A Keyboard Anthology, 1st
Series, Book 1 or No. 14 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 1 (ABRSM)
6 WagenseilCourtly Dance. P. 16 from The Joy of First Classics, Book 2 (Yorktown Music Press YK20568)
LIST B
1 GedikeModerato: No. 2 from 20 Little Pieces for Beginners, Op. 6 Piano Exam Pieces 20132014,
2 Swinstead Sailors Song: No. 11 from Work and Play
Grade 1 (ABRSM)
3 RybickiNa dce (In a Boat): from Zaczynam gra (I Begin to Play), Op. 20
4 BorodinPolovtsian Dance: from Prince Igor. Simply Classics, Grades 01, arr. Gritton (Faber)
5 GurlittDie Klappermhle: No. 33 from The First Lessons, Op. 117 (AlfredKalmus K03498)
6 F. Wohlfahrt Allegretto. More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 1 (ABRSM)
LIST C
1 Richard Rodney Bennett Thursday: from Seven Days a Week Piano Exam Pieces
2 ShostakovichMarch: No. 1 from Childrens Notebook, Op. 69 20132014, Grade 1
3 Harry Warren and Mack Gordon Chattanooga Choo Choo (middle eight), arr. Marshall (ABRSM)
4 Elias Davidsson The Merry Bagpipe: from The Gift of Music (Spartan Press SP803)
5 Heather Hammond Cowboy Lullaby: from Even Cooler Piano, Book 2 (Kevin Mayhew)
6 Fishel Pustilnik Jay-Walker (piece published individually: F&N Enterprise)
SIGHT-READING*: a four-bar piece in 44 or 34, or a six-bar piece in 24, in C, G or F majors, A or D minors,
with each hand playing separately and in a five-finger position. Simple dynamics, note values, articulations
and occasional accidentals (within minor keys only) may be encountered. See also p. 7.
AURAL TESTS FOR THE GRADE*: see pp. 20 and 21
This arrangement only
* Published by ABRSM (Scale requirements, Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Specimen Aural Tests)
