Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Percussion from 2020 - Combined
Grade: 8
Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the current syllabus - for Practical Grades or Performance Grades - and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Pieces (for Practical Grades – select one from each instrument list; for Performance Grades – select one from each instrument list, plus an own-choice piece)
Snare DrumAvailable In
1. Fox Trot and Fandango: No. 2 and No. 3 from Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum
W. Benson
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Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum (Hal Leonard)$6.02
2. Dance for Five Drums (Abridged Version)
Jan Bradley
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Dance for Five Drums (Abridged version) (Jan Bradley)$36.80
6. Movement II: from American Suite
Guy G. Gauthreaux II
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American Suite for Unaccompanied Snare Drum (Meredith Music)$17.91
10. Antrieb
Cameron Sinclair
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TimpaniAvailable In
1. Movement II: from Sonata for Timpani
John Beck
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Sonata for Timpani (Bourne Music )$6.39
2. Saëta: No. 1 from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani
E. Carter
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Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (Associated Music Publishers)$26.87 -
Solos for the Percussion Player (G. Schirmer)$33.27
3. Proclamation
Julian Fairbank
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4. Episode and Cadenza: No. 4 and No. 6 from Solobook for Timpani, Vol. 2
S. Fink
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Solobook For Timpani vol.2 (Simrock)$18.56
5. Beguine and Samba: No. 3 from Seven Solo Dances for the Advanced Timpanist
George Frock
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Seven Solo Dances for the Advanced Timpanist (Southern Music)$17.91
6. Bolt!: from Pedal to the Kettle
Kirk J. Gay
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Pedal to the Kettle (Tapspace Publications)$47.35
7. Scenes from an Ancient Battle
Michael J. Rhodes
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8. Neuertanz: from 3 Tanzen
Cameron Sinclair
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9. Study No. 22: from Symphonic Studies for Timpani
Nick Woud
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Symphonic Studies for Timpani (De Haske)$30.71
Tuned PercussionAvailable In
3. Joplin on Wood: from Harry Breuer's Ragtime Solos
Breuer (and Anderson & Spivack)
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Harry Breuer's Ragtime Solos for xylophone (+ CD) (Meredith Music)$30.72
5. No. 1: from Marimba Dances
Ross Edwards
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6. No. 3: from Marimba Dances
Ross Edwards
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7. Tween Heather and Sea
George H. Geldard
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Tween Heather and Sea (Xylophone) (Schott)$11.51
9. Tambourin chinois
Kreisler
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Tambourin Chinoise for xylophone & piano (Carl Fischer)$21.70
10. First Toy: No. 1 from Midnight Pieces
Igor Lešnik
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Midnight Pieces - vibraphone solo (Zimmermann)$10.23
11. Greeting: 1st movt from Concerto No. 1
Ney Rosauro
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Concerto No. 1 for Marimba (21st Century Music Production)$63.94
12. Spiral 2: from Three Spirals
Éric Sammut
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Three Spirals (Keyboard Percussion Publications)$19.20
14. Mexican Dance No. 1: from Two Mexican Dances for Marimba
Gordon Stout
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15. The Absent-Minded Woman
Trad.
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The Celtic Xylophone, Book 1, arr. Daughtrey (C. Alan Publications)$34.50
Also RecommendedAvailable In
Preparation for the Aural Tests
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Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 8 (ABRSM)$12.16 -
$26.88
Scales & Arpeggios (Tuned Percussion)
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$10.18
