Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Piano 2023 & 2024
Grade: 1
Pieces that are published as duets are marked [DUET] in the syllabus list, while pieces market [DUET/SOLO] may be played as a duet or as a solo.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.
Audio downloads: Purchase audio recordings of pieces from this syllabus.
Pieces (for Practical Grades – select one from each list; for Performance Grades – select one from each list, plus an own-choice piece)
List AAvailable In
1. Allegretto in C: No. 3 from Die ersten 12 Lectionen, Op. 125
Diabelli
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2. Dragonflies: from The Greenwood Tree
M. Helyer
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3. Minuet in C: No. 10 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, Op. 1
A. Reinagle
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$11.37
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4. Sonatina [DUET]
Dennis Alexander
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Alfred Basic Piano Duet Book Level 2 (Alfred Music)$10.10
5. Choral 'Deal with Me, Lord', BWV 514
attrib. J. S. Bach
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$15.88
6. The Chase: No. 15 from First Lessons for the Piano, Op. 117
Gurlitt
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Classics to Moderns 1 (Yorktown)$15.37 -
Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3B (Carl Fischer)$16.45 -
Studio 21, Series 1 Book 1 (Piano) (Universal Edition)$20.31
7. Gavotte in C
Handel
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Classics to Moderns 1 (Yorktown)$15.37
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My First Concert for piano (+ CD) (Schott)$16.50 -
Studio 21, Series 1 Book 1 (Piano) (Universal Edition)$20.31
8. Haymaking: from The Greenwood Tree
M. Helyer
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Greenwood Tree 10 Pieces For Piano (Stainer & Bell)$7.30
9. Arioso in F: No. 1 from 12 Handstücke
Türk
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Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3A (Carl Fischer)$18.42 -
Piano piccolo (Schott)$20.96 -
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10. Courante [DUET]
Elsie Wells
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Mixed Doubles: Piano Time Duets Book 2 (Oxford University Press)$13.34
11. Gavotte in C: No. 3 from 24 Progressive Lessons, Op. 81
Hook
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Encore: Book 1, Grades 1 & 2 (ABRSM)$11.37 -
Music Through Time Piano Book 1 (Grades 1-2) (Oxford University Press)$13.34
13. Minuet in A minor, Z. 649
Purcell
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Music Through Time Piano Book 1 (Grades 1-2) (Oxford University Press)$13.34
List BAvailable In
1. Fresh Air
Andrew Eales
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2. A Morning Sunbeam: No. 3 from Three Sketches for Little Pianists
F. Price
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3. The Quiet Wood
Head
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4. Reflections: from Just for You and Me, Book 1 [DUET]
Dennis Alexander
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Just for You and Me, Book 1 (Alfred Music)$11.37
5. The Trees are Heavy with Snow
Alwyn
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Five By Ten, Grade 1 for piano solo (Lengnick )$14.67
6. Friday: from Seven Days a Week
R. R. Bennett
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Seven Days a Week (Belwin)$7.94 -
Young Pianist's Repertoire, Book I (Faber Music)$10.80
7. The Little White Cloud
Jessie Blake
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Grade by Grade - Piano Grade 1 (+ CD) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$19.04
8. Fairy Tale: No. 1 from Children's Album, Op. 98
Grechaninov
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Children’s Book, Op.98 (ABRSM)$8.83 -
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My First Concert for piano (+ CD) (Schott)$16.50
10. Small Valse
Borislava Taneva
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Mosaic, Volume 2 (Piano) (Editions Musica Ferrum)$15.23
11. Fountain: from Little Stories
Agnieszka Lasko
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Little Stories (Piano) (Euterpe)$22.23
12. Beauty and the Beast: from Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken
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Gradebusters Grade 1 Piano (Book & Online Audio) (Hal Leonard)$17.34
13. Song of the Dark Woods
Siegmeister
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Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3B (Carl Fischer)$16.45
List CAvailable In
1. Virginia Hall
Shruthi Rajasekar
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2. Sneaky Business: from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1
Martha Mier
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3. Little Whale Explores the Calm Sea
Caroline Tyler
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5. The Frog: from The Gift of Music
Elias Davidsson
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The Gift of Music - 13 short piano pieces for children (Clifton Edition)$12.07
6. Woodland Folk Song [DUET]
Alison Mathews
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7. Latin Laughter [DUET]
Jane Sebba
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Piano Magic Duets Book 2 (A&C Black-Collins Music)$10.15
9. Tu tu Gbovi [DUET]
Trad. Ewe (Ghanaian)
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$10.80
11. Cheesecake-Walk: from Get It Together!
Carol Barratt
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Get It Together! - Jazz Rags & Blues (piano) (Chester Music)$15.37
13. At the Seaside: from A Child’s Garden of Verses
Chee-Hwa Tan
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A Childs Garden Of Verses (piano) (Piano Safari)$11.37
Also RecommendedAvailable In
1. Scales & Arpeggios
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2. Preparation for the Sight-Reading tests
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Joining the Dots, Book 1 (Piano) (ABRSM)$10.10 -
More Piano Sight-Reading G1 (ABRSM)$10.10 -
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3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$11.37 -
$21.53
4. Teaching Notes
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