Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Violin 2020-2023
Grade: 2
Candidates may perform some or all of their pieces with a string accompaniment. Pieces that are published as duets are marked (DUET) in the syllabus list. Pieces that are published with piano and string accompaniment options are marked (PF/VN) in the syllabus list, and may be performed with either accompaniment in the exam.
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: from Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, 4th movt
Mozart
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2. Menuet in G, BWV Anh. II 114
C. Petzold
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$8.60
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$13.56
3. Minuett: No. 7 from The Double Dealer, Z. 592
Purcell
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$8.60
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$13.56
4. Musette
J. S. Bach
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Suzuki Violin School, Vol. 2 (Revised) (Summy-Birchard)$12.32 -
Suzuki Violin School, Vol. 2 Piano accompaniment (Summy-Birchard)$9.89
7. Minuet and Trio
Haydn
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Piece By Piece 1 (violin & piano) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$15.48
9. Red-Haired Boy (PF/VN)
Trad. Irish
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Fiddler Playalong Collection 2 (Bk & CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$24.75 -
Jigs, Reels & Hornpipes (New Edition) (Complete Edition with CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$24.75
10. Soldier's Joy (DUET)
Trad. Scottish
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Tunes You Know Violin Duet Book 2 (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$16.08
List BAvailable In
1. Theme: from Symphony No. 1, 3rd movt
Mahler
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2. Bamboo in the Breeze
Trad. Chinese
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3. Castle on a Cloud: from Les Misérables
Schönberg, Boublil, Natel and Kretzmer
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$8.60
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4. Weeping Willow: No. 10 from Fast Forward
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
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Fast Forward - violin & piano (Easy String Music Series) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$16.08
5. Glwysen (PF/VN)
Edward Jones
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Celtic Fiddler New Edition Repackage (Complete + CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$24.75 -
Fiddler Playalong Collection 2 (Bk & CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$24.75
6. Theme: from Sonata in A, K. 331, 1st movt (DUET)
Mozart
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Compatible Duets for Strings 2 (Violin) (Carl Fischer)$19.75
7. Barcarolle: from The Tales of Hoffmann
Offenbach
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Vamoosh Violin Book 2 (+ CD) (Vamoosh)$8.60
8. Waltz: from The Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky
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Superpieces (Violin & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.52 -
The Best of Grade 2 Violin (Faber Music)$13.61
9. Simple Gifts
Trad. North American
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O Shenandoah! (Violin & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.52 -
The Best of Grade 2 Violin (Faber Music)$13.61
10. Greensleeves (DUET)
Trad.
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Tunes You Know Violin Duet Book 1 (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$15.48
List CAvailable In
1. The Ceilidh: No. 20 from Fast Forward
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
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2. Angry Tango: from More Mood Swings
Timothy Kraemer
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3. Hol háltál az éjjel cinegemadár?: No. 5 from Tíz Könnyu Hegedu-Zongoradarab
Trad. Hungarian
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4. We're off to see the wizard: from The Wizard of Oz (PF/VN)
Arlen & Harburg
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Abracadabra Strings Book 1 (Piano Accompaniments for Violin, Viola, Cello & Double Bass) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$12.37 -
Abracadabra Violin (Third Edition) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$9.89
5. Play Song: No. 9 from 44 Duos (DUET)
Bartók
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Duos (44) for two violins vol.1 (Universal Edition)$21.03
6. Jacob's Dance (PF/VN)
Kathy and David Blackwell
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Fiddle Time Sprinters Piano Accompaniment Book REVISED EDITION (Oxford University Press)$11.45 -
Fiddle Time Sprinters Violin Accompaniment Book REVISED EDITION (Oxford University Press)$9.84 -
Fiddle Time Sprinters: A third book of pieces for violin (+ CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.31
8. Gypsy Dance (PF/VN)
Ferdinand Seitz
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Violin Recital Album, First Position, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter)$22.35
9. Jack Tar (PF/VN)
Trad.
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The Seafaring Fiddler (Complete Edition with CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$24.75
10. Siberian Galop
Pam Wedgwood
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The Best of Grade 2 Violin (Faber Music)$13.61
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Up-Grade! - Violin Grades 1-2 (Faber Music)$10.52
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$10.52
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$10.52 -
$19.75
