ABRSM Violin Exams Here are some key points to help you prepare for your Grade 2 exam. All requirements are valid from } January 2020 unit ji December 2023. More detailed information on the syllabus requirements and syllabus overlap details can be found online at wwwaabrsm.org/violin, Inthe exam, the requirements can be taken in any order. Pieces (3x30 marks) ‘This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's 2020-2023 Grade 2 Violin syllabus. In the exam, you will ned to play three pieces, one from each ofthe three syllabus lists (A, B and C). You can choose from the pieces in this book and/or the other pieces set for the grade: a full list is on the opposite page. You will need to follow all da capo (D.C.) and da! segno (DS) indications but other repeats {including first-time bars) should not be played unless they are very short (Le. a fewbars) or unless the ; s differently. syllabus speci Scales and arpeggios Giana Learning scales and arpeggios helps you to build strong technical skills by developing reliable finger ‘movement, hand position, co-ordination and fingerboard fluency. It also helps you to develop your musical understanding through familiarity with keys and their related patterns. You can find a complete list of scales and arpeggios required for Grade 2 in the back of this book. In the exam, they should be played from memory. Sight-reading (21 marks) Learning to sight-read helps you to develop quick recognition of keys, tonality and common rhythm patterns. It also helps you to learn to keep going even when you make mistakes, and work music out for ‘yourself - which makes learning new pieces quicker and easier. Inthe exam, you will be asked to play a short unaccompanied piece of music that you have not seen before. You will be given half a minute to look through and, if you wish, try out all or any part of the test before you are asked to play it to the examiner for assessment, For the full sight-reading parameters, please see the syllabus, Aural tests (18 marks) ‘Aural skills enable you to assess the sound and balance of your playing, keep in time and play with a sense ofhythm and pulse. These skills also help you to develop your sense of pitch, your musical memory and to spot any mistakes. Inthe exam, the tests will be administered by the examiner from the piano, and you will be asked: 4 Toclap the pulse of a piece played by the examiner, and to identify whether itis in two time or three time. b_Tosingaas ‘echoes’ three phrases played by the examiner, © Toidentify a change in either pitch or rhythm during a phrase played by the examiner. d_ Toanswer questions about two features of a piece played by the examiner. For more detailed information on the tests, please see the syllabus, (Total available: 150 marks) Editorial guidance ‘We have taken the ‘Pieces in this book from a variety of sources. Where appropriate, we have edited the pieces to help You prepare for your performance. We have added metronome markings (in square brackets) and ornament realisations. fe fingering and bowing indications have been amended where necessary to ensure a consistent approach within the "um. Details of other changes or suggestions are given in the footnotes. Fingering, bowing and editorial additions are for ‘guidance only: you do not have to follow’ them in the exam,© ©O©O60 OOO @OQOQ OOO mmeoony O® © Violin Exam Pieces ABRSM Grade 2 Selected from the 2020-2023 syllabus Name Date of evarn Contents a UST A 1 W.A-Mozart Allegretto: from Clarinet Quintet, K, 581, fourth movement, arr. Scott-Burt 2 2 Christian Petzold Menuet in G, BWV Anh. II 114, arr. Huws Jones 3 3 Henry Purell Minuett: No.7 from The Double Dealer, Z. 592, art. Blackwell 4 usTB 1 Gustav Mahler Theme: from Symphony No. 1, third movement, art Gritton 5 2 Trad.Chinese Bamboo in the Breeze, arr. Huws Jones 6 3 Claude-Michel Schénberg, Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel & Herbert Kretzmer Castle on a Cloud: 7 from Les Misérables, art Bullard usTC 1 Katherine & Hugh Colledge The Ceilidh: No. 20 from Fast Forward 8 2 Timothy Kraemer Angry Tango: from More Mood Swings 9 3 Trad. Hungarian Hol haltél az jel cinegemadér?: No. from Tic Konnyli Hegeddt-Zongoradarab, 10 art Szervanszky ‘Viotn consultant: Kathy Blackwell Footnotes: Anthony Burton| Other pieces for Grade 2 UE wit olin accompaniment usta J.S.Bach Musette, are Suzuki. Suzu! Violin School, Vol.2(Altred) Bolsmortier Rigaudon, arz Mohrs (upper pari). Duets for Fun: Violins (Schott) puET Finger Air, art Mohrs (til optional). My First Concer for Violin Schott) Haydn Minuet and Tro, az Nelson (without DC). Piece by Piece I for Violin (Boosey & Hawkes) G.B. Martini Gavotte, ar. de Keyser & Waterman, The Best of Grade 2 Violin (Faber) or The Young Violinist’ Repertoire, Book 1 (Faber) ‘Trad. Irish Red-Haired Boy, art. Huws Jones (violin melody) The Fiddler Playalong Violin Collection 2 (Boosey & Haves) or Jigs, Reel 10 Trad. Scottish Soldier's Joy, art Nelson (upper part). Tunes You Know 2for Violin Duet (Boosey & Hawkes) puct ust 4 Katherine & Hugh Colledge Weeping Willow: No. 10 from Past Forward for Violin (Boosey & Hawkes) 5 Edward Jones Glwysen, arz. Huws ones (violin melody). The Fiddler Playalong Violin Collection (Boosey & Hawkes) or The Celtic Fiddler (Boosey & Hawkes) ¥4/¥e 6 Mozart Theme (from Sonata in A, K. 331, Ist mov), art. Gazda & Clark (upper part; grace notes optional). Compatible Duets for Strings, Vol.2: Vioin(Car\ Fischer) ver Offenbach Barcarolle (rom The Tals of Hoffmann), arx. Gregory (with repeats). Vamoosh Violin, Book 2 (Vamoosh) 8 Tchaikovsky Waltz ({rom The Sleeping Beauty) art. Cohen. Superpiece (Faber) or The Best of Grade 2 Vialin (Faber) ‘9 Trad. North American Simple Gifts, art Waterfield & Beach. The Best of Grade 2 Violin (Fabet) or O Shenandoah for Violin (Faber) 10 Trad. Greensleeves, arzNelson (upper part). Tunes You Know | for Violin Duet (Boosey & Hawkes) Duet ustc 4 Arlen & Harburg We're offto see the wizard ({rom The Wizard ofr) ar. Davey, Hussey & Sebba. Abracadabra Violin (Third Edition) (Collins ssi) Pm Bart6k Play Song: No.9 from 44 Duos for Two Violins, Vol. (upper part) (Universal) Burr Kathy & David Blackwell Jacob's Dance. Fiddle Time Sprinters(QUP) vm ‘Thomas Gregory Smooth Operator. Vamoosh Violin, Book 2(Vamoosh) Ferdinand Seitz Gypsy Dance (ending at b 47). Violin Rectal Album, Vol2(Birenteter) #r/vw ‘Trad, Jack Tr, art. Huws Jones (ololin melody). The Seafaring Fiddler (Boosey & Hawkes) P/M 10 Pam Wedgwood Siberian Galop. The Best of Grade 2 Violin Faber) or Up-Grade! Violin Grader I-2(Faber) Fi ped 29 ABM (aig) Ld, \auboraed photcopyinge gala oration by hala oe {nome mary ARS, Lan Wal ace, Arn rere No prt us penon Ce by at Bejomin dy Po wi ks gon Cotge Lindon ECE 38h nd Ringe ‘maybe epodued ecard ocaemiued Med nad iy lean Cx ta rn, Baka, {¢Sby Te waa Braden Roy Scoot Makeinay rman ean ten mata fom nub ures ‘send were by ners Ue Pr ‘ot perma ecayg eee 170K with piano or vin accompanimentAllegretto from Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, fourth movement Arranged by Nicholas Scott-Burt TASS. Allegretto 4 = ¢.108 =p ‘Towards the end of his short life, the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote two masterpieces fr his fiend Anton Stadler. one of the first virtuoso players ofthe clarinet. One was a concerto with orchestra; the other, written in September 1789, was a quintet with two Voli ola and cello, The last ofthe four movements ofthe quintet isa set of variations ona jaunty theme, which Is arranged here for violin and pia%®- (© 2019 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Muse(Gisa oa ast Menuet in G BWV Anh. 11 114 Arranged by Edward Huws Jones Christian Petzold (1677-c1733) Lively but graceful J = ¢.104 Johann Sebastian Bach presented two handwritten ‘Little Keyboard Books to his second wife Anna Magdalena. The fist, ftom 1722 consisted tentrely of his own music the second, from 1725, was an anthology of pieces mostly by other composers, for Anna Magdalena 10 Play fOr njoyment orto teach tothe couples children. This Menuet, fom the 1725 collection, was writen by Christian Petzold, a German organist tnd composer atthe cour of Saxony in Dresden, which Bach visited several times. The minuet was a graceful ance of French origin which was popular throughout the 18th century. (© 2004 by The Associated Board ofthe Royal Schools oF Music Reproduced fom Vekn Exam Pieces 2005-2007, Grade2 (ABRSM) 803937Minuett No. 7 from The Double Dealer, Z. 592 Henry Purcel) Arranged by David Blackwell (1659-95), Minuett J = ¢.108 ‘The English composer Henry Purcell wrote large quantities of msc throughout his short fe forthe thriving London theatres. Many pays at etd nepal a e Mh egonn en Songewes comedy ry te eter at the Drury Lane theatre inate 1693 that Purcell composed this ples fore oon orenine leet smrohercanae tytn of the minuet. He seems to have been pleased withthe reals been an ieasan onaerara a {0 have been pleased withthe resul, because he also made an arrangement of (© 2019 y The Asocate Boar he Roya School of ule 883937cases Theme from Symphony No. 1, third movement Arranged by Peter Gritton Gustav Mahler «1860-1919 Solemnly J = c.76 2 poco rit, 0 | rf P ‘The Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler wrote ten symphonies, the lst of which was left unfinished. The first, written in 1688, has a tid movement which Mahler sald was suggested by a picture in a book of children’s stories depicting a huntsmans funeral procession followed by all the creatures ofthe forest. The movement begins with a familiar tune, the round Bruder Martin o Frere Jacques for mock- pathetic effect the tunes put into the minor key and fst played by a solo double bass high in ts register. n this arrangement, the piano fils in some of {he pars of the round, and also imitates the drums ofthe funeral procession. (©2019 by The Associated Board of the Royal Sehoos of Muse 983937copies ofthis copyrate Bamboo in the Breeze Arranged by Edward Huws Jones Tiad. Chinese Calm and spacious 4 = ¢.54 2 — mS ‘mp cantabile 1 a é SS mp cantabile tosing the melody. {$201 by The Associated Bou of he Royal Schools of Mune ‘produced tom Edward Haws lone: Vln Sans aan 83937Cites | tome unaitborseg contests eeoyra Bamboo in the Breeze Arranged by Edward Huws Jones Trad. 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The tune i a jigin traditional syle and the opening bars sugges © copyri 92yBocsey 4 Howkes Musi Publishers Ltd Repeodced by permission, 883937Oita nih oro Angry Tango from More Mood Swings ‘Timothy Kraemer (bom 1947) ete et ach Spt "Ren tarp Kone abo « ple hope epi nig el cs eg ig ei tee eeereet arene ace enter arent tage He comme hs at uch to peopl dancing tango ey on ok ute enmoyed even ang Pay ‘mind will give it the extra energy it needs.” (© Fountayne Editions 2011 aoa emer 83037 VEE et tee eee erence He ET RT TENE gE ITE RE10 Where did you sleep last night little bird? Hol haltal az éjjel cinegemadar? No. 5 from Tiz Kénnyti Hegedd-Zongoradarab Oi, | tomate a cera ere mac Arranged by Endre Szervanszky Trad, Hungarian Allegro, ma non troppo [2 = c.116] ite PP f Ende Szervénszky (191-7 Sr mame ea agent gun composer he wt chr andl mi ne may sr iu Te Kenny eget Zongradan Serpe ae Hidapet Academy of Mise fn nal hs dea 958, atesundy pebched ronkoradarab (len Easy leces for voli end wen langarian folk songs. The Fifth piece is ‘based ona tune in ypically Hungarian shor pec Voln and piano), all of them arrangements of Hungarian flk songs. The fit pi “Phrases, with an accompaniment suggesting the drone of the bagpipes. © Copy 1985 Eatio Mania Budapest 8 3937Scales and arpeggios You will be asked for atleast one of each type of scale and arpeggto, which should be played from memory. For full details and examples, please see the syllabus, RANGE REQUIREMENTS SCALES C.Emajors, G.Dminos maringonopendrings Lock separate bows or slurred (2 quavers to a bow), at examiners choice choice) a ee even notes or long tonic, at candidate's choice Gabino z Doct anveccios C,Fmajors| - = ae - : G.D minors artigo opensirngs pope lage G.A,Bomajos Doak Grade Pe 2 vo Violin Exam Pieces \ Selected from the 2020-2023 syllabus