Piano

Piano
2022 Edition
SYLLABUS / 2022 EDITION

Syllabus
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 Contents

Introduction
What’s New? 4 Piano Examination Requirements 4
Repertoire 4
Technical Requirements 7
Musicianship 7

Level-by-Level Requirements
Elementary Certificates 8 Advanced Certificates 78
Preparatory A 8 Level 9 78
Preparatory B 13 Level 10 89
Level 1 18
Level 2 24
Level 3 30 Diplomas 100
Level 4 37 Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Performer 100
Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Pedagogy 109
Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer 109
Intermediate Certificates 44
Level 5 44
Level 6 52
Level 7 60
Level 8 68

Reference
Table of Marks 118
Classification of Marks 119
Split Level 10 Practical Examinations 119
Supplemental Examinations 119
Technical Tests Examples 120
Musicianship Examples 124
Resources 131
CONTENTS
Introduction
For an introduction to The RCM Certificate Program, including
such information as registration for examinations, prerequisites
and corequisites, examination regulations, and procedures, please
see the Practical Examinations Syllabus at rcmusic.com/syllabi.
What’s New?
• Repertoire lists have been updated and expanded to include
new works written in the last ten years.
• Musicianship requirements include new optional alternatives to
broaden and expand aural and reading skills.
• Memory marks will be awarded at Level 8.
• Students may now substitute a popular selection for one etude
at Level 10.
• The Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Pedagogy
requirements have been updated, and are available in a separate
document at rcmusic.com/syllabi.
• The Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer has been
added to this document.
Piano Examination
Requirements
Repertoire
At each level, students are encouraged to choose a balanced
examination program that includes a variety of musical styles,
genres, and tonalities. For Preparatory A to Level 10, students
may select repertoire from Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition (RCM
Publishing) or repertoire from other published resources, as listed
in the “Complete Repertoire” section for each level in the Syllabus.
* P lease see Abbreviations at rcmusic.com/syllabi for a list of
publishers with their abbreviations.
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Repertoire Lists
The repertoire for Levels 1 to 10 and the Associate Diploma
(ARCT) in Piano, Performer is divided into lists, according to
genre or stylistic period.
Levels 1 and 2
List A: Baroque and Classical Repertoire
List B: Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
List C: Inventions
Levels 3 to 7
List A: Baroque Repertoire
List B: Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
List C: Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Levels 8 and 9
List A: Baroque Repertoire
List B: Classical Repertoire
List C: Romantic Repertoire
List D: Post-Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Level 10
List A: Works by J.S. Bach
List B: Classical Repertoire
List C: Romantic Repertoire
List D: Post-Romantic, Impressionist, and Early 20th-century
Repertoire
List E: 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire
Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Performer
List A: Works by J.S. Bach
List B: Classical Sonatas
List C: Romantic Repertoire
List D: Post-Romantic, Impressionist, and Early 20th-century
Repertoire
List E: 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire
List F: Concert Etudes
For the examination repertoire requirements for Preparatory A,
please see p. 8; for Preparatory B, please see p. 13; for the Licentiate
Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer, please see p. 109.
Da Capo Signs and Repeats
• When performing repertoire in an examination, students
should observe da capo and dal segno signs, unless stated
otherwise in the Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition.
• Repeat signs should ordinarily be ignored. However, repeat
signs should be observed if indicated in the Piano Syllabus,
2022 Edition or in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition.
• At the Associate Diploma (ARCT) and Licentiate Diploma
(LRCM) levels, repeats may be observed at the candidate’s
discretion, within the allotted time.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Memorization
To support secure and confident performances, students are
encouraged to memorize repertoire selections.
• In Preparatory A, Preparatory B, and Levels 1 to 8, memory
marks are awarded for each repertoire selection performed by
memory, for a total of 6 marks.
• In Levels 9 and 10, one mark will be deducted for each
repertoire selection that is played with the music.
• For the Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Performer,
and the Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer,
memorization is compulsory. Candidates not performing from
memory will receive comments only. Any selection played with
the music will receive a mark of zero.
Substitutions
Students have the option of substituting selections at each
examination with alternatives of their own choice. Official approval
of most substitute selections is not required. Substitute selections
fall into four categories: Syllabus substitutions, Teacher’s Choice
substitutions, Student’s Choice substitutions, and Popular Selection
List substitutions. Students must comply with the following
regulations regarding repertoire substitutions. A substantial mark
deduction may be applied for substitute selections that do not
comply with the following regulations. (See the “Substitutions
Summary” table on the next page.)
Syllabus Substitutions
Students in Preparatory A may substitute one repertoire selection
from Preparatory B. Students in Preparatory B may substitute one
repertoire selection from Level 1 List A or List B.
Students in Levels 1 to 10 may substitute one repertoire selection
and/or one etude from the corresponding list of the level
immediately above their examination level. For example, a Level
5 List A selection may be performed in place of a Level 4 List A
selection, or a Level 7 etude in place of a Level 6 etude.
• Official approval is not required prior to the examination.
• Students must ensure that the substitute piece complies with
the genre or stylistic period intended for the list in the level to
be examined (see “Repertoire Lists” on p. 4). For example, a
Level 9 List D selection may be replaced with a selection from
Level 10 List D or List E.
• Syllabus substitutions must be performed according to the
syllabus requirements of the higher level and will be evaluated
at the standard of the higher level.
• Syllabus substitutions are not permitted for Level 2 List C:
Inventions.
For the Associate Diploma (ARCT), one repertoire selection may
be substituted from the corresponding repertoire category of the
Licentiate Diploma (LRCM).
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LEVEL
Teacher’s Choice Substitutions
Students in Preparatory A and Preparatory B may substitute one
repertoire selection with a work not listed in the Piano Syllabus,
2022 Edition that is of comparable length, difficulty, and musical
quality to selections listed in the syllabus.
Students in Levels 1 to 10 may substitute one repertoire selection
and/or one etude with a work not listed in the Piano Syllabus, 2022
Edition that is of comparable length, difficulty, style category, and
musical quality to selections in the specified list.
Teacher’s Choice substitutions may be made for the following
repertoire lists only: List B in Levels 1 and 2; List C in Levels 3 to
7; List C or D in Levels 8 and 9; and List C, D, or E in Level 10.
Teacher’s Choice substitutions for repertoire must be of comparable
stylistic idiom to the corresponding list for which they are performed.
• Teacher’s Choice substitutions for etudes may be freely chosen
from any stylistic period.
• The mark for the performance of a Teacher’s Choice substitute
selection will include an assessment of the appropriateness of
the choice.
• Students performing a Teacher’s Choice selection that exceeds
the expected length of a repertoire selection or etude for
the student’s level may be stopped by the examiner once an
assessment has been reached.
• It is the responsibility of the teacher to provide guidance
regarding Teacher’s Choice substitutions to ensure that the
chosen repertoire complies with the syllabus requirements.
For the Associate Diploma (ARCT), one List C, D, or E selection
may be substituted with a work not listed in the Piano Syllabus,
2022 Edition that is of comparable length, difficulty, style category,
and musical quality to the selections in the specified list.
Student’s Choice Substitutions
One Student’s Choice substitution may be made at the Licentiate
Diploma (LRCM) level.
• Candidates may include either one extended Student’s Choice
selection or up to three brief Student’s Choice selections (with a
total playing time of up to 15 minutes) from any historical period.
• The substitute repertoire selection(s) must be equal in
difficulty and musical quality to the works listed in the
LRCM repertoire lists.
• The mark for the examination will include an assessment
of the appropriateness of any Student’s Choice selection(s).
Candidates should indicate the Student’s Choice selection(s) on
the Examination Program Form.
Popular Selection List Substitutions
Students in Levels 1 to 10 may replace one etude with a work
included in any edition of the Popular Selection List. The Popular
Selection List is an addendum to the Piano Syllabus, 2022 Edition
and is available online. It includes a compilation of contemporary
arrangements that have been categorized by level, from Level 1 to
10. Popular Selection List substitutions must be chosen from the
student’s examination level or the level immediately above.
CONTENTS LEVEL
Introduction
Substitutions Summary
Level Repertoire Substitution Etude Substitution
Prep A–Prep B • one Syllabus substitution from the next higher level not applicable
OR
• one Teacher’s Choice substitution
Levels 1–2 • one Syllabus substitution from the next higher level (except • one Syllabus substitution from the next higher level
Level 2 List C: Inventions) OR
OR • one Teacher’s Choice substitution
• one Teacher’s Choice substitution for List B OR
• one Popular Selection List substitution
Levels 3–7 • one Syllabus substitution from the next higher level • one Syllabus substitution from the next higher level
OR OR
• one Teacher’s Choice substitution for List C • one Teacher’s Choice substitution
OR
• one Popular Selection List substitution
Levels 8–9 • one Syllabus substitution from the next higher level • one Syllabus substitution from the next higher level
OR OR
• one Teacher’s Choice substitution for List C or D • one Teacher’s Choice substitution
OR
• one Popular Selection List substitution
Level 10 • one Syllabus substitution from ARCT • one Syllabus substitution from ARCT List F
OR OR
• one Teacher’s Choice substitution for List C, D, or E • one Teacher’s Choice substitution
OR
• one Popular Selection List substitution
ARCT Performer • one Syllabus substitution from LRCM not applicable
OR
• one Teacher’s Choice substitution for List C, D, or E
LRCM Performer • one Student’s Choice substitution (prior approval required) not applicable

For any substitute selections falling outside these categories, and
any substitutions for the Associate Diploma (ARCT), students
must complete an Examination Substitute Piece Request Form
(available online) in advance of the examination registration
deadline. Students are advised to prepare an alternate work in case
the request is denied.
For the Licentiate Diploma (LRCM), candidates must complete
the Licentiate Registration form (available online) and submit it
along with their complete Examination Program Form (included
in the registration package) to The Royal Conservatory in advance
of the examination registration deadline. The substitute selection(s)
will be evaluated as part of the overall program. An Examination
Substitute Piece Request Form is not required.

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CONTENTS
Introduction
Technical Requirements
Etudes
Complete etudes for Levels 1 to 10 are published in Celebration
Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes (RCM Publishing).
• Etudes do not need to be memorized. No extra marks
will be awarded for memorizing etudes, although stronger
performances often result.
• Concert Etudes in List F for the Associate Diploma (ARCT) in
Piano, Performer must be performed by memory.
• See the “Substitutions Summary” table on p. 6 for permitted
etude substitutions.
* F or further details on examination requirements for etudes, please
consult the listings for each level.
Technical Tests
Complete technical tests for Preparatory through Level 8 are
published in Technical Requirements for Piano (RCM Publishing).
• The examiner will choose a representative sampling of items
from the technical tests list at each level.
• Technical tests (scales, chords, and arpeggios) must be played
from memory.
• Metronome speeds are intended as a guideline for the
minimum tempo of each requirement.
* F or further details on examination requirements for technical tests,
please consult the listings for each level.
LEVEL
Musicianship
Samples of ear-training exercises and sight reading for examination
preparation are published in Four Star® Sight Reading and Ear Tests
(RCM Publishing) and are available in RCM Online Ear Training
and RCM Online Sight Reading.
Ear Tests
Ear tests include melody clapback, melody playback, and ident-
ification of intervals, chords, and chord progressions.
* F or further details on examination requirements for ear tests, please
consult the requirements for each level.
Sight Reading
Sight-reading tests consist of rhythm reading and sight playing of
short passages.
• Students are required to tap one measure of the beat before
performing the sight-rhythm excerpt to establish a sense of
pulse and to set the tempo for their performance. Students may
choose to tap the beat with one hand or foot, or to clap the beat
with both hands if they are speaking the rhythm.
• To perform the sight-rhythm excerpt, students may speak the
rhythm using the syllable of their choice (“la,” “ta,” Kodály
syllables, etc.), clap the rhythm, or tap the rhythm with one
hand.
• For remote examinations, the sight-reading excerpts will be
provided 22 hours in advance of the examination for student
preparation. Prepared sight-reading excerpts may be slightly
longer than examples provided for in-person examinations but
will conform to all other requirements listed for each level.
• Students are encouraged to review sight-reading excerpts to
prepare for their remote examination but are not permitted to
add markings (such as note names or numbers for counting).
* F or further details on examination requirements for sight-reading
tests, please consult the requirements for each level.
Theory Examinations
For Levels 5 and up
* S ee the current Theory Syllabus (available online) for further
information regarding theory examination prerequisites and
corequisites.
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Level-by-Level Requirements
Preparatory A
Preparatory A Requirements Marks Title Composer Page
Allegro in C Major, op. 1, Reinagle 4
Repertoire 66
no. 4
three selections from the Syllabus List 20
20 Melody in G Major, op. 101, Beyer 5
20 no. 39
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 The Juggler Faber 6
Technical Requirements 14 On the Trampoline Niamath 7
Technical Tests 14 Bluebottle Norton 8
Musicianship Giraffe Richert 9
Ear Tests 10 Ladybug Waltz Ogilvy 10
– Clapback 4 Owl in the Night Rollin 11
– Chords 2 Bumper Cars Olson 12
– Playback 4
Sight Reading 10 The Haunted Mouse Faber 14
– Rhythm 5 Criss Cross Price 15
– Playing 5 A Skating Waltz Berlin 16
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100 Sleigh Bells Donkin 17
Barefoot on the Beach Crosby Gaudet 18
Panda Blues Jiang 19
The Haunted Harp Donkin 20
Repertoire Rock Climbing Konecsni 21
What’s That Noise? Mier 22
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
this section of the examination. Around a Roundabout Gerou 24
Students must prepare three contrasting selections. Two memory Prickly Pear Rag Alexander 26
marks are awarded for each repertoire selection that is performed The Wandering Ogre Mrozinski 28
by memory. Sleepy Head Duncan 29
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u
Baby Kangaroo Crosby Gaudet 30
Sixth Edition: Preparatory A Piano Repertoire on the
pages indicated. Curious Cat Richert 31
Smooth and Crunchy Milne 32

For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see

“Complete Repertoire” on p. 10.

Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests
Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this
section of the examination.

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Preparatory A
Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
Legato Pentascales C, G, D major HS
(five-finger patterns) A minor tonic to dominant, ascending and descending
(ending with solid/blocked root-position triad) = 100
Staccato Pentascales

Chords
Triad Sequence C major HS
= 60
• broken 1 octave, ascending
• solid/blocked = 72

Musicianship Sight Reading

Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” Rhythm
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the
examination. For a given rhythm, students will be asked to:
• Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
Ear Tests given rhythm.
A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.
Clapback Time Signature Note Values Approximate Length
Students will choose to clap, tap, or sing the rhythm of a short
two measures
melody after the examiner has played it twice. The examiner
will identify the time signature and count one measure before
beginning. Playing
Time Signatures Note Values Approximate Length Students will be asked to play two four-note melodies written on
the grand staff starting on any of these notes with the given fingers:
two measures

Chords
Students will be asked to identify the quality (major or minor) of a
triad after the examiner has played the first five notes of a major or
minor scale followed by the tonic triad in solid/blocked form once.
Chords Position • One melody will be in the treble clef, to be played with the
right hand alone.
major and minor triads root position
• One melody will be in the bass clef, to be played with the left
hand alone.
Playback
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the first The melodies will move by step in one direction only and may
three notes of a major scale. The examiner will identify the key, contain a repeated note. Fingering will be indicated for the first
play the tonic triad once, and play the melody twice. note only.

Beginning Note Keys Approximate Length Time Signature Note Values

tonic, mediant C, G major four notes

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Preparatory A
Complete Repertoire Celebrate Piano! STP
Lesson and Musicianship 1B
l Aura Lee
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding l Lazy Summer Day
this section of the examination. l The Sad Dragon
Students must prepare three contrasting selections from the Lesson and Musicianship 2A
l Easy Day
following list. Two memory marks are awarded for each repertoire
selection that is performed by memory. Solos 1
u Ladybug Waltz
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes: l The Teeter-totter
l one selection l Trumpet Parade
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Solos 2
Preparatory A Piano Repertoire l Clowns
Chatman, Stephen
The ABC of Piano Playing FHM Amusements, 1 CMC
Book 2 l Foolin’ Around
l The Cuckoo l Monkey Business
l On Parade Escapades, 1 ECS
l We Play Hockey l The Mouse in the Grandfather Clock
Book 3 Costley, Kevin
l The Ballerina
Year ’Round Fun, 1 FJH
l Cradle Song
l It’s Raining Again
u A Skating Waltz
Crosby Gaudet, Anne
Adair, Yvonne u Baby Kangaroo MDC
Little Dog Tales B&H u Barefoot on the Beach MDC
l Boots
Donkin, Christine
Alexander, Dennis l Black and White Boogie DKN
Dennis Alexander’s Favorite Solos, 1 ALF Jumping in the Mud DKN
l March King
u The Haunted Harp
Five-Star Solos ALF u Sleigh Bells
u Prickly Pear Rag
Duncan, Martha Hill
Alfred’s Premier Piano Course ALF If Dogs Could Talk MHD
Lesson 1B u Sleepy Head
l I Asked My Mother
Garrow, Louise
l The Joke
l Calliope ALF
Lesson 2A
l Qwerty Gerou, Tom
l Shadows u Around a Roundabout GRO
Performance 1B Gieck, Janet
l As Morning Dawns
When I Grow Up RLP
l My Dog
l Artist
l Pogo Stick
l Trucker
Armand, George Goolkasian Rahbee, Dianne
l Echo (in The Russian Piano School, 1 SIK)
Pictures and Beyond, 1 FJH
Beckwith, John l Thunderstorm
The Cheese Stands Still CMS Hal Leonard Student Piano Library HAL
l Blue
Piano Lessons 2
l Brie
l Circle Dance
l Cheddar
l First Light
l Cream
Piano Solos 2
l Goat
l Goofy Gadget
Beyer, Ferdinand l The Stream
Vorschule im Klavierspiel, op. 101 l Those Creepy Crawly Things on the Cellar Floor
u Melody in G Major (no. 39)
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CONTENTS LEVEL
Preparatory A
Jiang, Edward Han Olson, Kevin
u Panda Blues EHJ Imaginations, 1 FJH
u Bumper Cars
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
My Kind of Music, 1 FJH
24 Pieces for Children, op. 39 SCH
l Making Faces
l Melody (no. 1)
l Spider vs. Fly
l Marching (no. 3)
l Stepping on the Cracks
Children’s Adventures, op. 89 SCH
l The Trumpeter and the Echo (no. 15) Papp, Lajos
Starting the Piano EMB
Konecsni, Sarah
l Lydian Melody
u Rock Climbing SKP
Perry, Zenobia Powell
Mier, Martha
l Vignette No. 1 JGM
l Bright Painted Ponies (in Belwin Contest Winners, 1
ALF) Piano Adventures (2nd ed.) FPA
Musical Impressions ALF Lesson Book 1
u What’s That Noise? l Grumpy Old Troll
u The Haunted Mouse
Milne, Elissa
u The Juggler
Very Easy Little Peppers FAB
l Song for a Scarecrow
u Smooth and Crunchy
Lesson Book 2A
Mrozinski, Mark l Jazz Blast
Enchanted Forest MMR l Snake Charmer
u The Wandering Ogre l Storms on Saturn
Lesson Book 2B
Music for Young Children MYC
l Carefree Waltz
Moonbeams 1
Performance Book 1
l Hurrah
l Painting with Pastels
l Melody for Alphorn
l Music Signs Piano Town KJO
l Wake Up! Lessons 1
Moonbeams 2 l Candlelight
l Frère Jacques l Feeling Sneaky
l Lady Bug l The Flashlight
l Pixie Waltz l Simple Gifts
Sunbeams 2 Lessons 2
l Go to Sleep l Butterfly Camouflage
l The Ladybug
The Music Tree ALF
Student’s Book 1 Poe, John Robert
l First Boogie l Clown Serenade (in Myklas Contest Winners, 1 ALF)
l Forest Echoes Simon Says KJO
Student’s Book 2A l Walk Like a Duck
l Knights at the Ball
Price, Florence B.
l Morning Has Broken
u Criss Cross (in A Collection of Florence Price’s Piano
Niamath, Linda Teaching Music, 2 CVR)
In My Garden NIA
Reinagle, Alexander
l Spider’s Web
24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1
Marching Mice and Other Pieces ALF
u Allegro in C Major (no. 4)
u On the Trampoline
Richert, Teresa
Norton, Christopher
Copycat Copycat RCT
Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, Preparatory DAY
u Curious Cat
u Bluebottle
Jungle Jingles RCT
u Giraffe

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Preparatory A
Rollin, Catherine Tales of a Musical Journey GOR
The Bean Bag Zoo Collector’s Series, 1 ALF Book 2
u Owl in the Night l A Dance
l Rainbow Fish l Playing Ball
l The Rain
Succeeding at the Piano FJH
Lesson and Technique 2A Türk, Daniel Gottlob
l Canyon Crossing Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1 ABR
l Creepy Noises l The Lively Boy
l Folk Dancers
Recital Book 2A
l The Brook in the Woods
Sonatina of the City
l one movement

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Preparatory B
Preparatory B Requirements Marks The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u
Sixth Edition: Preparatory B Piano Repertoire on the
Repertoire 66 pages indicated.
three selections from the Syllabus List 20
20 Title Composer Page
20 The Calico Cat Marlais 4
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6
A Gorilla Named Chee Alexander 5
Technical Requirements 14
The Sneaky Tiger Costley 6
Technical Tests 14 Minuetto in C Major, Hook 8
Musicianship op. 37, lesson 2
Ear Tests 10 Minuet in F Major attr. L. Mozart 9
– Clapback 4 The Rising Sun Telfer 10
– Chords 2
Starfish at Night Crosby Gaudet 11
– Playback 4
Sight Reading 10 Raptors Olson 12
– Rhythm 5 Oranges and Lemons arr. Berlin 14
– Playing 5
Pumpkin Boogie Faber 15
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100 Boat of Tai Lake arr. Lin 16
The Thirsty Frog Athparia 18
Swoop, Peck and Fly Mathews 19
Sneaky Sam Bober 20
Repertoire Carillon McIntyre 22
New Shoes Niamath 23
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding Shadow Puppets Jiang 24
this section of the examination.
Paswewe Assiginaak 25
Students must prepare three contrasting selections. Two memory
marks are awarded for each repertoire selection that is performed Looking-Glass River Faber 26
by memory. Leaping the Waves with Arens 27
Dolphins
Roda Fernández 28
Playing, op. 39, no. 5 Kabalevsky 30
Bouncing Ball Richert 31
Steampunk Hidy 32

For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see

“Complete Repertoire” on p. 14.

Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests
Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this
section of the examination.

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Preparatory B
Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
Legato Pentascales D, A, F major HS
(five-finger patterns) E, D minor tonic to dominant, ascending and descending
(ending with solid/blocked root-position triad) = 60
Staccato Pentascales
C, G major HS
One-octave Scales = 60
A minor (natural) 1 octave
C major HT
Contrary Motion Scale = 60
1 octave
Chords
Tonic Triads C, G major HS
• broken A minor 1 octave (root position and inversions) = 50

Musicianship Sight Reading

Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” Rhythm
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the
For a given rhythm, students will be asked to:
examination.
• Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
Ear Tests given rhythm.
A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.
Clapback Time Signature Note Values Approximate Length
Students will choose to clap, tap, or sing the rhythm of a short
two measures
melody after the examiner has played it twice. The examiner
will identify the time signature and count one measure before
beginning. Playing
Students will be asked to play a short melody written on the grand
Time Signatures Note Values Approximate Length
staff, divided between the hands, and starting on any note in the
two measures following positions.

Chords
Students will be asked to identify the quality (major or minor) of a
triad after the examiner has played the first five notes of a major or
minor scale followed by the tonic triad in solid/blocked form once. Fingering will be indicated for the first note of each hand only.

Chords Position Time Signature Note Values

major and minor triads root position

Playback
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the first
Complete Repertoire
three notes of a major or minor scale. The examiner will identify
the key, play the tonic triad once, and play the melody twice. Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
this section of the examination.
Beginning Note Keys Approximate Length
Students must prepare three contrasting selections from the
tonic, mediant C, G major four notes following list. Two memory marks are awarded for each repertoire
A minor selection that is performed by memory.

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Preparatory B
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes: Berlin, Boris, arr.
l one selection u Oranges and Lemons FHM
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Berr, Bruce
Preparatory B Piano Repertoire Imaginations in Style HAL
l Fanfare
The ABC of Piano Playing FHM Bober, Melody
Book 3 Grand Solos for Piano, 2 ALF
l A Canoe Trip u Sneaky Sam
l Hallowe’en Pranks
l Hop Scotch Bolcom, William
l Old MacDonald Had a Farm Monsterpieces and Others EBM
l The Sad Monster
Adult Piano Method HAL
Lessons, Solos, Technique & Theory 2 Bowman, Jennifer
l All the Pretty Little Horses Modern Mosaics DAY
l Blues for a Count l Squirrels
l Band on the Beach Celebrate Piano! STP
l Lullaby Angel Lesson and Musicianship 2A
l Ribbons l The Boogie Bugler
l Wade in the Water Lesson and Musicianship 2B
Alexander, Dennis l Alouette
u A Gorilla Named Chee AXR l Last Train to Bluesville
Finger Paintings, 3 ALF l Rhythm Ace
l A Summer Morning Lesson and Musicianship 3
l Sun Fun l Erie Canal
Just for You, 1 ALF l Tarantella
l Celebration Lesson and Musicianship 4
The Magic of Music, 1 ALF l Takin’ It Easy
l Right Uptown! Chatman, Stephen
Alfred’s Premier Piano Course ALF Amusements, 2 CMC
Lesson 2A l Broken Music Box
l King Arthur’s Adventure Away! CMC
l Tilt-a-Whirl l Birding
Lesson 2B l Foggy Beach
l Quiet Thoughts Escapades, 1 ECS
Performance 2A l A Forgotten Promise
l Boom, Boom! Sports CMC
l Butterfly World l Olie the Goalie

Archer, Violet Chrétien, Hedwige

Here and Now PAL Six petits préludes récréatifs
l The Haunted Cave l Bébé s’endort

Arens, Barbara Clementi, Muzio

The Mermaid Challenge ARN Introduction to the Art of Playing the Piano Forte, op. 42
u Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (11th ed.)
l Arietta in C Major (lesson 5)
Assiginaak, Barbara
u Paswewe (It Echoes) AGK Costley, Kevin
At the Zoo, 2 FJH
Athparia, Colleen u The Sneaky Tiger
u The Thirsty Frog ATH
Crosby Gaudet, Anne
Barratt, Carol l Floating in Space MDC
l Cruising (in Chester’s Easiest Piano Course, 3 CHS) l Freddie the Frog MDC
Bartók, Béla l Ocean Spray MDC
The First Term at the Piano EMB u Starfish at Night MDC
l Dialogue (no. 3) l To Fly Like an Eagle MDC

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Preparatory B
Donkin, Christine Kabalevsky, Dmitri
l Taking Turns DKN 24 Pieces for Children, op. 39 SCH
Comics & Card Tricks DKN l Polka (no. 2)
l The Path of the Ping Pong Ball u Playing (no. 5)
l The Tired Turtle Express l A Little Joke (no. 6)
Jumping in the Mud DKN l Funny Incident (no. 7)
l Mystery Children’s Adventures, op. 89 SCH
l Something’s Ticking l First Waltz (no. 5)
l The Swan’s Reflection
Köhler, Christian Louis Heinrich
Evans, Lee l Children’s Song (in Everybody’s Perfect Masterpieces, 1
Color Me Jazz, 1 FJH ALF)
l Time for Jazz
Leaf, Mary
Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo A Leaf Collection, 2 FJH
Suíte das cinco notas l Starship Galileo
u Roda (no. 4)
Lin, Emilie, arr.
Gallant, Pierre u Boat of Tai Lake (in Gifts of Asia: Folk Music from
Clowning Around PGA China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan FJH)
l March of the 2nds and 3rds
Mathews, Alison
l The Rhythm Machine
Into the Garden MAT
l Teasing
u Swoop, Peck and Fly
Garścia, Janina
McIntyre, David L.
Winter Fun PWM
Tucy Tunes RSM
l The Leveret
u Carillon (no. 1)
Gedike, Aleksandr
McLean, Edwin
60 Easy Piano Pieces, op. 36 SCH
Vignettes, 1 FJH
l A Song (no. 3)
l Jalopy Town
George, Jon
Mozart, Leopold, attr.
l Strolling in the Park (in Supplementary Solos, 1 ALF)
Notebook for Nannerl
l Turtle Talk (in Belwin Contest Winners, 1 ALF)
u Minuet in F Major
Gillock, William
Music for Young Children MYC
Accent on Solos, 2 WIL
Sunbeams 3
l Stars on a Summer Night
l Hello to Spring
Classic Piano Repertoire: Elementary WIL
l Ketchup
l Rocking Chair Blues
l ’Tis a Gift to Be Simple
Glover, David Carr l Waltz of the Sunbeams
l The Golden Harp (in Belwin Contest Winners, 2 ALF)
The Music Tree ALF
Hal Leonard Student Piano Library HAL Student’s Book 2A
Piano Lessons 3 (rev. ed.) l Brisk March
l Chorale l The Modern Dragon
Piano Solos 3 (rev. ed.) Student’s Book 2B
l The Clockwork Ballerina l Old Brass Wagon
l Leap Frog l Relay Race
l Porcupine Pizzicato Student’s Book 3
l The Winter Wind l Country Fiddler
l Mountain Ballad
Hook, James
l Pop Goes the Weasel
u Minuetto in C Major, op. 37, lesson 2
l Stomp Dance
Humbert, Georges Frank Students’ Choice: Recreational Solos 3
Zauberstunden OTT l Distant Chimes
l Tarantella (in Piano Piccolo OTT) → with repeat
l Waltz in B flat Major (in Piano Piccolo OTT)
Jiang, Edward Han
u Shadow Puppets EHJ
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CONTENTS LEVEL
Preparatory B
Niamath, Linda Reinagle, Alexander
In My Garden NIA l Allegretto in C Major, op. 1, no. 5 (in Piano Piccolo
l Swinging OTT)
Marching Mice and Other Pieces ALF l Allegretto in C Major, op. 1, no. 9 (in Piano Piccolo
l Balloons OTT)
Soda Pop and Other Delights ALF
Richert, Teresa
l Playful Puppy
Imagination RLP
l Sleepy Little Kitten
l Pixies on Parade
Surprises NIA
Toy Collection RCT
u New Shoes
u Bouncing Ball
l Party Hats
Roth Roubos, Valerie
Norton, Christopher
Four Miniature Suites FJH
Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, Preparatory DAY
l Catnip Crazy, from Cat Tales
l 4 x 4
l Feeling Lonely Schoenmehl, Mike
The Microjazz Collection, 1 B&H Fun with Jazz Piano, 2 OTT
l After the Battle l Sherlock Holmes
l Struttin’
Skarecky, Jana
Olson, Kevin Birds in the Hickory Tree CMC
Imaginations, 1 FJH l Blackbirds
u Raptors
Succeeding at the Piano FJH
Piano Adventures (2nd ed.) FPA Lesson and Technique 2A
Lesson Book 2A l Riding the Subway
l Whirling Leaves Lesson and Technique 2B
Lesson Book 2B l Boogie, Man!
l Canoeing in the Moonlight u The Calico Cat
l Jumpin’ Jazz Cat l On the Cable Car
u Pumpkin Boogie Lesson and Technique 3
→ with repeat l Cool Groove
l Riding the Wind l Elfin Tarantella
Lesson Book 3A Recital Book 2A
u Looking-Glass River l Beanbag Rag
Recital Book 2B
Piano Safari (2nd ed.) PSF
l Spring Festival
Repertoire 3
l Nightingale Tan, Chee-Hwa
Through the Windowpane PSF
Piano Town KJO
l The Swing
Attention Grabbers 2
u Steampunk Tales of a Musical Journey GOR
→ with repeat Book 2
Lessons 2 l Jump Rope
l The Comic Book Shop
Telfer, Nancy
l The Lily Pond
The Galaxy Series, 1 WAN
l School’s Out
u The Rising Sun
l The Time Machine
Performance 2 Türk, Daniel Gottlob
l Around the World Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1 ABR
l Beehive Dance l A Carefree Fellow
l Children’s Ballad
Porter, Beverly
l Sad Feelings
Lady Bug and Friends RLP
l Youthful Happiness
l Humbug’s Hoedown
Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 2 ABR
l Phrase Endings

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Level 1
Level 1 Requirements Marks List B
Repertoire 56 Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
one selection from List A 16
one selection from List B 18 Early One Morning arr. Silvester 14
one selection from List C 16 The Swiss Cuckoo arr. Berlin 15
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 Sweet Jasmine Alexander 16
Technical Requirements 24 Niimi Aandeg Assiginaak 18
Etudes: one etude from the Syllabus list 12 This Guy’s Disguised Sowash 20
Technical Tests 12 Lunar Eclipse Faber 21
Musicianship March of the Terrible Trolls Niamath 22
Ear Tests 10 Mist Poole 23
– Clapback 2 Clear Mountain Sky Springer 24
– Intervals 2
– Chords 2 Angelfish Crosby Gaudet 26
– Playback 4 A Simple Waltz Burge 28
Sight Reading 10 Amber Moon Olson 30
– Rhythm 3
– Playing 7 Waltz, op. 39, no. 13 Kabalevsky 32
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100
Song of the Dark Woods Siegmeister 33
Reminiscence McLean 34
Uptown News Gerou 36
Repertoire
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding List C
this section of the examination. Inventions
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for Cranky Cat Richert 38
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory. Mary Had a Little Lamb arr. Goolkasian 39
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u Rahbee
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 1 on the pages indicated. Young Ludwig Exploring Kinney 40
The Playful Parrot Thomas 40
List A
The Snake Christopher 41
Baroque and Classical Repertoire Invention on a Latvian Folk Tune Kenins 42
Title Composer Page Conversation No. 3 Bartók 42
Minuet in C Major, op. 38, no. 4 Hässler 4 Teapot Invention Markow 43
Bourrée in D Minor Graupner 5 Follow My Leader Swinstead 44
Burlesque in G Major Anonymous 6 For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
Andante in G Minor Telemann 7 “Complete Repertoire” on p. 20.
German Dance in D Major, Haydn 8
Hob. IX:22, no. 2
Gavotte in G Major Dunhill 9
Minuet in D Major L. Mozart 10
Minuet in D Minor Anonymous 11
High Spirits Türk 12
Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 107, no. 3 Beethoven 13

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 1
Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare one etude from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 1 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Celebration Crosby Gaudet 4 Speedy Comet Mathews 16
Etude in C Major, op. 125, no. 3 Diabelli 5 Far Away Richert 17
Heavenly Blue Gerou 6 Answering Diemer 18
Clockwork McIntyre 8 Jump Pop Hop Brown 19
Beaver Boogie Chatman 9 Melodie in F Major, op. 218, Köhler 20
Morning Greeting, op. 117, Gurlitt 10 no. 36
no. 13 Into the Waves Niamath 21
Morning Fanfare Fernández 11 Detectives Donkin 22
Etude in C Major Le Couppey 12 Scherzo, op. 39, no. 12 Kabalevsky 23
Both Ways Tansman 13 Four-Wheel Drive Norton 24
Tricky Traffic Garrow 14
* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for the etude. See p. 5
for details.

Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
C, G, F major HS
Two-octave = 69
A, E, D minor (natural and harmonic) 2 octaves
HT
Contrary Motion C major = 69
2 octaves
HS
Chromatic Starting on C = 69
1 octave
Chords
Tonic Triads HS
• broken C, G, F major = 50
1 octave
A, E, D minor
• solid/blocked (root position and inversions) = 100
All scales are to be played legato.

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 1
Musicianship Sight Reading

Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” Rhythm

on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the For a given rhythm, students will be asked to:
examination. • Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
given rhythm.
Ear Tests
A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.

Clapback Time Signature Note Values Approximate Length

Students will choose to clap, tap, or sing the rhythm of a short two measures
melody after the examiner has played it twice. The examiner
will identify the time signature and count one measure before Playing
beginning.
Students will be asked to play a four-measure melody, written on
Time Signatures Note Values Approximate Length the grand staff and divided between the hands. Fingering will be
indicated for the first note of each hand only.
two to three measures
Keys Time Signature Note Values
Intervals C, G, F major
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. A minor
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending
and descending) once.
Complete Repertoire
OR
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
(ascending and descending). The examiner will play the first note this section of the examination.
once.
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
Intervals (ascending and descending) of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for
minor 3rd each repertoire selection that is performed by memory.
major 3rd Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes:
l one selection
Chords u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
Students will be asked to identify the quality (major or minor) of Piano Repertoire 1
a triad after the examiner has played it in broken and then solid/
blocked form once.
List A
Chords Position Baroque and Classical Repertoire
major and minor triads root position
Anonymous
Playback u Burlesque in G Major (in Notebook for Wolfgang)
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the first five u Minuet in D Minor (in Notebook for Wolfgang)
notes of a major or minor scale. The examiner will identify the key,
Bach, Johann Christian
play the tonic triad once, and play the melody twice.
l Aria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131 (in Notenbuch der
Beginning Note Keys Approximate Length Anna Magdalena Bach)
tonic, dominant C, G major five notes Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich
A minor Musikalische Nebenstunden
l Minuet in C Major
l Schwäbisch in D Major
Bach, Johann Sebastian
l Chorale, BWV 514 (in Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena
Bach BAR; WIE)

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 1
Beethoven, Ludwig van Türk, Daniel Gottlob
l Écossaise in E flat Major, WoO 86 12 Handstücke
u Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 107, no. 3 [theme] l Arioso in F Major
Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1 ABR
Clarke, Jeremiah
l The Ballet
The Third Book of the Harpsichord Master
l The Hunting Horns and the Echo
l Minuet in D Major, T 460
Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 2 ABR
Clementi, Muzio u High Spirits
Introduction to the Art of Playing the Piano Forte, op. 42
(11th ed.)
l Pyrenese Melody (lesson 48) List B
Duncombe, William Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord and Pianoforte
l Sonatina in C Major Alexander, Dennis
Dunhill, Thomas Especially in Romantic Style, 1 ALF
First Year Pieces ABR u Sweet Jasmine
u Gavotte in G Major Just for You, 1 ALF
l Cinnamon Popcorn
Graupner, Christoph
u Bourrée in D Minor (in Notebook for Wolfgang) Archer, Violet
Shorter Pieces for Shorter Fingers CMC
Hässler, Johann Wilhelm l Waltz (no. 2)
50 pièces à l’usage des commençans, op. 38 ABR
u Minuet in C Major (no. 4) Assiginaak, Barbara
u Niimi Aandeg (Crow Dances) AGK
Haydn, Franz Joseph
u German Dance in D Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 2 Badings, Henk
→ with repeat Arcadia
l Country Dance in G Major (in Piano Piccolo OTT)
l German Dance in G Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 3
Hook, James Berlin, Boris, arr.
New Guida di Musica, op. 81 u The Swiss Cuckoo FHM
l Allegretto in C Major (no. 4) (in A James Hook Album Bonis, Mel.
NOV) Album pour les tout-petites COM
l La puce
Krieger, Johann
Sechs musikalische Partien Boyd, Bill
l Minuet in A Minor, from Partita No. 6 in B flat Jazz Starters, 3 HAL
Major l Too Blue
Mozart, Leopold Burge, John
Notebook for Nannerl Sprouts RLP
u Minuet in D Major u A Simple Waltz
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Chatman, Stephen
l Allegro in B flat Major, K 3 Away! CMC
l Minuet in F Major, K 2 l Clear Lake
l Spring Light
Müller, August Eberhard
Instructive Übungsstücke für das Pianoforte Crosby Gaudet, Anne
l Andantino in F Major (no. 5) (in Piano Piccolo OTT) u Angelfish MDC
l Andante in A Minor (no. 9) (in Piano Piccolo OTT) l Risser’s Romp MDC
l Robots MDC
Ryba, Jakub Jan
Zwei kleine Inventionen Dello Joio, Norman
l Invention No. 1 in C Major (in Piano Piccolo OTT) Suite for the Young EBM
l Invention No. 2 in A Minor (in Piano Piccolo OTT) l Mountain Melody (no. 1)
l Little Sister (no. 3)
Telemann, Georg Philipp
u Andante in G Minor, from Fantasia in G Minor,
TWV 33:17
→ observe first repeat only
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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 1
Donkin, Christine Humbert, Georges Frank
Comics & Card Tricks DKN Allerlei Spielzeug OTT
l Crafty Card Tricks l The Chocolate Automat (in Piano Piccolo OTT)
Legends & Lore DKN
Jinga, Naina
l Dream Journey
l Popcorn JIN
l Heroes of the Galaxy
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Duke, David Gordon
24 Pieces for Children, op. 39 SCH
l March (Lydian Mode) (in Music of Our Time, 1 WAT)
l March (no. 10)
Evans, Lee u Waltz (no. 13)
Color Me Jazz, 1 FJH
Karp, David
l Awesome
Naturescape WIL
l Portrait
l Whirligig Beetle
Faber, Nancy and Randall Faber
Kraehenbuehl, David
u Lunar Eclipse (in Piano Adventures (2nd ed.): Lesson
Contemporary Piano Literature, 1 ALF
Book 3A FPA)
l Daydreaming
Gedike, Aleksandr
McCain, Artina, arr.
20 Little Pieces for Beginners, op. 6 SCH
African American Folk Songs Collection HAL
l A Little Piece (no. 2)
l By and By
60 Easy Piano Pieces, op. 36 SCH
l A Happy Tale (no. 31) McLean, Edwin
l A Sad Song (no. 39) Miniatures, 2 FJH
u Reminiscence
Gerou, Tom
l Valse triste
The Best of Tom Gerou, 2 ALF
u Uptown News Mier, Martha
Alfred’s Premier Piano Course: Jazz, Rags, & Blues 2B ALF
Gieck, Janet
l Red Satin Jazz
Dances, Daydreams & Dinosaurs RLP
Jazz, Rags & Blues, 1 ALF
l Chromatisaurus
l Hallelujah!
Gillock, William l Sneaky Business
Classic Piano Repertoire: Elementary WIL
Milne, Elissa
l Spooky Footsteps
Little Peppers FAB
l Stormy Weather
l Lost
Glover, David Carr
Morlock, Jocelyn
l Blinky the Robot (in Belwin Contest Winners, 2 ALF)
Four Piano Pieces MOR
Goolkasian Rahbee, Dianne l Fizz (no. 1)
Modern Miniatures for Piano, 1 FJH
Niamath, Linda
l Toy Soldiers March
Soda Pop and Other Delights ALF
Grechaninov, Aleksandr l Big Teddy, Little Teddy
Children’s Album, op. 98 OTT l Hide and Seek
l Fairy Tale (no. 1) u March of the Terrible Trolls
A Zoo for You ALF
Gurlitt, Cornelius
l Bears
The First Lessons, op. 117 KAL
l The Hunt (no. 15) Norton, Christopher
l Rocking (no. 6) Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 1 DAY
l Merry-Go-Round
Horvat, Frank
l No Worries
The Isle of Loobienox HOR
l Grouchie Loobie’s Song Olson, Kevin
l Loobie Dance Imaginations, 2 FJH
l Loobie Working Song u Amber Moon
l Tiny Loobie Song
Perry, Zenobia Powell
l Orrin and Echo JGM

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 1
Poole, Clifford List C
u Mist FHM
Inventions
Richert, Teresa
Toy Collection RCT Bartók, Béla
l Teddy Bear The First Term at the Piano
l Video Game Adventure u Conversation No. 3
Schnittke, Alfred Christopher, Renée
Eight Pieces for Piano SIK u The Snake FHM
l Folk Song
Duke, David Gordon, arr.
Schoenmehl, Mike l She’s Like the Swallow (in Music of Our Time, 2
Little Stories in Jazz OTT WAT)
l Dance of the Martians
Elliott, Carleton
Setliff, Carolyn C. 17 Canons WAT
Changing Leaves WIL l Canon (no. 8)
l Seaside Reverie
Goolkasian Rahbee, Dianne, arr.
Shostakovich, Dmitri Modern Miniatures for Piano Solo, 1 FJH
Childhood Notebook, op. 69 DSC u Mary Had a Little Lamb
l Waltz (no. 2) (in Piano Piccolo OTT)
Kenins, George Juris, arr.
Siegmeister, Elie u Invention on a Latvian Folk Tune KNS
American Kaleidoscope ALF
u Song of the Dark Woods Keveren, Phillip
Mouse on a Mirror HAL
Silvester, Frederick, arr. l Mouse on a Mirror
u Early One Morning FHM
Kinney, Forrest
Smith, Hale u Young Ludwig Exploring FHM
l My Scarf Is Yellow (in Piano Music of Africa and the
African Diaspora, 1 OUP) Markow, Andrew
u Teapot Invention FHM
Sowash, Bradley
That’s Jazz Performance, 1 KJO McKinnon, Gordon A.
u This Guy’s Disguised l Swirling Leaves
→ with repeat Norton, Christopher
Springer, Mike Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 1 DAY
Lyrical Landscapes ALF l Carol in Canon
u Clear Mountain Sky Richert, Teresa
Stravinsky, Soulima Copycat Copycat RCT
Piano Music for Children, 1 PET u Cranky Cat
l For the Kid Next Door Swinstead, Felix
l Stepping Stones Work and Play ABR
Tan, Chee-Hwa u Follow My Leader
A Child’s Garden of Verses PSF Thomas, Gary K.
l My Shadow u The Playful Parrot GKT
l Pirate Story
l Where Go the Boats?
Telfer, Nancy, arr.
The Galaxy Series, 1 WAN
l Climb up on an Elephant (Monté sur un elephant)
Vandall, Robert D.
Celebrated Jazzy Solos, 2 ALF
l Feeling Great!

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Level 2
Level 2 Requirements Marks List B
Repertoire 56 Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
one selection from List A 16
one selection from List B 18 Soldier’s March, op. 68, no. 2 R. Schumann 14
one selection from List C 16 Prelude V Arens 15
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 Theme and Variations, op. 300, Köhler 16
Technical Requirements 24 no. 39
Etudes: o
 ne etude from the Syllabus list 12 Slovakian Folk Tune in E Minor Bartók 17
Technical Tests 12 Crocodile Tears Donkin 18
Musicianship Crocodile Teeth Telfer 19
Ear Tests 10 I Spy Bober 20
– Clapback 2 Atacama Desert Rossi 22
– Intervals 2 The Merry-Go-Round Berlin 24
– Chords 2
– Playback 4 The Waltz That Floated Away McIntyre 26
Sight Reading 10 Make Believe Kay 27
– Rhythm 3 The Skating Carnival Poole 28
– Playing 7
4th Street Rag Alexander 30
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100
Nightingale Hidy 32
Rhyme Time Milne 34
Repertoire Dreams of a Mermaid Arens 36
Periwinkle Twinkle Crosby Gaudet 38
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
Shadow Waltz Case 39
this section of the examination.
Presto in 5/8 McLean 40
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for Farewell, op. 98, no. 4 Grechaninov 42
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u
List C
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 2 on the pages indicated.
Inventions
List A Invention in C Major Christopher 43
Baroque and Classical Repertoire Canon in A Minor Gurlitt 43
A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain arr. Jiang 44
Title Composer Page
Breezy Norton 45
Entrée in A Minor Anonymous 4
Courageous Cat Richert 46
Menuet en rondeau Rameau 5
Monkey See, Monkey Do Ho 47
Minuet in G Major J.S. Bach 6
In a Canoe Gallant 48
Impertinence, HWV 494 Handel 7
Minuet in A Minor, Z 649 Purcell 8
For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
A Cheerful Spirit Türk 9 “Complete Repertoire” on p. 26.
Minuet in G Major, K 1e W.A. Mozart 10
German Dance in G Major, Haydn 11
Hob. IX:12, no. 1
Allegretto in C Major Neefe 12
Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 Beethoven 13

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 2
Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare one etude from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 2 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Etude in F Major, op. 190, no. 27 Köhler 4 The Wind Tan 16
Allegro in C Major, op. 38, no. 8 Hässler 5 Autumn Leaves Niamath 17
Etude in D Major, op. 139, no. 33 Czerny 6 Rustic Dance Strecke 18
Etude in D Minor, op. 82, no. 65 Gurlitt 7 The Lonely Shepherd Alexander 19
Pierrot Skipping Chrétien 8 Razzle Dazzle McDonagh 20
The Little Juggler, op. 89, no. 21 Kabalevsky 9 Playing Doolittle 22
Bird in the Bebop Rossi 10 Etude in G Major, op. 166, no. 6 Bertini 23
Arcade Game Gieck 12 Peking Opera on Black Keys Jiang 24
Crazy Comics Donkin 13
Trumpet Blues Norton 14
* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for the etude. See p. 5
for details.

Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
G, F, B major HS
Two-octave = 80
E, D, G minor (harmonic and melodic) 2 octaves
HT
Formula Pattern C, G major = 80
2 octaves
HS
Chromatic Starting on G = 80
1 octave
Chords
Tonic Triads
• broken HS = 60
G, F, B major
1 octave
E, D, G minor
• solid/blocked (root position and inversions)
= 112

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Level 2
Musicianship Sight Reading

Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” Rhythm

on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the For a given rhythm, students will be asked to:
examination. • Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
given rhythm.
Ear Tests
A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.

Clapback Time Signatures Note and Rest Values Approximate Length

Students will choose to clap, tap, or sing the rhythm of a short two to four measures
melody after the examiner has played it twice. The examiner
will identify the time signature and count one measure before Playing
beginning.
Students will be asked to play a four-measure melody, written on
Time Signatures Note Values Approximate Length the grand staff and divided between the hands. Melodies may
two to three measures move beyond the five-finger position.

Keys Time Signature Note Values

Intervals C, G, F major
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. A, D minor
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending
and descending) once.
OR Complete Repertoire
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals
(ascending and descending). The examiner will play the first note Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
once. this section of the examination.
Intervals (ascending and descending) Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
minor 3rd of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory.
major 3rd
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes:
perfect 5th
l one selection
Chords u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
Piano Repertoire 2
Students will be asked to identify the quality (major or minor) of
a triad after the examiner has played it in solid/blocked form once.

Chords Position List A

major and minor triads root position Baroque and Classical Repertoire

Playback Anonymous
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the first five u Entrée in A Minor (in Notebook for Wolfgang)
notes of a major or minor scale. The examiner will identify the key, Arnold, Samuel
play the tonic triad once, and play the melody twice. l Gavotte in C Major, op. 12, no. 2

Beginning Note Keys Approximate Length Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

tonic, dominant G, F major five notes l Minuet in E flat Major, H 171
D minor l Minuetto II in F Minor, H 196/2
Bach, Johann Sebastian
l Aria in D Minor, BWV 515 (in Notenbuch der Anna
Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE)
u Minuet in G Major, from Suite in G Minor,
BWV 822

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Level 2
Beethoven, Ludwig van Türk, Daniel Gottlob
u Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1 ABR
l German Dance in C Major, WoO 8, no. 1 (in Piano u A Cheerful Spirit
Piccolo OTT) l Contentment
Diabelli, Anton Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 2 ABR
l Double Appoggiaturas
Sonatina in C Major, op. 151, no. 2
l 2nd movement Wohlfahrt, Heinrich
Handel, George Frideric Kinder-Klavierschule
l Moderato in A Minor (in Piano Piccolo OTT)
u Impertinence, HWV 494
l Menuet, from Partita in G Major, HWV 450
List B
Hässler, Johann Wilhelm
50 pièces à l’usage des commençans, op. 38 ABR
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
l Ecossaise in G Major (no. 23)
Alexander, Dennis
Haydn, Franz Joseph u 4th Street Rag AXR
u German Dance in G Major, Hob. IX:12, no. 1
l German Dance in G Major, Hob. IX:12, no. 7 Archer, Violet
l German Dance in B flat Major, Hob. IX:22, no. 5 Shorter Pieces for Shorter Fingers CMC
Five Contradances and One Quadrille, Hob. IX:29 (in Il Mio l Hop, Skip, Glide (no. 3)
Primo Haydn RIC) Arens, Barbara
l Quadrille 21 Amazingly Easy Pieces for Piano BRH
Hook, James u Prelude V
New Guida di musica, op. 81 The Mermaid Challenge ARN
l Gavotta in D Major (no. 3) (in A James Hook Album u Dreams of a Mermaid
NOV) Bartók, Béla
Hüllmandel, Nicolas-Joseph For Children, 1 (rev. ed.) B&H
Petits airs d’une difficulté graduelle, op. 5 l Children at Play (no. 1)
l Minuetto in C Major, op. 5, no. 1 (in Piano Piccolo l Children’s Song (no. 2)
OTT) For Children, 2 (rev. ed.) B&H
l Allegretto (no. 3)
Krebs, Johann Ludwig u Slovakian Folk Tune in E Minor (no. 17)
l Minuet in B Minor, from Suite No. 2 in B Minor
Bender, Joanne
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Creatures Great and Small RLP
l Allegro in F Major, K 1c l When the Rain Comes
u Minuet in G Major, K 1e
l Minuet in C Major, from Sonata in C Major, K 6
Berlin, Boris
u The Merry-Go-Round FHM
Neefe, Christian Gottlob
u Allegretto in C Major Berr, Bruce
l Venetian Boat Song (in Hal Leonard Student Piano
Purcell, Henry Library: Piano Solos 4 HAL)
l Air in D Minor, ZT 676
l Hornpipe, ZT 685 (in Essential Keyboard Repertoire, 4
Bober, Melody
ALF) Grand Solos for Piano, 4 ALF
u Minuet in A Minor, Z 649 (in Musick’s Hand-Maid, u I Spy
second part) Bonis, Mel.
Rameau, Jean-Philippe Album pour les tout-petites COM
l Madrigal
Pièces de clavecin (1724)
u Menuet en rondeau (Minuet in Rondo Form) Bowman, Jennifer
Scarlatti, Domenico Modern Mosaics DAY
l Mysterious Mosaic
l Sonata in C Major, K 73b
Schubert, Franz Carroll, Walter
l Écossaise, D 299, no. 8
The Countryside FOR
l The Wood Fairies (no. 11)
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Fantasia in D Major, TWV 33:16 Case, Maria
l 3rd section
Bagatelles PLA
u Shadow Waltz
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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 2
Chatman, Stephen Karp, David
Away! CMC Naturescape WIL
l Making Memories l Circling Hawks
Coulthard, Jean Kay, Ulysses
l Alexa’s Bell Song (in Music of Our Time, 1 WAT) Ten Short Essays HAL
l First Little Dance (Lavender’s Blue) (in Music of Our u Make Believe (no. 6)
Time, 1 WAT)
Khachaturian, Aram
Crosby Gaudet, Anne Children’s Album, 2 SIK
l Can’t Catch Me! MDC l An Evening Tale
u Periwinkle Twinkle MDC
Köhler, Christian Louis Heinrich
Donkin, Christine Praktische Klavierschule, op. 300, 1
Legends & Lore DKN u Theme and Variations (no. 39)
u Crocodile Tears
l The Dragon’s Story Kraehenbuehl, David
l March of the Trolls (in Contemporary Piano
Duke, David Gordon Literature, 1 ALF)
l Butterflies (in Music of Our Time, 3 WAT)
Labenske, Victor
George, Jon Piano Miniatures ALF
The Music Tree: Students’ Choice 4 ALF l Player Piano
l Quiet Lagoon
Linn, Jennifer
Gieck, Janet
Showstoppers, 1 HAL
Dances, Daydreams & Dinosaurs RLP
l Bluebird Lullaby
l Outdoor Skating Rink
Sundae Soup, 1 RLP McIntyre, David L.
l Lazy Sunday Pip Squeaks RSM
Gillock, William u The Waltz That Floated Away
Accent on Majors WIL McLean, Edwin
l On a Quiet Lake Miniatures, 2 FJH
Goldston, Margaret u Presto in 5/8
The Virtuosic Performer, 1 ALF Milne, Elissa
l The Sparkling Brook Little Peppers FAB
Grechaninov, Aleksandr u Rhyme Time
Children’s Album, op. 98 OTT Morlock, Jocelyn
u Farewell (no. 4) Four Piano Pieces MOR
Glass Beads, op. 123 OTT l And then... (no. 4)
l Little Beggar (no. 2)
Nakada, Yoshinao
Hidy, Diane Piano Pieces for Children (Japanese Festival) OGT
u Nightingale (in Piano Town: Attention Grabbers 2 l A Short Story
KJO)
Niamath, Linda
Ho, Vincent Here We Go! NIA
The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, 1 PME l Rollerblading
l The Happy Foal
A Zoo for You ALF
l The Wandering Puppy
l Penguins
Horvat, Frank
Norton, Christopher
The Isle of Loobienox HOR
Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 2 DAY
l Loobie Lullaby
l Half Asleep
Ikeda, Naoko l Sidewalk Café
l Evening Melody WIL l Toronto Tango
Miyabi WIL
l Raft of Flowers (Hana-Ikada)
Paterson, Lorna
Pianimals PSN
Kabalevsky, Dmitri l Clown Fish
30 Children’s Pieces, op. 27 SCH
l Valse (no. 1)
l A Little Song (no. 2)
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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 2
Perry, Zenobia Powell Telfer, Nancy
l Childhood Capers JGM The Galaxy Series, 1 WAN
l Vignette No. 2 JGM u Crocodile Teeth
l Donkey Riding
Persichetti, Vincent
l The Silent Moon
Little Piano Book, op. 60 PRE
l Skeleton Dance
l Fanfare (no. 8)
Pinto, Octavio
Children’s Festival (Festa de Crianças) SCH List C
l Prelude (no. 1) Inventions
Poole, Clifford
u The Skating Carnival FHM Bartók, Béla
Reinecke, Carl Mikrokosmos, 1 B&H
l Little Dance in Canon Form
Serenade in G Major, op. 183, no. 2
l Elegie (in Piano Piccolo OTT) Champagne, Claude
l Petit Canon No. 2 (in Performing Our Musical
Richert, Teresa
Just Kidding! RCT Heritage, 1 CFP; CMC)
l Daydreaming Christopher, Renée
Toy Collection RCT u Invention in C Major FHM
l Doll House
l Little Red Wagon
Dello Joio, Norman
l Toy Train
Suite for the Young EBM
l Invention (no. 2)
Rossi, Wynn-Anne
Música Latina, 2 ALF Gallant, Pierre
u Atacama Desert u In a Canoe GNT
l Jazz Invention No. 2 GNT
Schumann, Robert
Album für die Jugend, op. 68 Gedike, Aleksandr
u Soldier’s March (no. 2) 60 Easy Piano Pieces, op. 36 SCH
l Fugato (no. 40)
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Childhood Notebook, op. 69 DSC Gurlitt, Cornelius
l March in C Major (no. 1) (in Piano Piccolo OTT)
u Canon in A Minor

Skarecky, Jana Hässler, Johann Wilhelm

Water Colours CMC 50 pièces à l’usage des commençans, op. 38 ABR
l Moderato in C Major (no. 5)
l Rain
Stravinsky, Soulima Ho, Vincent
Piano Music for Children, 1 PET The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, 1 PME
l Tag
u Monkey See, Monkey Do (no. 9)

Szelényi, István Jiang, Edward Han, arr.

Musical Picture-Book OTT u A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain EHJ
l Faraway Regions Kunz, Konrad M.
Tajčević, Marko 200 petits canons, op. 14
l Canon in F Major (no. 95)
Songs from Mur Island HEN
l Little Piece No. 3 Niamath, Linda
Tansman, Alexandre Watermelon and Friends NIA
l Banana
Happy Time (On s’amuse au piano), 1 HAL
l Waltzing (En valsant) Norton, Christopher
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 3 DAY
Album for the Young, op. 39 u Breezy
l The Sick Doll (no. 7) Richert, Teresa
Copycat Copycat RCT
u Courageous Cat

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CONTENTS

Level 3
Level 3 Requirements Marks List B
Repertoire 56 Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
one selection from List A 16
one selection from List B 18 Viennese Sonatina in W.A. Mozart 12
one selection from List C 16 B Flat Major: I
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 Sonatina in G Major, attr. Beethoven 13
Anh. 5, no. 1: I or II
Technical Requirements 24
Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, Clementi 16
Etudes: t wo etudes from the Syllabus list 12 no. 1: I
Technical Tests 12
Sonatina in A Minor, Biehl 18
Musicianship op. 94, no. 4: I
Ear Tests 10 Sonatina in F Major, Lack 20
– Clapback 2 op. 257, no. 2: IV
– Intervals 2 Andantino in A Major, Hässler 22
– Chords 2 op. 38, no. 31
– Playback 4
Sight Reading 10
– Rhythm 3 List C
– Playing 7
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100
At Night on the River, Kabalevsky 23
Repertoire op. 27, no. 4
Play Bartók 24
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding Tender Thought Kay 25
this section of the examination. Variations on a Russian Folk Berkovich 26
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each Song
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for The Stormy Sea Crosby Gaudet 28
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory. The Elegant Toreador Bernstein 30
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u Gentle Breezes Alexander 32
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 3 on the pages indicated.
Tarantelle Poole 34
List A Twilight Prelude Springer 36
Baroque Repertoire Lemon Sherbet Rag Arens 38
Walk the Talk Sowash 39
Title Composer Page
Icicles Duncan 40
Bourée in A Minor Krieger 4
Arctic Voices Griesdale 41
Harlequinade Krebs 5
Ragtime Cha-Cha Bober 42
Minuet in G Major, Petzold 6
BWV Anh. 114 Danse Vanier 44
Minuet in G Minor, Petzold 7 For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
BWV Anh. 115 “Complete Repertoire” on p. 32.
Musette in D Major, attr. J.S. Bach 8
BWV Anh. 126
Polonaise in G Minor, attr. J.S. Bach 9
BWV Anh. 119
Gavot in C Major Blow 10
A New Irish Tune Purcell 11

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Level 3
Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 3 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Etude in D Major, op. 37, no. 17 Lemoine 4 Ripple Effect Bender 15
Etude in G Major, op. 108, Schytte 5 Zigzag Evans 16
no. 19 Wasps Noble 18
Arabesque, op. 100, no. 2 Burgmüller 6 Playful Snakelets Ho 19
Left Alone Grill 7 Prelude VII Arens 20
→  play with LH only
On Horseback, op. 98, no. 5 Grechaninov 21
Wild Rose Richert 8
Mouse Dance Metelka 22
Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm arr. Emonts 10 →  with repeat
→  with repeat
Clockwork Chimes Glennie 23
Trumpet March, op. 36, no. 53 Gedike 11
Computer Chatter Donkin 24
Prelude No. 4 in F Major Pearce 12
Witches and Wizards Donkin 14
* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes. See
p. 5 for details.

Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
D, F, B major HT
Two-octave = 80
B, D, G minor (harmonic and melodic) 2 octaves
HT
Formula Pattern D major = 80
2 octaves
HS
Chromatic Starting on D = 80
1 octave
Chords
Tonic Triads
HS = 69
• broken D, F, B major
2 octaves
B, D, G minor
• solid/blocked (root position and inversions) = 120

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Level 3
Musicianship Sight Reading
Rhythm
Please see “Musicianship” on p. 4 and “Musicianship Examples” For a given rhythm, students will be asked to:
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the
examination. • Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
given rhythm.
Ear Tests A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.

Time Signatures Note and Rest Values Approximate Length

Clapback
four measures
Students will choose to clap, tap, or sing the rhythm of a short
melody after the examiner has played it twice. The examiner
will identify the time signature and count one measure before
beginning. Playing
Students will be asked to play a four-measure passage, hands
Time Signatures Note Values Approximate Length together.
three to four measures
Keys Time Signatures Note Values
C, G, D, F major
Intervals
A, D minor
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals.
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending
and descending) once.
OR Complete Repertoire
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals
(ascending and descending). The examiner will play the first note Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
once. this section of the examination.
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
Intervals (ascending and descending)
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for
minor 3rd each repertoire selection that is performed by memory.
major 3rd Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes:
perfect 4th l one selection
perfect 5th u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
Piano Repertoire 3
Chords
Students will be asked to identify the quality (major or minor) of
a triad after the examiner has played it in solid/blocked form once.
List A
AND Baroque Repertoire
Students will be asked to identify a single note as the root, third,
Anonymous
or fifth of a major or minor triad after the examiner has played the
l Minuet in A Minor (in Notebook for Wolfgang OTT)
triad in broken form once.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, attr.
Chords Position u Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 (in Notenbuch
major and minor triads root position der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE)
u Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (in Notenbuch
Playback der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE)
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the first five Blow, John
notes of a major or minor scale. The examiner will identify the key, u Gavot in C Major (in Musick’s Hand-Maid, second
play the tonic triad once, and play the melody twice. part)
Beginning Note Keys Approximate Length Böhm, Georg
tonic, mediant, D, F major five to six notes l Menuet fait par Mons. Böhm (in Notenbuch der Anna
dominant D, G minor Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE)

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Level 3
Graupner, Christoph Biehl, Albert
l Bourrée in E Minor, GWV 827 (in Piano Piccolo Sonatina in C Major, op. 57, no. 1
OTT) l 2nd movement
Sonatina in G Major, op. 57, no. 4
Handel, George Frideric
l 1st movement
l Gavotte in G Major, HWV 491
l 2nd movement
l Minuet in F Major, HWV 516a
Sonatina in A Minor, op. 94, no. 4
l Passepied in C Major, HWV 559 (in Piano Piccolo
u 1st movement
OTT)
Clementi, Muzio
Kirnberger, Johann Philipp
Six Progressive Sonatinas for the Piano Forte, op. 36
Recueil d’airs de danse caractéristiques
Sonatina in C Major (no. 1)
l Bourrée in D Major (no. 3)
u 1st movement
Krebs, Johann Ludwig l 2nd movement
u Harlequinade, from Suite No. 3 in E flat Major l 3rd movement
Krieger, Johann Gedike, Aleksandr
Sechs musikalische Partien 60 Easy Piano Pieces, op. 36 SCH
u Bourée in A Minor l Sonatina in C Major (no. 20)
Mattheson, Johann Gurlitt, Cornelius
Pièces de clavecin en deux volumes Six Sonatinas, op. 76
l Menuet in E flat Major, from Suite No. 6 Sonatina in A Minor (no. 5) (in Joy of Sonatinas YOR)
l 3rd movement
Petzold, Christian
u Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 (in Notenbuch Hässler, Johann Wilhelm
der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE) 50 pièces à l’usage des commençans, op. 38
u Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 (in Notenbuch u Andantino in A Major (no. 31)
der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE)
Hüllmandel, Nicolas-Joseph
Purcell, Henry l Allegro in G Major, op. 5, no. 5 (in Piano Piccolo
l Hornpipe in B flat Major, ZT 683 OTT)
u A New Irish Tune (in Musick’s Hand-Maid, second
Lack, Théodore
part)
Sonatina in F Major, op. 257, no. 2
Reinagle, Alexander u 4th movement: Finale
l Allegretto in G Major, op. 1, no. 11 (in Piano Piccolo
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
OTT)
l Menuetto II in F Major, from Sonata in C Major, K 6
Telemann, Georg Philipp l Minuet in D Major, K 7
l Gigue à l’angloise, from Partita à cembalo solo, Viennese Sonatinas (arr. from Five Divertimenti, K 439b)
TWV 32:1 Viennese Sonatina in B flat Major (no. 4)
u 1st movement

List B Reinecke, Carl

Sonatina in C Major, op. 136, no. 1
Classical and Classical-style Repertoire l 1st movement
Türk, Daniel Gottlob
Attwood, Thomas Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1 ABR
Easy Progressive Lessons l Carefree Happiness
Sonatina in G Major
l 1st movement List C
Beethoven, Ludwig van Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Zwei Klaviersonatinen, Anh. 5
Sonatina in G Major (no. 1)
Alexander, Dennis
u 1st movement
Especially in Romantic Style, 1 ALF
u 2nd movement: Romanze
u Gentle Breezes
A Splash of Color, 2 ALF
l Zinc Pink

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 3
Arens, Barbara George, Jon
Piano Vivace BRH A Day in the Forest ALF
u Lemon Sherbet Rag l Rain... and the Rainbow
Archer, Violet Gieck, Janet
11 Short Pieces PAL l Summer Drought GIE
l Little Canon (no. 9) Dances, Daydreams & Dinosaurs RLP
l Before Dawn
Austin, Glenda
l Promenade
Lyric Waltzes WIL
Sundae Soup, 1 RLP
l Carousel Waltz
l Sweet Dream
Bartók, Béla
Gonzales, Chilly
For Children, 1 (rev. ed.) B&H
Re-Introduction Etudes EBR
u Play (no. 5)
l Tarantula
l Allegro moderato (no. 15)
For Children, 2 (rev. ed.) B&H Grechaninov, Aleksandr
l Sorrow (no. 7) Children’s Album, op. 98 SCH
l In Camp (no. 2)
Bennett, Rhonda
l In the Woodland Glade (no. 6)
l Holiday Parade (in Myklas Contest Winners, 2 ALF)
l After the Ball (no. 13)
Berkovich, Isaak Glass Beads, op. 123 OTT
u Variations on a Russian Folksong SCH l Morning Walk (no. 1)
Bernstein, Seymour Griesdale, Susan
Moodscapes MAN Arctic Voices RLP
u The Elegant Toreador u Arctic Voices
Bober, Melody Gurlitt, Cornelius
u Ragtime Cha-Cha BOB Kleine Blumen, op. 205 ABR
l Wild Mignonette (no. 1)
Bonis, Mel.
Album pour les tout-petites COM Hidy, Diane
l Compliment a grand’maman l Flyover (in Piano Town: Attention Grabbers 3 KJO)
l Douce amie
Ho, Vincent
Cornick, Mike The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, 1 PME
Blues in Two and More for Piano UNI l The Dancing Cockerel
l Blues in Two l Gentle Piglet
l Sleepy Lamb
Coulthard, Jean
l Clear Waters (in Music of Our Time, 4 WAT) Huang, An-Lun
l A Little Joke (in Music of Our Time, 1 WAT) A Chinese Festival, 1 BEL
l Pastures
Crosby Gaudet, Anne
l Funny Puppy MDC Ikeda, Naoko
l In My Dreams MDC Miyabi WIL
u The Stormy Sea MDC l Peonies (Shakuyaku)
Donkin, Christine Jinga, Naina
Comics & Card Tricks DKN l Circus Waltz JIN
l Monster Trucks
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Duncan, Martha Hill 24 Pieces for Children, op. 39 SCH
u Icicles MHD l Clowns (no. 20)
30 Children’s Pieces, op. 27 SCH
Fine, Irving
u At Night on the River (no. 4)
Music of Irving Fine B&H
l Lullaby for a Baby Panda B&H Kay, Ulysses
Ten Short Essays HAL
Gedike, Aleksandr
u Tender Thought (no. 2)
20 Little Pieces for Beginners, op. 6 SCH
l A Little Piece (no. 11) Klose, Carol
Watercolor Miniatures HAL
l Dreaming in Watercolors
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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 3
Liebermann, Lowell Paterson, Lorna
Album for the Young, op. 43 PRE Pianimals PSN
l Song (no. 2) l Doves
l Ghost Waltz (no. 5) l Waltzing Pandas
l Whale’s Lament
Linn, Jennifer
l Tarantella HAL Persichetti, Vincent
Les petites images HAL Little Piano Book, op. 60 ELV; PRE
l L’oiseau-mouche (Hummingbird) l Dialogue (no. 3)
Louie, Alexina Pettigrew, Laura
Small Beautiful Things ALX l Colours PTW; CMC
l Little Grey Bird
Poole, Clifford
Maxner, Rebekah u Tarantelle FHM
Madge’s Notebook RLP
Porter, Beverly
l Deep in the Meadow
Lady Bug and Friends RLP
Mier, Martha l Lady Bug Sings the Blues
Martha Mier’s Favorite Solos, 3 ALF
Rudzik, Peter
l Winter Starlight
Truly Astonishing Animals RLP
Romantic Sketches, 2 ALF
l Orange Stripe Zebra
l Interlude
Schumann, Robert
Milhaud, Darius
Album für die Jugend, op. 68
L’enfant aime (A Child Loves), op. 289 UNI
l Melody (no. 1)
l Les fleurs (Flowers) (no. 1)
Scott, Cyril
Milne, Elissa
For My Young Friends
More Little Peppers FAB
l Seesaw
l Violets Are Blue
Pepperbox Jazz, 1 FAB Setliff, Carolyn C.
l Gone Too Soon Changing Leaves WIL
l Summer Breeze
Nakada, Yoshinao
Piano Pieces for Children (Japanese Festival) OGT Shostakovich, Dmitri
l A Green Caterpillar and a Butterfly Childhood Notebook, op. 69 DSC
l The Song of Twilight l Merry Tale (no. 4)
→ with repeat
Siegmeister, Elie
Niamath, Linda l Street Games (in Contemporary Piano Literature, 2
Here We Go! NIA ALF)
l All Aboard
Southam, Ann
l Carousel
l Cool Blue/Red Hot STU
l In My Kayak
Sowash, Bradley
Norton, Christopher
That’s Jazz Performance, 2 KJO
Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 3 DAY
u Walk the Talk
l Up and Away
l White Sand Springer, Mike
l Detective Belvedere (in Myklas Contest Winners, 3
Olson, Kevin
ALF)
Showcase Solos, 2 FJH
u Twilight Prelude SGR
l Medieval Festival
l Undercover Spy ALF
Olson, Lynn Freeman
Still, William Grant
l Night Clouds (in Belwin Contest Winners, 2 ALF)
Piano Works for Children WGS
Papp, Lajos l Ring Play
The Stonecutter EMB
Stravinsky, Soulima
l The Happy Stonecutter’s Song
Piano Music for Children, 2 PET
l Cops and Robbers

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 3
Tansman, Alexandre Tse, Roydon
Pour les enfants, 1 ESC l Etude No. 1: Spiral TSE
l The Dancing Bear (Le petit ours en peluche)
Vandall, Robert D.
l Dresden China Figures (Figurines de Sèvres)
Robert D. Vandall’s Favorite Solos, 2 ALF
Taranta, Italo l Summer Toccatina
l Folk Dance (in Hal Leonard Student Piano Library:
Vanier, Jeannine
Piano Solos 4 HAL)
Cinq pièces pour enfants
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich u Danse (no. 4)
Album for the Young, op. 39
l Morning Prayer (no. 1)
Telfer, Nancy
The Galaxy Series, 2 WAN
l À la claire fontaine
l The Sleeping Dragon
l Star Cluster

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Level 4

Level 4 Requirements Marks List B

Repertoire 56 Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
one selection from List A 16
one selection from List B 18 Sonatina in C Major, op. 4, no. 1 Wesley 11
one selection from List C 16 Sonata in D Minor, C 17 Cimarosa 12
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, Diabelli 14
Technical Requirements 24 no. 1: I
Etudes: t wo etudes from the Syllabus list 12 Sonatina in G Major, op. 66, Lichner 16
Technical Tests 12 no. 3: I
Sonatina in B flat Major, op. 29: I Schmitt 18
Musicianship
Sonatina in G Major, op. 36, Clementi 20
Ear Tests 10 no. 2: III
– Clapback 2
– Intervals 2
– Chords 2 List C
– Playback 4
Sight Reading 10 Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
– Rhythm 3
– Playing 7 The Happy Farmer, op. 68, no. 10 R. Schumann 23
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100 Dreamcatcher Crosby Gaudet 24
Waltz Bartók 25
Barcarolle, op. 123, no. 8 Chaminade 26
Repertoire Cool Cat Waltz Pine 28
Window Shopping Arens 30
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
Eagle Rays Richert 32
this section of the examination.
The Little Wanderer, op. 81, no. 2 Kullak 34
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for Happy Grasshopper Rudzik 36
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory. Nighttime in the City Springer 37
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u Yayá sonhando Fernández 38
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 4 on the pages indicated.
Squirrels at Play Berlin 40
List A Sunset at the Beach Olson 42
Baroque Repertoire Flowing Stream Beneath a Jiang 44
Little Bridge
Title Composer Page
For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
Minuet in D Minor, attr. J.S. Bach 4 “Complete Repertoire” on p. 39.
BWV Anh. 132
Air in B flat Major, HWV 471 Handel 5
March in D Major, C.P.E. Bach 6
BWV Anh. 122
Sonata in C Minor, K 40 Scarlatti 7
Gavotte in F Major Graupner 8
Allegretto in E Minor, op. 38, Hässler 9
no. 24
Rigadoon in A Minor Babell 10

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 4
Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 4 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 Loeschhorn 4 Parade of the Penguins Previn 13
Chastushka, op. 89, no. 25 Kabalevsky 5 Ballade, op. 100, no. 15 Burgmüller 14
Masquerade Niamath 6 Cloud Dance Case 16
The Lonely Traveller Glennie 8 Solitude Grill 17
Etude in C Major, op. 65, no. 5 Kirchner 9 →  play with RH only
A Frightening Experience, op. 98, Grechaninov 10 The Avalanche, op. 45, no. 2 Heller 18
no. 11 The Spies Coulthard 20
Dewdrops, op. 33, no. 12 Maykapar 11 Firecrackers Olson 22
The Somersault King Schoenmehl 12 When the Planets Are Aligned Telfer 24

* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes. See
p. 5 for details.

Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
D, A, B , E major HT
Two-octave = 92
B, G, C minor (harmonic and melodic) 2 octaves
HT
Formula Pattern C minor (harmonic) = 92
2 octaves
HS
Chromatic Starting on C = 104
1 octave
Chords
Tonic Triads HT
• broken D, A, B , E major = 60
2 octaves
B, G, C minor
• solid/blocked (root position and inversions) = 120
Arpeggios
HS
D, A, B , E major
Tonic 2 octaves = 72
B, G, C minor
(root position only)

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Level 4
Musicianship Playback
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the first five
notes of a major or minor scale. The examiner will identify the key,
Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” play the tonic triad once, and play the melody twice.
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the
examination. Beginning Note Keys Approximate Length
tonic, mediant, D, A major six to eight notes
dominant G, C minor
Ear Tests
Sight Reading
Clapback
Students will choose to clap, tap, or sing the rhythm of a short
melody after the examiner has played it twice. The examiner Rhythm
will identify the time signature and count one measure before For a given melody, students will be asked to:
beginning. • Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
Time Signatures Note Values Approximate Length • Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
two to four measures rhythm of the given melody.
 
A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.
Intervals Time Signatures Note and Rest Values Approximate Length
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. four measures
 
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending
and descending) once.
Playing
OR
Students will be asked to play a four-measure passage, hands
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals together.
(ascending and descending). The examiner will play the first note
once. Keys Time Signatures Note Values
C, G, D, F major
Intervals (ascending and descending)
A, E, D minor
minor 3rd
major 3rd
perfect 4th Complete Repertoire
perfect 5th
perfect octave Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
this section of the examination.
Chords Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
Students will be asked to identify the quality (major or minor) of of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for
a triad after the examiner has played it in solid/blocked form once. each repertoire selection that is performed by memory.
AND Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes:
Students will be asked to identify a single note as the root, third, l one selection
or fifth of a major or minor triad after the examiner has played the u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
triad in broken form once. Piano Repertoire 4

Chords Position
major and minor triads root position

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 4
List A List B
Baroque Repertoire Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
Babell, William André, Johann Anton
u Rigadoon in A Minor Six sonates progressives, op. 34
Sonatina in C Major (no. 1)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
l 2nd movement: Rondo
u March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 (in Notenbuch der
Sonatina in F Major (no. 5)
Anna Magdalena Bach)
l 3rd movement: Rondo
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Musical Leisure Hours ABR
12 German Dances, WoO 13 OTT; SCH
l Angloise in A Major
l German Dance in E flat Major (no. 9)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cimarosa, Domenico
l Musette, from English Suite No. 3 in G Minor,
l Sonata in D Minor, C 9 (in Haydn-Mozart-Cimarosa:
BWV 808
Leichte Klavierstücke WIE)
Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE
u Sonata in D Minor, C 17
l Minuet in F Major, BWV Anh. 113
l Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 Clementi, Muzio
l Minuet in A Minor, BWV Anh. 120 Six Progressive Sonatinas for the Piano Forte, op. 36
l Minuet in C Minor, BWV Anh. 121 Sonatina in G Major (no. 2)
l Polonaise in D Minor, BWV Anh. 128 l 2nd movement
u Minuet in D Minor, BWV Anh. 132 u 3rd movement
→ with repeats
Diabelli, Anton
Graupner, Christoph Sonatina in G Major, op. 151, no. 1
Monatliche Clavier Früchte l 1st movement
u Gavotte in F Major l 2nd movement
l Menuett in A Major l 3rd movement: Rondo
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1
Handel, George Frideric
u 1st movement
l Air in D Minor, HWV 461
u Air in B flat Major, HWV 471 Haydn, Franz Joseph
Sonata in G Major, op. 1, no. 5, HWV 363b Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI: 9
l Bourrée l 3rd movement
Hässler, Johann Wilhelm Hook, James
50 pièces à l’usage des commençans, op. 38 Sonatina in B flat Major, op. 12, no. 5
u Allegretto in E Minor (no. 24) l 1st movement
Scarlatti, Domenico Lichner, Heinrich
l Sonata in D Minor, K 32 Sonatina in G Major, op. 66, no. 3
u Sonata in C Minor, K 40 u 1st movement
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich Mozart, Leopold
l Italian Air, from Partita in G Minor (in Notebook for Nannerl
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach BAR) l Menuett in A Major (no. 9)
l Menuett in D Major (no. 10)
Telemann, Georg Philipp
l Menuett in A Major (no. 12)
Fantasia in G Major, TWV 33:7
l 2nd section Reinecke, Carl
Sonatina in A Minor, op. 136, no. 4
l 1st movement
Schmitt, Jacob
Sontina in B flat Major, op. 29
u 1st movement
Sonatina in A Major, op. 207, no. 2
l 1st movement

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 4
Türk, Daniel Gottlob Champagne, Claude
Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1 ABR l Petit scherzo (in Meet Canadian Composers at the
l German Song Piano, 2 ALF)
Wesley, Samuel Chatman, Stephen
u Sonatina in C Major, op. 4, no. 1 Amusements, 3 CMC
l Sonatina in B flat Major, op. 4, no. 8 ABR l Game of Hypnosis
British Columbia Suite CMC
List C l Echoes of November
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire Escapades, 2 ECS
l Jazzberry Jump
Preludes for Piano, 3 CMC
Alexander, Dennis l Hotshot
Especially for Adults, 1 ALF
l Reflections Chouinard, Diane
l Ballerina Doll CMC
Archer, Violet
l Waltzing Along (in Rainbows PAL) Coulthard, Jean
11 Short Pieces PAL Four Piano Pieces BER
l Wide Open Spaces (no. 5) l Little Song of Long Ago

Arens, Barbara Crosby Gaudet, Anne

Piano Tranquillo BRH u Dreamcatcher MDC
l Sailing on a Lake
Dello Joio, Norman
Piano Vivace BRH Suite for the Young EBM
u Window Shopping l Little Brother (no. 4)
Bartók, Béla l Small Fry (no. 11)
First Term at the Piano Diemer, Emma Lou
u Waltz Reaching Out FJH
For Children, 1 (rev. ed.) B&H l Chatter
l Children’s Game (no. 8)
l Surprises
l Allegretto (no. 22)
l Allegro non troppo (no. 33) Donkin, Christine
For Children, 2 (rev. ed.) B&H l Good Times DKN
l Dance (no. 8) l Quintessential Swing DKN
l Andante, molto rubato (no. 28) Imprints DKN
l Farewell (no. 34) l Evening on the Lake
l Snow Falling in Lamplight
Bender, Joanne
Things Bright and Beautiful RLP Duke, David Gordon
l After the Rain l Barcarole (in Music of Our Time, 4 WAT)

Berlin, Boris Duncan, Martha Hill

u Squirrels at Play FHM Cottage Days RLP
l Rowboat at the Dock
Bober, Melody
Best of Melody Bober, 1 ALF Evans, Lee
l Setting Sail l Spooky Spirits HAL

Bonis, Mel. Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo

Scènes enfantines, op. 92 Suíte da boneca Yayá
l Carillon (no. 8) u Yayá sonhando (Yayá Dreaming) (no. 2)
→ with repeat
Boyd, Bill
Bill Boyd: Jazz Sketches HAL Gerou, Tom
l Home Fried Potatoes Piece by Piece, 2 ALF
l White Orchid
Chaminade, Cécile
Album des enfants, 1, op. 123 Gillock, William
l Prélude (no. 1) l Valse triste WIL
l Canzonetta (no. 3) Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style ALF
u Barcarolle (no. 8) l Interlude

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 4
Grechaninov, Aleksandr Muczynski, Robert
Grandfather’s Album, op. 119 OTT Fables, op. 21 SCH
l An Old Romance (no. 2) l Allegro molto (no. 3)
l On the Meadow (no. 4)
Norton, Christopher
l Happy Meeting (no. 15)
Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 4 DAY
l Returning Home (no. 16)
l Deep in Thought
Grieg, Edvard l Open Window
23 Short Pieces for Piano l Positively Swinging
l Prelude in G Minor (no. 15)
Olson, Kevin
Griesdale, Susan What I Did Last Summer FJH
Arctic Voices RLP u Sunset at the Beach
l Arctic Fox
Olson, Lynn Freeman
Gurlitt, Cornelius Audience Pleasers, 3 ALF
Albumblätter für die Jugend, op. 101 l Whirligig
l Song Without Words (no. 10)
Papp, Lajos
Der erste Vortrag, op. 210
Images LEM
l Dancing on the Green
l The Rooster Crows
Ikeda, Naoko
Paterson, Lorna
Miyabi WIL
Just a Second! PSN
l Aoi (Japanese Festival)
l Lullaby
l Soft Rain (Azisai)
Pianimals PSN
Jiang, Edward Han l The Loon
u Flowing Stream Beneath a Little Bridge EHJ
Pearce, Elvina
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Seven Preludes in Seven Keys, 1 BEL
30 Children’s Pieces, op. 27 SCH l Prelude No. 2 in D Minor
l A Sad Story (no. 6)
Pentland, Barbara
l Dance on the Lawn (no. 17)
Music of Now, 3 AVO
Keveren, Phillip l Aubade
l Way Cool! (in Piano Recital Showcase: Festival
Pettigrew, Laura
Favorites, 1 HAL)
l Pack Ice PTW
Kirchner, Theodor
Pine, Katya
Neue Kinderszenen, op. 55
Images PIN
l Andantino (no. 3)
u Cool Cat Waltz
Kullak, Theodor
Porter, Beverly
Kinderleben, op. 81
Lady Bug and Friends RLP
u The Little Wanderer (Der kleine, rüstige
l Jitterbug
Wandersmann) (no. 2)
Pozzoli, Ettore
Louie, Alexina
Piccole scintille RIC
Small Beautiful Things ALX
l The Cuckoo (no. 6)
l That Darn Worm
l Before the Crib (no. 7)
Lutosławski, Witold l Soldier’s March (no. 12)
Folk Melodies (in Most Beautiful Lutosławski PWM)
Rebikov, Vladimir
l The Shepherd Girl
Silhouettes, op. 31 ALF; SCH
Maykapar, Samuel l Children Skating (no. 1)
Bagatelles, op. 28 l The Little Shepherd (no. 8)
l In the Garden (no. 1)
Richert, Teresa
McIntyre, David L. u Eagle Rays RCT
l A Small Band of Smart Rodents RSM
Rocherolle, Eugenie
Milhaud, Darius Pages from a Scrapbook KJO
L’enfant aime (A Child Loves), op. 289 UNI l Old Lace
l Les bonbons (Candy) (no. 2)

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 4
Rollin, Catherine Szelényi, István
l Jazz Cat ALF 40 kleine Klavierstücke für Anfänger, 2 EMB
Preludes for Piano, 1 ALF l Changing Bars
l Prelude No. 2 in C Major
Tansman, Alexandre
Rudzik, Peter Happy Time (On s’amuse au piano), 1 HAL
Truly Astonishing Animals RLP l Little Prelude (Petit prélude)
u Happy Grasshopper l Melody (Mélodie)
Pour les enfants, 1 ESC
Schoenmehl, Mike
l Vacation Is Over (Fin de vacances)
Little Stories in Jazz for Piano OTT
Pour les enfants, 2 ESC
l Big Band Tune
l Solemn Occasion (Petite solemnité)
Schubert, Franz Pour les enfants, 3 ESC
l German Dance in A Major, D 972, no. 3 l Awakening (Réveil)
l Ländler in B flat Major, D 378, no. 2 (in Piano
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
Piccolo OTT)
Album for the Young, op. 39
Schumann, Robert l The Doll’s Funeral (no. 8)
Album für die Jugend, op. 68 l Italian Song (no. 15)
l The Wild Horseman (no. 8) l Old French Song (no. 16)
u The Happy Farmer (no. 10)
Telfer, Nancy
l Little Study (no. 14)
The Galaxy Series, 2 WAN
l The First Loss (no. 16)
l Giant Insects
Sgroi, Laura The Galaxy Series, 3 WAN
l Little Hebrew Prayer SOI l Feller from Fortune (arr.)
Sheftel, Paul Vandall, Robert D.
Interludes: Mood Studies for Piano FIS Bagatelles, 1 MYK
l Nocturne l Bagatelle No. 8
Preludes, 1 ALF
Shostakovich, Dmitri
l Prelude No. 5 in G Major
Childhood Notebook, op. 69 DSC
l Sad Tale (no. 5)
Springer, Mike
u Nighttime in the City SGR
→ with repeat
Not Just Another Jazz Book, 1 ALF
l Foggy Day Blues

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Level 5
Level 5 Requirements Marks List B
Repertoire 56 Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
one selection from List A 16
one selection from List B 18 Allegro moderato in F Major L. Mozart 12
one selection from List C 16 Sonatina in G Major, op. 168, Diabelli 14
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 no. 2: I
Technical Requirements 24 Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, attr. Beethoven 16
Etudes: two etudes from the Syllabus list 12 no. 2: I
Technical Tests 12 Minuet in C Major, Hob. IX:8, Haydn 18
Musicianship no. 1
Ear Tests 10 Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, Clementi 20
– Intervals 2 no. 3: III
– Chords 2 Sonatina in G Major: III Latour 23
– Chord Progressions 2
– Playback (traditional or improvised) 4
Sight Reading 10 List C
– Rhythm 3
– Playing (traditional or lead sheet reading) 7 Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100 Harvest Song, op. 68, no. 24 R. Schumann 26
Theory Examination Corequisite Polka, op. 39, no. 10 Tchaikovsky 27
Level 5 Theory
Pierrot and Pierrette, op. 25, no. 4 Beach 28

Repertoire Dusk Okoye 30

Lyric Piece, op. 27, no. 16 Kabalevsky 32
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding Petite pièce pour piano no. 2 Boulanger 34
this section of the examination.
Quietude Alexander 35
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for Sidewalk Chalk Donkin 38
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory. The Spice of Life Gerou 40
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u Little Sparrows Louie 42
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 5 on the pages indicated.
Melancholy Reflections Schoenmehl 44
List A Winter Rose McDonagh 45
Baroque Repertoire Sunset in Rio Springer 46
Title Composer Page Little March Kenins 48
Little Prelude in C Major, J.S. Bach 4
BWV 939 For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
“Complete Repertoire” on p. 47.
Fantasia in E flat Major, Telemann 5
TWV 33:35: 2nd section
Deux rigaudons Rameau 6
Angloise in D Major J.C.F. Bach 8
Sonata in D Minor, K 34 Scarlatti 9
Allegro in C Minor Seixas 10
Fuga (Sonatina) in G Major, Handel 11
HWV 582

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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 5
Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 5 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 Kabalevsky 4 Little Dragon Ho 14
Little Piece No. 13 Tajčević 5 Etude on a Pentatonic Scale Jiang 15
Etude in C Major, op. 718, no. 7 Czerny 6 Elves Bloch 16
Dance of the Dragonflies, Rohde 8 Staccatoville! Alexander 18
op. 76, no. 7
A Summer Day Norton 20
Dragonfly Scherzo Crosby Gaudet 9
Chromatic Monochrome Ikeda 22
Harmony of the Angels, Burgmüller 10
The Black Pony Papp 24
op. 100, no. 21
Joyous Etude Bober 12 * Students may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes.
See p. 5 for details.

Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
A, E, F, A major HT
Two-octave = 104
A, E, F minor (harmonic and melodic) 2 octaves
A major HT
Formula Pattern = 104
A minor (harmonic) 2 octaves
HT
Chromatic Starting on A, F = 104
1 octave
Chords
Tonic Triads HT
• broken A, E, F, A major 2 octaves = 66
A, E, F minor (root position and inversions)
• solid/blocked ending with I–V–I progression = 66
Dominant 7th Chords HS
• broken A, E, F, A major = 72
1 octave
• solid/blocked (root position and inversions) = 60
Arpeggios
HS
A, E, F, A major
Tonic 2 octaves = 80
A, E, F minor
(root position only)

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Level 5
Musicianship Beginning Note Keys Time
Signatures
Approximate
Length

Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” tonic, mediant, A, E major up to eight notes
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the dominant, upper A, E minor
examination. tonic

OR
Ear Tests Students may choose to play back a given four-measure question
phrase and improvise an answer phrase to create an eight-measure
Intervals parallel period. The examiner will identify the key and time
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. signature, play the tonic chord once, and play the question phrase
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending or three times.
descending) followed by harmonic form once.
Beginning Note Keys Time Total Length
OR Signatures
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals tonic, mediant, C, G, F eight measures
(ascending or descending). The examiner will play the first note dominant, upper major
once. tonic
Intervals (ascending or descending)
minor 3rd, major 3rd Sight Reading
perfect 4th
perfect 5th Rhythm
minor 6th, major 6th For a given melody, students will be asked to:
perfect octave • Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.

Chords • Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the

rhythm of the given melody.
Students will be asked to identify the quality of the following
chords after the examiner has played the chord in solid/blocked A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.
form, close position once. Time Signatures Approximate Length
Chords Position four measures
major and minor triads root position
dominant 7th (major–minor 7th) root position Playing
Students will be asked to play a passage of music comparable to
Chord Progressions Level 2 repertoire.
Students will be asked to identify chord progressions in major keys
Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length
as I–IV–I or I–V–I after the examiner has played the progression
twice. The progression will be played in keyboard style, and the major and minor keys, eight measures
bass line will ascend from the tonic. up to two sharps or
flats
Chord Progressions
OR
I–IV–I
I–V–I Students may choose to read a lead sheet (with a melody and root/
quality chord symbols) and realize an accompaniment based on
the chord symbols provided. Harmonic vocabulary will be aligned
Playback
with the chords presented for study in Level 5 Theory in the Theory
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the first five Syllabus.
notes and upper tonic of a major or minor scale. The examiner will
identify the key and time signature, play the tonic chord once, and Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length
play the melody three times. major and minor keys, eight measures
• Before the first playing, the examiner will count one measure. up to two sharps or
flats
• After the second playing, the student will clap the rhythm or
sing the melody.
• After the third playing, the student will play the melody.
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CONTENTS LEVEL
Level 5
Complete Repertoire Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Pièces de clavecin (1724)
u Deux rigaudons, from Suite No. 1
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
Scarlatti, Domenico
this section of the examination.
u Sonata in D Minor, K 34
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each l Sonata in B flat Major, K 42
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for l Sonata in G Major, K 80
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory.
Seixas, José António Carlos de
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes: u Allegro in C Minor, from Sonata No. 12 in C Minor
l one selection
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
l Bourrée, from Partita in G Minor (in Klavierbüchlein
Piano Repertoire 5
für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach BAR)
Telemann, Georg Philipp
List A Fantasia in C Major, TWV 33:14
l 2nd section
Baroque Repertoire
Fantasia in E flat Major, TWV 33:35
u 2nd section (in C Minor)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
l March in G Major, BWV Anh. 124 (in Notenbuch der Zipoli, Domenico
Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE) Sonate d’ intavolatura per organo e cimbalo, 1, op. 1
l Quattro versi in E Minor, from Toccata in D Minor
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich
Musikalische Nebenstunden List B
u Angloise in D Major
Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
Bach, Johann Sebastian
l Allemande in G Minor, BWV 836
Beethoven, Ludwig van
u Little Prelude in C Major, BWV 939 l Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, no. 2
l Menuet in E Major, from French Suite No. 6 in E
12 German Dances, WoO 13 OTT; SCH
Major, BWV 817 l no. 1 or no. 5
l Minuet in G Minor, BWV 842 (in Klavierbüchlein für
Zwei Klaviersonatinen, Anh. 5
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) Sonatina in F Major (no. 2)
Dieupart, Charles u 1st movement
Six suites de clavecin (1701) l 2nd movement
l Passepied, from Suite No. 2 in D Major
Cimarosa, Domenico
Graupner, Christoph l Sonata in G Minor, C 33 (in Haydn-Mozart-
l Intrada in C Major (in Baroque Piano ALF) Cimarosa: Leichte Klavierstücke WIE)
Handel, George Frideric Clementi, Muzio
u Fuga (Sonatina) in G Major, HWV 582 Six Progressive Sonatinas for the Piano Forte, op. 36
l Sonatina in B flat Major, HWV 585 Sonatina in G Major (no. 2)
l 1st movement
Jones, Richard Sonatina in C Major (no. 3)
Suites or Setts of Lessons for the Harpsichord u 3rd movement
l Boree in B flat Major, from Suite No. 3 (in Keyboard
Sonatina in G Major (no. 5)
Dances ABR) l 3rd movement: Rondo
Kirnberger, Johann Philipp Diabelli, Anton
l Gigue in D Major (no. 10) (in A Miscellany of Dances
Seven Sonatinas, op. 168
ABR) Sonatina in F Major (no. 1)
Krebs, Johann Ludwig l 2nd movement
Clavier-Übung, 2 Sonatina in G Major (no. 2)
l Scherzo in C Major, from Suite in C Major u 1st movement
Sonatina in C Major (no. 3)
l 1st movement
l 3rd movement

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Level 5
Haydn, Franz Joseph Bartók, Béla
12 Minuets, Hob. IX:8 For Children, 1 (rev. ed.) B&H
u Minuet in C Major (no. 1) l Children’s Dance (no. 10)
Sonata in C Major, Hob. XI:10 l Moderato (no. 26)
l 1st movement l Jest (no. 27)
Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:8 For Children, 2 (rev. ed.) B&H
l 1st movement l Lento (no. 11)
l 3rd and 4th movements l Teasing Song (no. 18)
l Romance (no. 19)
Hook, James
l Game of Tag (no. 20)
Sonatina in F Major, op. 12, no. 9
l 1st movement Beach, Amy
Children’s Carnival, op. 25 HIL
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
u Pierrot and Pierrette (no. 4)
Six pièces très faciles, op. 52
l Romance in G Major (no. 4) Bober, Melody
The Best of Melody Bober, 1 ALF
Kuhlau, Friedrich
l Raspberry Rag
Sonatina in C Major, op. 55, no. 1
l 1st movement Bonis, Mel.
l 2nd movement Scènes enfantines, op. 92
l Bébé s’endort (no. 7)
Latour, Jean Théodore
Four Progressive Sonatinas Bortkiewicz, Sergei
Sonatina in G Major Andersen’s Fairy Tales, op. 30 SIM
u 3rd movement l The Hardy Tin Soldier (no. 3)
Lichner, Heinrich Boulanger, Nadia
Sonatina in F Major, op. 4, no. 2 KJO; SCH Petites pièces pour piano LED
l 1st movement u Petite pièce pour piano no. 2
Mozart, Leopold Carroll, Walter
Notebook for Nannerl Sea Idylls FOR
u Allegro moderato in F Major l From the Cliffs (no. 1)
l Sea-Nymphs (no. 3)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
l Moon Beams (no. 6)
The London Sketchbook
l Alone at Sunset (no. 10)
l Rondo in F Major, K 15hh
Viennese Sonatinas (arr. from Five Divertimenti, K 439b) Chatman, Stephen
Viennese Sonatina in C Major (no. 1) British Columbia Suite CMC
l 2nd movement: Minuetto and Trio l Maple Bay at Twilight
Preludes for Piano, 3 CMC
Spindler, Fritz
l Poltergeist
Sonatina in C Major, op. 157, no. 4
l 2nd movement Copland, Aaron
l Sunday Afternoon Music (in Masters of Our Day, 1
List C FIS)
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire Cornick, Mike
l Film Noir ABR
Alexander, Dennis Coulthard, Jean
u Quietude AXR l The Rocking Chair (in Music of Our Time, 5 WAT)
Aperans, Dace l Star Gazing (in Music of Our Time, 6 WAT)
l Sarabande BAL
Creston, Paul
Archer, Violet Five Little Dances, op. 24 SCH
Three Scenes (Habitant Sketches) BER l Rustic Dance (no. 1)
l Jig (no. 1)
Diemer, Emma Lou
Reaching Out FJH
l Minor Serenade

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Level 5
Donkin, Christine Huang, An-Lun
l Above the Clouds DKN A Chinese Festival, 1 BEL
Sunny Days DKN l Cradle Song
u Sidewalk Chalk
Ibert, Jacques
Duncan, Martha Hill Petite suite en 15 images FOE
Cottage Days RLP l Berceuse aux étoiles (no. 4)
l Water Lilies l Danse du cocher (no. 15)
Fiala, George Jaque, Rhené
Australian Suite, op. 2 BER l Fête champêtre (Rustic Dance) BER; CMC
l Black Swan
Johnson, Alexander
l Koala
11 Piano Pieces for Children SET
l Lyre Bird
l Cradle Song
l Platypus
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Finney, Ross Lee
30 Children’s Pieces, op. 27 SCH
24 Inventions PET
l Cradle Song (no. 8)
l Holiday
u Lyric Piece (no. 16)
Gardiner, Mary l Sonatina in A Minor (no. 18)
Turnabout STU; CMC 24 Pieces for Children, op. 39 SCH
l Turnabout No. 1 l A Slow Waltz (no. 23)
Easy Variations on Folk Themes, op. 51 SCH
Gerou, Tom
l Five Happy Variations on a Russian Folk Song (no. 1)
u The Spice of Life GRO
Piece by Piece, 2 ALF Karganov, Génari
l You and I 12 Arabesques, op. 6
l Arabesque (no. 2)
Gillock, William
Jugend-Album, op. 25
Accent on Gillock, 7 WIL
l March of the Tin Soldiers
l Blue Mood
New Orleans Jazz Styles WIL Kenins, Talivaldis
l The Constant Bass Two Little Pieces ALF
l New Orleans Nightfall u Little March
Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style ALF
Kirchner, Theodor
l Legend
Miniaturen, op. 62 ABR
l Serenade
l Miniature in C Minor (no. 15)
Gonzales, Chilly
Kuzmenko, Larysa
Re-Introduction Etudes EBR
l Romance PLA
l Sunday Unsung
Linn, Jennifer
Granados, Enrique
Les petites impressions HAL
Cuentos de la juventud, op. 1
l Les papillons a la lumiere du soleil (Butterflies in
l Dedication (no.1)
the Sunlight)
Grechaninov, Aleksandr
Louie, Alexina
Glass Beads, op. 123 OTT
Small Beautiful Things ALX
l Waltz (no. 6)
l In the Moonlight
Grieg, Edvard u Little Sparrows
Lyric Pieces, op. 12 l A Little Water Music
l Waltz (no. 2) l A Walk in the Park
Griesdale, Susan Maykapar, Samuel
Piano Mime RLP Bagatelles, op. 28
l Sleepwalking l Waltz (no. 5)
Hansen, Joan McCain, Artina, arr.
l Traffic (in Music of Our Time, 5 WAT) African American Folk Songs Collection HAL
l The Bamboula

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Level 5
McDonagh, Ailbhe Pinto, Octavio
It’s a Piano Thing, 2 B&H Children’s Festival (Festa de Crianças) SCH
u Winter Rose l Little March (no. 3)
l Serenade (no. 4)
McIntyre, David L.
l Moonlight RSM Previn, André
l Tiptoe RSM Impressions for Piano HAL
Dreams of Jeanie RSM l Trees at Twilight
l He Said – She Said!
Reinecke, Carl
Two Short Pieces RSM
Hausmusik, op. 77
l Trail Ride
l Romanza (no. 8)
McLean, Edwin
Rejino, Mona
Impressions on Rock, Bone, Wood, Earth FJH
l Time Travel HAL
l Bird Whistle (Bone)
Portraits in Style HAL
Merath, Siegfried l Nocturne
Tanz-Typen, 1 OTT
Rocherolle, Eugenie
l Cha-Cha
Treasures HAL
Mier, Martha l Chatterbox
Jazz, Rags & Blues, 2 ALF
Rollin, Catherine
l Jelly Bean Rag
The Best of Catherine Rollin, 2 ALF
l Red Rose Rendezvous
l Stars and Wind
Musical Snapshots, 2 ALF
l Hawaiian Getaway Roux, Isak
African Miniatures
Milne, Elissa
l Kwela No. 1 (in Piano Music of Africa and the African
Even More Little Peppers FAB
Diaspora, 1 OUP)
l No Worries
Schoenmehl, Mike
Mompou, Federico
Piano Studies in Pop OTT
Impresiones intimas UNM
u Melancholy Reflections
l Secreto (no. 6)
Schumann, Robert
Muczynski, Robert
Album für die Jugend, op. 68
Fables, op. 21 SCH
l Hunting Song (no. 7)
l Allegro (no. 1)
l Little Folk Song (no. 9)
Niemann, Walter l Siciliano (no. 11)
Im Kinderland, op. 46 PET l A Little Romance (no. 19)
l Cradle Song (for Dolly Dora) u Harvest Song (Ernteliedchen) (no. 24)
Norton, Christopher Shostakovich, Dmitri
Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 5 DAY l The Barrel-Organ Waltz, from The Gadfly, op. 97
l Boxcar Blues (in Easier Works for Piano SCH)
l Moonscapes Childhood Notebook, op. 69 DSC
l Scamp l Clockwork Doll
Seven Doll’s Dances B&H; SCH; SIK
Okoye, Nkeiru
l Hurdy-Gurdy (no. 6)
African Sketches OYE
u Dusk Springer, Mike
Not Just Another Jazz Book, 2 ALF
Papineau-Couture, Jean
l Keepin’ Cool
l Aria BER
u Sunset in Rio
Papp, Lajos
Starer, Robert
Petite suite EMB
Sketches in Color, 1 HAL
l Lilac Minuet
l Shades of Blue (no. 2)
Petot, Ross l Black and White (no. 3)
Moods and Impressions, 2 KJO
Stevens, Everett
l Going Home
Six Modal Miniatures for Piano PRE
l Country Fair

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Level 5
Takács, Jenő Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
Klänge und farben, op. 95 DOB Album for the Young, op. 39
l Sounding the Accordion (Ziehharmonika) u Polka (no. 10)
l Mazurka (no. 11)
Tansman, Alexandre
l Sweet Dreams (no. 21)
Happy Time (On s’amuse au piano), 1 HAL
l Little Stroll (Petite promenade) Telfer, Nancy
Happy Time (On s’amuse au piano), 2 HAL The Galaxy Series, 3 WAN
l Slow Waltz (Valse–Boston) l When Rivers Flowed on Mars
Happy Time (On s’amuse au piano), 3 HAL
Weinzweig, John
l In Memory of George Gershwin “1925”
Diversions PLA
Pour les enfants, 3 ESC
l Gathering Clouds (no. 2)
l Petite rêverie

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Level 6
Level 6 Requirements Marks List B
Repertoire 56 Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
one selection from List A 16
one selection from List B 18 Viennese Sonatina in C Major: IV W.A. Mozart 16
one selection from List C 16 Sonatina in E flat Major, op. 4, Wesley 20
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 no. 7
Technical Requirements 24 Sonatina in G Major, op. 19/20, Dussek 22
Etudes: t wo etudes from the Syllabus list 12 no. 1: I
Technical Tests 12 Sonata in F Major, Wq. 55/5: III C.P.E. Bach 24
Musicianship Sonatina in A Minor Benda 26
Ear Tests 10 Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI: Haydn 28
– Intervals 2 G1: I
– Chords 2
– Chord Progressions 2 As Swift as a Deer Türk 31
– Playback (traditional or improvised) 4
Sight Reading 10 List C
– Rhythm 3
– Playing (traditional or lead sheet reading) 7
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100 Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., Chopin 32
Theory Examination Corequisite B 150
Level 6 Theory Spanish, op. 55, no. 5 Backer Grøndahl 34
Of Foreign Lands and Peoples, R. Schumann 37
op. 15, no. 1
Repertoire Fairy Tale, op. 27, no. 20 Kabalevsky 38
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding Dance of the Tiger Cubs Ho 40
this section of the examination. Running for the Bus Louie 42
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each
Air de ballet, op. 123, no. 11 Chaminade 44
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory. Miimii Assiginaak 46
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u Jasmine Flower arr. Jiang 47
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 6 on the pages indicated.
Sweet Mister Jelly Roll Capers 48
List A Gentle Breeze Bender 50
Baroque Repertoire Happy Time Jazz Mier 52
Whirlwind Alexander 54
Title Composer Page
Little Nocturne Metelka 56
Little Prelude in D Minor, J.S. Bach 4
BWV 926 For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
L’indifférente Rameau 6 “Complete Repertoire” on p. 55.
Giga in G Major Gambarini 8
→  with repeats
Polonaise in B flat Major J.C. Bach 10 Technical Requirements
Aria in G Major Telemann 11
Sarabande in D Minor Handel 12 Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests
Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this
Sonata in B flat Major, K 440 Scarlatti 14 section of the examination.

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Level 6
Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 6 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Etude in A flat Major, op. 139, Czerny 4 Dancing Scales Burge 16
no. 51
Courting Counting Glennie 18
Solfeggio in D Major J.C.F. Bach 5
Etude in F Major, op. 88, no. 18 Berens 20
The Goblin and the Mosquito Price 6
Math Whiz Sowash 22
River City Blues Mier 8
Jazz Piece No. 2 Peterson 24
Heartache, op. 32, no. 2 Fuchs 10
Etude in E Minor, op. 29, no. 14 Bertini 25
Miniature, op. 62, no. 6 Kirchner 11
Malfunction! Malfunction! Telfer 26
→  with repeats
Game of Patience, op. 25, no. 2 Karganov 28
Moto perpetuo Gerou 12
Moonbeams Louie 14
* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes. See
p. 5 for details.

Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
G, E, B, D major HT
Two-octave = 60
G, E, B, C minor (harmonic and melodic) 2 octaves
E major HT
Formula Pattern = 60
E minor (harmonic) 2 octaves
HT
Chromatic Starting on E, D = 60
2 octaves
Chords
Tonic Triads HT
• broken G, E, B, D major 2 octaves = 80
G, E, B, C minor (root position and inversions)
• solid/blocked ending with I–V–I progression = 80
Dominant 7th Chords
• broken = 88
G, E, B, D major
• solid/blocked HS = 72
2 octaves
Leading-tone Diminished 7th Chords (root position and inversions)
• broken = 88
G, E, B, C minor
• solid/blocked = 72
Arpeggios
G, E, B, D major
Tonic HS
G, E, B, C minor
2 octaves = 92
Dominant 7th G, E, B, D major
(root position only)
Leading-tone Diminished 7th G, E, B, C minor

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Level 6
Musicianship Beginning Note Keys Time
Signatures
Approximate
Length

Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” tonic, mediant, G, E major up to nine notes
on p. 120 for important information regarding this section of the dominant, upper G, E minor
examination. tonic

OR
Ear Tests Students may choose to play back a given four-measure question
phrase and improvise an answer phrase to create an eight-measure
Intervals
parallel period. The examiner will identify the key and time
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. signature, play the tonic chord once, and play the question phrase
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending or three times.
descending) followed by harmonic form once.
OR Beginning Note Keys Time Total Length
Signatures
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals
(ascending or descending). The examiner will play the first note once. tonic, mediant, C, G, F eight measures
dominant, upper major
Intervals (ascending or descending) tonic
minor 2nd, major 2nd
minor 3rd, major 3rd
Sight Reading
perfect 4th
perfect 5th
Rhythm
minor 6th, major 6th
For a given melody, students will be asked to:
perfect octave
• Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
Chords • Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
Students will be asked to identify the quality of the following rhythm of the given melody.
chords after the examiner has played the chord in solid/blocked A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.
form, close position once.
Time Signatures Approximate Length
Chords Position
  four measures
major and minor triads root position
dominant 7th (major–minor 7th) root position
Playing
diminished 7th root position
Students will be asked to play a passage of music comparable to
Chord Progressions Level 3 repertoire.
Students will be asked to identify chord progressions in major Keys Time Signatures Approximate
or minor keys as listed below, after the examiner has played the Length
progression twice. The progression will be played in keyboard style,
and the bass line will ascend from the tonic. major and minor keys, up to eight measures
three sharps or flats
Major Minor
OR
I–IV–I i–iv–i
Students may choose to read a lead sheet (with a melody and root/
I–V–I i–V–i
quality chord symbols) and realize an accompaniment based on
Playback the chord symbols provided. Harmonic vocabulary will be aligned
with the chords presented for study in Level 6 Theory in the Theory
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the complete
Syllabus.
scale (from tonic to tonic or dominant to dominant). The examiner
will identify the key and time signature, play the tonic chord once, Keys Time Signatures Approximate
and play the melody three times. Length
• Before the first playing, the examiner will count one measure. major and minor keys, up to eight measures
• After the second playing, the student will clap the rhythm or two sharps or flats
sing the melody.
• After the third playing, the student will play the melody.
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Level 6
Complete Repertoire Handel, George Frideric
l Allemande in A Minor, HWV 478
Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding u Sarabande in D Minor
this section of the examination. l Gigue
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each Suite No. 9 in G Major, HWV 442
l Prelude
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory. Kirnberger, Johann Philipp
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes: Klavierübungen, erste Sammlung
l Minuet in E Major
l one selection
Recueil d’airs de danse caractéristiques
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
l Les carillons (no. 20)
Piano Repertoire 6
Krebs, Johann Ludwig
l Burlesca in D Major, from Suite No. 1 in D Major
List A l Toccata in E flat Major (in Essential Keyboard
Baroque Repertoire Repertoire, 6 ALF)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin
l Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 123 (in Notenbuch u L’indifférente
der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE) Scarlatti, Domenico
l Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 125 (in Notenbuch l Sonata in G Major, K 63
der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE) l Sonata in A Major, K 83b
Bach, Johann Christian u Sonata in B flat Major, K 440
u Polonaise in B flat Major Seixas, José Antonio Carlos de
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich l Toccata in C Minor (no. 8 in Old Portuguese Keyboard
Musikalische Nebenstunden Music, 1 OTT)
l Angloise in A Major Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich
l Scherzo in C Major l Minuet, from Partita in G Minor (in Klavierbüchlein
Bach, Johann Sebastian für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach BAR)
u Little Prelude in D Minor, BWV 926 Telemann, Georg Philipp
l Little Prelude in C Minor, BWV 934 u Aria in G Major, from Overture in G Major,
l Little Prelude in E Minor, BWV 941 TWV 32:13
l Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 l Fantasia in C Minor, TWV 33:30
l Sarabande, from French Suite No. 1 in D Minor,
BWV 812 List B
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach BAR
l Minuet in G Major, BWV 843 Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach BAR; WIE
l March in E flat Major, BWV Anh. 127 Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
l Polonaise in G Major, BWV Anh. 130 Sechs Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber
Sonata in F Major, Wq. 55/5
Couperin, François u 3rd movement
Pièces de clavecin, premier livre BAR
Premier ordre Beethoven, Ludwig van
l Gavotte in G Minor 11 Bagatelles, op. 119
Deuxième ordre l Bagatelle in A Major (no. 4)
l Passepied
Benda, Georg Anton
l Rigaudon
34 Sonatinas
Gambarini, Elisabetta de u Sonatina in A Minor (no. 3)
Six Sets of Lessons for the Harpsichord, op. 1 l Sonatina in D Minor (no. 6)
u Giga in G Major, from Sonata No. 1 Cimarosa, Domenico
l Sonata in A Minor, F 55
l Sonata in C Minor, C 66 (in Haydn-Mozart-
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Level 6
Clementi, Muzio List C
Six Progressive Sonatinas for the Piano Forte, op. 36
Sonatina in F Major (no. 4)
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
l 1st movement
l 2nd movement Alexander, Dennis
l 3rd movement: Rondo 24 Character Preludes ALF
u Whirlwind
Diabelli, Anton l Zigzag
Seven Sonatinas, op. 168 Especially in Jazzy Style, 2 ALF
Sonatina in F Major (no. 1) l Cool Dude!
l 3rd movement: Rondo A Splash of Color, 3 ALF
Sonatina in G Major (no. 6) l Black and White
l 3rd movement: Rondo l Lemon Zest
Dussek, Jan Ladislav Archer, Violet
Sechs Sonatinen, op. 19/20 Three Scenes (Habitant Sketches) BER
Sonatina in G Major (no. 1) l Church Scene (no. 2)
u 1st movement
l 2nd movement: Rondo Assiginaak, Barbara
u Miimii (Mourning Dove) AGK
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:3 Backer Grøndahl, Agathe
l 3rd movement: Minuetto and Trio 12 Small Fantasy Pieces, op. 55
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4 u Spanish (no. 5)
l 2nd movement: Minuet and Trio Bartók, Béla
Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:G1 For Children, 1 (rev. ed.) B&H
u 1st movement l Allegretto (no. 19)
Hook, James l Jeering Song (no. 30)
Sonatina in D Major, op. 12, no. 1 l Andante (no. 32)
l 1st movement For Children, 2 (rev. ed.) B&H
l Variations (no. 5)
Kuhlau, Friedrich l Bagpipe 2 (no. 30)
Sonatina in C Major, op. 20, no. 1 Mikrokosmos, 3 B&H
l 1st movement l Merriment (no. 84)
Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, no. 2 Ten Easy Pieces EMB
l 1st movement l Dawn
Sonatina in G Major, op. 88, no. 2
l 1st movement Beach, Amy
Children’s Carnival, op. 25 HIL
Lichner, Heinrich l Secrets (no. 5)
Sonatina in G Major, op. 4, no. 3 KJO; SCH
l last movement: Rondo Bender, Joanne
Things Bright and Beautiful RLP
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus u Gentle Breeze
l Andantino in E flat Major, K 236/588b l Rainforest
Viennese Sonatinas (arr. from Five Divertimenti, K 439b)
Viennese Sonatina in C Major (no. 6) Bernstein, Leonard
u 4th movement: Finale Five Anniversaries B&H
l For Susanna Kyle
Rosetti, Antonio
Vier Klaviersonaten AMA Bloch, Ernest
Sonata in G Major, RWV E2 Enfantines FIS
l 2nd movement: Romanze l Melody (no. 6)
l Pastorale (no. 7)
Türk, Daniel Gottlob l Teasing (no. 9)
Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 2
u As Swift as a Deer Bouchard, Rémi
l Au jour de l’an WAN
Wesley, Samuel
u Sonatina in E flat Major, op. 4, no. 7 Boyd, Bill
Jazz Sketches HAL
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Level 6
Brown, Timothy Finney, Ross Lee
l Meditation in the Rain (in Best of In Recital Solos, 5 24 Piano Inventions PET
FJH) l Playing Ball
Bravisimo! 4 FJH
Fleming, Robert
l Flannagan’s Cove
Bag-O-Tricks WAT
Capers, Valerie l Bright-Dancy (no. 2)
Portraits in Jazz OUP l Quiet Mood (no. 3)
u Sweet Mister Jelly Roll (in Piano Music of Africa and
Fol, Alexandra
the African Diaspora, 1 OUP)
l Children’s Suite CMC
→ with repeats
Gardiner, Mary
Carroll, Walter
Turnabout STU; CMC
Sea Idylls FOR
l Turnabout No. 4
l Early Morning (no. 2)
l Ebb Tide (no. 4) Gieck, Janet
Sundae Soup, 2 RLP
Chaminade, Cécile
l Judith’s Waltz
Album des enfants, 1, op. 123
l Long Weekend
u Air de ballet (no. 11)
Gillock, William
Chatman, Stephen
Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style ALF
British Columbia Suite CMC
l Winter Scene
l Douglas Firs
l Red-tailed Pursuit Glick, Srul Irving
Preludes for Piano, 3 CMC Four Preludes GVT
l Prairie Sky l Prelude No. 2
l Rose-cheek’d Tara
Glière, Reinhold
Chopin, Frédéric Huit pièces faciles pour piano, op. 43
u Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B 150 l Prière (no. 2)
Copland, Aaron Gounod, Charles
l The Young Pioneers (in Masters of Our Day, 1 FIS) l Prelude in C Minor
Coulthard, Jean Grieg, Edvard
l Winter’s Northern Scene (in Music of Our Time, 6 Lyric Pieces, op. 12
WAT) l Arietta (no. 1)
Pieces for the Present WAT l Watchman’s Song (no. 3)
l Where the Trade Winds Blow l Folksong (no. 5)
Dello Joio, Norman Griesdale, Susan
Lyric Pieces for the Young EBM Arctic Voices RLP
l Street Cries l Dancing Skies
l Lament for the Polar Bear
Dolin, Samuel
l A Slightly Square Round Dance BER Henderson, Ruth Watson
Six Miniatures for Piano CMC
Donkin, Christine
l Toccatina
Imprints DKN
l Farewell to an Old Friend Ho, Vincent
The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, 1 PME
Duke, David Gordon
u Dance of the Tiger Cubs (no. 3)
l Cape Breton Lullaby (in Music of Our Time, 5 WAT)
Hofmann, Heinrich
Dunhill, Thomas
Skizzen, op. 77
l The Irish Boy LEG
l On the Lake (Auf dem See) (no. 12)
Evans, Lee l Little Wood-bird (Waldvöglein) (no. 15)
l Ragamuffin (in Best of In Recital Solos, 5 FJH)
Horvat, Frank
Fiala, George l Desolate Heart HOR
Australian Suite, op. 2 BER
l Kangaroo (no. 1)

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Level 6
Ibert, Jacques Menotti, Gian Carlo
Petite suite en 15 images FOE Poemetti per Maria Rosa ALF
l Parade (no. 6) l Lullaby (Ninna-nanna)
l The Shepherd (Il pastore)
Jaque, Rhené
l Jesting (Badinerie) BER Metelka, Jakub
Modern Piano Studies BAR
Jiang, Edward Han, arr.
u Little Nocturne
u Jasmine Flower EHJ
Mier, Martha
Johnson, Alexander
Musical Snapshots, 3 ALF
11 Piano Pieces for Children SET
u Happy Time Jazz, from Jazzy American Suite
l A Snowy Afternoon
Morlock, Jocelyn
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Four Piano Pieces MOR
30 Children’s Pieces, op. 27 SCH
l Tango-ostinato (no. 3)
l Warrior’s Dance (no. 19)
u Fairy Tale (no. 20) Muczynski, Robert
l Song of the Cavalry (no. 29) Fables, op. 21 SCH
l Presto (no. 6)
Khachaturian, Aram
Adventures of Ivan (in Selected Piano Works SCH; Children’s Norton, Christopher
Album, 1 SIK) Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 6 DAY
l Ivan Sings l Bahama Beach
l In Between
Kwami, Robert Mawuena
l Mississauga Rag
Six Piano Pieces
l Piano Piece No. 2 (Call and Response) (in Piano Pachulski, Henryk
Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, 1 OUP) Six Preludes, op. 8
l Prelude in C Minor (no. 1) (in A Romantic Sketchbook
Liebermann, Lowell
for Piano, 3 ABR)
Album for the Young, op. 43 PRE
l The Little Baby Rhino (no. 17) Papp, Lajos
l Rainy Day (no. 8) Images LEM
l Hungarian Dance
Louie, Alexina
Small Beautiful Things ALX Persichetti, Vincent
l Little Balinese Dancer Serenade No. 7, op. 55 PRE
u Running for the Bus l Chase (no. 5)
Star Light, Star Bright ALX
Pinto, Octavio
l Distant Star
Children’s Festival (Festa de Crianças) SCH
Lutosławski, Witold l Playing Marbles (no. 5)
Folk Melodies (in Most Beautiful Lutosławski PWM)
Previn, André
l Master Michael
Impressions for Piano HAL
Maxner, Rebekah l By a Quiet Stream (no. 5)
The Color Collection RLP l Roundup (no. 11)
l Green Shade
Prokofiev, Sergei
McIntyre, David L. Music for Children, op. 65 SCH
l Sweet Sorrow RSM l Promenade (no. 2)
Pro Motion Suite RSM
Rebikov, Vladimir
l Bounce (no. 11)
Mood Sketches, op. 10
McKiver, Beverley l Valse miniature (no. 10)
Canadian Floral Emblems MCK
Reinecke, Carl
l Lady Slipper
Serenade in G Major, op. 183, no. 2
l Trillium
l Pastorale
Mendelssohn, Felix
Richert, Teresa
l Song without Words, op. 19b, no. 4
Northern Menagerie RLP
Sechs Kinderstücke, op. 72
l The Fawn
l Allegro non troppo (no. 1)

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Level 6
Rorem, Ned Southam, Ann
A Quiet Afternoon PER l Sea Flea BER
l A New Game
Starer, Robert
Roth Roubos, Valerie Sketches in Color, 1 HAL
Modern Expressions for Piano FJH l Purple (no. 1)
l Contradanza l Bright Orange (no. 4)
Rowell, Karen Tansman, Alexandre
An Emotional Roller Coaster RUS Ten Diversions for the Young Pianist DUR
l Heartbeat l Prayer
Rudzik, Peter Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
Truly Astounding Animals RLP Album for the Young, op. 39
l Boastful Kangaroo l Waltz (no. 9)
Sawatsky, Lynette Telfer, Nancy
Crimson Maple SWY l Fantasy CMC
l February Blessing The Galaxy Series, 3 WAN
l J’entends le moulin (arr.)
Schubert, Franz
The Galaxy Series, 4 WAN
Valses sentimentales, op. 50, D 779
l She’s Like the Swallow (arr.)
l Sentimental Waltz (no. 13)
l Space Station Party
Schumann, Robert l Vive la canadienne! (arr.)
Album für die Jungend, op. 68
Tsitsaros, Christos
l Trällerliedchen (no. 3)
l Song of the Fisherman (in Hal Leonard Student Piano
Albumblätter, op. 124
Library: Piano Solos, 5 HAL)
l Walzer (no. 4)
Kinderszenen, op. 15 Vandall, Robert D.
u Of Foreign Lands and Peoples (Von fremden Ländern Celebrated Jazzy Solos, 3 ALF
und Menschen) (no. 1) l Stay Cool

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Level 7

Level 7 Requirements Marks List B

Repertoire 56 Classical and Classical-style Repertoire
one selection from List A 16
one selection from List B 18 Sonata in G Minor, op. 2, Bon 19
one selection from List C 16 no. 1: I
Memory (2 marks per repertoire selection) 6 Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:1: I Haydn 22
Technical Requirements 24 Für Elise, WoO 59 Beethoven 25
Etudes: t wo etudes from the Syllabus list 12 Sonata in C Minor, op. 17, J.C. Bach 28
Technical Tests 12 no. 2: III
Musicianship Scherzo in A Major Hummel 34
Ear Tests 10 Sonata in D Major, op. 4, no. 1: I Clementi 36
– Intervals 2
– Chords 2 Sonatina in A Minor, op. 88, Kuhlau 40
– Chord Progressions 2 no. 3: I
– Playback (traditional or improvised) 4
Sight Reading 10
– Rhythm 3 List C
– Playing (traditional or lead sheet reading) 7 Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100
Rondo–Toccata, op. 60, no. 4 Kabalevsky 43
Theory Examination Corequisite
Level 7 Theory Mazurka in A flat Major, op. 24, Chopin 46
no. 3

Repertoire March, op. 65, no. 10 Prokofiev 48

Album Leaf, op. 12, no. 7 Grieg 50
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 Mendelssohn 52
this section of the examination.
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each Allegro Bartók 54
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for Waltz in B Minor, op. 18, D 145, Schubert 56
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory. no. 6
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u Biidaaban Assiginaak 57
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 7 on the pages indicated.
Streams of Yang River Huang 58
List A Canoeing, op. 119, no. 3 Beach 60
Baroque Repertoire Fantasy Bossa Norton 62
Title Composer Page The Ringtone Waltz Hamelin 64
Invention No. 8 in F Major, J.S. Bach 4 Banana Sorbet Thomas 66
BWV 779
Peace Country Hoedown Donkin 68
Rondeau Guerre 6
Ticklin’ Toes Price 70
Allegro in E Minor Seixas 8
Bourrée in F Major Telemann 10 For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
La joyeuse Rameau 12 “Complete Repertoire” on p. 63.
Allemande in E flat Major J.S. Bach 14
Sonata in A Major, K 208 Scarlatti 16
Gigue in G Minor Handel 18

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Level 7
Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
u The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 7 on the pages indicated.

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Toccatina, op. 8, no. 1 Maykapar 4 Running Around, op. 105, no. 4 Goolkasian 18
Tambourin, op. 2, no. 7 Gambarini 6 Rahbee
Halley’s Comet Telfer 7 Lullaby, op. 109, no. 7 Burgmüller 20
Etude in G Minor, op. 24, no. 15 Concone 8 White Noon Ikeda 22
Leafy Sea Dragon Dykstra 10 Mischievous Mouse Ho 24
Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 125, Heller 12 White Sands, Blue Seas Thomas 26
no. 19 Zephyr Donkin 28
Chickadees Richert 14
Dancing Barefoot in the Rain Okoye 16
* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes. See
p. 5 for details.

Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
C, D, F, A , G major
HT
Two-octave C, D, F, G , F minor (harmonic = 76
2 octaves
and melodic)
D major HT
Formula Pattern = 76
D minor (harmonic) 2 octaves
HT
Chromatic Starting on D, G = 76
2 octaves
Chords
HT
Tonic Four-Note C, D, F, A , G major 2 octaves
• broken only C, D, F, G , F minor (root position and inversions) = 60
ending with I–IV–V–I progression
Dominant 7th Chords
• broken = 60
C, D, F, A , G major
HT
• solid/blocked = 80
2 octaves
Leading-tone Diminished 7th Chords (root position and inversions)
• broken = 60
C, D, F, G , F minor
• solid/blocked = 80
Arpeggios
HT
C, D, F, A , G major
Tonic 2 octaves = 60
C, D, F, G , F minor
(root position and inversions)
C, D, F, A , G major HT
Dominant 7th
2 octaves = 60
Leading-tone Diminished 7th C, D, F, G , F minor (root position only)

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Level 7
Musicianship • Before the first playing, the examiner will count one measure.
• After the second playing, the student will clap the rhythm or
sing the melody.
Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples”
• After the third playing, the student will play the melody.
on p. 120 for important information regarding this section of the
examination. Beginning Note Keys Time Approximate
Signatures Length
Ear Tests tonic, mediant, D, F major up to ten notes
dominant, upper D, F minor
tonic
Intervals
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. OR
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending or Students may choose to play back a given four-measure question
descending) followed by harmonic form once. phrase and improvise an answer phrase to create an eight-measure
OR contrasting period. The examiner will identify the key and time
signature, play the tonic chord once, and play the question phrase
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals three times.
(ascending or descending). The examiner will play the first note
once. Beginning Note Keys Time Total Length
Signatures
Intervals (ascending or descending)
tonic, mediant, C, G, F eight measures
minor 2nd, major 2nd
dominant, upper major
minor 3rd, major 3rd tonic
perfect 4th
perfect 5th
minor 6th, major 6th
Sight Reading
minor 7th, major 7th Rhythm
perfect octave For a given melody, students will be asked to:
• Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
Chords
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
Students will be asked to identify the quality of the following rhythm of the given melody.
chords after the examiner has played the chord in solid/blocked
form, close position once. A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.

Chords Position Time Signatures Approximate Length

major, minor, and augmented triads root position four measures
dominant 7th (major–minor 7th) root position
diminished 7th root position Playing
Students will be asked to play a passage of music comparable to
Chord Progressions Level 4 repertoire.
Students will be asked to identify chord progressions in major
Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length
or minor keys as listed below, after the examiner has played the
progression twice. The progression will be played in keyboard style, major and minor keys, up eight to twelve
and the bass line will ascend from the tonic. to three sharps or flats measures

Major Minor OR
I–IV–I i–iv–i Students may choose to read a lead sheet (with a melody and
root/quality chord symbols) and realize an accompaniment based
I–V–I i–V–i
on the chord symbols provided. Harmonic vocabulary will be
I–IV–V i–iv–V aligned with the chords presented for study in Level 7 Theory in
the Theory Syllabus. Students are encouraged to provide creative
Playback accompaniments appropriate to the style of the given melody.
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the complete
Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length
scale (from tonic to tonic or dominant to dominant). The examiner
will identify the key and time signature, play the tonic chord once, major and minor keys, up eight to twelve
and play the melody three times. to three sharps or flats measures

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Level 7
Complete Repertoire Handel, George Frideric
l Air in G Minor, HWV 467 BAR
l Courante, from Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432
this section of the examination. l Allegro
Students must prepare three contrasting selections: one from each u Gigue
of List A, List B, and List C. Two memory marks are awarded for Suite No. 8 in G Major, HWV 441
l Allemande
each repertoire selection that is performed by memory.
l Allegro
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes: l Aria
l one selection Kirnberger, Johann Philipp
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Recueil d’airs de danse caractéristiques
Piano Repertoire 7 l Passepied in D Major (no. 8)
Krebs, Johann Ludwig
List A Sonatina No. 4 in B flat Major
Baroque Repertoire l 3rd movement
Martínez, Marianne von
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Sonata in A Major (in Three Sonatas for Keyboard HIL)
Sonata in E Minor, Wq 62/12, H 66 l 3rd movement
l 3rd movement: Sarabande Sonata in E Major (in Three Sonatas for Keyboard HIL)
l 1st movement
Bach, Johann Sebastian
l 3rd movement
u Allemande, from French Suite No. 4 in E flat Major,
BWV 815 Pescetti, Giovanni Battista
l Bourrée I, from Overture in the French Style in Sonata in C Major, op. 1, no. 2
B Minor, BWV 831 l 2nd movement
l Gavotte, from French Suite No. 5 in G Major, Sonata in C Minor
BWV 816 l 3rd movement
l Polonaise in E Major, from French Suite No. 6 in Sonata No. 9 in G Minor (in 12 Sonate per clavicembalo RIC)
E Major, BWV 817 l 2nd movement
l Little Prelude in F Major, BWV 927 Rameau, Jean-Philippe
l Little Prelude in C Major, BWV 933 Pièces de clavecin (1724)
l Little Prelude in D Minor, BWV 935 u La joyeuse
l Little Prelude in A Minor, BWV 942
Two-part Inventions Scarlatti, Domenico
l Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 l Sonata in A Minor, K 149
l Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775 u Sonata in A Major, K 208
u Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 l Sonata in F Major, K 274
l Sonata in A Major, K 322
Couperin, François
L’art de toucher le clavecin Seixas, José António Carlos de
l Allemande in D Minor u Allegro in E Minor, from Sonata No. 37 in E Minor
Pièces de clavecin, premier livre BAR l Allegro in B flat Major, from Sonata No. 77 in
Premier ordre B flat Major
l La milordine (Gigue) Telemann, Georg Philipp
l Les sentiments (Sarabande) Fantasia in B flat Major, TWV 33:18
Deuxième ordre l 2nd section
l La babet Fantasia in B flat Major, TWV 33:36
l Les papillons l 1st section
Guerre, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Fantasia in G Minor, TWV 33:29
l 1st section
Pièces de clavecin qui peuvent se jouer sur le viollon
Suite No. 2 in G Major Essercizii Musici
u Rondeau u Bourrée in F Major, from Solo in F Major, TWV 32:4

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Level 7
List B Kuhlau, Friedrich
Sonatina in G Major, op. 20, no. 2
Classical and Classical-style Repertoire l 2nd movement
Sonatina in C Major, op. 55, no. 3
Albéniz, Mateo l 1st movement
l Sonata in D Major Sonatina in C Major, op. 88, no. 1
Bach, Johann Christian l 1st movement
Sonata in C Minor, op. 17, no. 2 Sonatina in A Minor, op. 88, no. 3
u 3rd movement: Finale u 1st movement
l 3rd movement
Beethoven, Ludwig van
l Bagatelle in D Major, op. 33, no. 6 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
l Bagatelle in G Minor, op. 119, no. 1 Viennese Sonatinas (arr. from Five Divertimenti, K 439b)
u Für Elise, WoO 59 Viennese Sonatina in C Major (no. 1)
l 4th movement
Bon, Anna Viennese Sonatina in A Major (no. 2)
Sonata in G Minor, op. 2, no. 1 l 1st movement
u 1st movement Viennese Sonatina in F Major (no. 5)
Clementi, Muzio l 1st movement
Six Progressive Sonatinas for the Piano Forte, op. 36 Viennese Sonatina in C Major (no. 6)
Sonatina in C Major (no. 3) l 1st movement
l 1st movement Storace, Stephen
Sonatina in D Major (no. 6) Six Easy and Progressive Sonatinas
l 1st movement Sonata in D Major (no. 5)
l 2nd movement: Rondo l 1st movement
Six Sonatas, op. 4
Sonata in D Major (no. 1) Voříšek, Jan Václav
u 1st movement l Rondo in G Major, op. 18, no. 1

Diabelli, Anton List C

Sonatina in C Major, op. 151, no. 2
l 1st movement
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Repertoire
Sonatina in B flat Major, op. 168, no. 4
l 1st movement Alexander, Dennis
24 Character Preludes ALF
Haydn, Franz Joseph l Longing
Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:1 A Splash of Color, 3 ALF
u 1st movement l Fields of Lavender
l 2nd movement Especially in Jazzy Style, 2 ALF
Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:27 l Jazz Nocturne in B flat Major
l 2nd movement: Minuet and Trio
Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:28 Alkan, Charles-Valentin
l 3rd movement Receuill de chants, op. 65
Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:G1 l Barcarolle in G Minor (no. 6)
l 3rd movement: Finale Andronikou, Michalis
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVII:D1 Harmony Within PAL
l 3rd movement: Finale l Waltz of Memories (no. 2)
Hook, James Assiginaak, Barbara
Sonatina in E Major, op. 12, no. 12 u Biidaaban (First Light of Dawn) AGK
l 2nd movement: Rondo
Bartók, Béla
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk For Children, 1 (rev. ed.) B&H
Anweisung zum Piano-Forte-Spiel u Allegro (no. 12)
u Scherzo in A Major (no. 45) l Pentatonic Tune (no. 29)
l Andante tranquillo (no. 31)
l Winter Solstice Song (no. 38)
For Children, 2 (rev. ed.) B&H
l Ballad (no. 35)

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Level 7
Beach, Amy Duncan, Martha Hill
From Six to Twelve, op. 119 Angular Measures RLP
u Canoeing (no. 3) l Triangle
Isla Vista Suite RLP
Bender, Joanne
l Eucalyptus Grove
Alive and Growing RLP
Precipitations RLP
l Metamorphosis
l Sundog
Bernstein, Seymour
Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie-Carmen
Birds, 1 MAN
From My Childhood, 1 WAT
l The Purple Finch (no. 1) and The Hummingbird
l “P”: Poissarde
(no. 2)
Falla, Manuel de
Bloch, Ernest
l Romance del pescador (The Fisherman’s Story), from
Enfantines FIS
El amor brujo CHS
l Dream (no. 10)
Gardiner, Mary
Bober, Melody
l Night Sounds CMC
Cyclone FJH
l Whirling Winds Gerou, Tom
Piece by Piece, 2 ALF
Bonsor, Brian
l A Hint of Jazz
Jazzy Piano, 2 UNI
l Feelin’ Good Gieck, Janet
Taking Chances RLP
Bouchard, Rémi
l Frantic
Consolations and Nocturnes MAY
l Noctune (no. 1) Gillock, William
l Arabesque sentimentale WIL
Brown, Timothy
l Goldfish WIL
l Daydreaming (in Succeeding at the Piano: Festival
Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style ALF
Collection, 4 FJH)
l Moonlight Mood
Chatman, Stephen
Ginastera, Alberto
Amusements, 3 CMC
Dos canciones, op. 3 RIC
l Earthquake
l Milonga
Fantasies CMC
l Katherine Glière, Reinhold
l Night Sounds 12 Pièces enfantines, op. 31
Preludes for Piano, 3 CMC l Cradle Song (no. 3)
l Ginger Snaps l Romance (no. 7)
Huit pièces faciles pour piano, op. 43
Chopin, Frédéric
l Arietta (no. 7)
u Mazurka in A flat Major, op. 24, no. 3
l Polonaise in G Minor, op. posth., B 1 Granados, Enrique
l Polonaise in B flat Major, op. posth., B 3 Cuentos de la juventud, op. 1
l Prelude in E Minor, op. 28, no. 4 l La huérfana (The Little Orphan Girl) (no. 9)
Coulthard, Jean Grieg, Edvard
Pieces for the Present WAT Lyric Pieces, op. 12
l Far Above the Clouds u Album Leaf (no. 7)
l Elfin Dance (no. 4)
Dello Joio, Norman
Lyric Pieces, op. 43
Lyric Pieces for the Young EBM
l Solitary Traveler (no. 2)
l Night Song
l Prayer of the Matador Griesdale, Susan
Arctic Voices RLP
Donkin, Christine
l Toques and Parkas
Imprints DKN
l A Kitten’s Agenda Hamelin, Marc-André
Sunny Days DKN The Ringtone Waltz PRE
u
u Peace Country Hoedown

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Level 7
Huang, An-Lun McIntyre, David L.
A Chinese Festival, 1 BEL l Tickled Pink RSM
u Streams of Yang River Tasha Suite RSM
l High Jinks
Ibert, Jacques
Petite suite en 15 images FOE Mendelssohn, Felix
l Le cavalier sans-souci (no. 5) Songs without Words, op. 30
l Romance (no. 8) u Consolation (no. 3)
l Sérénade sur l’eau (no. 10) l Venetian Boat Song (no. 6)
Jaque, Rhené Milne, Elissa
l Lutin CMC Pepperbox Jazz, 2 FAB
Suite pour piano, op. 11 CVI; CMC l Dreamtime
l L’heure d’angoisse l Foreign Correspondent
l Indigo Moon
Jinga, Naina
l Toccatina JIN Mompou, Federico
Impresiones intimas UNM
Johnson, Alexander
l Parajo Triste (Sad Bird) (no. 5)
11 Piano Pieces for Children SET
l Elegy Muczynski, Robert
Diversions, op. 23 SCH
Jordan, Jeremy Ajani
l Allegro molto (no. 9)
Children’s Songs JAJ
l Nocturne (no. 1) Mussorgsky, Modest
l Une larme (A Tear)
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Four Rondos, op. 60 SCH Niemann, Walter
l Rondo–March (no. 1) Im Kinderland, op. 46 PET
l Rondo–Dance (no. 2) l The Little Mermaid in the Shell (no. 9)
l Rondo–Song (no. 3)
Norton, Christopher
u Rondo–Toccata (no. 4)
Bright and Bluesy DAY
Khachaturian, Aram l Sliding Home
Adventures of Ivan (in Selected Piano Works SCH; Children’s Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 7 DAY
Album, 1 SIK) u Fantasy Bossa
l Ivan Is Very Busy l Hanging Gardens
Kosenko, Viktor Olson, Kevin
24 Pianoforte Pieces for Children l Time Traveler (in In Recital for the Advancing Pianist:
l Waltz (no. 6) Original Solos, 1 FJH)
Liebermann, Lowell Onyeji, Christian
Album for the Young, op. 43 PRE l Ufie III (in Piano Music of Africa and the African
l Lullaby (no. 10) Diaspora, 1 OUP)
Louie, Alexina Paine, John Knowles
Star Light, Star Bright ALX In the Country, op. 26
l Blue Sky II l Village Dance (no. 5)
l Shooting Stars
Papp, Lajos
Lutosławski, Witold Images LEM
Bucolics PWM l Song and Dance
l 4th movement Petite Suite EMB
l Alpine Horn and Chamois
Martinů, Bohuslav
Spring in the Garden BAR Pentland, Barbara
l It Isn’t Bad, Is It, to Pick a Few Flowers? Hands Across the C AVO
l Sparks (no. 1)
Maykapar, Samuel
l Seashore (no. 3)
Bagatelles, op. 28
l Romance Petot, Ross
Moods and Impressions, 2 KJO
l Illusion

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Level 7
Pine, Katya Schumann, Robert
Images PIN Album für die Jugend, op. 68
l Jazz at the Bistro l Mignon (no. 35)
Albumblätter, op. 124
Pinto, Octavio
l Fantasietanz (Fantastic Dance) (no. 5)
Scenas infantis SCH
l Wiegenliedchen (Little Cradle Song) (no. 6)
l Dorme nenem (Sleeping Time)
Shahi, Saman
Poulenc, Francis
l Mingling Leaves SSH
Villageoises SAL
l Valse tyrolienne (no. 1) Southam, Ann
l Staccato (no. 2) Three in Blue: Jazz Preludes BER
l Three in Blue No. 2
Price, Florence B.
u Ticklin’ Toes ELV Springer, Mike
Not Just Another Jazz Book, 3 ALF
Prokofiev, Sergei
l Ballroom Big Band
Music for Children, op. 65 SCH
l Tarantella (no. 4) Still, William Grant
l Regrets (no. 5) Seven Traceries WGS
l Waltz (no. 6) l Woven Silver
l March of the Grasshoppers (no. 7)
Stone, Court
u March (no. 10)
l Ottawa Valley Song CST
l Evening (no. 11)
Sunabacka, Karen
Rebikov, Vladimir
l A Canoe On a Lake CMC
Album of Easy Pieces
l Waltz in F sharp Minor (no. 6) (in Russian Piano Takács, Jenő
Music, 2 PET; Quiet Classics KJO) From Far Away Places, op. 111 UNI
l Song and Alborada (no. 14)
Rollin, Catherine
Lyric Moments, 3 ALF Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
l Sweet Elegy Album for the Young, op. 39
Spotlight on Impressionist Style ALF l Song of the Lark (no. 22)
l Water Lilies
Telfer, Nancy, arr.
Rossi, Wynn-Anne The Galaxy Series, 4 WAN
An Alaska Tour FJH l The Morning Dew
l Arctic Moon
Thomas, Gary K.
Rudzik, Peter u Banana Sorbet GKT
Truly Astounding Animals RLP
Vandall, Robert D.
l Hedgehog
Celebrated Jazzy Solos, 4 ALF
l Thoughtful Rhino
l Rock Zone
Schubert, Franz
Vindu, André Bangambula
Walzer, Ländler, und Ecossaisen, op. 18, D 145
l Lullaby (in Piano Music of Africa and the African
u Waltz in B Minor (no. 6)
Diaspora, 1 OUP)
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Level 8
Level 8 Requirements Marks The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 8 on the pages indicated.
Repertoire 56
one selection from List A 12 List A
one selection from List B 14 Baroque Repertoire
one selection from List C 12
one selection from List D 12 Title Composer Page
Memory (1.5 marks per repertoire selection) 6
Invention No. 14 in B flat Major, J.S. Bach 4
Technical Requirements 24 BWV 785
Etudes: t wo etudes from the Syllabus list 12 Little Prelude in E Major, J.S. Bach 6
Technical Tests 12 BWV 937
Musicianship
Fantasia in D Minor, TWV 33:2 Telemann 8
Ear Tests 10
– Intervals 2 Courante in G Major attr. Handel 11
– Chords 2 Sonata in F Minor, K 185 Scarlatti 14
– Chord Progressions 2
– Playback (traditional or improvised) 4 Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq 117/2, C.P.E. Bach 16
Sight Reading 10 H 220
– Rhythm 3 Gigue en rondeau Rameau 18
– Playing (traditional or lead sheet reading) 7
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100
Theory Examination Corequisite
List B
Level 8 Theory Classical Repertoire
Sonata in D Major, Haydn 20
Repertoire Hob. XVI: 4: I
Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, Kuhlau 23
no. 2: III
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
this section of the examination. Sonata in C Major, K 545: I W.A. Mozart 28
Students must prepare four contrasting selections: one from each Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, Beethoven 32
of List A, List B, List C, and List D. Repertoire selections must no. 1: I
be memorized. Memory marks will be deducted for any repertoire
selections not performed by memory.
Sonata in B flat Major, C 27 Cimarosa 36

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List C List D
Romantic Repertoire Post-Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century
Repertoire
Mélodie, op. 4, no. 2 Hensel 40
Song without Words, op. 38, Mendelssohn 42 The Spruce, op. 75, no. 5 Sibelius 61
no. 4 The Little Shepherd Debussy 64
Polonaise in C Major, op. 1, no. 2 C. Schumann 44 Seven Good-humored Variations Kabalevsky 66
Waltz in B Minor, op. posth. 69, Chopin 46 on a Ukrainian Folk Song,
no. 2 op. 51, no. 4
Prelude in E flat Major, op. 31, Glière 50 Through Moanin’ Pines Burleigh 70
no. 1 Prelude No. 3 Valenti 72
Knecht Ruprecht, op. 68, no. 12 R. Schumann 52 Incognito Sifford 74
Arabeske Lang 55 Mysterious Summer’s Night Kuzmenko 77
Nocturne in B flat Major, H 37 Field 58 Blue Angel Chatman 78
Catching Butterflies Ding 80
Tango callejero Springer 82
Prelude, op. 69 Goolkasian 84
Rahbee
Sunshower Duncan 86
For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
“Complete Repertoire” on p. 71.

Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 8 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

The Storm, op. 109, no. 13 Burgmüller 4 Flip Flops Thomas 18
Village Joke Bartók 6 The Woodpecker Lu 20
Romanza, op. 57, no. 4 Gade 8 Etude in C Major, op. 46, no. 24 Heller 22
Open Gieck 10 Etude in A Major, op. 27, no. 26 Kabalevsky 24
Murmures du ruisseau Jaëll 12 Etude in C Major, op. 299, no. 3 Czerny 28
Sieste caniculaire, op. 82, no. 3 Laurin 14 Dance of the Elves, op. 21, no. 3 Karganov 30
Bolero, op. 35, no. 4 Casella 16
* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes. See
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Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
C, D, E, B , E , G major
HT
Four-octave C, D, E, B , E , F minor = 88
4 octaves
(harmonic and melodic)
E major HT
Formula Pattern = 88
E minor (harmonic) 4 octaves
HT
Chromatic Starting on E , E = 88
2 octaves
Chords
HT
Tonic Four-note C, D, E, B , E , G major 2 octaves
• broken only C, D, E, B , E , F minor (root position and inversions) = 80
ending with I–IV–V 6–5
4–3 –I progression

Dominant 7th Chords

• broken = 80
C, D, E, B , E , G major
HT
• solid/blocked 2 octaves = 100
Leading-tone Diminished 7th Chords (root position and inversions)
• broken = 80
C, D, E, B , E , F minor
• solid/blocked = 100
Arpeggios
HT
C, D, E, B , E , G major
Tonic 4 octaves = 69
C, D, E, B , E , F minor
(root position and inversions)
Dominant 7th C, D, E, B , E , G major HT
4 octaves = 69
Leading-tone Diminished 7th C, D, E, B , E , F minor (root position only)

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Musicianship Beginning Note Keys Time
Signatures
Approximate
Length

Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” tonic, mediant, B , E major up to eleven
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the dominant, upper C, E minor (may include notes
examination. tonic an upbeat)
OR
Ear Tests Students may choose to play back a given four-measure question
Intervals phrase and improvise an answer phrase to create an eight-measure
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. contrasting period. The examiner will identify the key and time
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending or signature, play the tonic chord once, and play the question phrase
descending) followed by harmonic form once. three times.
OR Beginning Note Keys Time Total Length
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals Signatures
(ascending or descending). The examiner will play the first note once. tonic, mediant, C, G, F major eight measures
dominant, upper A, E, D, minor (may include
Intervals (ascending or descending) tonic an upbeat)
minor 2nd, major 2nd perfect 5th
minor 3rd, major 3rd minor 6th, major 6th Sight Reading
perfect 4th minor 7th, major 7th
Rhythm
augmented 4th/diminished 5th perfect octave
For a given melody, students will be asked to:
Chords • Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
Students will be asked to identify the quality of the following • Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
chords after the examiner has played the chord in solid/blocked rhythm of the given melody.
form, close position once.
A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.
Chords Position
Time Signatures Approximate Length
major, minor, and augmented triads root position
four measures
dominant 7th (major–minor 7th) root position
diminished 7th root position
Playing
Chord Progressions Students will be asked to play a passage of music comparable to
Students will be asked to identify each chord in a four-chord Level 5 repertoire.
progression in a major or minor key as listed below, after the
Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length
examiner has played the progression twice. In the second playing,
the examiner will pause on each chord for the student to identify major and minor eight to twelve
it. The progression will be played in keyboard style. keys, up to four (may include an upbeat) measures
sharps or flats
Major Minor
OR
I–IV–V–I i–iv–V–i
Students may choose to read a lead sheet (with a melody and
I–IV–V–vi i–iv–V–VI
root/quality chord symbols) and realize an accompaniment based
I–vi–IV–V i–VI–iv–V on the chord symbols provided. Harmonic vocabulary will be
I–vi–IV–I i–VI–iv–i aligned with the chords presented for study in Level 8 Theory in
the Theory Syllabus. Students are encouraged to provide creative
Playback accompaniments appropriate to the style of the given melody.
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on the complete
scale (from tonic to tonic or dominant to dominant). The examiner Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length
will identify the key and time signature, play the tonic chord once, major and minor eight to twelve
and play the melody three times. keys, up to three (may include an upbeat) measures
sharps or flats
• Before the first playing, the examiner will count one measure.
• After the second playing, the student will clap the rhythm or
sing the melody.
• After the third playing, the student will play the melody.
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Complete Repertoire Bach, Johann Sebastian (continued)
l Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783
l Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding u Invention No. 14 in B flat Major, BWV 785
this section of the examination. l Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786
Students must prepare four contrasting selections: one from each Couperin, François
of List A, List B, List C, and List D. Repertoire selections must Pièces de clavecin, premier livre BAR
be memorized. Memory marks will be deducted for any repertoire Troisième ordre
selections not performed by memory. l Les pélerines
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes: Quartième ordre
l La pateline
l one selection
Cinquième ordre
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
l La flore
Piano Repertoire 8
Galuppi, Baldassare
l Sonata in D Major, op. 1, no. 4 (Adagio)
List A Handel, George Frideric
Baroque Repertoire l Allemande, from Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437
l Allemande, from Suite No. 5 in E Minor, HWV 438
Alberti, Domenico u Courante in G Major, from Suite No. 8 in G Major,
Sonata in G Major, op. 1, no. 4 (in 12 Sonate per HWV 441 (attr.)
cavicembalo RIC) l Gigue, from Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432
l 2nd movement l Sonatina in D Minor, HWV 581

Arne, Thomas Jacinto do Sacramento, Frei

Eight Sonatas or Lessons for the Harpsichord l Toccata in D Minor
l Presto (Gigue), from Sonata No. 6 Krebs, Johann Ludwig
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel l Air, from Suite No. 2 in B Minor CAR
u Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq 117/2, H 220 l Gigue, from Suite No. 1 in D Major CAR

Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Pescetti, Giovanni Battista

Musikalische Nebenstunden Sonata IX in G Minor (in 12 Sonate per clavicembalo RIC)
l Allegro in G Major l 1st movement

Bach, Johann Sebastian Purcell, Henry

l Duetto in E Minor, BWV 802 l Prelude, from Suite No. 5 in C Major, Z 666
l Duetto in F Major, BWV 803 Rameau, Jean-Philippe
l Duetto in G Major, BWV 804 Pièces de clavecin (1724)
l Duetto in A Minor, BWV 805 u Gigue en rondeau
l Air, from French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813
l Menuet and Trio in B Minor, from French Suite Scarlatti, Domenico
No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814 u Sonata in F Minor, K 185
l Little Prelude in D Major, BWV 925 (in l Sonata in C Major, K 398
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach BAR) Seixas, José António Carlos de
l Little Prelude in F Major, BWV 928 l Toccata in D Minor (in Early Portuguese Keyboard
l Little Prelude in D Major, BWV 936 Music, 1 OTT)
u Little Prelude in E Major, BWV 937
l Little Prelude in E Minor, BWV 938 Telemann, Georg Philipp
Two-part Inventions u Fantasia in D Minor, TWV 33:2
l Invention No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 773 l Fantasia in G Minor, TWV 33:8
l Invention No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774 Fuga prima in G Minor, TWV 30:21
l Invention No. 5 in E flat Major, BWV 776 l 1st section
l Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777 Zipoli, Domenico
l Invention No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 778 Sonate d’ intavolatura per organo e cembalo, 2, op. 1
l Invention No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 780 Sonata in B Minor (in 12 Sonate per clavicembalo RIC)
l Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781 l 1st movement: Preludio
l Invention No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 782 l 2nd movement: Corrente

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Level 8
List B Kuhlau, Friedrich (continued)
Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, no. 2
Classical Repertoire u 3rd movement
Sonatina in C Major, op. 55, no. 6
Arnold, Samuel l 1st movement
A Set of Progressive Lessons, op. 12, 2 Sonata in A Major, op. 59, no. 1
Sonata in D Major (no. 3) l 1st movement
l 1st movement l 2nd movement
l 3rd movement: Rondo Sonatina in A Major, op. 60, no. 2
Auenbrugger, Marianne l 1st movement
Sonata in E flat Major Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
l 1st movement Sonata in C Major, K 545
Beethoven, Ludwig van u 1st movement
l Bagatelle in F Major, op. 33, no. 3 Viennese Sonatinas (arr. from Five Divertimenti, K 439b)
l Six Variations on a Swiss Folk Song, WoO 64 Viennese Sonatina in A Major (no. 2)
Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 l 4th movement: Rondo
u 1st movement Park, Maria Hester
l 2nd movement Sonata in F Major, op. 4, no. 1
Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 2 l 1st movement
l 1st movement
l 2nd movement List C
Sonatina in E flat Major, WoO 47, no. 1
l 1st movement
Romantic Repertoire
Cimarosa, Domenico Brahms, Johannes
l Sonata in A Major (no. 35 in Sonatas, 1 ZAN) l Albumblatt in A Minor BAR
u Sonata in B flat Major, C 27 l Waltz in B Minor, op. 39, no. 11
Clementi, Muzio Chopin, Frédéric
Sonata in B flat Major, op. 4, no. 5 (op. 38, no. 2) l Mazurka in A Minor, op. 7, no. 2
l 1st movement l Mazurka in G Minor, op. posth. 67, no. 2
Sonatina in G Major, op. 36, no. 5 l Mazurka in A Minor, op. posth. 68, no. 2
l 1st movement l Nocturne in G Minor, op. 15, no. 3
Dussek, Jan Ladislav l Polonaise in A flat Major, op. posth., B 5
Sechs Sonatinen, op. 19/20 l Prelude in B Minor, op. 28, no. 6
Sonatina in E flat Major (no. 6) l Prelude in E Major, op. 28, no. 9
l 1st movement l Waltz in A flat Major, op. posth. 69, no. 1 (“L’adieu”)
l 2nd movement u Waltz in B Minor, op. posth. 69, no. 2
→ with repeats
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4 Dvořák, Antonín
u 1st movement Silhouettes, op. 8
Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:27 l Silhouette in D flat Major (no. 2)
l 3rd movement: Finale Field, John
Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:39 18 Nocturnes
l 1st movement u Nocturne in B flat Major, H 37
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Robert
Six pièces très faciles, op. 52 Jugendklänge, op. 32
l Rondo in C Major (no. 6) l Lieb’ Schwesterlein (Dear Little Sister) (no. 14)
Kuhlau, Friedrich Gade, Niels
Sonatina in G Major, op. 20, no. 2 Album Leaves
l 1st movement l Capriccio (in More Romantic Pieces for Piano, 5 ABR)
Sonatina in F Major, op. 20, no. 3
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Glière, Reinhold Mason, William
12 pièces enfantines, op. 31 l Lullaby, op. 10
u Prelude in E flat Major (no. 1)
Massenet, Jules
24 pièces caractéristiques pour la jeunesse, op. 34
10 pièces de genre, op. 10
l Melody (no. 13)
l Carillon (no. 10)
Huit pièces faciles pour piano, op. 43
l Prélude (no. 1) Mendelssohn, Felix
l Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major
Grieg, Edvard
l Song without Words, op. 19b, no. 2
Four Humoreskes, op. 6 PET
l Song without Words, op. 19b, no. 6
l Humoreske in C Major (no. 3)
u Song without Words, op. 38, no. 4
Lyric Pieces, op. 71
l Song without Words, op. 62, no. 4
l Puck (no. 3)
l Song without Words, op. 102, no. 2
Poetic Tone Pictures, op. 3
Sechs Kinderstücke, op. 72
l Allegro, ma non troppo (no. 1)
l Andante sostenuto (no. 2)
l Allegro cantabile (no. 2)
l Andante con sentimento (no. 4) Petot, Ross
Moods and Impressions, 2 KJO
Hensel, Fanny
l Heartache
Trois mélodies, op. 4
u Mélodie (no. 2) Rebikov, Vladimir
l Valse mélancolique, op. 3, no. 3 (op. 2, no. 3 in Piano
Hofmann, Heinrich
Repertoire: Romantic & 20th Century, 7 KJO)
Stimmungsbilder, op. 88
l Nocturne (no. 3) Ricketts, Estelle
l Rippling Spring Waltz (in Black Women Composers
Kalinnikov, Vasili
HIL)
l Chanson triste
Schubert, Franz
Karganov, Génari
Zwei Scherzi, D 593
Miniatures, op. 10
l Scherzo in B flat Major (no. 1)
l Souvenir (no. 1) (in Slavic Miniatures EMB)
Schumann, Clara
Lang, Josephine
Quatre polonaises, op. 1
Drei Klavierstücke
u Polonaise in C Major (no. 2)
u Arabeske
Schumann, Robert
LeBeau, Luise Adolphe
Album für die Jugend, op. 68
Acht Präludien, op. 12
u Knecht Ruprecht (no. 12)
l Prelude in D Major (no. 3)
l Reiterstück (no. 23)
Drei Klavierstücke, op. 1
l Erinnerung (no. 28)
l Lied (no. 2)
l Fremder Mann (no. 29)
Liszt, Franz Kinderszenen, op. 15
Consolations, S 172 l Wichtige Begebenheit (no. 6)
l Consolation No. 1
Smetana, Bedřich
Lyadov, Anatoli Sechs Albumblätter, op. 2 BAR
l Prelude in B flat Minor, op. 31, no. 2 l Song (no. 2)
MacDowell, Edward Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
New England Idyls, op. 62 The Seasons, op. 37b
l With Sweet Lavender (no. 4) l March (Song of the Lark)

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List D Chatman, Stephen
Amusements, 3 CMC
Post-Romantic, 20th-, l Sneaky
and 21st-century Repertoire Fantasies CMC
u Blue Angel
Albéniz, Isaac Preludes for Piano, 4 ECS
España, op. 165 l Tara
l Prelude (no. 1)
Chee, Connor
l Tango (no. 2)
The Navajo Piano CHE
Alexander, Dennis l Navajo Vocable No. 1
Especially in Jazzy Style, 3 ALF Copland, Aaron
l In My Own Space
l In Evening Air B&H
Especially in Romantic Style, 3 ALF
l Serenity Costley, Kevin
A Splash of Color ALF l Fantasia Appassionata (in In Recital for the Advancing
l Titanium Toccata Pianist: Original Solos, 1 FJH)
Austin, Glenda Coulthard, Jean
Jazz Suite No. 2 WIL Early Pieces for Piano PAL
l 3rd movement l The Rider on the Plain (no. 10)

Bailey, Mable Debussy, Claude

l Prankster (in Black Women Composers HIL) l Page d’album
Children’s Corner
Bartók, Béla l Jimbo’s Lullaby (no. 2)
For Children, 1 (rev. ed.) B&H u The Little Shepherd (no. 5)
l Allegro moderato (no. 39)
l Swineherd’s Dance (no. 40) Dello Joio, Norman
For Children, 2 (rev. ed.) B&H Lyric Pieces for the Young EBM
l Revelry (no. 22) l Russian Dancer
l Canon (no. 29)
Dett, R. Nathaniel
Ten Easy Pieces EMB Magnolia Suite
l Evening at the Village
l The Deserted Cabin (no. 2)
Benjamin, Arthur l My Lady Love (no. 3)
Fantasies, 2 B&H Ding, Shande
l Silent and Soft and Slow Descends the Snow
Suite for Children (in Chinese Piano Music for Children
Bernstein, Seymour OTT; Tempo! Tempo! OTT)
Birds, 2 MAN u Catching Butterflies (no. 3)
l The Nightingale (no. 7)
Donkin, Christine
Bonsor, Brian l Showing Off DKN
Jazzy Piano, 2 UNI Duncan, Martha Hill
l Dreamy
Precipitations MHD
Boulanger, Nadia u Sunshower
Petites pièces pour piano LED Elie, Justin
l Petite pièce pour piano no. 1
l Tropical Dance No. 2 FIS
Burge, John Evans, Lee
Parking an Octatonic Truck RLP Fiesta! FJH
l Cluster Blues
l Son cubano
Burleigh, Harry T. Gardiner, Mary
From the Southland Short Circuits STU; CMC
u Through Moanin’ Pines (no. 1) l Currents
l The Frolic (no. 2)
l Luminescence
Capers, Valerie Gillock, William
Portraits in Jazz OUP l Fountain in the Rain WIL
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Goolkasian Rahbee, Dianne McLean, Edwin
Five Toccatinas (in Modern Minatures, 2 FJH) Jazz Nocturnes, 1 FJH
l Toccatina No. 3 l Shadows in the Rain
Preludes, 2 FJH Nightworks FJH
u Prelude (Twilight), op. 69 l Moonlight Tonight
Granados, Enrique Mier, Martha
Cuentos de la juventud, op. 1 Jazz, Rags, & Blues, 5 ALF
l La mendiga (The Beggar Woman) (no. 2) l Blue Interlude
Grovlez, Gabriel Mompou, Federico
L’almanach aux images S&B Suburbis SAL
l Berceuse de la poupée l Gitanes I
l Les marionnettes
Nakada, Yoshinao
l Petites litanies de Jésus
Piano Pieces for Children (Japanese Festival) OGT
Höstman, Anna l Etude allegro
l Late Winter CMC
Nobles, Jordan
Ibert, Jacques Selene Suite NLE
Petite suite en 15 images FOE l Mare Cognitum
l Les crocus l Lacus Temporis
Ikeda, Naoko Norton, Christopher
Celestial Dreams WIL Christopher Norton Connections for Piano, 8 DAY
l Shooting Stars in Summer l Celtic Lament
l Hot Day
Jaque, Rhené
l Jane’s Song
l Caprice CMC
l Toccata sur touches blanches CVI; CMC Olson, Kevin
l Seven of Hearts FJH
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
24 Preludes, op. 38 SCH Perry, Julia
l Prelude No. 8 l Prelude (in Black Women Composers HIL)
Easy Variations on Folk Themes, op. 51 SCH
Peterson, Oscar
u Seven Good-humoured Variations on a Ukrainian
l The Gentle Waltz (in Oscar Peterson Originals HAL)
Folk Song (no. 4)
Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes and Pieces for Piano HAL
Kodály, Zoltán l Jazz Exercise No. 2 (p. 50)
Children’s Dances (Gyermektáncok) B&H l Jazz Exercise No. 3 (p. 52)
l Vivace (no. 3) and Moderato cantabile (no. 4)
Pettigrew, Laura
Kuzmenko, Larysa l Sereniteit PTW; CMC
u Mysterious Summer’s Night PLA
Piazzolla, Astor
Lamothe, Ludovic Serie del ángel MED
l La dangereuse (in Piano Music of Africa and the l Milonga del ángel
African Diaspora, 3 OUP)
Pine, Katya
Lau, Kevin Images PIN
12 Scenes from Childhood CMC l The Goodbye
l Leaving Pok Fu Lam (no. 2)
Pinto, Octavio
l Aria (no. 11)
Scenas infantis SCH
Liebermann, Lowell l Marcha, soldadinho! (March, Little Soldier!)
Album for the Young, op. 43 PRE l Roda-roda! (Ring around the Rosy)
l Starry Night (no. 11)
Richert, Teresa
Louie, Alexina Seasons RLP
Star Light, Star Bright ALX l The Ice Dancers (no. 8)
l Blue Sky I
Rollin, Catherine
l O Moon
Catherine Rollin’s Favorite Solos, 3 ALF
l Rings of Saturn
l Big City Blues
l Star Gazing

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Roth Roubos, Valerie Still, William Grant
l Barcarolle (in In Recital for the Advancing Pianist: Seven Traceries WGS
Original Solos, 2 FJH) l Muted Laughter
Satie, Eric Thurgood, George
Gnossiennes l Fissure THU
l Gnossienne No. 3
Torjussen, Trygve
Scriabin, Alexander l To the Rising Sun, op. 4, no. 1 ALF
24 Preludes, op. 11
Tsitsaros, Christos
l Prelude No. 22
Songs without Words HAL
Sherkin, Adam l Mirage
Northern Frames, op. 15 SHE
Turina, Joaquín
l Ursa Minor (no. 1)
Miniaturas, op. 52 OTT
Sibelius, Jean l Fiesta (no. 7)
Cinq morceaux, op. 75
Valenti, Michael
u The Spruce (no. 5)
Piano Preludes AMP
Sifford, Jason u Prelude No. 3
u Incognito (in In Recital for the Advancing Pianist:
Vandall, Robert D.
Original Solos, 2 FJH)
Robert D. Vandall’s Favorite Solos, 3 ALF
Southam, Ann l Flying Fingers
Three in Blue: Jazz Preludes BER
Wiggins, Thomas
l Three in Blue No. 1
l Water in the Moonlight
Springer, Mike
Wuensch, Gerhard
u Tango callejero SGR
12 Glimpses into 20th Century Idioms, op. 37 B&H
Not Just Another Jazz Book, 3 ALF
l Oliver’s Twist
l Far Away Friend
Starer, Robert
Sketches in Color, 1 HAL
l Pink (no. 6) and Crimson (no. 7)

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Level 9

Level 9 Requirements Marks List A

Repertoire 56 Baroque Repertoire
one selection from List A 14 (1) Title Composer Page
one selection from List B 16 (1)
one selection from List C 14 (1) Fugue in C Major, BWV 952 J.S. Bach 4
one selection from List D 12 (1) Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, J.S. Bach 6
Technical Requirements 24 BWV 796
Etudes: two etudes from the Syllabus list 12 Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, J.S. Bach 8
Technical Tests 12 BWV 788
Musicianship L’Egyptienne Rameau 10
Ear Tests 10 Suite in B flat Major, HWV 434: Handel 14
– Intervals 2 Aria con variazioni
– Chords 2
Sonata in E Major, K 380 Scarlatti 18
– Chord Progressions 2
– Playback (traditional or improvised) 4 Sonata in C Major, K 132 Scarlatti 22
Sight Reading 10
Sonata in D Minor Soler 26
– Rhythm 3
– Playing (traditional or lead sheet reading) 7
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100 List B
Theory Examination Corequisites Classical Repertoire
Level 8 Theory
Level 9 Harmony (or Keyboard Harmony) Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23 Haydn 30
Level 9 History (complete)
Sonata in C Major, K 330: I or II W.A. Mozart 44
The figures in parentheses in the repertoire section indicate
the marks that will be deducted for any selections that are not Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47, Beethoven 52
memorized. no. 2: I
Six Variations on Nel cor più non Beethoven 56
Repertoire mi sento, WoO 70

Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding

this section of the examination.
Students must prepare four contrasting selections: one from each
of List A, List B, List C, and List D. Repertoire selections must
be memorized. Memory marks will be deducted for any repertoire
selections not performed by memory. The program selected should
not exceed 15 minutes in length
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 9 on the pages indicated.

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List C List D
Romantic Repertoire Post-Romantic, 20th-, and
21st-century Repertoire
Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, Chopin 62
no. 2 Valse romantique Debussy 101
October, op. 37b, no. 10 Tchaikovsky 66 Reverie in F Minor Alexander 106
Song without Words, op. 85, Mendelssohn 70 Three Hungarian Folk Songs Bartók 109
no. 4 from Csík
Humoreske Reger 72 Six Variations on a Ukrainian Kabalevsky 112
Moment musical, op. 94, D 780, Schubert 75 Folk Song, op. 51, no. 5
no. 6 The Lake at Evening, op. 5, no. 1 Griffes 116
Grillen, op. 12, no. 4 R. Schumann 78 The Cat and Mouse Tango Thomas 118
Notturno, op. 6, no. 2 C. Schumann 82 Intermezzo No. 1 Ponce 122
Intermezzo, op. 116, no. 2 Brahms 86 The Easy Winners Joplin 124
Consolation No. 2 Liszt 89 A Moonlit Night on the arr. Jiang 128
Tarentelle, op. 77, no. 6 Moszkowski 92 Spring River
Canción de mayo, op. 1, no. 3 Granados 98 Buenos días Konecsni 130

For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see

“Complete Repertoire” on p. 82.

Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 9 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Etude in C Minor, op. 32, no. 34 Bertini 4 Etude in A Major, op. 636, no. 6 Czerny 20
Prelude in G Major, op. 17, no. 3 Blumenfeld 6 Idylle, op. 24, no. 6 Backer Grøndahl 22
Etude in B flat Major, op. 30, Cramer 8 Prelude No. 10 in C sharp Minor Burge 24
no. 37
Träumerei, op. 9, no. 4 Strauss 26
Barcarole, op. 19, no. 5 Gade 10
Syncopated Etude No. 6 Schulhoff 28
Etude in C Major Adams 13
Vivace in F Major, op. 72, no. 6 Mendelssohn 30
Atraente Gonzaga 16
→  with D.S. al Coda repeat only * S tudents may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes. See
p. 5 for details.
Prelude for the Left Hand, op. 9, Scriabin 18
no. 1
→  play with LH only

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Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
C, D , D, E , E, F major
HT
Four-octave C, C , D, E , E, F minor = 104
4 octaves
(harmonic and melodic)
F, D major HT
Formula Pattern = 104
F, C minor (harmonic) 4 octaves
HT
Chromatic starting on any note from C–F = 104
4 octaves
In Octaves
• solid/blocked staccato F, D major HT = 60
or F, C minor (harmonic and melodic) 2 octaves
• broken legato* = 72
Chords
Tonic Four-note
• broken HT = 104
2 octaves
• solid/blocked C, D , D, E , E, F major
(root position and inversions) = 80
or C, C , D, E , E, F minor
ending with
• broken alternate-note I–VI–IV–V 64 –V8–7–I progression
pattern** = 80
Dominant 7th HT
• broken C, D , D, E , E, F major = 104
2 octaves
• solid/blocked (root position and inversions) = 104
Leading-tone Diminished 7th C, C , D, E , E, F minor HT
• broken = 104
2 octaves
• solid/blocked (root position and inversions) = 104
Arpeggios
C, D , D, E , E, F major
Tonic HT
C, C , D, E , E, F minor
4 octaves = 84
Dominant 7th C, D , D, E , E, F major
(root position and inversions)
Leading-tone Diminished 7th C, C , D, E , E, F minor

* Broken legato octaves may be substituted for solid/blocked octaves for candidates with small hands.
** Broken alternate-note pattern may be substituted for solid/blocked chords for candidates with small hands.

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Musicianship Playback
Students will be asked to play back the upper part of a two-part
phrase. The examiner will identify the key and time signature, play
Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” the tonic chord once, and play the phrase three times.
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the
examination. • Before the first playing, the examiner will count one measure.
• After the second playing, the student will clap the rhythm or
sing the upper part of the phrase.
Ear Tests • After the third playing, the student will play the upper part of
the phrase.
Intervals Beginning Note Keys Time Approximate
Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals. Signatures Length
The examiner will play each interval in melodic form (ascending or tonic, mediant, any major or up to nine
descending) followed by harmonic form once. dominant, minor key, up to notes
OR upper tonic four sharps or
flats
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals
(ascending or descending). The examiner will play the first note OR
once.
Students may choose to play back a two-measure opening,
Intervals (ascending or descending) complete the question (antecedent) phrase, and improvise an
minor 2nd, major 2nd answer (consequent) phrase to create an eight-measure constrasting
period. The examiner will identify the key and time signature,
minor 3rd, major 3rd
play the tonic chord once, and play the two-measure opening three
perfect 4th times.
augmented 4th/diminished 5th
Beginning Note Keys Time Total Length
perfect 5th Signatures
minor 6th, major 6th tonic, mediant, any major or eight
minor 7th, major 7th dominant, minor key up to measures
perfect octave upper tonic two sharps or
flats
Chords
Students will be asked to identify the quality of the following Sight Reading
chords after the examiner has played the chord in solid/blocked
form, close position once.
Rhythm
Chords Positions
For a given melody, students will be asked to:
major and minor four-note chords root position, 1st inversion
• Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
augmented triad root position
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
dominant 7th (major–minor 7th) root position rhythm of the given melody.
diminished 7th root position A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.

Chord Progressions Time Signatures Approximate Length

Students will be asked to identify each chord in a four-chord four to six measures
progression in a major or minor key after the examiner has played
the progression twice. In the second playing, the examiner will
pause on each chord for the student to identify it. The progression
will be played in keyboard style, beginning on the tonic chord, and
may include any of the following chords.

Major Minor
I, IV, V, vi (root position only) i, iv, V, VI (root position only)

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Playing Bach, Johann Sebastian (continued)
Students will be asked to play a passage of music comparable to l Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793
Level 6 repertoire. l Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794
l Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795
Keys Time Approximate Length u Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796
Signatures l Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797
major and minor keys up any up to sixteen measures l Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798
to five sharps or flats l Sinfonia No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799
l Sinfonia No. 14 in B flat Major, BWV 800
OR l Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801
Students may choose to read a lead sheet (with a melody and The Well-Tempered Clavier, 1
root/quality chord symbols) and realize an accompaniment based l Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847
on the chord symbols provided. Harmonic vocabulary will be Bach, Willhelm Friedemann
aligned with the chords presented for study in Level 9 Harmony l Fantasia in C Major, Fk 14
in the Theory Syllabus. Students are expected to provide creative l Prelude in C Minor, Fk 29
accompaniments appropriate to the style of the given melody.
Daquin, Louis-Claude
Keys Time Approximate Length Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, 3e suite
Signatures l Le coucou (Rondeau)
major and minor keys, any up to sixteen measures
Handel, George Frideric
up to four sharps or flats
Suite No. 1 in B flat Major, HWV 434
u Aria con variazioni
Complete Repertoire Suite No. 4 in E Minor, HWV 429
l Allemande
l Courante
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding l Sarabande
this section of the examination. l Gigue
Students must prepare four contrasting selections: one from each Krebs, Johann Ludwig
of List A, List B, List C, and List D. Repertoire selections must Suite No. 3 in E flat Major
be memorized. Memory marks will be deducted for any repertoire l Gigue
selections not performed by memory. The program selected should
not exceed 15 minutes in length Platti, Giovanni Benedetto
Sonata in C Minor, op. 4, no. 2
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes:
l 3rd movement
l one selection Sonata No. 2 in C Minor (in 12 Sonate per clavicembalo
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: RIC)
Piano Repertoire 9 l 1st movement (Fantasia)

List A Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin
Baroque Repertoire u L’Egyptienne

Bach, Johann Sebastian Scarlatti, Domenico

l Sonata in D Minor, K 9
u Fugue in C Major, BWV 952
l Sonata in E Major, K 20
l Fugue in C Major, BWV 953 (in Klavierbüchlein für
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach BAR) u Sonata in C Major, K 132
l Sonata in C Major, K 159
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo,
l Sonata in E Major, K 162
BWV 992
l Sonata in A Major, K 209
l 3rd movement
l Sonata in E Minor, K 263
Sinfonias (Three-part Inventions)
l Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787
u Sonata in E Major, K 380
l Sonata in G Minor, K 426
u Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788
l Sonata in D Major, K 430
l Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789
l Sonata in F Minor, K 481
l Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790
l Sonata in E Major, K 531
l Sinfonia No. 5 in E flat Major, BWV 791
l Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 Soler, Antonio
u Sonata in D Minor, R 360

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List B Martínez, Marianne von
Sonata in G Major (in Three Sonatas for Keyboard HIL)
Classical Repertoire l 3rd movement

Auenbrugger, Marianne Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Sonata in E flat Major l Fantasia in D Minor, K 397 (385g)
l 2nd movement Sonata in G Major, K 283 (189h)
l 3rd movement l 1st movement
l 2nd movement
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel l 3rd movement
Sonata in B Minor, Wq 62/22, H 132 Sonata in C Major, K 330 (300h)
l 1st movement u 1st movement
l 2nd and 3rd movements u 2nd movement
Clavier-Sonatenbebst einegen Rondos Sonata in B flat Major, K 570
Sonata in F Minor, Wq 57/6, H 173 l 1st movement
l 1st movement
Sei sonate per cembalo (Prussian Sonatas) Park, Maria Hester
Sonata in C Minor, Wq 48/4, H 27 Sonata in E flat Major, op. 4, no. 2
l 3rd movement l 1st movement
l 3rd movement
Bach, Johann Christian Sonata in C Major, op. 7
Sonata in D Major, op. 5, no. 2 l 1st movement
l 1st movement l 3rd movement
Sonata in G Major, op. 17, no. 4
l 1st movement List C
Beethoven, Ludwig van Romantic Repertoire
l Nine Variations on Quant’ è più bello, WoO 69
l Six Easy Variations on an Original theme, WoO 77 Alkan, Charles-Valentin
u Six Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento, WoO 70 Esquisses, op. 63
Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47, no. 2 Première suite
u 1st movement l La vision (no. 1)
Sonata in C Major, WoO 51
l 1st movement Backer Grøndahl, Agathe
Sonata in G Major, op. 79 Six idylles, op. 24
l 1st movement l Idylle (no. 5)
l 2nd and 3rd movements Beach, Amy
Haydn, Franz Joseph l Gavotte Fantastique, op. 54, no. 2
Sonata in B flat Major, Hob. XVI:2 Brahms, Johannes
l 1st movement l Intermezzo in B flat Major, op. 76, no. 4
Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:5 l Intermezzo in A Minor, op. 76, no. 7
l 1st movement u Intermezzo in A Minor, op. 116, no. 2
Sonata in A Major, Hob. XVI:12 l Intermezzo in B Minor, op. 119, no. 1
l 1st movement
l 2nd and 3rd movements Chabrier, Emmanuel
Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:23 l Feuillet d’album
u 1st movement Chopin, Frédéric
u 2nd movement l Mazurka in F sharp Minor, op. 6, no. 1
u 3rd movement l Mazurka in A Minor, op. posth. 67, no. 4
Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 l Mazurka in C Major, op. posth. 68, no. 1
l 1st movement u Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2
l 2nd movement l Nocturne in B Major, op. 32, no. 1
l 3rd movement l Nocturne in G Minor, op. 37, no. 1
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37 l Nocturne in F Minor, op. 55, no. 1
l 1st movement l Nocturne in C sharp Minor, op. posth., B 49
l 2nd and 3rd movements l Prelude in F sharp Major, op. 28, no. 13
l Prelude in D flat Major, op. 28, no. 15

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Chopin, Frédéric (continued) MacDowell, Edward
l Waltz in D flat Major, op. 64, no. 1 (“Minute”) Six Poems after Heine, op. 31
l Waltz in C sharp Minor, op. 64, no. 2 l Scotch Poem (no. 2)
l Waltz in A flat Major, op. 64, no. 3 Woodland Sketches, op. 51
l Waltz in G flat Major, op. posth. 70, no. 1 l Will o’ the Wisp (no. 2)
l Waltz in F Minor, op. posth. 70, no. 2 l By a Meadow Brook (no. 9)
l Waltz in D flat Major, op. posth. 70, no. 3 New England Idyls, op. 62
l To an Old White Pine (no. 7)
Dvořák, Antonín
Silhouettes, op. 8 Mendelssohn, Felix
l Silhouette in B Minor (no. 8) l Song without Words, op. 19, no. 1
l Silhouette in A Major (no. 11) l Song without Words, op. 30, no. 1
l Song without Words, op. 38, no. 1
Farrenc, Louise
l Song without Words, op. 38, no. 2
l Impromptu pour piano, op. 49 (in Women Composers
l Song without Words, op. 38, no. 6 (Duetto)
in History HAL)
l Song without Words, op. 53, no. 2
Field, John l Song without Words, op. 62, no. 1
18 Nocturnes l Song without Words, op. 85, no. 1
l Nocturne No. 1 in E flat Major u Song without Words, op. 85, no. 4
l Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor l Song without Words, op. 102, no. 4
Glinka, Mikhail Moszkowski, Moritz
l La séparation (Nocturne) Dix pièces mignonnes, op. 77
l Variations on a Russian Folk Song (Among the u Tarentelle (no. 6)
Gentle Valleys) Four Piano Pieces, op. 10
l Mazurka (no. 3)
Granados, Enrique
Cuentos de la juventud, op. 1 Mussorgsky, Modest
u Canción de mayo (no. 3) l Meditation (Album Leaf)
Grieg, Edvard Pieczonka, Albert
Lyric Pieces, op. 43 Danses de salon
l Butterfly (no. 1) l Tarantella in A Minor (no. 1)
l To Spring (no. 6)
Reger, Max
Lyric Pieces, op. 54
Blätter und Blüten, op. 58
l Notturno (no. 4)
u Humoreske (no. 2)
Hensel, Fanny
Schubert, Franz
Lieder für Klavier, op. 8
Moments musicaux, op. 94, D 780
l Andante con espressione (no. 2)
l Allegro moderato (no. 3)
l Larghetto (no. 3)
u Moment musical (no. 6)
Janáček, Leoš Vier Impromptus für Klavier, op. 142, D 935
On the Overgrown Path, 1 l Impromptu in A flat Major (no. 2)
l In Tears (no. 9)
Schumann, Clara
LeBeau, Luise Adolphe l Impromptu in E Major
Acht Präludien, op. 12 l Romance in E flat Minor, op. 11, no. 1
l Prelude in B flat Major (no. 2) l Romance in F Major, op. 21, no. 2
l Prelude in B Minor (no. 4) Quatre pièces fugitives, op. 15
l Prelude in A flat Major (no. 8) l Larghetto (no. 1)
Soirées musicales, op. 6
Liszt, Franz
u Notturno (no. 2)
l En rêve, S 207
Consolations, S 172 Schumann, Robert
u Consolation No. 2 l Romance in F sharp Major, op. 28, no. 2
l Consolation No. 4 Albumblätter, op. 124
l Consolation No. 5 l Schlummerlied (no. 16)
Fantasiestücke, op. 12
u Grillen (no. 4)
Waldszenen: neun Klavierstücke, op. 82
l Herberge (no. 6)

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Smetana, Bedřich Bland, Ed
l Toccatina in B flat Major l Cell Phone Blues (in Piano Music of Africa and the
African Diaspora, 3 OUP)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
12 morceaux, op. 40 Bonds, Margaret
l Chanson triste (no. 2) Spiritual Suite ALF; CVR
l Chant sans paroles (no. 6) l The Valley of the Bones
The Seasons, op. 37b
Boulanger, Lili
l April (Snowdrop) (no. 4)
l Prelude in D flat Major
l May (May Night) (no. 5)
Trois morceaux
l June (Barcarolle) (no. 6)
l D’un vieux jardin (no. 1)
u October (Autumn Song) (no. 10)
Six morceaux, op. 19 Brown, Timothy
l Nocturne in C sharp Minor (no. 4) In Style!, 3 FJH
l El Albaicín
List D Burleigh, Harry T.
Post-Romantic, 20th-, and From the Southland
21st-century Repertoire l In de Col’ Moonlight (no. 3)
l A Jubilee (no. 4)
l On Bended Knees (no. 5)
Alexander, Dennis
Dennis Alexander’s Favorite Solos, 3 ALF Capers, Valerie
u Reverie in F Minor Portraits in Jazz OUP
l Toccata Spirito l The Monk
l Blues for “The Duke” (in Black Women Composers
Archer, Violet
Four Bagatelles WAT HIL)
l Capricious (no. 2) Chaminade, Cécile
l Introspective (no. 3) l Pas des écharpes (Scarf Dance), op. 37, no. 3
l Festive (no. 4) l Sérénade, op. 29
Arlen, Harold Coulthard, Jean
l Over the Rainbow (arr. George Shearing) ALF l White Caps BER
Arteaga, Edward Debussy, Claude
l Intermezzo CMC l Mazurka
l Rêverie
Bartók, Béla
Ten Easy Pieces EMB u Valse romantique
l Bear Dance
Children’s Corner
l Serenade for the Doll (no. 3)
Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Csík
u complete Préludes, 1
l La fille aux cheveux de lin (no. 8)
Beach, Amy Préludes, 2
l Scottish Legend, op. 54, no. 1 (in Music for Piano, 1 l Canope (no. 10)
HIL)
Improvisations, op. 148 (in Music for Piano, 2 HIL) Dello Joio, Norman
l Improvisation No. 2
Suite for Piano SCH
l 1st and 2nd movements
Bernstein, Leonard
Seven Anniversaries (in The Boosey & Hawkes Piano Dett, R. Nathaniel
Anthology B&H) Cinnamon Grove Suite
l 2nd movement
l For Aaron Copland (no. 1) and For My Sister, Shirley
(no. 2) Magnolia Suite
l Mammy (no. 4)
Bilotti, Anton
l The Firefly FIS
Dolin, Samuel
l Prelude for John Weinzweig CMC
Donkin, Christine
l Wind and Sand DKN

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Duncan, Martha Hill Ireland, John
l Kingston Mills Locks RLP l The Darkened Valley S&B
Isla Vista Suite RLP
Jiang, Edward Han, arr.
l Monarchs
u A Moonlit Night on the Spring River EHJ
l Santa Ana Winds
l Tidepools Joplin, Scott
Precipitations RLP u The Easy Winners
l Racing the Storm
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Fauré, Gabriel l Variations in D Major, op. 40, no. 1 SCH
l Romance sans paroles, op. 17, no. 3 24 Preludes, op. 38 SCH
l Prelude No. 1 and Prelude No. 2
Fleming, Robert
l Prelude No. 12
l Toccatina WAT
Children’s Dreams, op. 88 SCH
Gardiner, Mary l Dreams (no. 1)
l Footloose ALK Easy Variations on Folk Themes, op. 51 SCH
Two for D CMC u Six Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song (no. 5)
l no. 1 or no. 2 Sonatina in C Major, op. 13, no. 1
l 1st movement
Gershwin, George
l Prelude (Melody No. 17) ALF Kaprálová, Vítězslava
April Preludes, op. 13
Ginastera, Alberto
l Prelude No. 3
12 American Preludes FIS
l Danza criolla (no. 3) Kenins, Talivaldis
Diversities CMC
Gonzales, Chilly
l two of nos. 5, 9, 12
Solo Piano EBR
l Carnivalse Khachaturian, Aram
Sonatina SCH
Goolkasian Rahbee, Dianne
l 1st movement
Three Preludes, op. 5 FJH
l 3rd movement
l Prelude No. 3
Konecsni, Sarah
Granados, Enrique
u Buenos días SKP
Danzas españolas
l Andaluza (Playera) (no. 5) ALF; SAL Louie, Alexina
Music for Piano ALF
Griffes, Charles T.
l Changes
Three Tone Pictures, op. 5 SCH
l Distant Memories
u The Lake at Evening (no. 1)
l The Enchanted Bells
Grovlez, Gabriel l Once Upon a Time
L’almanach aux images S&B Star Light, Star Bright ALX
l Les ânes l Moonlight Toccata
l Chanson de l’escarpolette
Martinů, Bohuslav
l La sarabande
Loutky (Puppets), 1 BAR
Gurney, Ivor l The New Puppet (no. 2)
Five Preludes B&H
McIntyre, David L.
l Prelude No. 3 in D flat Major
l Better Days RSM
Henderson, Ruth Watson l Catwalk RSM
l Ocean Vista l Finding Evelyn RSM
l Sizzle RSM
Hovhaness, Alan
l Stealing a March RSM
l Mystic Flute PET
McLin, Lena Johnson
Ibert, Jacques
l A Summer Day (in Black Women Composers HIL)
Histoires pour piano LED
l La cage de cristal (no. 8) Mier, Martha
l Le petit âne blanc (no. 2) Romantic Impressions, 4 ALF
l Silhouette Moon

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Milne, Elissa Poulenc, Francis
Pepperbox Jazz, 2 FAB l Valse (in Album des six ESC; MAS)
l Bittersweet Huit Nocturnes HEU
l Nocturne in C Minor (Bal fantôme) (no. 4)
Mompou, Federico
Impresiones intimas UNM Price, Florence B.
l La cuna l Memory Mist (in Florence B. Price: An Album of Piano
Pieces CVR)
Morawetz, Oskar
Dances in the Canebrakes
l Scherzino CMC
l Silk Hat and Walking Cane (no. 3) (in Piano Music of
Muczynski, Robert Africa and the African Diaspora, 2 OUP)
Six Preludes, op. 6 (in Muczynski: Collected Piano Pieces
Prokofiev, Sergei
SCH)
Four Pieces, op. 32
l Prelude No. 2 and Prelude No. 3
l Gavotte (no. 3)
Nobles, Jordan Tales of the Old Grandmother, op. 31
Trois morceaux en forme de Satie NLE l Sostenuto (no. 4)
l any two
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Norton, Christopher 13 Preludes, op. 32
Bright and Bluesy DAY l Prelude in B Major (no. 11)
l Takin’ it in Stride
Ravel, Maurice
Idaho Suite DAY
Le tombeau de Couperin DUR; PET
l Aerie 1
l Menuet
The Microjazz Collection, 5 B&H
l Frankly Speaking Russell, Oswald
l Graceful Living l Jamaican Dance No. 2 (in Piano Music of Africa and
the African Diaspora, 3 OUP)
Palmgren, Selim
l May Night, op. 27, no. 4 ALF; SCH Sabet, Parisa
l In Memory of Mansour SAB
Pejačević, Dora
l Erinnerung (Remembrance), op. 24 Schafer, R. Murray
l Polytonality ARC; CMC
Pépin, Clermont
Three Short Pieces for the Piano CMC Schmidt, Heather
l Le nez l Serenity ENP
Perry, Zenobia Powell Scott, Cyril
l Homage (to William Levi Dawson) (in Black Women Pastoral Suite NOV
Composers HIL) l Courante
l Rondo
Persichetti, Vincent
Summerland, op. 54 NOV
Three Toccatinas, op. 142 PRE
l Playtime (no. 1)
l no. 1 or no. 2
Scriabin, Alexander
Peterson, Oscar
24 Preludes, op. 11
Canadiana Suite HAL
l two of nos. 9, 10, 13
l Laurentide Waltz (no. 2)
Shahi, Saman
Piazzolla, Astor
Nine Miniatures Based on the Radif CMC
l El viaje B&H
l Daramad (Promenade)
Pine, Katya
Shchedrin, Rodion
Images PIN
l Humoreske
l Ghost Town
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Pinto, Octavio
24 Preludes, op. 34
Scenas infantis SCH
l Prelude No. 24
l Corre, corre! (Run, Run!)
l Salta, salta (Hobby-horse) Sibelius, Jean
Ten Pieces, op. 24 B&H
Ponce, Manuel
l Romance (no. 9)
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Somers, Harry Thomas, Gary K.
l Strangeness of Heart BER u The Cat and Mouse Tango GKT
Southam, Ann Thurgood, George
Three in Blue: Jazz Preludes BER l Saturday Night THU
l Three in Blue No. 3
Tse, Roydon
Starer, Robert l Moments of Rain TSE
Five Preludes (in Robert Starer: Album for Piano HAL)
Tsitsaros, Christos
l Prelude No. 2 and Prelude No. 3
Lyric Ballads HAL
Stevens, Halsey l Sea Breezes
l Notturno (in 12 x 11: Piano Music in 20th Century
Turina, Joaquín
America ALF)
Cinco danzas gitanas I, op. 55 SAL
Still, William Grant l Sacro-Monte (no. 5)
Seven Traceries WGS El circo (The Circus) OTT
l Cloud Cradles l Trapeze Artists (no. 6)
l Mystic Pool Cuentos d’España, op. 20
l In the Garden of Murcia (no. 4) SAL
Szymanowski, Karol
Niñeras (Petite suite), op. 21
Nine Preludes, op. 1 UNI
l Procession of the Tin Soldiers (no. 3) SAL
l Prelude No. 1
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Takács, Jenő
l O Polichinelo (Punch) (no. 7)
l Kleine Sonate, op. 51 DOB
Wenn der Frosch auf Reisen geht DOB Work III, John Wesley
l Paprika Jancsi (Merry Andrew) Appalachia
l Take Me Back (no. 3) (in Piano Music of Africa and the
Tanaka, Karen
African Diaspora, 3 OUP)
Water Dance OTT
l 3rd movement
Tcherepnin, Alexander
Bagatelles, op. 5 ALF; HEU; SCH
l no. 1 and no. 4
l no. 3 and no. 5
l no. 8
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Level 10

Level 10 Requirements Marks Repertoire

Repertoire 56 (39)
one selection from List A 12 (1) Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding
one selection from List B 14 (1) this section of the examination.
one selection from List C 10 (1) Students must prepare five contrasting selections: one from each of
one selection from List D 10 (1) List A, List B, List C, List D, and List E. Repertoire selections must
one selection from List E 10 (1) be memorized. Memory marks will be deducted for any repertoire
Technical Requirements 24 (17) selections not performed by memory. The program selected should
not exceed 30 minutes in length.
Etudes: two etudes from the Syllabus list 12
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®,
u
Technical Tests 12
Sixth Edition: Piano Repertoire 10 on the pages
Musicianship indicated.
Ear Tests 10 (7)
– Intervals 2
List A
– Chords 2 Works by J.S. Bach
– Chord Progressions 2
– Playback (traditional or improvised) 4 Title Composer Page
Sight Reading 10 (7)
Prelude and Fugue in G sharp J.S. Bach 4
– Rhythm 3
Minor, BWV 863
– Playing (traditional or lead sheet reading) 7
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100
Prelude and Fugue in G Major, J.S. Bach 8
BWV 884
Theory Examination Corequisites
Level 8 Theory Overture in the French Style, J.S. Bach 12
Level 9 Harmony (or Keyboard Harmony) BWV 831: Sarabande and Echo
Level 9 History English Suite No. 4 in F Major, J.S. Bach 15
Level 10 Harmony & Counterpoint (or Keyboard Harmony) BWV 809: Allemande
Level 10 History and Gigue
The figures in parentheses in the repertoire section indicate
the marks that will be deducted for any selections that are not
memorized.
List B
Level 10 students who wish to pursue an Associate Diploma
Classical Repertoire
(ARCT) must achieve either an overall mark of 75 or a minimum
of 70 percent in each section of the Level 10 examination. Figures Sonata in F Major, op. 10, Beethoven 20
in bold parentheses indicate the minimum number of marks no. 2: I and II
required to receive 70 percent. Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31 Haydn 30
Please see “Classification of Marks” on p. 119 and “Supplemental (complete)
Examinations” on p. 119 for important details regarding Level Fantasia in C Minor, K 475 W.A. Mozart 40
10 standing for an Associate Diploma (ARCT) examination
application.
For information on taking the Level 10 Piano examination in two
separate segments, see “Split Level 10 Practical Examinations” on
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List C List E
Romantic Repertoire 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire
Cassandra’s Dream Domine 110
Andante espressivo, op. 15, no. 3 C. Schumann 50
Nocturne Eckhardt- 113
Prelude in C sharp Minor, op. 45 Chopin 54
Gramatté
Bridal Procession, op. 19, no. 2 Grieg 58
Dance Dett 120
Romance, op. 118, no. 5 Brahms 63
Solace Joplin 124
Consolation No. 3 Liszt 66
Prélude Dela 128
Impromptu in G flat Major, Schubert 70
Shimmer Schmidt 132
op. 90, D 899, no. 3
Reflective Rag Zaimont 136
Aufschwung, op. 12, no. 2 R. Schumann 77
Ricochet Larsen 140
List D Pas de deux Barber 144
Post-Romantic, Impressionist, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm: Bartók 148
and Early 20th-century Repertoire No. 2 and No. 4
Rag-Caprice, op. 78 no. 1 Milhaud 154
Cádiz, op. 47, no. 4 Albéniz 84 Troubled Water Bonds 158
Barcarolle, op. 28, no. 1 Beach 88 March, op. 12, no. 1 Prokofiev 166
General Lavine—eccentric Debussy 94 Land of the Misty Giants Peterson 170
Rialto Ripples Gershwin and 100
Donaldson For a complete list of repertoire from additional sources, see
“Complete Repertoire” on p. 93.
Prélude, op. 3, no. 2 Rachmaninoff 104
Mazurka, op. 50, no. 1 Szymanowski 108

Technical Requirements
Please see “Technical Requirements” on p. 7 and “Technical Tests Examples” on p. 120 for important information regarding this section
of the examination.

Etudes
Students must prepare two technically contrasting etudes from the following list.
The following selections are found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition: Piano Etudes 10 on the pages indicated.
u

Title Composer Page Title Composer Page

Spring Celebration Chatman 4 Toccatina No. 3 Persichetti 22
Periwinkle Gounod 7 Prelude No. 1 in C Major Burge 26
Etude in E flat Major, S 136, Liszt 10 Nouvelle étude no. 1 Chopin 28
no. 7
Postludium, op. 13, no. 10 Dohnányi 31
Hungarian, op. 39, no. 12 MacDowell 12
Alla reminiscenza, op. 38, no. 8 Medtner 34
Prelude No. 18 in E Major Szymanowska 16
A Little Whimsy Moore 36
Toccata–Etude Dichler 20
* S tudents may substitute a popular selection for one of the etudes. See
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Technical Tests
Students must play all patterns from memory.
Keys Played Tempo Note Values
Scales
G , G, A , A, B , B major
HT
Four-octave F , G, G , A, B , B minor = 120
4 octaves
(harmonic and melodic)
HT
Separated by a 3rd G , G, A major = 104
4 octaves
HT
Separated by a 6th A, B , B major = 104
4 octaves
In Octaves
• solid/blocked staccato HT = 80
B , B major
or 2 octaves
B , B minor (harmonic and melodic)
• broken legato* = 92
HT
Chromatic in Octaves starting on any note from F to B = 80
2 octaves
Chords
Tonic Four-note HT
G , G, A , A, B , B major = 96
• broken alternate-note pattern 2 octaves
F , G, A , A, B , B minor
(root position and inversions)
• solid/blocked ending with = 120
I–VI–IV–V 64 –V8–7–I progression
Dominant 7th
• broken alternate-note pattern G , G, A , A, B , B major = 96
HT
• solid/blocked 2 octaves = 120
Leading-tone Diminished 7th (root position and inversions)
• broken alternate-note pattern F , G, A , A, B , B minor = 96

• solid/blocked = 120
Arpeggios
G , G, A , A, B , B major HT
Tonic
F , G, A , A, B , B minor 4 octaves
(root position and inversions,
Dominant 7th G , G, A , A, B , B major either individually or in sequence = 92
starting with root position or any
Leading-tone Diminished 7th F , G, A , A, B , B minor inversion)

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Musicianship Chord Progressions
Students will be asked to identify each chord in a five-chord
progression in a major or minor key as I, IV, V, VI, or cadential
Please see “Musicianship” on p. 7 and “Musicianship Examples” after the examiner has played the progression twice. In the second
on p. 124 for important information regarding this section of the playing, the examiner will pause on each chord for the student to
examination. identify it. The progression will be played in keyboard style and
will begin on the tonic chord.

Ear Tests Major Minor

I, IV, V, vi (root position only) i, iv, V, VI (root position only)

Intervals cadential cadential

Students will be asked to identify any of the following intervals.
The examiner will play each interval in either melodic form Playback
(ascending or descending) or harmonic form once. Students will be asked to play back a diatonic melody and
OR harmonize it, using basic harmonic progressions (I, IV, and V) in
solid/blocked chords with the left hand. The examiner will identify
Students may choose to sing or hum any of the following intervals the key and time signature, play the tonic chord once, and play the
(ascending or descending). The examiner will play the first note melody three times.
once.
Beginning Note Keys Time Approximate
Intervals (ascending or descending) Signatures Length
minor 2nd, major 2nd tonic, mediant, any major or four measures
minor 3rd, major 3rd dominant, minor key, up to
perfect 4th upper tonic four sharps or flats
augmented 4th/diminished 5th
OR
perfect 5th
Students may choose to play back a two-measure opening,
minor 6th, major 6th complete the question (antecedent) phrase, and improvise an
minor 7th, major 7th answer (consequent) phrase to create an eight-measure constrasting
perfect octave period. The examiner will identify the key and time signature,
play the tonic chord once, and play the two-measure opening three
minor 9th, major 9th times.

Chords Beginning Note Keys Time Total Length

Students will be asked to identify the quality of the following Signatures
chords after the examiner has played the chord in solid/blocked tonic, mediant, any major or minor eight
form, close position once. dominant, key up to three measures
upper tonic sharps or flats
Chords Positions
major and minor four-note chords root position, 1st inversion
augmented triad root position Sight Reading
dominant 7th (major–minor 7th) root position
diminished 7th root position Rhythm
major–major 7th root position For a given melody, students will be asked to:
minor–minor 7th root position • Tap a steady beat with their hand or foot for one measure.
• Continue tapping while speaking, tapping, or clapping the
rhythm of the given melody.
A steady pulse and metric accentuation are expected.

Time Signatures Approximate Length

four to six measures

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Playing Bach, Johann Sebastian (continued)
Students will be asked to play a passage of music comparable to French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817
Level 7 repertoire. l Allemande and Gigue
Overture in the French Style, BWV 831
Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length u Sarabande and Echo
major and minor any up to sixteen measures The Well-Tempered Clavier, 1
keys, up to five l Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
sharps or flats l Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850
l Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 851
OR l Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 854
l Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 855
Students may choose to read a lead sheet (with a melody and
l Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 856
root/quality chord symbols) and realize an accompaniment based
l Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Major, BWV 858
on the chord symbols provided. Harmonic vocabulary will be
l Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Minor, BWV 859
aligned with the chords presented for study in Level 10 Harmony
l Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 861
in the Theory Syllabus. Students are expected to provide creative
l Prelude and Fugue in A flat Major, BWV 862
accompaniments appropriate to the style of the given melody.
u Prelude and Fugue in G sharp Minor, BWV 863
Keys Time Signatures Approximate Length l Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866
l Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 868
major and minor any up to sixteen measures
keys, up to four The Well-Tempered Clavier, 2
l Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870
sharps or flats
l Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871
l Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Major, BWV 872
l Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 875
Complete Repertoire l Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major, BWV 876
l Prelude and Fugue in D sharp Minor, BWV 877
l Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding l Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 879
this section of the examination. l Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 881
Students must prepare five contrasting selections: one from each of u Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884
List A, List B, List C, List D, and List E. Repertoire selections must l Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 888
be memorized. Memory marks will be deducted for any repertoire l Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 889
selections not performed by memory. The program selected should l Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 893
not exceed 30 minutes in length.
Bullets used to denote selections for examination purposes: List B
l one selection Classical Repertoire
u one selection, found in Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition:
Piano Repertoire 10 Beethoven, Ludwig van
Sonata in F Minor, op. 2, no. 1
List A l 1st and 2nd movements
Works by J.S. Bach l 3rd and 4th movements
Sonata in C Minor, op. 10, no. 1
l 1st and 2nd movements
Bach, Johann Sebastian l 2nd and 3rd movements
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo, Sonata in F Major, op. 10, no. 2
BWV 992 u 1st and 2nd movements
l 4th, 5th, and 6th movements
l 2nd and 3rd movements
English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807 Sonata in E Major, op. 14, no. 1
l Allemande and Gigue
l 1st and 2nd movements
English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809 l 2nd and 3rd movements
u Allemande and Gigue Sonata in G Major, op. 14, no. 2
Fantasia and Fugue (fragment) in C Minor, BWV 906 l 1st and 2nd movements
l Fantasia in C Minor
l 2nd and 3rd movements
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814
l Allemande and Gigue Clementi, Muzio
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 Sonata in B flat Major, op. 47, no. 2 (op. 24, no. 2 PET)
l Allemande and Gigue l 1st and 2nd movements
l 2nd and 3rd movements
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Haydn, Franz Joseph Chopin, Frédéric
u Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31 l Mazurka in A Minor, op. 17, no. 4
l Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32 l Mazurka in B flat Minor, op. 24, no. 4
l Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:33 l Mazurka in C Major, op. 33, no. 3 and Mazurka in
l Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:35 B Minor, op. 33, no. 4
l Sonata in C sharp Minor, Hob. XVI:36 l Mazurka in B Major, op. 63, no. 1
l Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:44 l Nocturne in B flat Minor, op. 9, no. 1
l Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48 l Nocturne in F Major, op. 15, no. 1
l Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:51 l Nocturne in F sharp Major, op. 15, no. 2
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:19 l Nocturne in A flat Major, op. 32, no. 2
l 1st and 2nd movements l Nocturne in E Minor, op. posth. 72, no. 1
l Polonaise in C sharp Minor, op. 26, no. 1
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
l Polonaise in A Major, op. 40, no. 1
u Fantasia in C Minor, K 475
l Polonaise in G sharp Minor, op. posth., B 6
Sonata in F Major, K 280 (189e)
l Prelude in A flat Major, op. 28, no. 17
l 1st and 2nd movements
u Prelude in C sharp Minor, op. 45
l 2nd and 3rd movements
l Waltz in A flat Major, op. 34, no. 1
Sonata in B flat Major, K 281
l Waltz in E Minor, op. posth., B 56
l 1st and 2nd movements
Trois écossaises, op. posth. 72, no. 3
l 2nd and 3rd movements
l complete
Sonata in E flat Major, K 282 (189g)
l complete Dvořák, Antonín
Sonata in C Major, K 309 Zwei Klavierstücke
l 1st and 2nd movements l Capriccio in G Minor (no. 2)
l 2nd and 3rd movements
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau
Sonata in F Major, K 332
l Ojos criollos, op. 37
l 1st and 2nd movements
l Pasquinade (Caprice), op. 59
l 2nd and 3rd movements
Sonata in B flat Major, K 570 Grieg, Edvard
l 2nd and 3rd movements Lyric Pieces, op. 57
l Vanished Days (no. 1)
List C Lyric Pieces, op. 65
Romantic Repertoire l Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (no. 6)
Scenes of Country Life, op. 19
u Bridal Procession (no. 2)
Alkan, Charles-Valentin → with repeat
Esquisses, op. 63
Première suite Hensel, Fanny
l Confidence (no. 9) Lieder für Klavier, op. 8
l Allegro moderato (no. 1)
Brahms, Johannes l Wanderlied (no. 4)
l Ballade in D Minor, op. 10, no. 1
Vier Lieder, op. 6
l Ballade in B Major, op. 10, no. 4
l Andante cantabile (no. 3)
l Intermezzo in A Major, op. 76, no. 6
l Intermezzo in E Major, op. 116, no. 6 Jaëll, Marie
l Intermezzo in E flat Major, op. 117, no. 1 Six esquisses romantiques
l Intermezzo in B flat Minor, op. 117, no. 2 l Les ombres (no. 1)
l Intermezzo in C sharp Minor, op. 117, no. 3 l Contraste (no. 5)
l Intermezzo in F Minor, op. 118, no. 4
Lang, Josephine
l Intermezzo in E Minor, op. 119, no. 2
Lied ohne Worte, op. 35
l Intermezzo in C Major, op. 119, no. 3
l Lied ohne Worte (no. 1)
u Romance in F Major, op. 118, no. 5
Liszt, Franz
Carreño, Teresa l Liebestraum No. 1, S 541/1
l Le sommeil de l’enfant (Berceuse), op. 35
Années de pèlerinage, 2, S 161
Chabrier, Emmanuel l Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa
10 Pièces pittoresques Consolations, S 172
l Idylle (no. 6) u Consolation No. 3
l Scherzo-Valse (no. 10) l Consolation No. 6

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Liszt, Franz (continued) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich (continued)
Kleine Klavierstücke, S 192 The Seasons, op. 37b
l Klavierstücke No. 2 l February (The Carnival) (no. 2)
Valses oubliées, S 215 l July (The Reaper’s Song) (no. 7)
l Valses oubliée No. 1 l August (The Harvest) (no. 8)
l November (In the Troika) (no. 11)
MacDowell, Edward
l December (Christmas) (no. 12)
Woodland Sketches, op. 51
Six morceaux, op. 19
l To a Water Lily (no. 6)
l Capriccioso in B flat Major (no. 5)
Mendelssohn, Felix
l Allegro in E Minor, op. 117 List D
l Song without Words, op. 53, no. 1 Post-Romantic, Impressionist,
l Spinning Song, op. 67, no. 4
and Early 20th-century Repertoire
Schubert, Franz
Moments musicaux, op. 94, D 780 Albéniz, Isaac
l Andantino (no. 2)
Cantos de España, op. 232
l Moderato (no. 4)
l Córdoba (no. 4)
Vier Impromptus für Klavier, op. 90, D 899 Suite española, op. 47
l Impromptu in E flat Major (no. 2)
u Cádiz (no. 4)
u Impromptu in G flat Major (no. 3)
l Impromptu in A flat Major (no. 4) Alférak, Achille
Vier Impromptus für Klavier, op. 142, D 935 l Sérénade levantine, op. 25, no. 3
l Impromptu in B flat Major (no. 3)
Beach, Amy
l Impromptu in F Minor (no. 4)
l A Hermit Thrush at Eve, op. 92, no. 1 (in Music for
Schumann, Clara Piano, 2 HIL)
l Nocturne in F Major, op. 6, no. 2 Four Sketches, op. 15
l Romance in E flat Minor, op. 11, no. 1 l In Autumn (no. 1)
Quatre pièces fugitives, op. 15 Trois morceaux caractéristiques, op. 28
u Andante espressivo (no. 3) u Barcarolle (no. 1) (in Music for Piano, 1 HIL)
Schumann, Robert Bonis, Mel.
l Arabeske, op. 18 Cinq pièces pour piano
l Intermezzo, op. 4, no. 5 l Desdémona, op. 101
Fantasiestücke, op. 12 l Mélisande, op. 109
u Aufschwung (no. 2) l Viviane, op. 80
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op. 26 Boulanger, Lili
l Intermezzo (no. 4)
Trois morceaux
Novelletten, op. 21 l Cortège (no. 3)
l no. 1 or no. 7
Waldszenen, op. 82 Chaminade, Cécile
l Vogels als Prophet (no. 7) l Nocturne in B Major, op. 165

Szymanowska, Maria Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel

l Nocturne in B flat Major l The Bamboula, op. 59, no. 8 (in Piano Music of Africa
and the African Diaspora, 5 OUP)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
12 morceaux, op. 40 Debussy, Claude
l Mazurka in C Major (no. 4) l La plus que lente
l Au village (no. 7) Deux arabesques
l Valse in A flat Major (no. 8) l Arabesque No. 1
l Danse russe (no. 10) l Arabesque No. 2
l Rêverie interrompue (no. 12) Children’s Corner
18 morceaux, op. 72 l Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (no. 1)
l Passé lointain (no. 17) l The Snow is Dancing (no. 4)
Pour le piano
l Sarabande

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Debussy, Claude (continued) Poulenc, Francis (continued)
Préludes, 1 Huit Nocturnes HEU
l Danseuses de Delphes (no. 1) l Nocturne in C Major (Sans traîner) (no. 1)
l Des pas sur la neige (no. 6) l Nocturne in E flat Major (no. 7)
l La sérénade interrompue (no. 9) Trois novelettes CHS
Préludes, 2 l no. 1 or no. 3
l Feuilles mortes (no. 2)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
l Bruyères (no. 5)
10 Preludes, op. 23
u General Lavine–eccentric (no. 6)
l Prelude in F sharp Minor (no. 1)
l Hommage à S. Pickwick, Esq. (no. 9)
l Prelude in A flat Major (no. 8)
Suite bergamasque
l Prelude in G flat Major (no. 10)
l Prélude (no. 1)
13 Preludes, op. 32
l Menuet (no. 2)
l Prelude in F Major (no. 7)
l Clair de lune (no. 3)
l Prelude in A Minor (no. 8)
l Passepied (no. 4)
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3
Dett, R. Nathaniel l Elégie (no. 1)
Magnolia Suite u Prélude (no. 2)
l Magnolias (no. 1) l Mélodie (no. 3)
l The Place Where the Rainbow Ends (no. 5) l Sérénade (no. 5)
Morceaux de salon, op. 10
Falla, Manuel de
l Humoresque (no. 5)
l Danza del molinero (Dance of the Miller), from El
sombrero de tres picos CHS Ravel, Maurice
l Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual Fire Dance), from El Le tombeau de Couperin DUR; PET
amor brujo CHS l Prélude
Fauré, Gabriel Scriabin, Alexander
l Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor, op. 26 24 Preludes, op. 11
l Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat Major, op. 44 l Prelude No. 2 and Prelude No. 14
Préludes, op. 103 l Prelude No. 4 and Prelude No. 6
l one of nos. 1, 3–5 Deux poèmes, op. 32
l Poème in F sharp Major (no. 1)
Gershwin, George, and Will Donaldson
l Poème in D Major (no. 2)
u Rialto Ripples
→ with repeats Szymanowski, Karol
Mazurkas, op. 50 UNI
Griffes, Charles T.
u Mazurka (no. 1)
Roman Sketches, op. 7 SCH
l no. 2 or no. 3
l Clouds (no. 4)
Toch, Ernest
Howe, Mary
Burlesken, op. 31 OTT
l Nocturne SCH
l Der Jongleur (no. 3)
Ibert, Jacques
l Le vent dans les ruines LED List E
Janáček, Leoš 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire
V mlhách (In the Mists) BAR
l any two Alberga, Eleanor
l Fizz ALB
Melnyk, John
l If the Silver Bird Could Speak ALB
Preludes for Piano, op. 3 MRZ
l Prelude No. 1 Alston, Lettie Beckon
Palmgren, Selim Four Rhapsodies for Solo Piano HBC
l Dream Waltz (no. 3)
24 Preludes, op. 17
l The Sea (no. 12) MSL Aperans, Dace
Poulenc, Francis Dos Suenos BAL
l Cantiga
l Pastourelle, from L’éventail de Jeanne HEU
l Trois mouvements perpétuels CHS; MAS Baiocchi, Regina Harris
Cinq impromptus CHS; MAS l Azuretta BAI
l any two
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Balter, Marcos Del Tredici, David
l Dreamcatcher BLT Three Gymnopedies B&H
l My Goldberg (no. 1)
Barber, Samuel
Souvenirs: Ballet Suite, op. 28 SCH Dela, Maurice
l Waltz (no. 1) l Hommage BER
u Pas de deux (no. 3) La vieille capitale BER
u Prélude: Veille sous la porte Saint-Jean
Bartók, Béla
14 Bagatelles, op. 6 EMB Dello Joio, Norman
l Bagatelle No. 12 l 4th movement
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs UNI
Deshavov, Vladimir
l nos. 1–5
l The Rails, op. 16
Mikrokosmos, 6
Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm Dett, R. Nathaniel
u Dance No. 2 (no. 149) and Dance No. 4 (no. 151) In the Bottoms
l two of nos. 148, 150, 152, 153 u Dance (Juba)
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56
Domine, James
l complete
Suite No. 2 for Piano Solo EAP
Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes, op. 84 B&H
u Cassandra’s Dream
l Rondo No. 1
l Scherzo: The Music Lesson
Behrens, Jack
Donkin, Christine
l Hommage à Chopin CMC
Peace Country CMC
l Léger CMC
l In Summer
Bissell, Keith
Dun, Tan
l Variations on a Folk Song WAT
Eight Memories in Watercolor SCH
Bolcom, William l three of Staccato Beans, Blue Nun, Red Wilderness,
The Garden of Eden (in Complete Rags for Piano EBM) Floating Clouds
l Old Adam (no. 1)
Duncan, Martha Hill
Three Ghost Rags EBM
The Sunken Garden RLP
l Graceful Ghost Rag
l The River
Bonds, Margaret l The Theatre
Spiritual Suite ALF
Dutilleux, Henri
u Troubled Water
Au gré des ondes LED
Two Works for Solo Piano HIL
l 4th movement: Mouvement perpétual
l Fugal Dance
Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie-Carmen
Burleigh, Harry T.
From My Childhood, 1 WAT
From the Southland
l “V”: Valse chromatique
l A New Hidin’ Place (no. 6)
From My Childhood, 2 WAT
Chatman, Stephen u Nocturne
Preludes for Piano, 4 ECS
Gardiner, Mary
l Nocturne
l Synergy CMC
l Shimmering Wings
Ginastera, Alberto
Cheatham, Wallace McClain
l Malambo, op. 7 RIC
Three Preludes for Piano, op. 3
l Rondo sobre temas infantiles argentinos, op. 19 B&H
l Didn’t it Rain (no. 3) (in Piano Music of Africa and the
Danzas argentinas, op. 2
African Diaspora, 3 OUP)
l Danza de la moza donosa (no. 2)
Copland, Aaron
Höstman, Anna
l The Cat and the Mouse (Scherzo humoristique) ALF;
l Low Tide CMC
B&H
l Nocturne for E.S. CMC
Four Piano Blues B&H
l any two Hovhaness, Alan
l Macedonian Mountain Dance, op. 144, no. 1 PET

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Johnson, Alexander Mansouri, Afarin
Two Jazz Impromptus SET Abstracts CMC
l Jazz Impromptu 2 l Impressions (no. 2)
Jones II, Arlington J. McIntyre, David L.
Jazz Expressions KJO l En forme RSM
l Falsely Accused l Pickled Pink RSM
l My Garden in the Countryside l Three Preludes RSM
l Ya’ Childhood Days l Toccata RSM
Joplin, Scott Messiaen, Olivier
u Solace Huit préludes pour piano DUR
l La colombe (no. 1) and Plainte calme (no. 7)
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
l Variations in A Minor, op. 40, no. 2 SCH Milhaud, Darius
24 Preludes, op. 38 SCH Three Rag Caprices, op. 78
l no. 3 u Rag-Caprice (no. 1)
l no. 5 and no. 9
Mompou, Federico
l no. 6 and no. 20
Cancións y danzas EBM
Sonatina in C Major, op. 13, no. 1 B&H; SCH
l Canción y danza VI
l 2nd and 3rd movements
Suburbis SAL
Kafui, Kenneth l El carrer, el guitarrista, i el vell cavall (no. 1)
l Pentanata No. 1 VNM
Morel, François
Kaprálová, Vítězslava Deux études de sonorité BER
April Preludes, op. 13 l Étude No. 1
l Prelude No. 1
Morlock, Jocelyn
l Prelude No. 2
l The Jack Pine CMC
l Prelude No. 4
Muczynski, Robert
Kay, Ulysses
Six Preludes, op. 6 (in Muczynski: Collected Piano Pieces
Two Impromptus FIS
SCH)
l Impromptu No. 1
l Prelude No. 1 and Prelude No. 6
Khachaturian, Aram
Nobles, Jordan
l Toccata SCH
l Zephyrus CMC
Masquerade Suite SCH
l Waltz (no. 1) Papineau-Couture, Jean
l Idée DOM
King, Betty Jackson
l Spring Intermezzo (in Black Women Composers HIL) Payette, Alain
Deux petites ballades pour piano CMC
La Montaine, John
l Petite ballade No. 1
l Toccata, op. 1 BRD
Pentland, Barbara
Larsen, Libby
l Shadows (Ombres) AVO
u Ricochet LAR
Pépin, Clermont
Lemay, Robert
l Trois pièces pour la légende dorée CMC
Six Ushebtis CMC
l nos. 1–4 Peterson, Oscar
Canadiana Suite HAL
León, Tania
l Hogtown Blues (no. 4)
Two Preludes (in Black Women Composers HIL)
u Land of the Misty Giants (no. 8)
l Sorpresa (Surprise) (no. 1)
l Pecera (Aquarium) (no. 2) Picker, Tobias
l Old and Lost Rivers OTT
Liebermann, Lowell
l Nocturne No. 2, op. 31 PRE Price, Florence B.
Dances in the Canebrakes
Linney, L. Viola
l Nimble Feet (in Piano Music of Africa and the African
l Mother’s Sacrifice (in Black Women Composers HIL)
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Prokofiev, Sergei Smith, Linda Catlin
l March, from The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33, l The View from Here CMC
no. 1 B&H
Southam, Ann
Sonatina, op. 54, no. 2 B&H
Four Bagatelles BER
l 1st movement
l no. 2 and no. 4
l 3rd movement
Rivers (second set) CMC
Ten Pieces, op. 12
l one of Rivers I–VIII
u March (no. 1)
l Prelude in C Major (no. 7) Stone, Court
l Mist CST
Schmidt, Heather
l Old Country Suite CST
u Shimmer ENP; CMC
Sunabacka, Karen
Schoenberg, Arnold
l Hiding CMC
l Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19 BMP
Takács, Jenő
Seigmeister, Elie
l Toccata, op. 54 DOB
Sonatina, op. 54, no. 2 B&H
l 1st movement Wadsworth, Zachary
Three Fantasies ZRW
Shostakovich, Dmitri
l Intermezzo (Two by Two) (no. 2)
24 Preludes, op. 34
l two of nos. 5, 9, 11, 12, 18, 20 Zaimont, Judith Lang
Three Fantastic Dances, op. 5 Two Rags for Solo Piano HBC
l complete u Reflective Rag (no. 1)
Smith, Hale
l Evocation PET

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Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Performer

The Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Performer is the The examiner may stop the performance if it exceeds the allotted
culmination of The RCM Certificate Program in piano time of 60 minutes.
performance. The practical examination is evaluated as a concert
performance. Candidates are expected to perform with confidence, List A
communicating the essence of the music while demonstrating a
command of the instrument. A deep understanding of the stylistic Works by J.S. Bach
and structural elements of each repertoire selection is expected.
Bach, Johann Sebastian
l Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor,
ARCT in Piano, Performer Requirements Marks BWV 903
Repertoire 100 l Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904
l French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813
one selection from List A 20 l French Suite No. 4 in E flat Major, BWV 815
one selection from List B 25 l Italian Concerto, BWV 971
one selection from List C 15 l Suite in A Minor, BWV 818
one selection from List D 15 l Toccata in F sharp Minor, BWV 910
one selection from List E 15 l Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911
one selection from List F 10 l Toccata in D Major, BWV 912
Total possible marks (pass = 70) 100 l Toccata in D Minor, BWV 913
l Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914
Prerequisite l Toccata in G Minor, BWV 915
Level 10 Piano comprehensive certificate l Toccata in G Major, BWV 916
Theory Examination Prerequisites English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806
Level 8 Theory l Prelude, Sarabande, and Gigue
Level 9 Harmony (or Keyboard Harmony) English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
Level 9 History l Prelude, Sarabande, and Gigue
Level 10 Harmony & Counterpoint (or Keyboard Harmony) English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
Level 10 History l Prelude, Sarabande, and Gigue
English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810
Theory Examination Corequisites
l Prelude, Sarabande, and Gigue
ARCT Harmony & Counterpoint (or Keyboard Harmony)
English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811
ARCT Analysis
l Prelude, Sarabande, and Gigue
ARCT History
Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825
l Praeludium, Sarabande, and Gigue
Candidates are strongly recommended to study for at least two Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
years after passing the Level 10 examination. l Sinfonia
Candidates must achieve an Honors standing (70 percent) in order l Allemande, Sarabande, and Capriccio
to be awarded an Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Performer. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827
For descriptions of performance marks, please see “Classification l Fantasia, Sarabande, and Gigue
of Marks” on p. 119. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
l Overture and one additional movement
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
l Praeambulum, Sarabande, and Gigue
Repertoire Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
l Toccata
The Well-Tempered Clavier, 1
Please see “Repertoire” on p. 4 for important information regarding l Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Major, BWV 848
this section of the examination. l Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Minor, BWV 849
Candidates must prepare six contrasting selections by memory: one l Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major, BWV 852
from each of List A, List B, List C, List D, List E, and List F. Any l Prelude and Fugue in E flat Minor, BWV 853
selections not performed by memory will receive a mark of zero. l Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 857
l Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 860
Each bulleted item (l) represents one selection for examination
l Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 864
purposes. Unless otherwise indicated, candidates should prepare
l Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 865
the complete work.
l Prelude and Fugue in B flat Minor, BWV 867
l Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 869
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Bach, Johann Sebastian (continued)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, 2
l Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Minor, BWV 873
l Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874
l Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880
l Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Major, BWV 882
l Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Minor, BWV 883
l Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 885
l Prelude and Fugue in A flat Major, BWV 886
l Prelude and Fugue in G sharp Minor, BWV 887
l Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 890
l Prelude and Fugue in B flat Minor, BWV 891
l Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 892
List B
Classical Sonatas
Beethoven, Ludwig van
l Sonata in A Major, op. 2, no. 2
l Sonata in C Major, op. 2, no. 3
l Sonata in D Major, op. 10, no. 3
l Sonata in C Minor, op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
l Sonata in B flat Major, op. 22
l Sonata in A flat Major, op. 26
l Sonata in C sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2 (“Moonlight”)
l Sonata in D Major, op. 28
l Sonata in G Major, op. 31, no. 1
l Sonata in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2 (“Tempest”)
l Sonata in E flat Major, op. 31, no. 3
l Sonata in C Major, op. 53 (“Waldstein”)
l Sonata in F Major, op. 54
l Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
l Sonata in F sharp Major, op. 78
l Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a (“Les adieux”)
l Sonata in E Minor, op. 90
l Sonata in A Major, op. 101
l Sonata in E Major, op. 109
l Sonata in A flat Major, op. 110
Clementi, Muzio
l Sonata in B Minor, op. 40, no. 2
Haydn, Franz Joseph
l Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20
l Sonata in A flat Major, Hob. XVI:46
l Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:49
l Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50
l Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:52
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
l Sonata in D Major, K 284
l Sonata in A Minor, K 310
l Sonata in D Major, K 311
l Sonata in A Major, K 331
l Sonata in B flat Major, K 333
l Sonata in C Minor, K 457
l Sonata in F Major, K 533
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Schubert, Franz
l Sonata in A Minor, op. 42, D 845
l Sonata in G Major, op. 78, D 894
l Sonata in A Major, op. 120, D 664
l Sonata in A Minor, op. 143, D 784
l Sonata in A Minor, op. 164, D 537
l Sonata in B flat Major, op. posth., D 960
List C
Romantic Repertoire
Alkan, Charles-Valentin
l Le festin d’Ésope, op. 39, no. 12
l Le tambour bat aux champs, op. 50bis
Balakirev, Mily
l The Lark, transc. from Mikhail Glinka
Brahms, Johannes
l Ballade in D Major, op. 10, no. 2
l Ballade in G Minor, op. 118, no. 3
l Capriccio in F sharp Minor, op. 76, no. 1 and
Capriccio in B Minor, op. 76, no. 2
l Capriccio in C sharp Minor, op. 76, no. 5
l Intermezzo in A Minor, op. 118, no. 1 and
Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, no. 2
l Intermezzo in E flat Minor, op. 118, no. 6
l Rhapsody in B Minor, op. 79, no. 1
l Rhapsody in G Minor, op. 79, no. 2
l Rhapsody in E flat Major, op. 119, no. 4
l Scherzo in E flat Minor, op. 4
Chopin, Frédéric
l Ballade in G Minor, op. 23
l Ballade in F Major, op. 38
l Ballade in A flat Major, op. 47
l Ballade in F Minor, op. 52
l Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60
l Berceuse in D flat Major, op. 57
l Fantaisie in F Minor, op. 49
l Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp Minor, op. 66
l Impromptu in F sharp Major, op. 36
l Nocturne in C sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 1
l Nocturne in D flat Major, op. 27, no. 2
l Nocturne in G Major, op. 37, no. 2
l Nocturne in C Minor, op. 48, no. 1
l Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 55, no. 2
l Nocturne in B Major, op. 62, no. 1
l Polonaise in F sharp Minor, op. 44
l Polonaise in A flat Major, op. 53
l Rondo in E flat Major, op. 16
l Scherzo in B Minor, op. 20
l Scherzo in B flat Minor, op. 31
l Scherzo in C sharp Minor, op. 39
l Scherzo in E Major, op. 54
l Waltz in E flat Major, op. 18
CONTENTS LEVEL
ARCT in Piano, Performer
Dédé, Edmond Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
l Méphisto masqué l Dumka, op. 59
18 morceaux, op. 72
Franck, César
l Tendres reproches (no. 3)
l Prélude, choral, et fugue
l Danse caractéristique (no. 4)
Glinka, Mikhail l Scherzo-fantaisie (no. 10)
l Variations on Alyabyev’s Romance “The
Nightingale” List D
Liszt, Franz Post-Romantic, Impressionist,
l Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S 171 and Early 20th-century Repertoire
l Liebestraum No. 3, S 541/3
l Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Episode from Lenau’s poem
Albéniz, Isaac
“Faust”), S 514 Asturias HEN
l Polonaise No. 2 in E Major, S 223/2
l Leyenda
l Le rossignol, S 250/1 (transc. from Alexandre
Cantos de España, op. 232 HEN
Alabieff) l Seguidillas
Années de pèlerinage, 1, S 160 Iberia Suite, 1 HEN
l Au bord d’une source
l El Puerto
Années de pèlerinage, 2, S 161 Iberia Suite, 2 HEN
l Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
l Triana
l Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Iberia Suite, 3 HEN
l Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
l El Albaicín
l Sposalizio
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S 173 Beach, Amy
l Funérailles (no. 7) l Ballade, op. 6 (in Music for Piano, 1 HIL)
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S 244 Bonis, Mel.
l any one (except nos. 3, 17, 18)
l Omphale, op. 86
Mendelssohn, Felix Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
l Andante con variazioni, op. 82
l Moorish Dance, op. 55
l Rondo capriccioso, op. 14
l Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, op. 35, no. 1 Debussy, Claude
l Scherzo in E Minor, op. 16, no. 2 l Ballade
l Variations sérieuses, op. 54 l L’isle joyeuse
Estampes
Schubert, Franz l Pagodes (no. 1)
Drei Klavierstücke, D 946 l La soirée dans Grenade (no. 2)
l no. 1 or no. 3
l Jardins sous la pluie (no. 3)
Vier Impromptus für Klavier, op. 90, D 899 Images, 1
l Impromptu in C Minor (no. 1)
l Reflets dans l’eau (no. 1)
Vier Impromptus für Klavier, op. 142, D 935 l Hommage à Rameau (no. 2)
l Impromptu in F Minor (no. 1)
l Mouvement (no. 3)
Schumann, Clara Images, 2
l Romance in G Minor, op. 11, no. 2 l Cloches à travers les feuilles (no. 1)
l Romance in A flat Major, op. 11, no. 3 l Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (no. 2)
l Romance in G Minor, op. 21, no. 3 l Poissons d’or (no. 3)
Pour le piano
Schumann, Robert l Prélude (no. 1)
l Abegg Variations, op. 1
l Toccata (no. 3)
l Papillons, op. 2
Préludes, 1
Fantasiestücke, op. 12 l Le vent dans la plaine (no. 3)
l In der Nacht (no. 5)
l Les collines d’Anacapri (no. 5)
l Traumes-Wirren (no. 7)
l Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest (no. 7)
Fantasiestücke, op. 111 l La cathédrale engloutie (no. 10)
l no. 1 or no. 3
l La danse de Puck (no. 11)
Novelletten, op. 21
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Debussy, Claude (continued) MacDowell, Edward
Préludes, 2 l Witches’ Dance, op. 17, no. 2
l Brouillards (no. 1)
Medtner, Nikolai
l La puerta del vino (no. 3)
l Fairy Tale, op. 20, no. 1 B&H
l Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses (no. 4)
l La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (no. 7) Poulenc, Francis
l Feux d’artifice (no. 12) l Intermezzo in A flat Major DUR
l Presto en si-bémol SAL
Decaux, Abel
l Suite in C Major (1920) CHS
Clairs de lune
Napoli SAL
l La cimetière (no. 3)
l 3rd movement: Caprice italien
Dohnányi, Ernő Promenades (1921) CHS
Four Pieces, op. 2 DOB; KAL l any four
l Capriccio in B Minor (no. 4) Trois pièces HEU
Four Rhapsodies, op. 11 DOB; KAL l Toccata (no. 3)
l Rhapsody in F sharp Minor (no. 2)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
l Rhapsody in C Major (no. 3)
13 Preludes, op. 32
l Rhapsody in E flat Minor (no. 4)
l one of nos. 3, 5, 9, 10, 12
Fauré, Gabriel Morceaux de fantasie, op. 3
l Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp Minor, op. 66 l Polichinelle (no. 4)
l Barcarolle No. 6 in E flat Major, op. 70 Ten Preludes, op. 23
l Barcarolle No. 8 in D flat Major, op. 96 l one of nos. 2, 4–7
l Impromptu No. 2 in F Minor, op. 31
Ravel, Maurice
l Impromptu No. 3 in A flat Major, op. 34
l Jeux d’eau DUR; PET
l Nocturne No. 1 in E flat Minor, op. 33
l Sonatine DUR; PET
l Nocturne No. 4 in E flat Major, op. 36
l Valses nobles et sentimentales
l Nocturne No. 5 in B flat Major, op. 37
Gaspard de la nuit DUR
l Nocturne No. 6 in D flat Major, op. 63
l Ondine
l Valse caprice No. 1 in A Major, op. 30
Miroirs DUR: PET
l Valse caprice No. 2 in D flat Major, op. 38
l Noctuelles (no. 1)
l Valse caprice No. 3 in G flat Major, op. 59
l Oiseaux tristes (no. 2)
l Valse caprice No. 4 in A flat Major, op. 62
l Une barque sur l’océan (no. 3)
Gershwin, George l Alborada del gracioso (no. 4)
l Three Preludes ALF l La vallée des cloches (no. 5)
Le tombeau de Couperin DUR; PET
Granados, Enrique
l Toccata
Escenas románticas SAL; SCH
l no. 3 or no. 5 Rodrigo, Joaquín
Goyescas KAL; SAL l Suite for Piano (1923) OTT
l El fandango de candil (no. 3)
Scott, Cyril
l La maja y el ruiseñor (no. 4)
l Notturno, op. 54, no. 4
Griffes, Charles T. l Rainbow Trout OTT
Fantasy Pieces, op. 6 MAS
Scriabin, Alexander
l Barcarolle (no. 1)
Deux poèmes, op. 32
l Notturno (no. 2)
l Poème (no. 1)
l Scherzo (no. 3)
Roman Sketches, op. 7 SCH Sévérac, Déodat de
l The White Peacock (no. 1) l Baigneuses au soleil SAL
l The Fountain of the Acqua Paola (no. 3)
Honegger, Arthur
List E
Trois pièces SAL 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire
l Hommage à Ravel (no. 2) and Danse (no. 3)
Hopekirk, Helen Abels, Michael
l Iconoclasm SUB
l Romance in A Minor
Adams, John
l China Gates SCH
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Agócs, Kati Bresnick, Martin
l Ambrosiana AGO l Ishi’s Song FIS
Alberga, Eleanor Camilleri, Charles
l Jamaican Medley ALB l Sonatina No. 1 RBT
Alston, Lettie Beckon Cardy, Patrick
Four Rhapsodies for Piano VIV l Silver and Shadow CMC
l Toccata (no. 4)
Champagne, Claude
Anhalt, István l Quadrilha brasileira BER
l Fantasia BER
Chatman, Stephen
Babajanian, Arno Preludes for Piano, 4 ECS
l Poem MUZ l Mountain Spirit
Baiocchi, Regina Harris Copland, Aaron
l Tightrope BAI l Passacaglia B&H
Barber, Samuel Coulthard, Jean
l Ballade, op. 46 SCH l Image astrale AVO
l Nocturne (Homage to John Field), op. 33 SCH l Image terrestre (1991) AVO
Excursions, op. 20 SCH
Creston, Paul
l any two
l Prelude and Dance No. 2, op. 29 SHA
Bartók, Béla
Crumb, George
l Allegro barbaro B&H; UNI
l Processional PET
l Sonatina ALF; EMB
Mikrokosmos, 6 B&H Cunningham, Arthur
l two of nos. 142, 144, 146 l Engrams PRE
l Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (nos. 148–153)
Current, Brian
Out of Doors, BB 89 UNI
l Sungods CMC
l two movements
Suite, op. 14 UNI Danielpour, Richard
l three movements The Enchanted Garden (Preludes, 1) SCH
Three Burlesques, op. 8c EMB l any two
l two burlesques
Daugherty, Michael
Two Elegies, op. 8b EMB
l Monk in the Kitchen B&H
l no. 1 or no. 2
Two Roumanian Dances, op. 8a B&H Davis, Anthony
l no. 1 or no. 2 l Middle Passage SCH
Berg, Alban Dun, Tan
l Sonata, op. 1 HEN; UNI Eight Memories in Watercolor SCH
l Missing Moon, Herdboy’s Song, Ancient Burial, and
Berio, Luciano
Sunrain
Six Encores UNI
l any two Dutilleux, Henri
Trois préludes LED
Binkerd, Gordon
l Le jeu des contraires
Essays for Piano B&H
l any two Ferguson, Howard
l Five Bagatelles, op. 9 B&H
Bolcom, William
Nine Bagatelles (1996) EBM Finney, Ross Lee
l five consecutive bagatelles l Sonata No. 1 in D Minor (1933) PRE
Buczynski, Walter Fol, Alexandra
l Aria and Toccata PLA l Preludes, op. 36 CMC
Burge, John Fox, Donal
l Everything Waits for the Lilacs CMC l Three Chords from T.J.’s Intermezzi DFX
24 Preludes for Solo Piano BUR
l Prelude No. 16 in B flat Minor (The Hummingbird)

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Gardiner, Mary Johnson, Alexander
l Polarities CMC Two Jazz Impromptus SET
l Jazz Impromptu 1
Garland, Peter
Walk in Beauty FPM Kabalevsky, Dmitri
l two of: Walk in Beauty, Turquoise Trail, Lightning l Sonata No. 3 in F Major, op. 46 INT; SCH
Flash, Calling Home My Shadow 24 Preludes, op. 38 SCH
l two of nos. 10, 14, 16, 22, 24
Ginastera, Alberto
l Danzas argentinas, op. 2 DUR Kay, Ulysses
l Suite de danzas criollas, op. 15 B&H Two Impromptus FIS
l Impromptu No. 2
Goddard, Chris
l Prelude (2021) GOD Kendall, Hannah
l Processional KDL
Gougeon, Denis
Six thèmes solaires MGP; CMC Kennan, Kent
l Piano-Soleil l Three Preludes SCH
Green, Brittany J. Kernis, Aaron Jay
l Portraits GRN Before Sleep and Dreams SCH
l 2nd movement: Play Before Sleep
Guida, Massimo
l 5th movement: Before Sleep and Dreams
l Fantasia sopra se temi di Puccini CMC
l Invenzione per pianoforte CMC Kuzmenko, Larysa
l In Memoriam to Victims of Chernobyl PLA
Hailstork, Adolphus
l Eight variations on “Shalom Chevarim” TTP Lambro, Phillip
l Toccata for Piano TRG
Harman, Chris Paul
Night Pieces for Piano TRG
l After Schumann HMN
l two of nos. 1–4
l After Schumann II HMN
l After Schumann III HMN Lau, Kevin
12 Scenes from Childhood CMC
Hemphill, Julius
l Varley and Robie (no. 4)
l Parchment SUB
l Nicobobinus (no. 6)
Hétu, Jacques l Climbing the Dragon’s Back (no. 8)
l Ballade, op. 30 DOM
León, Tania
l Variations pour piano, op. 8 BER
l Momentum PER
Higdon, Jennifer
Liebermann, Lowell
l Secret & Glass Gardens LDN
Gargoyles, op. 29 PRE
13 Ways of Looking at The Goldberg PET
l any two
l The Gilmore Variation
Louie, Alexina
Hindemith, Paul
l Fastforward CMC
Suite 1922, op. 26 OTT
l I leap through the sky with stars ALF
l 5th movement
Scenes from a Jade Terrace (1996) CMC
Ho, Vincent l Southern Sky
Three Scenes of Childhood PME; CMC l Warrior
l any two
Mathieu, André
Ireland, John 12 pièces pour piano seul EOB
Decorations S&B l Été canadien
l Island Spell (no. 1)
Matton, Roger
Jaque, Rhené l Trois préludes DOM
l Deuxième suite BER
McIntyre, David L.
Joachim, Otto l Butterflies & Bobcats PAL
l L’eclosion BER l Chasing Nathaniel RSM
l Transmissions RSM; CMC
l A Wild Innocence RSM

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Messiaen, Olivier Prokofiev, Sergei
Huit préludes pour piano DUR l Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, op. 28 B&H
l Chant d’extase dans un paysage triste (no. 2) l Toccata, op. 11 MAS
l Le nombre léger (no. 3) Four Pieces, op. 4 MAS
l Les sons impalpables du rêve (no. 5) l Diabolical Suggestion
l Cloches d’angoisse et larmes d’adieu (no. 6) l two of Elan, Despair, Reminiscences
l Un reflet dans le vent (no. 8) Sarcasms, op. 17 MAS
Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus DUR l two consecutive movements
l Regard de la vierge (no. 4) Ten Pieces, op. 12
l Regard du silence (no. 17) l Scherzo (no. 10)
Visions fugitives, op. 22 B&H; SCH
Mompou, Federico
l five consecutive movements
l Scènes d’enfants SAL
Psathas, John
Moore, Undine Smith
l Jettatura PME
l Before I’d be a Slave (in Black Women Composers HIL)
Ran, Shulamit
Morawetz, Oskar
l Ballade PRE
l Scherzo B&H
l Toccata Rao, Huang
l Red Rain RIC
Mozetich, Marjan
Three Pieces for Piano Solo (2012) CMC Rival, Robert
l any one Six Pieces CMC
l Scherzo, March, and one additional piece
Muczynski, Robert
l Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations), op. 48 Rochberg, George
PRE l Nach Bach PRE
Nancarrow, Conlon Rorem, Ned
l Prelude and Blues l Barcarolles PET
l Sonatina PET
Roumain, Daniel Bernard
Ndodana-Breen, Bongani l Jam! SUB
Flowers in the Sand (in Piano Music of Africa and the African
Sancan, Pierre
Diaspora, 4 OUP)
l Toccata DUR
l part 1 and part 2
Say, Fazil
Papineau-Couture, Jean
l Paganini Jazz OTT
Suite pour piano BER
l 5th movement: Rondo Schmidt, Heather
l Night Rainbow ENP; CMC
Pentland, Barbara
l Solus ENP; CMC
l Studies in Line BER
l Toccata BER Sgroi, Laura
l Up and Down Dubstep CMC
Pépin, Clermont
→ for solo piano
l one movement
Suite pour piano CMC Shchedrin, Rodion
l one movement Ten Piano Pieces SCH
l Basso Ostinato
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor
l Toccata LKM (in Piano Music of Africa and the Shostakovich, Dmitri
African Diaspora, 4 OUP) 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87 PET
l one Prelude and Fugue (except nos. 1, 5, 7)
Persichetti, Vincent
Poems for Piano, 2, op. 5 PRE Skarecky, Jana
l no. 7, no. 8, and no. 11 l Tekarra CMC
Price, Florence B. Smith, Linda Catlin
l Clouds SCH l Zart CMC
Somers, Harry
l Sonata No. 1 (“Testament of Youth”) BER
l Three Sonnets BER

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Still, William Grant Bartók, Béla
Three Visions WGS Three Etudes, op. 18 B&H
l Summerland (no. 2) l any one
l Radiant Pinnacle (no. 3)
Beach, Amy
Stravinsky, Igor Four Sketches, op. 15
l Piano-Rag-Music CHS l Fireflies (no. 4) (in Music for Piano, 1 HIL)
Sunabacka, Karen Bowen, York
l our inner lives were entwined…embroidered with l Toccata, op. 155 JWL
the same pattern SKA
Chaminade, Cécile
Tajčević, Marko l Toccata, op. 39 ENO
Balkantanze OTT Études de concert, op. 35
l five consecutive movements l any one
Tse, Roydon Chin, Unsuk
l Circus Varations TSE 12 Piano Etudes B&H
l Nocturnal TSE l Toccata (no. 5)
Vladigerov, Pancho Chopin, Frédéric
Trois pièces, op. 15 UNI Études, op. 10
l any one l any one
Études, op. 25
Wadsworth, Zachary
l any one (except no. 2)
Three Fantasies ZRW
l Capriccio (Three by Three) (no. 3) Coulthard, Jean
Four Etudes for Piano BER
Walker, George
l any one
l Prelude and Caprice LKM
Debussy, Claude
Wallen, Errollyn
12 études DUR
l Louis’ Loops PET
l any one
l More Light WAL
Diemer, Emma Lou
Webern, Anton
l Toccata HIL
l Variations, op. 27 UNI
Dohnányi, Ernő
Yi, Chen
Six Concert Etudes, op. 28 EMB
l Bamboo Song PRE
l no. 5 and no. 6
l Plum Blossom PRE
Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie-Carmen
List F From My Childhood, 2 WAT
Concert Etudes l Étude de concert
Gilmore, Leila Adu
Adams, H. Leslie Colour Wheel GIL
26 Etudes for Solo Piano, 1 ACA l four of: Clear Stream, Rags, Quip, Mirage, Woods,
l Etude in C sharp Minor (no. 11) Danse, Hope and Fear
Alkan, Charles-Valentin Ho, Vincent
l Étude de vélocité, op. 31, no. 24 The Supervillain Etudes PME
l Toccatina in C Minor, op. 75 l any one
12 études dans tous les tons majeurs, op. 35 Jaëll, Marie
l one of nos. 1, 2, 6, 8
Six esquisses romantiques
Arensky, Anton l Toccata (no. 2)
l Esquisses, op. 24, no. 1
Jaque, Rhené
12 Etudes, op. 74 l Étude et fantaisie CMC
l one of nos. 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12
Kapustin, Nikolai
Baiocchi, Regina Harris Eight Concert Etudes, op. 40 ARM; PRH
Two Piano Etudes l any one
l Etude No. 2 (in Black Women Composers HIL)

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Lavallée, Calixa Muczynski, Robert
l Le papillon (The Butterfly) WIL l Toccata, op. 15
Ligeti, György Onovwerosuoke, Fred
Études pour piano, 1 OTT 24 Studies in African Rhythms AFR
l any one l one of nos. 3, 15, 24
Liszt, Franz Prokofiev, Sergei
Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 Four Etudes, op. 2
l any one l any one
Études d’exécution transcendante d’après Paganini, S 140
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
l any one (except no. 5: “La Chasse”)
Études-tableaux, op. 33 B&H
Trois études de concert, S 144
l any one (except no. 8)
l any one
Études-tableaux, op. 39 B&H
Zwei Konzertetüden, S 145
l any one
l Waldesrauschen (no. 1)
l Gnomenreigen (no. 2) Saint-Saëns, Camille
Six études, op. 52
Lutosławski, Witold
l one of nos. 1–3, 5, 6
Two studios for Piano CHS
Six études, op. 111
l no. 1 or no. 2
l any one
MacDowell, Edward
Schumann, Robert
l Étude de concert, op. 36 OTT
Six Etudes d’après des caprices de Paganini, op. 10
Mendelssohn, Felix l any one
l Étude in F Minor
Scriabin, Alexander
l Perpetuum mobile, op. 119
12 Etudes, op. 8
Three Preludes, op. 104a
l any one
l any one
Eight Etudes, op. 42
Three Etudes, op. 104b
l one of nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
l any one
Four Pieces, op. 56
Morel, François l Étude (no. 4)
Deux études de sonorité BER Three Pieces, op. 49
l Étude No. 2 l Étude (no. 1)
Moscheles, Ignaz Shahi, Saman
Charakteristische Studien, op. 95 KAL l Etude No. 1 CMC
l one of nos. 1, 5, 10
Sokolović, Ana
Moszkowski, Moritz l Trois études B&H
15 études de virtuosité, op. 72 (“Per aspera”) ALF; SCH
Stravinsky, Igor
l any one (except nos. 3, 4, 8–10)
Four Etudes, op. 7
Drei Koncert-Etuden, op. 24
l any one
l no. 1
Huit morceaux caractéristiques, op. 36 Szymanowski, Karol
l Etincelles (no. 6) Four Etudes, op. 4 UNI
Sechs Phantasiestücke, op. 52 l one of nos. 1–3
l La jongleuse (no. 4)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
l Etude in G Major, op. 40, no. 1
Weber, Carl Maria von
l Momento capriccioso in B flat Major, op. 12

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Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Pedagogy
For current information on the Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Pedagogy requirements, please visit rcmusic.com/syllabi.
Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer
The Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer is intended
for candidates who wish to further refine their artistry and seek
additional performance and evaluation opportunities beyond
the Associate Diploma (ARCT). The examination is evaluated
as a professional concert performance. Candidates are expected
to demonstrate a masterful command of the instrument and
communicate an understanding of the stylistic and structural
elements of each repertoire selection with interpretive insight and a
mature musical personality.
LRCM in Piano, Performer Requirements Marks
Repertoire 100
no mark breakdown
Total possible marks (pass = 70) 100
Prerequisite
Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano, Performer
Theory Examination Corequisite
None
Candidates must achieve an Honors standing (at least 70 percent)
in order to be awarded the Licentiate Diploma. (LRCM) in Piano,
Performer.
For descriptions of performance marks, please see “Classification
of Marks” on p. 119.
Prerequisites
Candidates wishing to complete the Licentiate Diploma (LRCM)
in Piano, Performer must have completed the Associate Diploma
(ARCT) in Piano, Performer, including the theory examination
corequisites, prior to registering for the LRCM examination.
Registration Process
Candidates for the Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano,
Performer examination must complete the Licentiate Registration
Form (available online) and submit it along with their Examination
Program Form (included in the registration package) to The Royal
Conservatory by the examination registration deadline. Candidates
should present the approved program form to the examiners.
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Evaluation
Licentiate examinations will be evaluated by two senior members
of the College of Examiners. Candidates will receive a written
critique of their performance along with an overall mark.
The final grade for this examination will be a mark out of 100.
Candidates must achieve an Honors standing (70 percent) in order
to be awarded a Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer.
Three general areas, approximately equal in importance, will be
taken into account in the assessment: technique, artistry, and
presentation.
Examination Program
Candidates must prepare a program that includes at least three
contrasting musical styles, one of which must be from the Baroque
or Classical era (including Beethoven). Other style designations
include: Romantic Repertoire; Late 19th- and Early 20th-century
Repertoire; and 20th- and 21st-century Repertoire. Note that
several works are listed by genre rather than by style period in the
Repertoire Lists. Candidates who choose to perform a concerto
must play a complete concerto chosen from the Repertoire
Lists. All concertos must be played with piano accompaniment.
Candidates must provide their own collaborative pianist. Recorded
accompaniments are not permitted. Longer tutti passages must be
abbreviated.
The artistic balance of the program will be considered in the final
assessment.
Examination Program Time Limit
The maximum length of the examination is 75 minutes. Candidates
will be expected to perform a program that is at least 60 minutes in
length. The examiner may stop the performance if the time exceeds
75 minutes.
Student’s Choice Selections
Candidates may include one extended Student’s Choice selection
or up to three brief Student’s Choice selections (with a total playing
time of up to 15 minutes) from any historical style period. The
substitute repertoire selection(s) must be equal in difficulty and
musical quality to the works listed in the Repertoire Lists.
The mark for the examination will include an assessment of the
appropriateness of any Student’s Choice selection(s). Candidates
should indicate the Student’s Choice selection(s) on the Examination
Program Form.
CONTENTS LEVEL
LRCM in Piano, Performer
Memorization Sonatas
Memorization of repertoire is compulsory. Exceptions may Alkan, Charles-Valentin
be made for complex 20th- and 21st-century works in either l Sonatine, op. 61
traditional or non-traditional notation. Candidates must use their
own judgement in deciding whether to perform such works with
Barber, Samuel
l Sonata, op. 26 SCH
the score.
Bartók, Béla
l Sonata, BB 88 B&H
Da Capo Signs and Repeats
When performing repertoire at a Licentiate Diploma (LRCM)
Beethoven, Ludwig van
l Sonata in E flat Major, op. 7
examination, candidates should observe da capo and dal segno signs.
l Sonata in C Major, op. 53 (“Waldstein”)
At the Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) level, repeats may be observed l Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
at the candidate’s discretion, within the allotted time. l Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a (“Les adieux”)
l Sonata in A Major, op. 101
l Sonata in E Major, op. 109
Program l Sonata in A flat Major, op. 110
Candidates are required to present a formal typed program at the l Sonata in C Minor, op. 111
examination. Five marks will be deducted for candidates who do
not present a typed program. Berg, Alban
l Sonata, op. 1 HEN

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Boulez, Pierre
l Sonata No. 1 UNI
l Sonata No. 2 DUR
Brahms, Johannes
Repertoire Lists l Sonata No. 2 in F sharp Minor, op. 2
l Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, op. 5
Each bulleted item (l) represents one selection for examination Buczynski, Walter
purposes. Unless otherwise indicated, candidates should prepare l Sonata No. 1 (“Dźwięki”) CMC
the complete work.
Carter, Elliott
Baroque Repertoire l Sonata (rev. 1982) MEC

Bach, Johann Sebastian Chaminade, Cécile

l English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 l Sonata in C Minor, op. 21
l English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807 Chopin, Frédéric
l English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808 l Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 35
l English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810 l Sonata in B Minor, op. 58
l English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811
l Overture in the French Manner, BWV 832 Copland, Aaron
l Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 826 l Sonata B&H
l Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 827 Coulthard, Jean
l Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 828 l Sonata No. 2 CMC
l Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 829
l Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 830 Dello Joio, Norman
l Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 831 l Sonata No. 3 FIS
l Toccata in F sharp Minor, BWV 910 Dutilleux, Henri
l Toccata in D Major, BWV 912 l Sonata, op. 1 DUR
l Toccata in D Minor, BWV 913
Finney, Ross Lee
Handel, George Frideric l Sonata No. 4 in E Major PET
l Suite in D Minor, HWV 428
l Suite in E Minor, HWV 429 Ginastera, Alberto
l Suite in E Major, HWV 430 l Sonata No. 1, op. 22 B&H
l Suite in G Minor, HWV 432 Goodyear, Stewart
l Suite in G Minor, HWV 439 l Piano Sonata GYR

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Grieg, Edvard Prokofiev, Sergei
l Sonata in E Minor, op. 7 l Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, op. 14
l Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, op. 29
Hailstork, Adolphus
l Sonata No. 6 in A Major, op. 82
l Sonata No. 1 LKM
l Sonata No. 7 in B flat Major, op. 83
l Sonata No. 2 PRE
l Sonata No. 8 in B flat Major, op. 84
l Sonata No. 3 PRE
Schnittke, Alfred
Harbison, John
l Sonata No. 1 SIK
l Sonata No. 1 SCH
Schubert, Franz
Haydn, Franz Joseph
l Sonata in C Minor, D 958
l Sonata in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:52
l Sonata in A Major, D 959
Hétu, Jacques l Sonata in B flat Major, D 960
l Sonata, op. 35 DOM l Sonata in E flat Major, op. posth. 122, D 568
Hindemith, Paul Schumann, Clara
l Sonata No. 1 in A Major OTT l Sonata in G Minor
l Sonata No. 2 in G Major
Schumann, Robert
l Sonata No. 3 in B flat Major OTT
l Sonata No. 1 in F sharp Minor, op. 11
Ives, Charles l Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, op. 22
l Sonata No. 1 PER
Scriabin, Alexander
Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–1860”) SCH
l Sonata No. 4, op. 30
l complete or one of 1st, 2nd, 4th movements
l Sonata No. 5, op. 53
Kabalevsky, Dmitri l Sonata No. 7, op. 64 (“White Mass”)
l Sonata No. 3 in F Major, op. 46 l Sonata No. 9, op. 68 (“Black Mass”)
Kenins, Talivaldis Sessions, Roger
l Sonata No. 1 CMC l Sonata No. 2 EDW
l Sonata No. 3 CMC l Sonata No. 3 EDW
Kirchner, Leon Shchedrin, Rodion
l Sonata OTT l Sonata No. 2 OTT
Krenek, Ernst Shostakovich, Dmitri
l Sonata No. 4, op. 114 UNI l Sonata No. 2 in B Minor, op. 61 SIK
Liebermann, Lowell Stravinsky, Igor
l Sonata No. 1, op. 1 PRE l Sonata B&H
Liszt, Franz Tippett, Michael
l Sonata in B Minor, S 178 l Sonata No. 1 OTT
l Sonata No. 3 OTT
McIntyre, David L.
l Sonata No. 2 RSM Vine, Carl
l Sonata No. 1 CHS
Miller, Michael R.
l Sonata “To a Hero Now” CMC Walker, George
l Sonata No. 1 LKM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
l Sonata No. 2 LKM
l Sonata in D Major, K 284
l Sonata No. 3 LKM
l Sonata in C Minor, K 457
→ with or without Fantasia in C Minor, K 475 Weinzweig, John
l Sonata in D Major, K 576 l Sonata CMC
Persichetti, Vincent Wuorinen, Charles
l Sonata No. 4 ELV l Sonata No. 1 PET
Price, Florence B.
l Sonata in E Minor SCH

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Variations and Fantasies Liszt, Franz
Années de pèlerinage, 1, S 161
Bach, Johann Sebastian l Fantasia quasi sonata (“Dante Sonata”), no. 7
l Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor,
BWV 903 Martino, Donald
l Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 l Fantasies and Impromptus DAT
l Piano Fantasy DAT
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
l Fantasia in D Major, Fk 17 Mendelssohn, Felix
l Fantasia in D Minor, Fk 19 l Variations sérieuses, op. 54
l Fantasia in E Minor, Fk 20 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Beethoven, Ludwig van l Adagio in B Minor, K 540
l Fifteen Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme l Rondo in A Minor, K 511
(“Eroica Variations”), op. 35 l Variations on a Menuett by Jean Pierre Duport,
l Thirty-two Variations on an Original Theme, K 573
WoO 80 Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Brahms, Johannes l Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op. 42
l Variations and Fugue on a Theme by G.F. Handel, Schubert, Franz
op. 24 l Fantasy in C Major (“Wanderer-fantasie”), op. 15,
l Variations on a Theme by R. Schumann, op. 9 D 760
Carter, Elliott Schumann, Clara
l Night Fantasies SCH l Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, op. 20
Chatman, Stephen Schumann, Robert
l Black and White Fantasy CMC l Fantasie on C Major, op. 17
Chopin, Frédéric l Variations on An Original Theme (Ghost variations),
l Fantaisie in F Minor, op. 49 WoO 24
l Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat Major, op. 61 Szymanowski, Karol
Copland, Aaron l Variations on a Polish Folk Theme, op. 10 UNI
l Piano Fantasy B&H Weber, Carl Maria von
l Piano Variations B&H l Fantasia (Variations), op. 25 EDW
Corigliano, John
l Etude Fantasy SCH Romantic Repertoire
l Fantasia on an Ostinato SCH Balakirev, Mily
Crumb, George l Islamey HEN
l Gnomic Variations PET Brahms, Johannes
Fauré, Gabriel l Vier Klavierstücke, op. 119
l Thème et variations, op. 73 HEN Chopin, Frédéric
Gellman, Steven l Allegro de concert, op. 46
l Fantasia on a Theme of Robert Schumann CMC l Andante spianato et grand polonaise brillante, op. 22
l Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, op. 23
Grieg, Edvard l Ballade No. 2 in F Minor, op. 38
l Ballade in Form von Variationen über eine l Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52
norwegische Melodie, op. 24 HEN l Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60
Gubaidulina, Sofia l Polonaise in A flat Major, op. 53
l Chaconne SIK l Polonaise in F sharp Minor, op. 44
l Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp Minor, op. 39
Haydn, Franz Joseph l Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, op. 54
l Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6 24 Préludes, op. 28
Hétu, Jacques l complete
l Variations pour piano, op. 8 CMC Franck, César
Lesage, Jean l Prélude, aria, et final, M 23 HEN
l Fantasia stravagante CMC l Prélude, choral, et fugue, M 21 HEN

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LRCM in Piano, Performer
Liszt, Franz Fauré, Gabriel
l Die Lorelei, S 532 (transc.) l Ballade in F sharp Major, op. 19
l Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S 514 l Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp Minor, op. 66
l Oh, quand je dors, S 536 (transc.)
Granados, Enrique
l Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254
l Allegro de concierto SAL; UNM
l Widmung, S 566 (transc. from Robert Schumann)
Goyescas KAL; SAL
Années de pèlerinage, 1 S 160
l Los requiebros (no. 1)
l Vallée d’Obermann, no. 6
l El pelele (no. 7)
Études d›éxecution transcendante d’après Paganini, S 140
l La campanella Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Légendes, S 175 Études-tableaux, op. 33 B&H
l St. François d’Assise: La prédication aux oiseaux l no. 5 or no. 9
l St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots
Ravel, Maurice
Mussorgsky, Modest Gaspard de la nuit DUR
l Pictures at an Exhibition l complete
Miroirs DUR: PET
Schumann, Robert
l complete or Une barque sur l’océan or Alborada
l Carnaval, op. 9
del gracioso
l Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6
Le tombeau de Couperin DUR; PET
l Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op. 26
l complete or Toccata
l Humoresque, op. 20
l Valses nobles et sentimentales
l Kinderszenen, op. 15
l Kreisleriana, op. 16 Scriabin, Alexander
l Papillons, op. 2 l Allegro de concert, op. 18 MPB
l Symphonic Etudes, op. 13 l Three Etudes, op. 65
l Toccata in C Major, op. 7 l Valse, op. 38 MPB
Novelletten, op. 21 l Vers la flamme, op. 72 HEN
l Novelette in F sharp Minor (no. 8)
Sévérac, Déodat de
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich l Baigneuses au soleil SAL
l Dumka, op. 59
Szymanowski, Karol
12 Etudes, op. 33
Post-Romantic, Impressionist, and l complete
Early 20th-century Repertoire Four Etudes, op. 4 UNI
l two or more etudes
Albéniz, Isaac Masques, op. 34 UNI
Iberia Suite, 3 HEN l one or more
l El polo
l Lavapiés
20th- and 21st-century Repertoire
Iberia Suite, 4 HEN Adams, John
l Eritaña l Phrygian Gates
l Jerez
l Málaga Adams, John Luther
l Tukiliit CHS
Debussy, Claude
l L’isle joyeuse Agócs, Kati
Estampes l Ambrosiana AGO
l complete Anderson, T.J.
Images, 1 l Boogie Woogie Fantasy ACA
l complete
Images, 2 Aperans, Dace
l complete l Cimbalom BAL
Pour le piano Babbitt, Milton
l complete l Partitions and/or Post-Partitions
Decaux, Abel l Tableaux PET
Clairs de lune
l La ruelle (no. 2)

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Bartók, Béla Fol, Alexandra
l Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, l Piano Etudes CMC
op. 20 B&H
Forsyth, Malcolm
l Out of Doors, BB 89 UNI
Tre toccate per pianoforte
Three Etudes, op. 18 B&H
l Chopi (no. 3) CMC
l two or more etudes
Fox, Donal
Behrens, Jack
l Four Chords from T.J.’s Intermezzi DFX
l The Feast of Life CMC
Garant, Serge
Bell, Allan Gordon
l Pièce pour piano no. 2 (“Cage d’oiseau”) BER
Nebulae
l Orion or Helix Goddard, Chris
l Nocturne GOD
Berio, Luciano
l Elegy GOD
l Cinque variazoni ZRB
l Petite suite pour piano (in Berio Family Album UNI) Hall, Emily
l Sequenza IV UNI l From Stillness CMC
Boulez, Pierre Harley, James
l Douze notations UNI l Flung Loose Into the Stars CMC
Cage, John Helps, Robert
Music of Changes PET l Trois Hommages PET
l one or two of books 1–4
Hétu, Jacques
Carter, Elliott l Petite suite, op. 7 DOM
l Two Diversions B&H
Hindemith, Paul
Chan, Ka Nin l Sonata No. 2 OTT
l In Search of… CMC
Ho, Alice Ping Yee
Chin, Unsuk l Aeon CMC
12 Piano Etudes B&H l Garage CMC
l nos. 1–3 l Solus CMC
Crumb, George Ho, Vincent
l Five Pieces for Piano PET l Reflections in the Water ALK
l Processional PET
Ives, Charles
Current, Brian l Three-Page Sonata PRE
l Piano Piece No. 3 (Leaps of Faith) CRR
Jolivet, André
l Far Beyond Things Finite CRR
l Mana: Six pièces pour piano JOB
Dallapiccola, Luigi
Kapustin, Nikolai
l Quaderno musicale di Annalibera ZRB
Three Impromptus for Piano, op. 66
DiCastri, Zosha l complete or any one
l Dux CMC
Kenins, Talivaldis
l The Thinking Eye CMC
l Schumann Paraphrases and Fugue CMC
Dutilleux, Henri
Kernis, Aaron Jay
l Trois préludes LED
l Superstar Etudes No. 1 and No. 2 SCH
Evangelista, José
Kocsár, Miklós
l Nuevas monodias españolas CMC
l Improvisations EMB
Feldman, Morton
Kondo, Jo
l Last Pieces PET
l Metaphonesis UYM
l Piano (1977) UNI
Koprowski, Peter Paul
Ferguson, Sean
l Rhapsody on a Theme of Brahms CMC
Marées–Strates–Envolées
l Marées CMC Kulesha, Gary
Four Fantastic Landscapes CMC
l one or more

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Lee III, James Murphy, Kelly-Marie
l Fantasía rítmica SUB l Let Hands Speak CMC
Aural Techtonics CMC
León, Tania
l 3rd movement: Jagged Little Pieces
l Going... Gone HAL
l Mistica PER Nancarrow, Conlon
l Rituál PER l Two Cannons for Ursula B&H
Liebermann, Lowell Palej, Norbert
l Gargoyles, op. 29 PRE l For All That We Have Lost CMC
Seven River-Views (in Ten Pieces for Piano CMC)
Ligeti, György
l any two
l Musica ricercata OTT
Three Caprices (“Matisse’s Jazz”) (in Ten Pieces for Piano
Études pour piano OTT
CMC)
l one or two of books 1–3
l any two
Lokumbe, Hannibal
Papineau-Couture, Jean
l John Brown and Blue (in The Carnegie Hall
l Nuit DOM
Millenium Piano Book B&H)
l Suite pour piano DOM
Louie, Alexina
Payette, Alain
l Put on Your Running Shoes CMC
Trois Ballades CMC
l Scenes from a Jade Terrace CMC
l La passionnée (no. 2)
l Starstruck CMC
Pentland, Barbara
Martin, Frank
l Horizons CMC
Huit préludes pour le piano UNI
l Small Pieces for a Shrinking Planet CMC
l three or more
Perle, George
Martirano, Salvatore
l Ballade PET
l Cocktail Music LIN
Six Etudes GAL
McIntyre, David L. l complete or any one
l Butterflies & Bobcats PAL Six New Etudes GAL
l Slam Dunk Dancing RSM l complete or any one
Messiaen, Olivier Poulenc, Francis
Quatre études de rhythme DUR l Le soirées de Nazelles DUR
l complete or any one
Pousseur, Henri
Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus DUR
l Caractères I UNI
l one of nos. 6, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 20
Prokofiev, Sergei
Miyoshi, Akira
l Sarcasms, op. 17 MAS
Chaînes ZEN
l any one Rasul-Hakim, Talib
l Sound-gone B&B
Moore, Dorothy Rudd
l Dream and Variations ACA Ricketts, Matthew
l Melodia CMC
Morawetz, Oskar
l Fantasy, Elegy and Toccata CMC Ritz, Liam
l Drei Klavierstucke CMC
Morlock, Jocelyn
l Corybantic CMC Rival, Robert
l Six Pieces CMC
Mozetich, Marjan
Three Pieces for Piano CMC Rochberg, George
l complete or any one 12 Bagatelles PRE
l six or more
Muczynski, Robert
l Masks, op. 40 PRE
Mumford, Jeffrey
l Fragments from the Surrounding Evening PRE

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LRCM in Piano, Performer
Rzewski, Frederic Widmann, Jörg
l The Days Fly By (in the Carnegie Hall Millenium l Idyll and Abyss OTT
Piano Book B&H)
Wijeratne, Dinuk
Four Piano Pieces ZEN
l Colour Study in Rupak Taal WIJ
l one or more
l The Turtle and the Crane SPM; IMSLP Wolpe, Stefan
l Form TON
Schmidt, Heather
l Nebula CMC Xenakis, Iannis
l Sprint CMC l Herma B&H
l Mists SAL
Schoenberg, Arnold
l Five Pieces, op. 23 HAN Yun, Isang
l Suite for Piano, op. 25 BMP l Fünf Stücke für Klavier B&B
Sessions, Roger Concertos
Five Pieces for Piano PRE
l three or more Barber, Samuel
l Piano Concerto, op. 38 SCH
Sheng, Bright
l My Song SCH Bartók, Béla
l Piano Concerto No. 1 UNI
Singleton, Alvin
l Piano Concerto No. 3 UNI
l Cinque OTT
l In My Own Skin OTT Beethoven, Ludwig van
l Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15
Sokolović, Ana
l Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37
l Danses et interludes B&H
l Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58
l Prelude and Fugue for GG B&H
Carter, Elliott
Southam, Ann
l Piano Concerto AMP
l Rivers VII (third set) CMC
Glass Houses CMC Chopin, Frédéric
l any one l Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, op. 11
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, op. 21
Stravinsky, Igor
l Rondo à la Krakowiak, op. 14
l Serenade in A B&H
l Trois movements de Pétrouchka B&H Copland, Aaron
l Piano Concerto B&H
Sunabacka, Karen
l Curlicue CMC Debussy, Claude
l Falling Water CMC l Fantasie pour piano et orchestre JOB
Takemitsu, Tōru Franck, César
l For Away SAL l Variations symphoniques SCH
l Rain Tree Sketch OTT
Gershwin, George
l Rain Tree Sketch II OTT
l Concerto in F Major ALF
l Les yeux clos SAL
l Rhapsody in Blue ALF
l Les yeux clos II OTT
Ginastera, Alberto
Tower, Joan
l Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 28 B&H
No Longer Very Clear AMP
l one or more movements Goodyear, Stewart
l Callaloo Suite GYR
Vasks, Pēteris
Fantasia: Landscapes of the Burnt-out Earth OTT Grieg, Edvard
l one or more movements l Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16
Vivier, Claude Liszt, Franz
l Pianoforte CMC l Hungarian Fantasy, S 123
l Shiraz CMC l Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major, S 124
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S 125
Wallen, Errollyn
l Totentanz, S 126
l Greenwich Variations WAL
l Lines WAL

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LRCM in Piano, Performer
MacDowell, Edward
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, op. 23
Mendelssohn, Felix
l Capriccio Brillant, op. 22
l Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, op. 40
Menotti, Gian Carlo
l Piano Concerto in F Major RIC
Morawetz, Oskar
l Piano Concerto No. 1 CMC
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
l Piano Concerto in D Minor, K 466
l Piano Concerto in C Minor, K 491
l Piano Concerto in C Major, K 503
Poulenc, Francis
l Concerto pour piano et orchestre SAL
Prokofiev, Sergei
l Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat Major, op. 10
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 16
l Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26
l Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, op. 55
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
l Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp Minor, op. 1
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18
l Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30
l Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
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Ravel, Maurice
l Concerto pour la main gauche
l Piano Concerto in G Major
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai
l Piano Concerto in C sharp Minor, op. 30 MPB
Saint-Saëns, Camille
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 22
l Piano Concerto No. 4 in C Minor, op. 44
l Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, op. 103
Schumann, Robert
l Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, op. 92
l Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54
Scriabin, Alexander
l Piano Concerto in F sharp Minor, op. 20 MPB
Shostakovich, Dmitri
l Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, op. 35
l Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, op. 102
Strauss, Richard
l Burleske in D Minor
Stravinsky, Igor
l Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
l Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich
l Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor, op. 23
Weber, Carl Maria von
l Concert Piece in F Minor, op. 79
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Reference

Table of Marks
Elementary Intermediate Advanced Diploma
Prep A–B Levels 1–4 Levels 5–7 Level 8 Level 9 Level 10 ARCT LRCM
Performer Performer
Repertoire 66 56 56 56 56 56 (39) 100 100
three selections 60 — — — — — — no mark
(20 x 3) breakdown
List A 16 16 12 14 (1) 12 (1) 20
List B 18 18 14 16 (1) 14 (1) 25
List C — 16 16 12 14 (1) 10 (1) 15
List D — — — 12 12 (1) 10 (1) 15
List E — — — — — 10 (1) 15
Concert Etudes — — — — — — 10
Memory 6 (2 x 3) 6 (2 x 3) 6 (2 x 3) 6 (1.5 x 4) — — — —
Technical 14 24 24 24 24 24 (17) — —
Requirements
Etudes — 12 12 12 12 12 — —
Technical Tests 14 12 12 12 12 12 — —
Ear Tests 10 10 10 10 10 10 (7) — —
Intervals — 2 2 2 2 2 — —
Chords 2 2 2 2 2 2 — —
Chord Progressions — — 2 2 2 2 — —
Clapback 4 3 — — — — — —
Playback 4 3 4 4 4 4 — —
Sight Reading 10 10 10 10 10 10 (7) — —
Rhythm 5 3 3 3 3 3 — —
Playing 5 7 7 7 7 7 — —
TOTALS 100 (pass = 60) 100 (pass = 70)

• In Levels 9 and 10, the figures in parentheses in the repertoire section indicate the marks that will be deducted for any selections that
are not memorized.
• To qualify for the Associate Diploma (ARCT) examination, Level 10 students must achieve either an overall mark of 75 or a minimum
of 70 percent in each section of the examination. (In the Table of Marks, 70-percent figures are given in bold parentheses.)
• Candidates for the Associate Diploma (ARCT) and Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) in Piano, Performer must achieve an overall mark of
70 in order to pass.

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Classification of Marks
First Class Honors with Distinction 90–100
First Class Honors 80–89
Honors 70–79
Pass (Levels 1–10) 60–69
Insufficient to Pass 50–59
Marking Criteria for Performance
of Repertoire
First Class Honors with Distinction: 90–100
This standing is awarded for exceptional performances that are
confident and communicative, while demonstrating technical
command, insightful awareness of style, and convincing musical
interpretation.
First Class Honors: 80–89
This standing is awarded for performances that are musically
engaging, show thoughtful preparation, and demonstrate technical
security, stylistic understanding, and musical awareness. There is
quick recovery from any minor slips or brief lapses.
Honors: 70–79
This standing is awarded for performances that are generally secure
and fluent, indicate careful preparation, and reflect some awareness
of style and musical understanding. There may be occasional slips
or lapses, with room for further development of technical control
and attention to musical details.
Pass: 60–69
This standing is awarded for performances that exhibit a basic level
of preparation. There may be slips or lapses, loss of continuity,
unresolved technical issues, and a lack of attention to musical
details. The examiner’s report will identify areas that require
further study and exploration.
Insufficient to Pass: 50–59
The performance is a work in progress. There are many errors, slips,
and stumbles disturbing the continuity. Although some aspects
of the performance may show basic preparation, a satisfactory
performance requires more consistent fluency and attention to
both musical elements and markings in the score.
Please note: in cases where the total mark would be under 50, no
mark is assigned. The student receives the examiner’s comments
only: further preparation is deemed necessary for assessment.
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Split Level 10
Practical Examinations
Students may choose to take the Level 10 practical examination
in two separate segments: one consisting entirely of repertoire; the
other consisting of technical requirements (including etudes), ear
tests, and sight reading.
• The division of material in the split Level 10 examination
cannot be altered.
• The two segments may be completed in any order.
• Both segments of the split Level 10 examination must
be completed before registering for any supplemental
examinations.
• Both segments of the split Level 10 examination and any
supplemental examinations must be completed within two
years of the initial examination segment.
Students must complete the corequisite theory examinations
within five years of the initial practical examination segment.
Students who have taken a complete Level 10 examination and
have achieved 70 percent in the repertoire section are permitted
to register for a split Level 10 examination in order to improve
their mark in the technical requirements, ear tests, and sight-
reading sections. The repertoire mark from the complete Level 10
examination will count towards the student’s official mark.
Only students who take the complete Level 10 examination
(without the split) will be eligible to receive awards.
Supplemental Examinations
Students seeking to improve their official mark for Level 10 may
take up to three supplemental examinations.
• Supplemental examinations must be completed within two
years of the original examination.
• Supplemental examinations are available during regular in-
person examination sessions or remotely at any time.
• Students in Level 10 may repeat any three sections of a practical
examination: repertoire, technical requirements (including
etudes), or musicianship (ear tests and sight reading).
• To be eligible for a supplemental examination in Level 10,
students must have achieved a minimum mark of 65 overall.
Students must complete the corequisite theory examinations
within five years of the original practical examination.
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Technical Tests Examples
All scale, chord, and arpeggio patterns required for Preparatory to Level 8 are provided in Technical Requirements for Piano (RCM
Publishing). All patterns must be performed by memory, ascending and descending, with good tone and logical fingering, at a steady
tempo. All scales are to be played legato unless otherwise indicated.

Scales
Pentascales

Two-octave formula pattern

Four-octave formula pattern

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Scale in broken legato octaves

Chords
Triad sequence (Preparatory)

Broken triads

Solid/blocked triads with rests (Levels 1–4)

Solid/blocked triads without rests (Levels 5–6)

Dominant 7th chords of major keys, broken and solid/blocked

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Leading-tone diminished 7th chords of minor keys, broken and solid/blocked

Four-note chords, broken alternate-note pattern

Dominant 7th and leading-tone diminished 7th chords, broken alternate-note pattern

Arpeggios
Tonic arpeggios

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Dominant 7th and leading-tone diminished 7th arpeggios

Chord Progressions
The following chord progressions are examples only. Other versions using appropriate voice leading are acceptable. Chord progressions in
minor keys should be based on the harmonic minor scale. For example, in Levels 5–6, the minor progression is i–V–i.

I–V–I chord progression (Levels 5–6) I–IV–V –I chord progression (Level 8)

I–IV–V–I chord progression (Level 7) I–vi–IV–V –V8–7 –I chord progression (Levels 9–10)

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Musicianship Examples
Sample ear tests and sight-reading tests for Preparatory A to Level 10 are published in Four Star® Sight Reading and Ear Tests
(RCM Publishing).

Ear Tests: Clapback (examples only)

Preparatory A

Preparatory B

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Ear Tests: Intervals (examples only)

Levels 1–4
Intervals played ascending and descending. Refer to each level for specific intervals.

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Levels 5–9
Intervals played in melodic form (ascending or descending) followed by harmonic form. Refer to each level for specific intervals.

Level 10
Intervals played melodic form (ascending or descending) or harmonic form.

Ear Tests: Chords (example only)

Preparatory

Ear Tests: Playback (examples only)

Preparatory A Preparatory B

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

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Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Ear Tests: Playback—Melodic Improvisation (examples only)

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

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Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Ear Tests: Chord Progression (examples only)

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

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Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Sight Reading: Rhythm (examples only)

Preparatory A

Preparatory B

Level 1

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Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Sight Reading: Playing—Lead Sheet Reading (examples only)

Level 5
Moderato
D A G A D A G A D

Level 6
Allegretto
G D Em Bm

5 C G Am D7 G

Level 7
Moderato
B E A Dm Gm

6 Cm F Gm Cm F E B

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Level 8
Andante
Gm F 7 Gm Cm/E Gm Cm/E D7 D7/C

5 Gm/B F B Cm Gm/D D7 Gm

Level 9
Andante
E B /D Cm Gm/B A E /G F B7

5 Cm Gm A E F B7 E

9 A B A E F B7 E

Level 10
Tempo di valse
Bm7 E7 A F m Bm7 E7

7 A A/G F 7 Bm7 E7 A Dmaj7 G 7

14 C7 F m E7 A Bm7 E7 A

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Resources
Resources for Examination Preparation
Celebration Series®, Sixth Edition
In order to ensure the ready availability of high-quality examination
materials, RCM Publishing has published the Celebration Series®,
Sixth Edition. This series includes:
• twelve volumes of Repertoire (Preparatory A through Level 10)
with recordings (accessible online)
• ten volumes of Etudes (Levels 1–10)
* Visit rcmusic.com/piano for more information.
Technical Tests
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Technical Requirements for Piano, 2015 Edition. 9 vols.
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Musicianship (Ear Tests and Sight Reading)
Berlin, Boris, and Andrew Markow. Four Star® Sight Reading and
Ear Tests, 2015 Edition. Rev. Laura Beauchamp-Williamson.
12 vols. (Preparatory A−Level 10). Toronto, ON: The Frederick
Harris Music Co., Limited, 2015.
RCM Online Ear Training. rcmusic.com/digital-learning
RCM Online Sight Reading. rcmusic.com/digital-learning
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