Grade 1© Piano Exam Pieces 2021& 2022 Piano Exam Pieces ABRSM Grade 1 Selected from the 202182022 syllabusABRSM Piano Exams Here are some key points to help you prepare for your Grade 1 exam, All requirements are valid from 1 January 2021 unt 31 December 2022, More detailed information on the syllabus requirements and syllabus overlap details can be found online at wwwabrsm.org/piano. In the exam, the requirements can be taken in any order. Pieces (3x30 marks) ‘This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's 2021 & 2022 Grade | Plano syllabus. In the exam, ‘you will need to play three pieces, one from each ofthe three syllabus ists (A, Band C). ‘You can choose from the pieces inthis book and/or the other pieces set for the grade: a full ist ison the opposite page. You may perform a duet for one of your pieces. You will need to follow all da capo (D.C,) and dal segno (D.S,) indications but other repeats (including first-time bars) should not be played unless they are very short (i.e. ofa few bars) or unless the syllabus specifies differently. Scales and arpeggios (21 maris) Learning scales and arpeggios helps you to build strong technical skills by developing reliable finger ‘movement, hand postion, co-ordination and keyboard fluency. Italso helps you to develop your ‘musical understanding through familiarity with Keys and thelr related patterns. You can find a complete list of scales and arpeggios requited for Grade 1 inthe back of his book In the exam, scales and arpeggios should be played from memory and without pedalling, You are fee to start at any octave, provided the required ranges are covered, For allhands together’ requirements, your hands should be one octave apart. Sight-reading (21 marks) Learning to sight-read helps you to develop quick recognition of keys, tonality and common rhythm patterns. It also helps you to learn to keep going even when you make mistakes, and work music out for yourself - which makes learning new pieces quicker and easier, In the exam, you will be asked to play a short piece of music that you have not seen before. You will be given halfa minute to look through and, if you wish, try out all or any part of the test before you are asked to play it to the examiner for assessment. For the full sight-reading parameters, please see the syllabus. Aural tests (18 marks) Aural skills enable you to assess the sound and balance of your playing, keep in time and play with a sense of rhythm and pulse. These skills also help you to develop your sense of pitch, your musical memory and to spot any mistakes. In the exam, the tests will be administered by the examiner from the piano, and you will be asked: ‘To clap the pulse of apiece played by the examiner, and to identify whether it isin two time or three time, ‘To sing as ‘echoes’ three phrases played by the examiner. ‘To identify where a change in pitch occurs during a phrase played by the examiner. To answer questions about two features of a piece played by the examiner. For more detailed information on the tests, please see the syllabus. (total available: 150 marks) Editorial guidance We have taken the pieces in this book from a variety of sources. Where appropriate, we have edited the pieces to help ‘you prepare for your performance. We have addled fingering, metronome markings (in square brackets) and ornament realisations. Details of other changes or suggestions are given in the footnotes. Fingering and other editorial additions are for guidance only: you do not have to follow them in the exam.Q 8 8 OO ® Piano Exam Pieces Name ABRSM Grade 1 Selected from the 2021 & 2022 syllabus Date of exam Contents page UST A 1 Anon, A Toy: No, 193 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol.2 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Minuet in C, K.6 3 Trad. English Parson's Farewell: from The English Dancing Master, arr. Blackwell 4 ust B 1 Robert Schumann Melodie: No. 1 from Album fiir die Jugend, Op. 68 5 2 Chee-Hwa Tan The Swing: from Through the Windowpane 6 3 Trad. Irish Down by the salley gardens, arr. Blackwell 7 usTc 1 Elissa Milne Cockatoo: No.9 from Very Easy Little Peppers 2 Lajos Papp Szicske: No. 15 from 22 Kis Zongoradarab 3 Pam Wedgwood The Detective: No. 6 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 1-2 10 Editor for ABRSM: Richard Jones Other pieces for Grade 1 ust A 4° Dennis Alexander Sonatina (primo pari). Dennis Alexander: Alfred's Basie Piano Library, Duet Book 2 (Allred) (uET 5 attrib.J.S. Bach Choral ‘Deal with Me, Lora’, BWV 514, My Fist Bach (Schott) 6 Gurlit ‘The Chase/The Hunt (No. 15 from First Lessons for the Piano, Op.117). Musie Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3B (Carl Fischer) or Classics to Moderns, Book I (Yorktown Musie Press) 7 Handel Gavotte in C (ornaments optional). My Pist Concer for Plano (Schott) 8 M.Helyer Haymaking: from The Greenwood Tree (Stainer & Bell) 9 TUrk Arloso in F (No. I from 12 Handsticke). Clavierstcke fr Anfanger (Schott) or Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3A (Car Fischer) or Planissimo: Piano Piccolo Schott) 10. Elsie Wells Courante (primo part). Mixed Doubles: Piano Time Duets, Book 2(QUP) ust usTB 4 Dennis Alexander Reflections (primo par) ftom Justfor You and Me, Book 1 (Alfred) over 5 Alwyn The'Trees ate Heavy with Snow. Five by Ten, Grade 1 (Lengnick) 6 RLR.Bennett Friday: rom Seven Daysa Week (Alfred) 7 Jessie Blake The Little White Cloud. Grade by Grade, Piano Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes) 8 Grechaninov Fairy Tale (No. | from Children's Album, Op.98). Grechaninov: Children's Book, Op. 98 (ABRSM) or More Romantie Pieces for Piano, Book I (ABRSM) oF My First Concert for Piano (Schott) 9 HelenMadden The Forgotten Forest (primo part) Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM) ouer 10 Borislava Taneva Small Valse (with repeat). Mosaic, Vol.2 (Editions Musica Ferrum) ust 4 June Armstrong Sunlight Through the Trees, Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM) 5 EllasDavidsson ‘The Frog: from The Gift of Muse (Spartan Press) 6 Alison Mathews: Woodland Folk Song (primo part). Piano Star Duets(ABRSM) ver 7 Jane Sebba Latin Laughter (primo part play te Gis in bb. 108 28). Piano Magic Duets, Book 2(Colins Mute) oUet 8 9 1 Barbara Snow Jazzy Dragon: from Animal Jazz Edition HH) ‘Trad. Ewe (Ghanaian) ‘Tutu Ghovi, art. Chapm: 10 Trad. Jamaican Mango Walk, [Nyaho (primo part) Piano Star Duets (ABRSM) Duet 1 Comnick, Plano Repertoire, Level I (Universal) Published in 2020by ABRSM (Pushing) Ld, whol owned use gaan aa sovee ‘niin of RSM, ¢ London Wall Place London EC2Y a0, Aight reserved. No parol his publeaion Corer by Kate Befomin tnd Bots th hanks Belgon College United Kingdom Imay be oped recorded or waneoted” Pinta in ghd by Hala & Ca, Aersae, Bucks [©2208 TheAsacated Hoard of he Royal Schooleaf Nude Inany formar by any means without the on marae fom rane sures Diabuted woke by Oxford Univers Press Por permission of tecopyrightowner. PLATS2 tis Mega emake A Toy = No. 193 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 2 ‘Adaptation by Richard Jones Anon. 126] This piece is taken from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, a collection of English keyboard music copied out between 1606 and 1619. It contains nearly 300 pieces by English composers. A to’ is light piece for lute or virginals (small harpsichord) from the late 16th or early 17th century ‘Another version ofthis piece appears later in the Fitzwillam book where its ealled"Coranto; which means running? This probably refers to the running figures in bars I and 9 and elsewhere inthe piece also points tothe dancectike character ofthe music. Source: Cambridge, Fzwiiam Museum, Mu. MS 168, tn the version printed here, ll dynamics slurs and stacatos are editorial. n bars 12-14 the source has Fiinplace of Fr presumably in eror. (© 2020 by The Assoetated Board of the Royal School of Music 83986ke a ; ‘unauthorised 1 i ceri Minuet in C K6 WA Mozart mean ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is thought to have written this piece in Brussels in October 1763, when he was seven years old. His father Leopold added this Minuet toa collection that he had started 1o make in 1753 for his eight-year-old daughter Maria Anna (known as Nanner)), the elder sister of Wolfgang Amadeus. At that ime Leopold was teaching Nannerl to play the piano, Wolfgang learnt pieces from his sister's book when he was only four. Some of his earliest compositions are modelled on pieces he found there, and no doubt played himselt. Source: Mozart: Nanner-Notenbuch, 1759: orginal MS, property ofthe Internatonale Suing Movarteu Salsurg This piece i In Leopold Mozart's hand and, ented Menver n this edition al shrs ae drawn rom the souree, except that of bara which fedora Aso editorial te ll yams, the sharp tO d"in bar, ‘ad the appogglatura in bar 16 ba 8 (©2020 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Musi 83986Mega tomate Parson's Farewell ast from The English Dancing Master Arranged by David Blackwell ‘Trad. English Lively J = .138 a 2 -——~ . . ‘This piece is a traditional English country dance for couples. t was published by John Playford, a 17th-century London musle publisher, in The English Dancing Master (1651), one of his most well-known collections of music. Im the exam, the repeat should be played. (© 2n20by The Associated Hoard ofthe Roya Schools of Musi 98 3986oe Melody tomake ‘auhoried oan Melodie No. from Album ftir die Jugend, Op. 68 Robert Schumann 0-56) Robert Schumann composed his Albu fr die Jugend (Album forthe Young in less than a mont in 1848, At the tine the composer wrote" dori remember ever having been in such good musical form .. the pioes simply poured out, one after another’ Some of the 42 pieces in the colection were dedicated to Schumannis daughter Marie on hee seventh birthday. ‘Althe rst righthand note of bars 5-7 et, an aecen sign would not have been suited to the smooth, writes sign that implies agent emphasis rather than an attack. ingstyle of the musle so Schumann, Seurce: 4 se Claire rae rt, Op. 68 amour Schubert & Co, 1850) The opening amie ad he apis ae oii. All ther dynam ate ioral suggestion only (©1981 by The Asocated oan ofthe Royal Schoo of Mase ‘ape om Schumann: Alu regen Op. eld by Howard Ferguson (ABRSM) A 3986te G illegal ‘orale nsuthoried The Swing ee from Through the Windowpane Chee-Hwa Tan (born 965) Soaring as high as your imagination takes you / = 108-132 =——_~ 1 \eacher and composer. She emigrated to the USA in 1984 and is now head of piano tuition atthe Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Colorado. "The Swing’ s inspired by the poem of that name from A Childs Garden of Verses by Robert Louls Stevenson. Here isthe fst verse ofthe poem: How do you like ro go upina swing, Upiin the airso blue? Oh, Ido think tthe pleasant Ever child can do! © Copyigh 2018 Plano Safar LLC thing 883986,ite 7 Megat Unauthorised aan Down by the salley gardens ‘Arranged by David Blackwell Trad. trish Tenderly ¢ = «.76 = P legato e cantabile press down silently ‘The poem ‘Down by the slley gardens’ is by the Irish poet W.B. Yeats. Iwas seo this traditional rsh tune by Herbert Hughes in 1909. Here is the fis verse ofthe poem: Down by the salley gardens my love and did meet She passed the salley gardens with litle snow-white feet She bid me take love easy, asthe leaves grow on the tee; But being young an foolish, with her would not agree. The:salley gardens’ ofthe first line ae a plantation of willow tees, * The arranger, David Blackwell, says:“To begin, press the eft-hand notes down silently indicated hereby diamond-shaped notehesds} and then start the melody when you're ready. Listen to the tune and make its beautiful as you can ~ Imagine youre a singer” (© 2020 by The Asocted Hoa ofthe Royal Schools of Mase 883986Cockatoo No. 9 from Very Easy Little Peppers Pertinacious J = 126-138 J =)'J) i Unauthorised copies of hs topyrant Elissa Milne (born 1967),hat ‘ Bega! Grasshopper ea Szdcske No. 15 from 22 Kis Zongoradarab Lajos Papp (0935-2019), " senza rit. Lajos Papp was @ Hungarian composer and music educator who studied atthe Budapest Academy (1954-60) He then taught plano and theary atthe Music School in Budapest. He emigrated to Oldenburg, Germany, in 1973, This piece i taken fiom his 22 Kis Zongoradarab 22 Lite Piano Pieces) which was writen in 1985. © 1987 Eto Musa Budapest, AB 398610 itis gat tomate Unouthorzed The Detective oan No. 6 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 1-2 Pam Wedgwood (born 1947) With mystery [J = ¢.100] 7 poco rit. atempo jy atempo Pam Wedgwood studied at Trinity College of Musie in London, aft concentrated on instrumental teaching and has composed seve and Up-Gradet (© 1995 by Faber Musi Lad Reproduced by permission ofthe publishers, lights reserve. Wiel she became an orchestral hom playes. For many years she has highly successful series of educational pieces, including Jazzin’ About AB 3986Scales and arpeggios You will be asked for at least one of each type of scale and arpeggio, which should be played legato, in even notes and from memory. For full details, please see the syllabus. Scales (similar motion) Gmajor oct. hands together G.F majors A,Dminors 2oct. hands separate (@atural orharmonie ormetodic, may atcandidate's choice) Contrary-motion scale major oct. hands tartingon the tonie (unison) Arpeggios Grajor vt bandnsepateh ser get, and separ Aminot patchy Grade nun) 1 Ot) Piano Exam Pieces The complete 2021& 2022 syllabus