Piano >< Ta a at-Yelt ABRSM Grade 2 Sioa icmet 2023 & 2024 syliabus—— —<3 ABRSM Piano Exams to help you prepare for your Grade 2 exam. All requirements are valid from 1 fa nua Here are some key points detailed information on the syllabus requirements, as wel as syllabus overlap int 31 December 2024. More found online at www.abrsm.org. NY 2023 une mation, can be Performance Grades Practical Grades ialifications | ABRSM Performance Grades are new quali walifcations [ABRSM Practical Grades are our long-standing qu thattestalk-round musical skills, demonstrated through introduced in 2020. They allow learners 0 focu cus on and the playing of repertoire (thre Pieces) and completing showcase their performance skills. The exams {scales and arpeggios, ight-reading, and | assessments using a video recording of the cena arene een are face-to-face assessments led by made none continuous take (our Piece, nage sand the sixcomponents can be taken in any | There isalsoan assessment ofthe Paces yus for full details. | See the Performance Grades syllabus for full cake | supporting tests an examine “order See the Practical Grades syllabt Pieces (both Practical & Performance Grade) ‘Thishook contains nine pieces from ABRSM's 2023 & 2024 Grade? Piano syllabus. Vor can chonue from the pices inthis book and/or the other pieces set forthe grade: fll sts on page 16. Fora Practical Grade you will need to ply thre pieces, one from each ofthe threesyllabus lit (A, Band C). For Performance Grade ne from each of the three syllabus lists (A, Band C) and a fourth of your own choice, you will need to play four pieces, o rich might also be from the lists. See the relevant syllabus (Practical or Performance) for full details of whats required shen selecting and preparing pieces for your exam, including how to deal with repeats. Performance as a whole (Performance Grade only) Ina performance, you take your audience on a journey with you and it from the firstto the last note. For a Performance Grade, important to engage and hold their attention js important to consider how your pieces are contrasted, the order in which they are presented and the different moods and characters they inhabit. After your performance is completed, the examiner will award amark based on how well you delivered and sustained.itas a\col formancsleventnt just series of individual pieces, - ‘You can find a complete ist ofscales and please see the Practical Grades syllabus. Sight-reading (racticaicrade oni) Learning to sight-read helps you to devel helps you to learn to keep going even wh new pieces quickerand easier. Ina Practical Grade, you willbe asked to pl you hav Aural tests (Practical Grade on ‘Aural kills enable you to assess: and pulse. These skills also helpSe ee Piano Exam Pieces merc ABRSM Grade 2 Selected from the 2023 & 2024 syllabus bacon L Contents page UST A 1 Ludwig van Beethoven Ecossaise in G, WoO 23, arr. Czemy 2 2 JL Dussek Gavotte in F 3 3 Agnieszka Lasko Tarantella: from Little Stories 4 usTs 1 Stephen Duro Forget-me-not Waltz 6 2 C.V. Stanford Lullaby: No. 5 from Six Sketches 8 3 Trad. Chinese Kangding Love Song, arr. Yip 3 usT.c 1 David Blackwell Railroad Blues 10 2 Elissa Milne Mozzie: from Easy Little Peppers 2 13 3° Kristina Arakelyan Daydream Editor for ABRSM: Richard Jones The pleces listed above are just a selection of those on the syllabus that you ean choose for your exam; the other options are listed on page 16. While this book contains nine pieces in a range of styles the fa ‘we encourage you to explore - to find pieces that really inspire earning, and that will allow you to perform to your very best. Th ‘musical option and the opportunity to play with another musi and that successfully completes your programme. Itcan be from the syllabus lists, oF bbe sure to check the ‘Selecting Repertoire’ section of the Perform yllabusEcossaise in G WoO 23 ‘Arranged by Carl Czerny a5 Allegro [d= 84) ———— 7 5 1 4 aps écossalse (French for Scottish) i a dance that ofthis kind were composed by Beethoven, Sch Beethoven originally composed this piece for Used here for staccato, The dot means an ond bars and 7are editorial suggestions only Source: Ludwig van Beethovens Werke Sere ‘ross the barnes in bars 10-11 and 12-14 (©2022 by The Assocated Board oftheks legs! eI tomate Unauthorised ore Gavotte in F J.L.Dussek 1760-1812) [Allegro J = ¢.120) 5 ch planist and composer who Later he lived and work folk dance, common i suggestions ony. fof Playing he Dir seals of Pls.Tarantella s from Little Stories Allegro con moto [. = ¢.120] 1 * Seconda volta tutto fva [2nd tim Agnieszka Lasko isa Polish pi “Tarantella, used by many the repeats are not req ‘Tepeated with both h: 2019 Licensed withSP QndsimeForget-me-not Waltz Moderately [¢ = c,126] oe ee > yy nf Stephen Duro is an English pianist, o ange of styles, including jazz. The wal ‘and third crotchets ofthis Walt, thel ‘melodious dotted-crotchet rhythms ‘© Oxford University Press 2016 Reproduced by permission from Pia tempo uvLullaby No. 5 from Six Sketches C.V. Stanford (1852-1924) = 5 (Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish-bo A the same time, he was professor of {influential teacher, whose pupils in ‘This charming Lullaby has as which ate editorial suggestions ‘Source: Si Sketches for Pi ©2012 by The As ‘Reproduced fromKangding Love Song Arranged by Austin Yip Trad. Chinese Gently 2— oad song is from the mount sets the scene ~ ho fc: that is It 96,10 ‘Blues’ is an African-American that is, the North Americ standard 12-bat blues (b (© Osford University Press Reproduced rom Ce ‘omaee naira oo et or Railroad Blues David Blackway (bn 56@ rat Mozzie Se mare from Easy Little Peppers Persistently = 138ts Gr iee sermersed 8 Kristina Arakelyan (born 1994) mp express yan is a Britsh-Armenian c0 She is also a teacher of tng lost in our thous oken-chordal in back to_—. 16 Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024 Other pieces for Grade 2 Es Sy a 9 Mozart _ Minuet in D,K.7 10 attrib. Mozart Bourlesq (from The Wolfgang Notebook) with fist repeat Rondo (rom Quartet fr Harpischord ond Stings), 21 Talbot Howard a Publication. Grade by Grade, Pano Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) ~ Cars: Progressive Duets fr Pianists, Book T (Stainer & Bell) * ae Prano Time Pieces 3 (OUP). a The Joy of Piano Duets (Yorktown Music Press) “My Fist Mozart Sch) al ~ L, Mozart: Notenbuch fur Wolfgang (Schott) or The Young Pants Repertore, Book (abe) Chevalier de Sint Georges Rondo rom the Quaretfor arpschord and stings (ABRSM (gta on eiton Préyisk: asp ces for Piao (WM) Pianissime: Piano Piccolo (Schott or Piano Repertoire, Level ! Universal) or Piano Lessons, Book | (Faber) 12 Prosyfiski___Kowoleyk Apprentice Smith) (rom Eon Pes) 3 Parcel B « nok Soom (No from or Chien, Vol) 5 Grechaninov FarewellN 4 from Chien Aur, Op 98) 6 Heather Raindrop Reflections primoport BUET Hammond a =f 7 Revel Pavane dela belle a Bois dormant (No.1 Toye) secondo part UET Waltz in A minor 8 Soindler z ‘Adasioin Aino Grom Sonatina in) 9 Steibet Postcard from Pars (from Razzomojazz Ri 10 Sarah Watts 11 ELD abh Soufiane rom Metta’ in the Art of Kit, Bo Ben Crosland ‘Sarah Konecsni__ Dinosaur, Dorit! Ludovico ‘The Snow Prelude No.3. this edition only Einaudi anes Garkcia Brigands! Dance (from Lets Poy a Pano D prime port DUET Sweet Pea prime port DUET Singing Sun (No.6 from A Little Book of He Whistling Tune Kukulka Nikkities 9 Sculthorpe: 10 Giles Swayne 11 Mirostaw Gas Norwegian Dance No.2, art Hall_primo Tango! (Habanera) (from Leichte Tene Bartok For Children, Vol.2 Boosey & Hawkes) or Grade by Grade, Piano Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) Grchaino: Chia s ook, On 98 (ABRSM) orScales and arpeggios (Practical Grade only) ‘Youwill be asked for at least one of each type of scale and arpeggio, which should memory. For full details, please see the syllabus. be layed legato, in even notes and from G,F majors A,D minors. oct. hi (natural or harmonic or melodic, seen at candidate's choice) D,Amajors , G minors (natural or harmonie or melodie, atcandidate's choi 2oct. hands separately Contrary-motion scale major Zoct. hands starting onthe tonie(unison) ‘Chromatic scale ? startingon D oct. hands separately Arpeggios Doct handsseparately's Grade 2 Piano syllabus for 2023 & 2024, Repenagiote SU a ieananinte eee ee aan =o borane neeeotrnerertel “The pieces have been carefully select SE TT orate Aa ered ‘The book also contains hel a Re Lc alas Pe te a tad support material for ABRSM Piano exams Pee Eee eer an eee ee ua PanoPracice — Seles—Sight Reading =A ashi Foca es ee as Se ae gS tie a ta eee es enh eee 72) Sy VCS etic en ee eee est Ces ae eee eae Cee Ce oem Fy m 5 =] A eS N w ry N 8 Ss ty st he