Piano 2023 & 2024 Initial Grade Practical Grades
COMPOSER PIECE / WORK / ARRANGER PUBLICATION (PUBLISHER)
C 1 Peter Gritton Haunted House Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024, Initial Grade (ABRSM)
2 Kerstin Strecke The Waltz of the Toads (from Tio on Tour) Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024, Initial Grade (ABRSM)
3 Diane Hidy Jinx (from Mean Little Monsters ) Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024, Initial Grade (ABRSM)
4 Pauline Hall & Stegosaurus Stomp (from Prehistoric Piano Time) Pauline Hall & Paul Drayton: Prehistoric Piano Time
Paul Drayton (OUP)
5 Heather Action Stations Piano Star 2 (ABRSM)
Hammond
6 Mark Tanner Wonkey Donkey Piano Star 2 (ABRSM)
7 Alan Treading Carefully Piano Time Going Places (OUP)
Haughton
8 Elton John I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (from The Lion King), Faber Studio Collection: Selections from ShowTime
arr. N. & R. Faber student part; with repeat DUET Piano, Level 2A (Faber Piano Adventures)
9 Gerald Martin Boogie No. 1 The Joy of Boogie and Blues (Yorktown Music Press)
10 Jane Sebba The Grand Waltz primo part DUET Piano Magic Duets, Book 1 (Collins Music)
11 Hans-Günter Piano Junior Blues Piano Junior, Performance, Book 2 (Schott)
Heumann
12 Julie Knerr Detective Wombat Blues Piano Safari Pattern Pieces 1 (Piano Safari)
13 J. M. Last Ducks in the Pond Piano Time Pieces 3 (OUP)
SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS: from memory; played legato and in even notes; for further details see pages 15–16
RANGE REQUIREMENTS
SCALES
C major
D minor (natural or harmonic or melodic, at 1 oct. hands separately
candidate’s choice)
CONTRARY-MOTION SCALE
Vœ
C major a 5th hands starting on the tonic (unison); as pattern below
{ B
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ARPEGGIOS
C major hands separately; as pattern below
a 5th
D minor
Vœ œ œ œ œ
SIGHT-READING: a short piece of previously unseen music; for further details see pages 17 & 18
AURAL TESTS: given by the examiner from the piano; for further details see pages 40 & 41
