Grade Piano Exam Pieces 202162022 Piano Exam Piece ABRSM Grade 3 Selected from the 2021& 2022 syliabus Scanned with CamScannerABRSM Piano Exams sat lp yon prepare for your Grade }exam. Alrequlrment are Here are some hey pois YF information on the syllabus requirements and sslabus ov oeeen S yrsm.org/piano. In the exam, the requirements can be taken in any order, ls can be found (330 marks Pieces ks) ‘This book contains nine pieces ‘you will need to play three pieces, from ABRSM's 2021 & 2022 Grade3 Piano syllabus. In the exam, ‘one from each of the three syllabus lists (A, Band C). : for the other pieces set for the grade: a fulllist ison the the pieces inthis book and/or the ot s it ama petra duet for ne of yu pi ‘You will need to follow all da capo (D.C) and Youcan ch Scales and arpeggios (21 marks) earning cates and arpeggios helpsyou to build strong technical skills by developing reliable finger hand position, co-ordination and keyboard fluency. Italso helps you to develop your joverent, * (hrough familiarity with keys and their related patterns. musical understanding t You can find a complete is of scales and arpeggios requited for Grade 3 in the back of this book. In the exam, scales and arpeggios should be played from memory and without pedalling, You are free to start at any octave, provided the required ranges are covered, For all hands 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. Italso helps you to learn to keep going even when you make mistakes, and work music out for ‘yourself - which makes learning new pieces quicker and easier. Inthe exam, you will be asked to play a short piece of music that you have not seen before. You will be given halfa minute to look through and, ifyou wish, try out all or any part ofthe 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 tospot any mistakes. Inthe exam, the tests will be administered by the examiner from the piano, and you will be asked: a Toclap the pulse ofa piece played by the examiner, and to identify whether itis in two time, three time or four ti b_ Tosingas‘echoes' three phrases played by the examiner. © Toidentifya change in either pitch o rhythm during a phrase played by the examiner. 4 Toanswer questions about two features of a piece played by the examiner. For more detailed information on the tests, please see the syllabus. (Total available: 150 marks) Editorial guidance ‘We have taken the pieces inthis book from a variety of sources. Where appropriate, we have edited the pieces to help You prepare for your performance. We have added 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. Scanned with CamScannerPiano Exam Pieces ABRSM Grade 3 Selected from the 2021 & 2022 syllabus Date of exam Contents page USTA 1 Ladwigvan Beethoven Ecossaise in E flat: No.4 from Six Ecossalses, WoO 83 2 Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmiller Innocence: No from 25 études facies et progressives, Op. 00 3 George Frideric Handel Gavotte inG, WV 491 usTB 1 Edward Elgar Salut d'amour, Op.12, art Jones & 2 Joseph Haydn Andante: from’ ‘Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Hob. VIle:1, second movement, arr. White 8 3. Allbhe MeDonagh Anastasia: from It's a Piano Thing, Book2 a usTC 1 Alan Bullard Disco Baroque a 2 Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov Riding the Hobby-Horse: No.5 from Children’s Album, Op.98 12 3° Sarah Watts Scary Stuff: from Razzamajaze Repertoire Piano ua Editor for ABRSM: Richard Jones Other es for Grade 3 usta ‘A. Hedges Hornpipe Rondo (primo part) A. Hedges: Hompipe Rondo for Piano Duet (Roberton) DUET L.Mozart Angloise (from Notebook for Wolfgang). Macart: Notenbuch fr Wolfgang (Schott) Vital Neugasimoy Moody Gigue: from Piano Sketches, Book I (OUP) Prokofiev Gavotte (from Classical Symphony, Op.25), art. Agay (primo part with repeat - playing tle notes). The Jay of Piano Duets (Yorktown Music Press) Duet Reinecke Vivace (4th movt fom Sonatina in A minor, Op. 136 No.4). Reinecke: Ste Miniature Sonatinas, Op. 136 (Breitkopf & tel) Seiber Jazz Etudiett (rom Easy Dances if). The Young Pianists Repertolre, Book 1 (Faber) 10. Weber Scherzo, The Classical Spirit, Book 1 (Alfred) ust Dennis Alexander Autumn Serenade (primo par) Dennis Alexander: Aft’ Basle Pano Library, Duet Baok (Aled) oust J.8.Bach Arioso, art. Agay (primo par), Te Jy of Pano Duets Yorktown Music Press) uct Bark Andante: No.2 from For Cildren,Vol.2 (Boosey & Hawkes) ‘W. Carroll Spraynist: No.3 from In Southern Seas Forsyth) Gurit Song, Op.172.No.1. More Romantic Pees for Piano, Bok 2(ABRSM) Paul Hares Indigo: No from Rainbow (Boosey & Hawkes) 10 Trad. trish She Moved Through the Fair art. Hal. Eighteen Easy Escapes for Piano (Spartan Press) ustc 4 Agay Little Rhapsody on Hungarian Themes (primo part). The Jy of Piano Duets (Yorktown Music Press) DUET 5 -M.Bober &G.Goranson Rushing River (FJH Music Company Inc) 6 Mike Cornick The Waltz ofthe Elephants: from Clever Cat Goes on Safari (Universal) 7 Mark Goddard Locked On Latin (primo part: rom Hands On jaz (Spartan Press) DUET & Elon John & Tim Rice Can You Fee! the Love Tonight? (lrom The Lion King),art.N.&R. Faber (octaves optional). Faber Studio Collection: Selections from BigTime Piano, Level (Faber Piano Adventures) 9 H.Mancini & J. Mercer Moon River (from Breakfast at Tifany’), art Miller. Dozen a Day Songbook; Book 2 (Willis) 10 Karen Tanaka Northern Lights. Spectrum 4(ABRSM) Pubsedin 2020 by ADRSM (Publishing) LA away wre Unauthorised photocopying leat ‘Mas orgnaton bya Bee Sud ARN, tLondon Wal Pe London FCSV #4, Aish revered No purl tis pablcsion Cover Kat ein & Andy Pos wth thanks to Bighon College tated Kegon mmarbetepraice eerdeeransnined, Prnedin England by Halstan&Ca Li, Aseria, Duke, Danan y the Nvacaed Board oftheReyaschooksof Msc Inanyformertysnymeaaswouthe on mses sastlmble sores, Diane wordy Odo ies Pes Prorpemisionotecoprightomer, PLAT Scanned with CamScannerEcossaise in E flat No. 4 from Six Ecossaises, WoO 83 Ludwig van Beethoven (4770-1827) 6.126] ‘The écossaise is a dance in a lively 2/4 time, ts name is French for Scottish, and it might have originated in Scotland. Itbecame very popular in Vienna in the early 19th century, and sets of écossaises were composed by both Beethoven and Schubert. Beethoven’ Six Ecossaises (WoO 83) date from about 1806. Source: ist edition, Beethoven: Gesamtausgabe, Series 25, No. 44 (Leipol:Breltkopf& Hartel, 188). The fin bar 17 is orginal al other dynamics are editorial stiggestons only Adeitional shir have also been supplied bythe editor (© 1984 by The Associated Hoard of the Royal Schools of Music Adapted from Beethoven: A Book of Dances, WoO 81-86, edited by Howard Ferguson (ABRSS) AB 3988 Scanned with CamScannerInnocence No. 5 from 25 études facies et progressives, Op. 100 Moderato sg 12 eee perasioso P leggiero i : t fiann Fredtich Franz Durgmiles. German by bith, settled in Paris afer 1632. He became popular there as a pianist and compas aero mundreds of alon pieces and composing much piano muse for teaching purposes. Many of his shor piano pieces ike ths O° have programmatic tte. Source: 25 études facies et progressives, Op, 100 (London: Schot, 1854) © 1984 by The Associazed Board ofthe Royal Schools of Musie Adapted from Burgmille:25 Easy and Progresie Studies, Op. 100(ABRSM) AB3988 Scanned with CamScannerMegat 5 alll Gavotte in G HWV 491 G.F. Handel ee ‘This is one of George Frideric Handel's earliest keyboard pieces, composed around 1705 when he was only 20 and living in the north German city of Hamburg. There he played violin, and later harpsichord, in the Hamburg Opera. At that time, too, he composed keyboard pieces, arias, cantatas and his first opera, Almira, ‘The gavotteis a graceful Baroque dance movement, usually moderate in tempo. Handel's themes give ita lyrical character: a three-note figure (first falling, then rising) in bar 1; and a sequence of two-note slurred figures in bars 2-3. Almost the whole piece is based on these two themes. ‘Source: MS copy, Landon, British Library RM. 19.4. The stursin bar 3 are editorial suggestions only, sare all the dynamics and ornaments {© 1991 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Adapted feom Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book, edited by Richard Jones (ABRSM) AB 3988 Scanned with CamScanner