Product Features
- Ten benchmarked arrangements covering a range of classical styles
- Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online
- Fact Files: composer background information
- Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance for each arrangement
Plus
- Technical Exercises
- Ear Tests
- General Musicianship Questions
Repertoire
- Gustav Holst – Jupiter
- August Eberhardt Müller – The Cuckoo
- Zenobia Powell Perry – Orrin and Echo
- Robert Schumann – Soldier’s March
- Ignatius Sancho – Le Douze de Décembre
- Chinese Traditional – Jasmine Flower
- from Disney’s Frozen II – All Is Found
- Carolyn Miller – Cat and Mouse
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Minuet in G, BWV Anh. 114
- Anne Crosby Gaudet – Boogie Woogie Bear
Supporting Tests
Technical Exercises
- Group A – Scales
- Group B – Broken Chords
- Group C – Technical Studies
Unseen Tests
- Sight Reading
- Contemporary Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests (Melodic Recall Test)
- General Musicianship Questions
Errata
Pages 29-31
‘Minuet in G’
The preparation notes for this piece have been updated. The performance notes remain unaffected. The complete updated preparation notes for this piece can be found in the ‘_errata’ folder of the audio zip. (Updated 28 March 2022)
Pages 12–13
Orrin and Echo
Candidates may perform the piece at a slower tempo than shown on the score. This is reflected in the example audio provided in the downloads accompanying this grade book. The given tempo is shown at the publisher’s request to present the score in its original published form.(Updated 30th March 2022)
Page 48
In the glossary of musical terms (‘Piano Notation Explained’) the entry marked ‘D.S. al Fine’ has been updated to read ‘D.S. al Coda’. (Updated 24 July 2023)
