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
- Ludwig Van Beethoven – Für Elise
- Alexis Ffrench – Together at Last
- Simone Plé-Caussade – Le Chant du Pâtre
- Ludovico Einaudi – Elegy for the Arctic
- Glenda Austin – Tarantella in G minor
- Nikki Iles – The Cheshire Cat
- Henry Mancini – The Pink Panther Theme
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Minuet in D, K7
- Helen Madden – The Midnight Swan
- Ignatius Sancho – Christmas Eve
Supporting Tests
Technical Exercises
- Group A – Scales
- Group B – Arpeggios
- Group C – Technical Studies
Unseen Tests
- Sight Reading
- Contemporary Improvisation & Interpretation
- Ear Tests (Melodic Recall)
- General Musicianship Questions
Errata
The piece “River Flows In You” (Yiruma) – Has been replaced with “Elegy For The Arctic” (Einaudi). Candidates who have purchased the previous edition of the grade 2 book may still perform “River Flows In You” in their exam. (Updated January 2023)
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Ear test – Melodic recall
The details of the range and starting note of the test have been updated. The first sentence should read “The examiner will play you a two bar diatonic melody in the key of C major with a range up to a fourth. The first note will be the root note.” (Updated 18 October 2021)
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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 25 July 2023)
