This book brings together in one place selected exam pieces, scales and sight-reading to support ABRSM’s Initial Grade Violin syllabus from 2024 – ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces, three from each of Lists A, B and C, have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.
Audio recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks, are included via the download code in the book.
LIST A
Lloyd Coleman - Happy Hippo Hop Trad. English - The Old Woman and the Pedlar, arr. Bullard Trad. Welsh - Pwt ar y Bys, arr. Gritton
LIST B
Althea Talbot-Howard - The Knights’ Pavane Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind, arr. Iles Trad. French - Au clair de la lune, arr. Bullard
LIST C
Nancy Litten - Crunch Time Christopher Norton - Grizzly Bear: No. 5 from The Microjazz Violin Collection 1 Trad. German - Kuckuck, Kuckuck, ruft’s aus dem Wald, arr. Blackwell
Scales
Sight-reading