ABRSM Practical Music Grades Piano Syllabus 2025 & 2026
This page is still under construction but when it is finished we hope it will be useful resource for students studying the new ABRSM Piano Graded Syllabus. Below you can find a list of all the exam pieces and alternative pieces. Clicking the book title takes you to the page on our website where you can buy them!
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Initial Grade
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C.. Candidates may perform a duet for one of their three pieces.
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Piece/Work/Arranger
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Alan Haughton
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Gopak
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Pam Wedgwood
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Make Way for the King! (No. 1 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 0–1) without D.C
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Trad. Swedish
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Björnen sover, arr. Bullard
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Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
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Clocks, arr. Dunlop
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W. Carroll
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Raindrops (No. 4 from The Countryside)
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Diabelli
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Alla turca, Op. 149 No. 26, arr. Kern
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Diabelli
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Scherzo
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Gurlitt
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Dance (No. 2 from Das kleines Konzert, Op. 227)
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Humbert
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The Black Forest Doll (No. 3 from Allerlei Spielzeug)
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Humbert: Allerlei Spielzeug (Schott)
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Kabalevsky
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A Little Scherzo (No. 6 from 24 Little Pieces, Op. 39)
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Rebekah Maxner
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Zonko’s Big Adventure (from Rock This Town) primo part
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Rebekah Maxner: Rock This Town (Rebekah Maxner)
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A. Reinagle
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Allegretto (No. 9 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, Op. 1)
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| Bertram Schattel | Racing Against Each Other (No. 12 from For Rosalie and Finn) primo part | Pp. 23–24 from Bertram Schattel: For Rosalie and Finn (Breitkopf & Härtel) |
| Trad. Irish | John Ryan’s Polka, arr. Blackwell | Piano Star 2 (ABRSM) |
| Pam Wedgwood | Mission Impossible (No. 11 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 0–1) | Pam Wedgwood: Up-Grade! Piano Grades 0–1 (Faber) |
| Elsie Wells | Donkey Ride (from Sea Pictures, Set 1) primo part | Duets with a Difference: Piano Time Duets, Book 1 (OUP) |
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Beyer |
Melody in G (No. 39 from École préliminaire de piano, Op. 101) | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Initial Grade (ABRSM) |
| Ben Crosland | King for a Day! (from Magic Beans!) | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Initial Grade (ABRSM) |
| Robyn Fenty, Temilade Openiyi, Ludwig Göransson & Ryan Coogler | Lift me up (from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), arr. L’Estrange pedalling optional | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Initial Grade (ABRSM) |
| Agay | Moonlit Pagoda | More Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press) |
| June Armstrong | Butterfly primo part DUET | Piano Star Duets (ABRSM) |
| Louise Chamberlain | The Sad Little Pig (from Step It Up! Piano Grades 0–1) | Louise Chamberlain: Step It Up! Piano Grades 0–1 (Faber) |
| Pauline Hall | The Secret Garden pedalling optional | Piano Time Pieces 1 (OUP) |
| Alan Haughton | Budgie (from Fun Club Piano Grades 0–1) | Alan Haughton: Fun Club Piano Grades 0–1 (Kevin Mayhew) |
| Karen Marshall | Sprinkling Stardust | Piano Star 2 (ABRSM) |
| Alison Mathews |
Sailing Under a Moonlit Sky una corda optional |
Mosaic, Vol. 1 (Editions Musica Ferrum) |
| Christopher Norton | Enchanted Castle (No. 6 from The Microjazz Duets Collection 1) primo part DUET | Christopher Norton: The Microjazz Duets Collection 1 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Orff | No. 1 (from Two Pieces) | From Bartók to Stravinsky (Schott) |
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Phil Peskett |
A Dream on the Prairie | Nikki Iles & Friends, Easy to Intermediate (ABRSM) |
| Satie | What the Little Princess Tulip Says (No. 2 from Menus propos enfantins) | Satie: Nine Children’s Pieces (ABRSM) or Pianissimo: Piano Piccolo (Schott) or Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press) |
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Crescent Moon, arr. N. & R. Faber student part SOLO/DUET |
ShowTime Piano, Music from China, Level 2A (Faber Piano Adventures) |
| Pam Wedgwood |
Whirleybird (No. 2 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 0–1) |
Pam Wedgwood: Up-Grade! Piano Grades 0–1 (Faber) or Pam Wedgwood: Piano for Fun (Faber) |
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June Armstrong |
The Elephant Herd (from Safari) |
Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Initial Grade (ABRSM) |
| Edmund Jolliffe |
In the Dead of Night |
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| Sarah Watts |
The Wibbly Waltz |
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| George Barnett, Joel Laslett Pott & Fred Gibson | Shotgun, arr. Thomson | |
| Withers | Lean on Me, arr. Önaç | |
| Pauline Hall & Paul Drayton | Stegosaurus Stomp (from Prehistoric Piano Time) | |
| Heather Hammond | Action Stations | |
| Mark Tanner | Wonkey Donkey | |
| Alan Haughton | Treading Carefully | |
| Hans-Günter Heumann | Piano Junior Blues | |
| Elton John | I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (from The Lion King), arr. N. & R. Faber student part; with repeat DUET |
Faber Studio Collection: Selections from ShowTime Piano, Level 2A (Faber Piano Adventures) |
| Carol Klose | Those Creepy Crawly Things on the Cellar Floor |
Hal Leonard Student Piano Library – Piano Solos 2 (Hal Leonard) |
| Julie Knerr | Detective Wombat Blues | |
| J. M. Last | Ducks in the Pond | Piano Time Pieces 3 (OUP) |
| Gerald Martin | Boogie No. 1 | The Joy of Boogie and Blues (Yorktown Music Press) |
| Jane Sebba | The Grand Waltz primo part DUET | Piano Magic Duets, Book 1 (Collins Music) |
Grade 1
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C; for further details see pages 11–13. Candidates may perform a duet for one of their three pieces.
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| Handel | Fireworks Minuet (from Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351), arr. Bullard |
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| L. Köhler | Melody in F, Op. 190 No. 27 | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Initial Grade (ABRSM) |
| Trad. German | Muss i denn, arr. Blackwell pedalling optional | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Initial Grade (ABRSM) |
| Dennis Alexander |
Sonatina primo part DUET | Dennis Alexander: Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Duet Book 2 (Alfred) |
| attrib. J. S. Bach |
Choral ‘Deal with Me, Lord’, BWV 514 | My First Bach (Schott) |
| Alan Bullard | Climbing High | Pauline Hall: Piano Time Pieces 2 (OUP) |
| Gurlitt | The Chase/The Hunt (No. 15 from First Lessons for the Piano, Op. 117) |
Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3B (Carl Fischer) or Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press) or Studio 21 (1st Series), Vol. 1 (Universal) |
| Handel | Gavotte in C ornaments optional | My First Concert for Piano (Schott) or Classics to Moderns, Book 1 (Yorktown Music Press) or Studio 21 (1st Series), Vol. 1 (Universal) |
| M. Helyer | Haymaking (from The Greenwood Tree) | M. Helyer: The Greenwood Tree (Stainer & Bell) |
| Hook | Gavotte in C (No. 3 from 24 Progressive Lessons, Op. 81) | Encore, Book 1 (ABRSM) or Music Through Time, Piano Book 1 (OUP) |
| L. Mozart | Minuet in F (No. 6 from Nannerl-Notenbuch) | L. Mozart: Notebook for Nannerl (Schott) |
| Mozart | Allegro (No. 8 from 12 Duos, K. 487), arr. Blackwell | Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Purcell | Minuet in A minor, Z. 649 | Music Through Time, Piano Book 1 (OUP) |
| Teresa Richert | Comical Cat (from Copycat Copycat) | Teresa Richert: Copycat Copycat (Richert Music) |
| Türk | Arioso in F (No. 1 from 12 Handstücke) | Clavierstücke für Anfänger (Schott) or Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3A (Carl Fischer) or Pianissimo: Piano Piccolo (Schott) |
| Elsie Wells | Courante primo part DUET | Mixed Doubles: Piano Time Duets, Book 2 (OUP) |
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| Dunhill | A Song of Erin (No. 8 from First Year Pieces) | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | Remember Me (from Coco), arr. L’Estrange | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Bernadette Marmion | Winter (from Allsorts) | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Dennis Alexander | Reflections (from Just for You and Me, Book 1) primo part DUET | Dennis Alexander: Just for You and Me, Book 1 (Alfred) |
| Alwyn | The Trees are Heavy with Snow | Five by Ten, Grade 1 (Lengnick) |
| R. R. Bennett | Friday (from Seven Days a Week) | R. R. Bennett: Seven Days a Week (Alfred) or The Young Pianist’s Repertoire, Book 1 (Faber) |
| Jessie Blake | The Little White Cloud | Grade by Grade, Piano Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Grechaninov | Fairy Tale (No. 1 from Children’s Album, Op. 98) | Grechaninov: Children’s Book, Op. 98 (ABRSM) or More Romantic Pieces for Piano, Book 1 (ABRSM) or My First Concert for Piano (Schott) |
| Agnieszka Lasko | Fountain (from Little Stories) | Agnieszka Lasko: Little Stories (Euterpe) |
| Lennon | Imagine, arr. Önaç | Pop Performer, Grades Initial–3 (ABRSM) |
| Helen Madden | The Forgotten Forest primo part DUET | Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Alan Menken | Beauty and the Beast (from Beauty and the Beast), arr. Hussey | Gradebusters Grade 1 Piano (Hal Leonard) |
| Victoria Proudler | Silver Lining (from Piano Grades Are Go! Initial–Grade 1) | Victoria Proudler: Piano Grades Are Go! Initial–Grade 1 (EVC) |
| Siegmeister | Song of the Dark Woods | Music Pathways: Repertoire, Level 3B (Carl Fischer) |
| Spindler | Song without Words | Easy Concert Pieces for Piano, Vol. 1 (Schott) |
| Borislava Taneva | Small Valse with repeat | Mosaic, Vol. 2 (Editions Musica Ferrum) |
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| Amit Anand | Cyberspace Detective | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Chee-Hwa Tan | The Wind (from A Child’s Garden of Verses) | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Nikki Yeoh | Berry’s Smoothie | Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026, Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | Let It Go (from Frozen), arr. Thomson | Pop Performer, Grades Initial–3 (ABRSM) |
| Justin Timberlake, Max Martin & Shellback | Can’t Stop the Feeling!, arr. Harnett | Pop Performer, Grades Initial–3 (ABRSM) |
| June Armstrong | Sunlight Through the Trees | Piano Star: Grade 1 (ABRSM) |
| Carol Barratt | Cheesecake-Walk (from Get It Together!) | Carol Barratt: Get It Together! (Chester) |
| Elias Davidsson | The Frog (from The Gift of Music) | Elias Davidsson: The Gift of Music (Clifton Edition) |
| Gillock | Swinging Beat | Gillock: Swinging Beat (Willis) |
| Diane Hidy | Dotty’s Nightmare (from All Cooped Up Halloween) | Diane Hidy: All Cooped Up Halloween (ComposeCreate.com) |
| Alison Mathews | Woodland Folk Song primo part DUET | Piano Star Duets (ABRSM) |
| Trad. Ewe (Ghanaian) |
Tu tu Gbovi, arr. Chapman Nyaho primo part DUET |
Piano Star Duets (ABRSM) |
| Jane Sebba | Latin Laughter primo part; play the 6ths in bb. 10 & 28 | Piano Magic Duets, Book 2 (Collins Music) |
| Barbara Snow | Jazzy Dragon (from Animal Jazz) | Barbara Snow: Animal Jazz (Edition HH) |
| Chee-Hwa Tan | At the Seaside (from A Child’s Garden of Verses) | Chee-Hwa Tan: A Child’s Garden of Verses (Piano Safari) |
| Trad. Jamaican | Mango Walk, arr. Cornick | Piano Repertoire, Level 1 (Universal) |
Grade 2
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Grade 3
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