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

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM’s Grade 7 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C – ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces 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.
LIST A; Joseph Gibbs – Allemande: second movement from Sonata in D minor, Op. 1 No. 1 T. G. Albinoni – Allegro assai: second movement from Sonata in B flat, Op. 6 No. 12 G. P. Telemann – Vivace: second movement from Fantasia No. 9 in B minor, TWV 40:22
LIST B; Mel Bonis – Allegretto non troppo, Op. 84 Pablo de Sarasate – Playera: No. 1 from Spanische Tänze, Op. 23 Ethel Barns – Morceau: from Two Compositions
LIST C; Anton Arensky – Sérénade: No. 2 from Four Pieces, Op. 30 Florence B. Price – Elfentanz Jeno Hubay – Bolero: No. 3 from Cinq morceaux caractéristiques, Op. 51

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM’s Grade 3 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C – ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces 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.An edition of this book with audio is also available – it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.
LIST A; Trad. American – Blackberry Blossom, arr. Huws Jones G. P. Telemann – Loure: from Suite in G, TWV 11:21 Natalya Baklanova – Reigen: No. 2 from Acht Leichte Stücke
LIST B; Engelbert Humperdinck – Sleep Song: from Hänsel und Gretel, arr. Robjohns Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell, arr. Blackwell Charles Dancla – Rédowa de Wallerstein: No. 3 from Le mélodiste, Op. 86
LIST C; George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward & Ira Gershwin – I got plenty o’ nuttin’: from Porgy and Bess, arr. Blackwell Neil Mackay Rebecca – (A Rumba): No. 4 from Four Modern Dance Tunes James B. Wilson – A Shanty for Ludwig

This new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM’s Grade 7 Violin exam. Includes all Grade 7 scales and arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns and suggested fingering, along with a helpful introduction including advice on preparing for the exam.