1 - GRADE
Contenido
Jasmine Flower [Trad. Chinese]
Sur le pont d'Avignon [Trad. French]
Gaillarde Passemaize [Claude Gervaise]
Ecossaise: No. 5 from 24 pièces, Op. 121 [Ferdinando Carulli]
March: No. 19 from Introduction à l’étude de la guitare, Op. 60 [Fernando Sor]
I vow to thee, my country [Gustav Holst]
Spanish Knights [Nick Walker / James Longworth]
Underground Sound [Gary Ryan]
Somethin' Stupid [Clarence Carson Parks]
GRADE 1 THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C. Candidates may perform up to two of their three pieces accompanied by another guitar where indicated with a in the Lists. See page 9 for further information.
COMPOSER PIECE / WORK / ARRANGER PUBLICATION (PUBLISHER)
A
1 Trad. Chinese Jasmine Flower, arr. Batchelar Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
2 Trad. French Sur le pont d’Avignon, arr. Wright Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
3 Gervaise Gaillarde Passemaize, arr. Sanderson Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
4 Le Roy J’ay bien mal choisi, arr. Wright One + One, Vol. 1: pupil’s part (Chanterelle) and One + One, Vol. 1: teacher’s score (Chanterelle)
5 attrib. Purcell Riggadoon (from Musick’s Handmaid), arr. Wright One + One, Vol. 1: pupil’s part (Chanterelle) and One + One, Vol. 1: teacher’s score (Chanterelle)
6 Longworth & Walker Tudor Dance Guitar Basics Repertoire (Faber)
7 Mainerio Italian Dance, arr. Ansorge & Szordikowski My First Concert for Guitar (Schott)
8 J. Playford Country Dance No. 2 (from The Dancing Master), arr. Ansorge & Szordikowski No. 4 from My First Concert for Guitar (Schott)
9 Trad. Canadian V’là l’bon vent, arr. Lemay Répertoire progressif, Vol. 1 (Les Productions d’Oz)
10 Trad. French Les Bouffons, arr. Burden The Young Guitarist’s Progress, Repertoire Series Part 1 (Garden Music)
B
1 Carulli Ecossaise (No. 5 from 24 pièces, Op. 121), arr. Wright Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
2 Sor March (No. 19 from Introduction à l’étude de la guitare, Op. 60), arr. Wright Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
3 Holst I vow to thee, my country, arr. Mermikides Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
4 Aguado Andantino Romantic Guitar Anthology, Vol. 1 (Schott) or Easy Concert Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 1 (Schott)
5 Musorgsky The Old Castle (from Pictures at an Exhibition), arr. Hegel Easy Concert Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 1 (Schott) or Classical Music for Children for Guitar (Schott)
6 Carulli Waltz in G, arr. Burden P. 11 from The Young Guitarist’s Progress, Repertoire Series Part 1 (Garden Music)
7 A. E. Müller Allegretto, arr. Kenyon ABC Guitar (Jacaranda Music)
8 Schubert Theme (from Rosamunde, D. 797), arr. Wright One + One, Vol. 1: pupil’s part (Chanterelle) and One + One, Vol. 1: teacher’s score (Chanterelle)
9 Sor Leçon in C (No. 1 from Introduction à l’étude de la guitare, Op. 60) Sor: Introductory Studies, Op. 60 (Schott) or No. 16 from Répertoire progressif, Vol. 1 (Les Productions d’Oz) or Sor: The Complete Studies (Chanterelle) or Sor: The Complete Studies, Lessons, and Exercises (Tecla Editions)
10 Trad. Spiritual Poor Wayfaring Stranger, arr. Batchelar & Wright Time Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 1 (ABRSM)
C
1 Longworth & Walker Spanish Knights Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
2 Gary Ryan Underground Sound Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
3 C. Carson Parks Somethin’ Stupid, arr. Wright Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 1 (ABRSM)
4 L. Bernstein One Hand, One Heart (from West Side Story), arr. Batchelar & Wright observing repeat Time Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 1 (ABRSM)
5 Colin Downs A Little Russian Tale Solo Now! Preparatory Book (Chanterelle)
7 Satie A Tiresome Prank, arr. Kenyon ABC Guitar (Jacaranda Music) A B C 17 Guitar from
8 Longworth & Walker Havana Good Time Guitar Basics Repertoire (Faber)
9 Štěpán Rak Chanson ancienne (from Jeux sur six cordes) Štěpán Rak: Jeux sur six cordes (Lemoine)
10 Colin Tommis The Night the Star Lost its Twinkle (No. 1 from Crossing the Divide) Colin Tommis: Crossing the Divide (Les Productions d’Oz)
SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS:
from memory; played legato and in even notes (except where indicated); for further details (including examples) see pages 10–11 & 14
RANGE REQUIREMENTS
SCALES
G, F majors both starting an octave above lowest tonic 1 oct. fingers only; tirando or apoyando, at candidate’s choice; long tonic A, E minors (natural or harmonic, at candidate’s choice) thumb only; tirando
ARPEGGIOS
G major starting an octave above lowest tonic 1 oct. tirando
E minor starting an octave above lowest tonic
SIGHT-READING:
a short piece of previously unseen music; for further details see pages 11–12
AURAL TESTS:
administered by the examiner from the piano; for further details see pages 32 & 33
Jasmine Flower [Trad. Chinese]
I vow to thee, my country [Gustav Holst]