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)

  • 6 Stephen Kenyon Free-wheeling ABC Guitar (Jacaranda Music)

  • 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]