3 - GRADE


  • Saltarello del predetto ballo: from Intavolatura di liuto libro primo [Simone Molinaro]

  • Tri Martolod [Trad. Breton]

  • Air Italien: 2nd movt from Partita in G minor [Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel]

  • Andante: No. 6 from Schule für die Guitare [Johann Kaspar Mertz]

  • Suo Gân [Trad. Welsh]

  • Menuetto: 4th movt from Divertimento No. 1, K.Anh. 229/439b [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]

  • Peppermint Rag [David Cottam]

  • Celtic Blue [Tim Pells]

Saltarello del predetto ballo:

from Intavolatura di liuto libro primo [Simone Molinaro]

  • Suo Gân [Trad. Welsh]


Peppermint Rag [David Cottam]


Celtic Blue [Tim Pells]


The Pieces – One per List

LIST A

COMPOSER PIECE / WORK / ARRANGER PUBLICATION (PUBLISHER)

  • 1 Molinaro Saltarello del predetto ballo (from Intavolatura di liuto libro primo), arr. Wright Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 2 Trad. Breton Tri Martolod, arr. Snowden Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 3 Stölzel Air Italien (2nd movt from Partita in G minor), arr. Wright Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 4 Anon. English Grimstock, arr. Dodds 10 English Pieces (Capriol)

  • 5 Anon. English The Coventry Carol, arr. Yates Graded Repertoire for Guitar, Book 1 (Mel Bay)

  • 6 Anon. English What if a Day, arr. Ansorge & Szordikowski No. 9 from My First Concert for Guitar (Schott)

  • 7 Dowland Orlando Sleepeth, arr. Yates Graded Repertoire for Guitar, Book 2 (Mel Bay)

  • 8 C. Graupner Bourrée, arr. Wright One + One, Vol. 2: pupil’s part (Chanterelle) and One + One, Vol. 2: teacher’s score (Chanterelle)

  • 9 Rameau Musette en rondeau, arr. Wright One + One, Vol. 2: pupil’s part (Chanterelle) and One + One, Vol. 2: teacher’s score (Chanterelle)

  • 10 Logy Sarabande, arr. Wright The Baroque Book (Chanterelle)


LIST B

COMPOSER PIECE / WORK / ARRANGER PUBLICATION (PUBLISHER)

  • 1 Mertz Andante (No. 6 from Schule für die Guitare) Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 2 Trad. Welsh Suo Gân, arr. Goss Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 3 Mozart Menuetto (4th movt from Divertimento No. 1, K.Anh. 229/439b), arr. Storry observing 1st repeat Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 4 Carcassi Valse (No. 7 from Méthode complète pour la guitare, (Part 3), Op. 59) The Classical Book (Chanterelle)

  • 5 Diabelli Andante (No. 16 from 30 Very Easy Exercises, Op. 39) Classical Music for Children for Guitar (Schott)

  • 6 J. Ferrer Lección 16 (from Método para guitarra) Time Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 2 (ABRSM)

  • 7 Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette, arr. Batchelar & Wright Time Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 2 (ABRSM)

  • 8 Küffner Arietta in A observing repeats The Guitarist’s Progress, Book 1 (Garden Music) or The Guitarist’s Hour, Vol. 1 (Schott)

  • 9 Sor Andantino (No. 2 from 24 exercices très faciles, Op. 35) P. 19 from The Guitarist’s Hour, Vol. 1 (Schott) or Sor: The Complete Studies (Chanterelle) or Sor: The Complete Studies, Lessons, and Exercises (Tecla Editions)

  • 10 Tchaikovsky Sweet Reveries (No. 21 from Album for the Young, Op. 39), arr. Wright One + One, Vol. 2: pupil’s part (Chanterelle) and One + One, Vol. 2: teacher’s score (Chanterelle)


LIST C

COMPOSER PIECE / WORK / ARRANGER PUBLICATION (PUBLISHER)

  • 1 David Cottam Peppermint Rag Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 2 Tim Pells Celtic Blue Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 3 Arlen &Harburg Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz), arr. Batchelar Guitar Exam Pieces from 2019, Grade 3 (ABRSM)

  • 4 Leo Brouwer Étude No. 5 (from Études simples) Leo Brouwer: Études simples, Vol. 1 (Eschig) or Leo Brouwer: Œuvres pour guitare (Eschig)

  • 5 Stephen Goss Aeolian Harp Solo Now! Vol. 2 (Chanterelle)

  • 6 Vincent Lindsey-Clark Vals Navarra (No. 5 from Simply Spanish) Vincent Lindsey-Clark: Simply Spanish (Montague Music)

  • 7 Rodgers & Hammerstein My Favorite Things (from The Sound of Music), arr. Batchelar & Wright Time Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 2 (ABRSM)

  • 8 Peter Wrieden The Acrobat Time Pieces for Guitar, Vol. 2 (ABRSM)

  • 9 Gary Ryan Russian Bear (No. 7 from Scenes for Guitar, Book 1) Gary Ryan: Scenes for Guitar, Book 1 (Camden Music)

  • 10 Trad. Mexican La Llorona, arr. Rivoal Chansons et danses d’Amérique latine, Vol. A (Lemoine)


  • SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS: from memory; played legato and in even notes (except where indicated); for further details (including examples) see pages 10–11 & 14–15


  • RANGE REQUIREMENTS

  • SCALES

    • A major 2 oct. fingers only; tirando or apoyando, at candidate’s choice;

    • B minor harmonic long tonic

    • G major 2 oct. thumb and fingers combined◆; tirando; long tonic

    • E minor melodic

  • CHROMATIC SCALE

    • starting on D 1 oct. fingers only; tirando or apoyando, at candidate’s choice

  • INTERVAL SCALE

    • F major, in sixths 1 oct. together or broken, as chosen by the examiner; tirando

  • BROKEN CHORD

    • G major 1 oct. tirando; with over-ringing

  • ARPEGGIOS

    • G, A majors 2 oct. tirando; without over-ringing E, B minors

  • ◆ thumb for lower octave, fingers for upper octave


  • 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 & 34