3 - GRADE
Saltarello del predetto ballo: from Intavolatura di liuto libro primo [Simone Molinaro]
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]
Over the Rainbow: from The Wizard of Oz [Edgar Yipsel Harburg / Harold Arlen]
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