Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Viola 2020-2023
Grade: 2
Candidates may perform some or all of their pieces with a string accompaniment. Pieces that are published as duets are marked (DUET) in the syllabus list. Pieces that are published with piano and string accompaniment options are marked (PF/VA) in the syllabus list, and may be performed with either accompaniment in the exam.
Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the current syllabus and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Pieces (for Practical Grades – select one from each list; for Performance Grades – select one from each list, plus an own-choice piece)
List AAvailable In
1. Rondeau: from Orchestral Suite in B minor, BWV 1067
J. S. Bach
Available In
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$13.91
2. Minuet No. 3
J. S. Bach
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Suzuki Viola School Vol. A Piano Accompaniment (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$15.88 -
Suzuki Viola School, Vol. 1 (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$11.37
3. Ballet
Besard
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Early music for Viola - viola & piano (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$10.80
4. Prelude: from Te Deum (PF/VA)
M.-A. Charpentier
Please email us for availability
7. Gavotte
G. B. Martini
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First Repertoire for Viola, Book II (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.96
8. Waltz
Weber
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First Repertoire for Viola, Book II (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.96
9. Hornpipe
Trad.
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Winners Galore - Viola (Brass Wind)$12.64 -
Winners Galore Violin/Viola Piano Accompaniments (Brass Wind)$9.53
10. Red-Haired Boy (PF/VA)
Trad. Irish
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The Fiddler Playalong Viola Collection (Bk & CD) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$25.39
List BAvailable In
1. Habañera
Felipe Bajo
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First Repertoire for Viola, Book II (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.96
2. Farewell to Skye (PF/VA)
Kathy and David Blackwell
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Viola Time Sprinters - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$11.75 -
Viola Time Sprinters - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.10 -
Viola Time Sprinters (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.65
3. Dark-Haired Marie: No. 2 from Four Love Songs
A. Clarke
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Four Love Songs (SJ Music)$12.64
4. The Misty Isle: No. 7 from Shooting Stars
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
Please email us for availability
5. Andantino: No. 4 from Very Easy Melodious Exercises in the First Position, Op. 22
Elgar
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Six Very Easy Pieces Op. 22 for viola (Bosworth)$13.34
6. Glwysen (PF/VA)
Edward Jones
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The Fiddler Playalong Viola Collection (Bk & CD) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$25.39
7. Primula veris: No. 2 from Zehn kleine stücke, Op. 213
Reinecke
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$19.69
9. Old French Song: No. 16 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39
Tchaikovsky
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Starters for Viola (ABRSM)$12.64
10. Simple Gifts
Trad. North American
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O Shenandoah! (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.80
List CAvailable In
1. We're off to see the wizard: from The Wizard of Oz (PF/VA)
Arlen & Harburg
Available In
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Abracadabra Viola (Pupil's book):Third edition (Harper Collins )$11.42
2. Play Song: No. 9 from 44 Duos (DUET)
Bartók
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44 Duets for Two Violas (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$22.85
3. Jacob's Dance (PF/VA)
Kathy and David Blackwell
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Viola Time Sprinters - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$11.75
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Viola Time Sprinters - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.10
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Viola Time Sprinters (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.65
4. Morris Dancers: No. 3 from Shooting Stars
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
Please email us for availability
8. Shrove-Tide Fair Themes: from Petrushka
Stravinsky
Available In
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$13.91
9. Mango Walk
Trad.
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Piece by Piece 2 (viola and piano) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$16.50
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$11.37
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$26.61 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$11.37 -
$21.53
