Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Viola 2020-2023
Grade: 1
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. Patrick's Reel (PF/VA)
Kathy and David Blackwell
Available In
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Viola Time Joggers - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.43 -
Viola Time Joggers - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$8.90 -
Viola Time Joggers (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$12.21
2. La Volta: from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Byrd
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$12.88
3. Minuet
J. Clarke
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Early music for Viola - viola & piano (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$10.43
4. Bourrée
Losy
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Early music for Viola - viola & piano (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$10.43
5. Polka Dots: No. 15 from Waggon Wheels
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
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Waggon Wheels (Viola - Book & Audio Downloads) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$15.94
6. Menuet: from Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Handel
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Starters for Viola (ABRSM)$11.66
8. Dance to your daddy
Trad.
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Piece by Piece 1 (viola) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$15.34
9. Allegretto (PF/VA)
Suzuki
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Suzuki Ensembles For Viola Vol.1 (Summy-Birchard)$9.75 -
Suzuki Viola School Vol. A Piano Accompaniment (Summy-Birchard)$13.44 -
Suzuki Viola School, Vol. 1 (Summy-Birchard)$10.98
List BAvailable In
1. Hymn to Joy: from Symphony No. 9
Beethoven
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First Repertoire for Viola, Book I (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.48
2. Rocking Horse (PF/VA)
Kathy and David Blackwell
Available In
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Viola Time Joggers - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.43
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Viola Time Joggers - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$8.90
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Viola Time Joggers (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$12.21
3. Full Moon: No. 22 from Waggon Wheels
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
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Waggon Wheels (Viola - Book & Audio Downloads) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$15.94
4. On the Wing: No. 25 from Waggon Wheels
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
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Waggon Wheels (Viola - Book & Audio Downloads) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$15.94
5. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4: from Op. 39
Elgar
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$12.88
6. Melody: No. 3 from Tunes for my Viola
Eleanor Murray and Sebastian Brown
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Tunes for my Viola Viola & Piano (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$19.62
7. Hebridean Song: No. 11 from Microjazz for Starters
Christopher Norton
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Microjazz for Starters - Viola and Piano (Boosey & Hawkes)$15.94
8. Edelweiss: from The Sound of Music (PF/VA)
Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Abracadabra Strings Book 1 (Piano Accompaniments for Violin, Viola, Cello & Double Bass) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$12.26 -
Abracadabra Viola (Pupil's book):Third edition (A&C Black-Collins Music)$9.80
10. Skye Boat Song (PF/VA)
Trad. Scottish
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String Time Starters - Teacher's book (+ CD) (Oxford University Press)$31.84 -
String Time Starters - Viola book (Oxford University Press)$7.98
List CAvailable In
1. Rumba: No. 3 from Dance Duets (DUET)
Mary Cohen
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Dance Duets for Viola (Faber Music)$9.20
3. Muppet Show Opening
Jim Henson and Sam Pottle
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Winners Galore - Viola (Brass Wind)$12.21 -
Winners Galore Violin/Viola Piano Accompaniments (Brass Wind)$9.20
5. Under The Sea: from The Little Mermaid
Alan Menken and Ashman
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$12.88
7. Popular Song: No. 14 from Microjazz for Starters
Christopher Norton
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Microjazz for Starters - Viola and Piano (Boosey & Hawkes)$15.94
8. What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
Trad.
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Play it Again (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$9.80
9. Pick a Bale of Cotton (PF/VA)
Trad. American
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Viola Time Runners - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$7.30 -
Viola Time Runners - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$8.53 -
Viola Time Runners (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.19
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$10.43
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$24.48 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$10.43 -
$19.57
