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Grade 1 Piano - All Exercises: Scales and Arpeggios (ABRSM Books 2025 & 2026)

Grade 1 Piano - All Exercises: Scales and Arpeggios (ABRSM 2025 & 2026) 0:05 - C major scale - 1 octave, legato (hands together) 0:17 - G major scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 0:53 - F major scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 1:30 - A minor harmonic scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 2:05 - A minor natural scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 2:41 - A minor melodic scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 3:17 - D minor harmonic scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 3:53 - D minor natural scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 4:29 - D minor melodic scale - 2 octaves, legato (hands separately) 5:05 - C major contrary motion - 1 octave, legato 5:16 - G major arpeggio - 1 octave, legato (hands separately) 5:34 - A minor arpeggio - 1 octave, legato (hands separately)

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ABRSM books are the definitive pedagogical and examination texts published by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). They serve as the global standard for music education, supporting students and educators from beginner levels through Grade 8 and diploma frameworks.

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1. Core Repertoire and Exam Pieces

The primary publications in the catalog are the Exam Pieces collections.

• Instrumental Graded Books: These anthologies contain a meticulously curated selection of music for specific instruments, including piano, violin, flute, clarinet, guitar, and brass.
• Syllabus Cycles: Piano books operate on strict multi-year cycles, such as the Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028 series. These books ensure students learn pieces from different musical eras, broken down into standardized List A, List B, and List C styling options.
• Vocal Collections: For singers, The ABRSM Songbook series compiles folk, classical, and musical theatre selections tailored to specific difficulty tiers.

2. Educator Resources: The Teaching Notes

A critical but often overlooked component of the ecosystem is the Teaching Notes series.

What are Teaching Notes?

Published in tandem with the core syllabus updates (such as the Teaching Notes on Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028), these books provide professional pedagogy notes written by veteran teachers and senior ABRSM examiners. Rather than containing sheet music, they serve as a companion guide to the repertoire books.

Key Functions of Teaching Notes:

• Technical Breakdown: They identify common roadblocks in each piece, offering exact strategies for fingering, articulation, and management of tricky rhythms.
• Interpretation Guidance: Teachers receive insights into the intended historical context, appropriate stylistic dynamics, and tonal colorations required to earn high marks.
• Marking Criteria Context: They explain how examiners assess specific sections, directly linking performance execution to the ABRSM official marking criteria.

3. Supporting Test Materials

To pass an ABRSM Practical Grade, a student must complete three additional technical components alongside their pieces. Each component is supported by dedicated books:

• Scales & Arpeggios Books: These contain the precise key patterns, fingerings, and speed requirements mandated for every grade.
• Specimen Sight-Reading Tests: These books feature unique, short musical compositions designed to test a student's ability to perform unfamiliar music on demand.
• Specimen Aural Tests / Aural Training in Practice: These volumes provide targeted exercises, musical examples, and teacher scripts to build listening, pitch tracking, and rhythmic evaluation skills.

4. Theory and Graded Workbooks

Musicianship requires structural understanding. Students tracking toward higher-level practical exams must first pass a Grade 5 Theory milestone.

• Discovering Music Theory Workbooks: These highly structured, color-coded workbooks guide students sequentially from Grade 1 through Grade 8.
• Answer Books: Available as separate, grade-specific keys to facilitate home grading or independent study.
• Past Practice Papers: Bundles of real, previously administered examination papers that serve as vital mock testing resources.

5. Early Learning Series

Before entering the structured framework of Grade 1, younger students can utilize foundational workbooks like the Piano Star series. These specialized books feature simple duets, interactive games, basic theory puzzles, and highly accessible miniature pieces to bridge the gap between initial lessons and formal assessments.

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