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In storeJuly to December 2015

Distributor edition

Singers can now benefi t from this award-winning exam resource as we expand the series with fi ve new books on sight-singing!

Joining the Dots is designed to build confi dence and improve students’ skills, both in exams and when learning new pieces. Covering the requirements for our sight-singing tests at Grades 1 to 5, each book will help singers to:

• Develop rhythm and pitch skills using workouts and simple songs

• Practise sight-singing with lots of examples and musicianship exercises

• Have fun trying rounds and duets with a teacher or other students both in and out of lessons.

Joining the Dots Singing

New titles


Grade 1 978-1-84849-739-9 Grade 2 978-1-84849-740-5 Grade 3 978-1-84849-741-2 Grade 4 978-1-84849-742-9 Grade 5 978-1-84849-743-6

Also for singersABRSM Songbooks contain repertoire selected for Grades 1 to 5 of ABRSM’s Singing syllabus, covering a wide range of periods, genres and themes.

ABRSM Songbooks (with CD)

Book 1 978-1-86096-597-5 Book 2 978-1-86096-598-2 Book 3 978-1-86096-599-9 Book 4 978-1-86096-600-2 Book 5 978-1-86096-601-9

A Fresh Approach to Sight-Reading

Joining the DotsSinging


Grade 1

Alan Bullard

Coming soon for piano…

Each book will contain around 20 pieces from a variety of genres including orchestral, jazz and folk. Well-known favourites like ‘Jupiter’ from The Planets and The Lark Ascending feature alongside 20th-century tunes like ‘Consider yourself’ from Oliver! and ‘In The Mood’.

These new collections will be great for pianists of all ages –look out for more details in September!

Later this year we’ll be publishing three books of classic repertoire, all newly arranged for piano. The series is full of great teaching content that ranges from Grade 1 to 3 in diffi culty.

Publishing: September 2015

Book 1 WITH

CD

The ABRSM SONGBOOKSelected pieces and traditional songs in �ve volumes

Compiled by Ross Campbell, Robert Forbes and Lilija Zobens

BOOKSelected pieces and traditional songs in �ve volumes


Book 4 WITH CD

The ABRSM SONGBOOKSelected pieces and traditional songs in �ve volumes


Violin Exam Pieces 2016–2019

Music Theory Past Papers and Model Answers 2015

New titles

Each graded collection of Music Theory Past Papers contains four papers from the 2015 exams, while the corresponding answer booklet provides a set of model answers. The publications help increase students’ familiarity with the exam format and provide essential practice material for all ABRSM Music Theory candidates.

A new Bowed Strings syllabus is now available and takes effect from January 2016. Violin Exam Pieces 2016–2019 contain a selection of music listed on the Violin syllabus, and this year we have extended the series to include Grade 8.

To give customers maximum fl exibility, these books are available in three formats: part only; Score & part; and Score, part & CD.

Just published

Music Theory Past Papers 2015ABRSM Grade 5

Music Theory Past Papers 2015Grade

5

Music Theory Past Papers 2015 Model AnswersGrade

Music Theory Past Papers 2015Model AnswersABRSM Grade 5

5

Music Theory Past Papers 2015

Grade 1 978-1-84849-763-4Grade 2 978-1-84849-764-1Grade 3 978-1-84849-765-8Grade 4 978-1-84849-766-5Grade 5 978-1-84849-767-2Grade 6 978-1-84849-768-9Grade 7 978-1-84849-769-6Grade 8 978-1-84849-770-2

Music Theory Past Papers 2015 Model Answers

Grade 1 978-1-84849-747-4 Grade 2 978-1-84849-748-1 Grade 3 978-1-84849-749-8 Grade 4 978-1-84849-750-4 Grade 5 978-1-84849-751-1 Grade 6 978-1-84849-752-8 Grade 7 978-1-84849-753-5 Grade 8 978-1-84849-754-2 Publishing: January 2016

Violin

Violin Exam Pieces 2016–2019 Part only

Exam PiecesABRSM Grade 1

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Grade

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Part only

Grade 1 978-1-84849-689-7 Grade 2 978-1-84849-692-7 Grade 3 978-1-84849-695-8 Grade 4 978-1-84849-698-9 Grade 5 978-1-84849-701-6

Score & part

Grade 1 978-1-84849-690-3 Grade 2 978-1-84849-693-4 Grade 3 978-1-84849-696-5 Grade 4 978-1-84849-699-6 Grade 5 978-1-84849-702-3 Grade 6 978-1-84849-704-7 Grade 7 978-1-84849-706-1 Grade 8 978-1-84849-708-5

Score, part & CD

Grade 1 978-1-84849-691-0 Grade 2 978-1-84849-694-1 Grade 3 978-1-84849-697-2 Grade 4 978-1-84849-700-9 Grade 5 978-1-84849-703-0 Grade 6 978-1-84849-705-4 Grade 7 978-1-84849-707-8 Grade 8 978-1-84849-709-2 Available now

Recordings of Cello Exam Pieces

New for Cello

Listening to recordings can encourage students to develop a personal interpretation of the music, and help them choose their exam pieces. These CDs contain pieces set on the Cello syllabus from 2016, giving teachers and candidates easy access to recordings.

Accompaniment tracks are provided to build familiarity with the piano part, giving confi dence as the exam approaches.

Grade

1

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starting 2016

Exam PiecesCello1

Recordings of Cello Exam Pieces from 2016

Grade 1 978-1-84849-851-8 Grade 2 978-1-84849-852-5 Grade 3 978-1-84849-853-2 Grade 4 978-1-84849-854-9 Grade 5 978-1-84849-855-6 Grade 6 978-1-84849-856-3 Grade 7 978-1-84849-857-0 Grade 8† 978-1-84849-858-7

Principa l Cello

Principal Cello

978-1-84849-746-7

The requirements for Bowed Strings scales, arpeggios and sight-reading were updated in 2012, and we will not be changing them when the new syllabuses are released in 2015.

The covers for Scales and Arpeggios and Specimen Sight-Reading Tests for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass will be updated throughout 2015. The content will stay the same, so the current books will all still be valid.

Cover changes: Bowed Strings titles

12 pieces for cello and piano

Principal PrincipalPrincipalCello

Grades 6–8

Principal Cello Score & Part

Available now

Available now

Principal Cello is an exciting collection of 12 pieces for advanced cellists. Covering Grades 6 to 8, it features a range of musical styles with works by Janáček, Debussy and Grieg sitting alongside hidden gems by William H. Squire and Georg Goltermann.

It’s fantastic for uncovering new pieces because it contains newly-created editions of rarely-played repertoire.

Including pieces from Lists B and C of our new Cello syllabus, Principal Cello is really useful for exams as well as general performance – a must-buy for cello teachers and students! Recordings of complete performances and playalong tracks are available for download at www.abrsm.org/principalcello.

£10.25£11.50£12.50£13.50£17.95£19.50£21.00£22.00

The complete syllabus Exam PiecesCello

Grade

Exam PiecesCelloSelected from the syllabus starting 2016

8

†Selected pieces

Encore for piano

Pianists will fi nd a wide variety of repertoire spanning Baroque to contemporary, from Beethoven to Bernstein. ABRSM grade markers give an instant indication of diffi culty, which help inform recital planning or players looking to discover new music.

These versatile books are set to become essential items in the piano teacher’s toolkit – each piece introduces a new skill or technique, providing a great bank of content to motivate students and help them prepare for the next level. Concise footnotes include background information and activity suggestions for exploring the music.

Encore

Grades 1 & 2 978-1-84849-847-1 Grades 3 & 4 978-1-84849-848-8 Grades 5 & 6 978-1-84849-849-5 Grades 7 & 8 978-1-84849-850-1

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3 & 4Grades

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7 & 8Book 4


These books are essential collections of popular, exciting pieces. My favourites include the classic Top Cat!, Grieg’s romantic, lyrical Arietta and the delightful, jazzy Blue Sky Blues. I am certain that students and teachers alike will love the versatility of these appealing books as much as I do!

Martin Bartlett, BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014

A vibrant and inspiring series ... what better way to encourage students than with these tried and tested favourites.

Murray McLachlan, EPTA

Your favourite ABRSM piano exam pieces

1 & 2Grades

Encore, Book 1

Book 1

Compiled by Karen Marshall

I am sure that students will enjoy playing different pieces from these compilations. I myself would fi nd it very diffi cult to choose between them – the selections were curated carefully. I greatly enjoyed learning the pieces from the exam books!

Bobby Chen, former ABRSM scholar

Encore is the offi cial series of best-loved ABRSM piano exam pieces, selected from syllabuses of the past few decades. It’s a great source of captivating music which can be used for lessons, recitals, in between grades and playing for fun.

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and progressive’ studies, all with imaginative titles to encourage expressive playing. A ballade is a story in musical form.

Melody in the bass, requiring careful balance with the

treble; fast staccato chords; accurate even semiquavers; dramatic dynamics and articulation; playing with expressive contrasts.

To help develop expressive playing, imagine a story that this music can tell. Work out the musical

structure, using the key change in bar 31 to help. Practise the left-hand motif in bars 3 and 4 in different ways, for example, playing it with a dotted rhythm, or with an accent on the first of each of the semiquaver groups.

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dance in moderate two-time.

Even quaver fingerwork; dynamic range including block

dynamics; slurs – couplet (two-note) and longer.

Recognizing musical patterns helps develop accurate playing. Spot the bars that are repeated, and those that

are slightly changed. Listen to and play bar 3 then bar 7, for example, and work out where the differences lie.


James Hook(1746–1827)

Edited by Richard Jones

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Beethoven composed the three sonatas of Op. 2 in around 1795, dedicating

them to his former teacher Haydn. This first movement is more texturally transparent than much of Beethoven’s later piano music.

Stylistic phrasing and articulation; strong, precise

fingerwork; sense of drama and high energy; sudden contrasts in dynamics.

Listen to various performances of this movement (as well as the rest of the sonata) in order to develop your

interpretation of the music. Try to identify the sonata form structure, noting also cadence points and types, modulations, and any unusual chords.

© 2007 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicReproduced from Beethoven, The 35 Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1, edited by Barry Cooper (ABRSM)

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in F. It is not known with certainty whether Haydn himself adapted the orchestral version to create this arrangement.

Stylistic phrasing, articulation and dynamics; even

semiquaver fingerwork, needing consistent fingering; precise playing of 3rds, 6ths and octaves.

Getting to know music in its original form can improve interpretation. Listen to a recording of an orchestra

playing the finale of Haydn’s Symphony No. 89. Work out which instruments are playing the melody, and whether they are playing it legato or staccato (or both). Try to describe the structure of the music.


Joseph Haydn(1732–1809)

Edited by Richard Jones

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The series features many pieces that are regularly selected on our syllabuses, making it easier for candidates to access repertoire for exams as well as further study.

More Time Pieces for Viola, publishing in July 2015, is the latest addition to the series. Students will be able to use the books to take Grades 1 to 5 of the new Viola syllabus, with additional repertoire to explore at the higher grades. More Time Pieces for Cello and Time Pieces for Double Bass also contain enough exam pieces to take Cello and Double Bass Grades 1 to 5.

More Time Pieces for Viola

Volume 1 NEW 978-1-84849-744-3 Volume 2 NEW 978-1-84849-745-0

More Time Pieces for Cello

Volume 1 978-1-84849-162-5 Volume 2 978-1-84849-163-2

Time Pieces for Double Bass

Volume 1 978-1-86096-570-8 Volume 2 978-1-86096-571-5

GradesMore Time Pieces for Viola, Volume 1

VOLUME 1

1–3MoreTime Pieces for ViolaMusic through the Ages

Arranged by Maggy Lamb & Rachel Meredith

More Time Pieces for Viola

Music through the Ages

Volume 1 Grades 1–3


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Take a journey through time with More Time Pieces for Viola. These two volumes

contain well-crafted arrangements, presented in chronological order, to take

you from the seventeenth century right up to the present day.

• pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Viola syllabus

• invaluable source of recital repertoire

• contrasting styles, from Schubert to Stravinsky and from Wagner to Weill

• arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the grades

Maggy Lamb played the viola with English National Opera and the Philharmonia

Orchestra before taking up the post of Head of Strings at St Peter’s School in

York. She now divides her time between teaching, performing and examining.

Rachel Meredith is a Bristol University graduate. After a period performing both

in the UK and abroad, she now teaches upper strings in York. Rachel is also a

syllabus selector and examiner for ABRSM.

Other viola publications from ABRSM

Scales & Arpeggios

Grades 1–5, 6–8

Specimen Sight-Reading Tests

Grades 1–5, 6–8

Time Pieces for Viola


Volume 2 Grades 4 & 5

SeascapesAlan Ridout

Grades 2 & 3

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London W1B 1LUUnited Kingdom

www.abrsm.org

Time Pieces is one of ABRSM’s core repertoire collections – each book charts centuries of inspiring music, taking the player on a journey through different styles and periods.

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Grades

VOLUME 2

4–6Time Pieces for Double Bass, Volume 2

Time Pieces for Double BassMusic through the Ages

Arranged by Rodney Slatford

Time Pieces for Double BassMusic through the Ages

Volume 1 Grades 1–3Volume 2 Grades 4–6

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Take a journey through time with Time Pieces for Double Bass. These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements and original compositions, presented in chronological order, to take you from the sixteenth century right up to the present day.

• pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Double Bass syllabus

• invaluable source of repertoire to explore for further study

• contrasting styles, from Couperin to Swayne and from Byrd to Bryars

• arrangements that cover the note ranges and keys of the grades

Rodney Slatford is a double bassist with many years of experience as a player and a teacher, as well as being an ABRSM examiner. He was a founder member of the Nash Ensemble, co-principal of the English Chamber Orchestra, Head of the School of Strings at the Royal Northern College of Music, a Radio 3 presenter and a prominent solo recording artist. In retirement he has devoted time to The Yorke Trust, a charitable musical organisation he founded in 1986 to develop high-quality music education in the community, as well as running the double bass publishing company, Yorke Edition. Rodney was awarded an OBE in 2007 for services to music.

Other double bass publications from ABRSM

Scales & ArpeggiosGrades 1–5, 6–8

Specimen Sight-Reading TestsGrades 1–5, 6–8

A Sketchbook for Double BassMichael RoseGrades 3 & 4

ABRSM24 Portland PlaceLondon W1B 1LUUnited Kingdom

www.abrsm.org

9 moderately easy pieceswith piano accompaniment

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Grades Double Bass Specimen Sight-Reading Tests

1–5

ABRSM Grades 1–5

SpecimenSight-ReadingTests

Double Bass

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Grades Double Bass Scales & Arpeggios

ABRSM Grades 1–5

Scales & ArpeggiosDouble Bass

from 2012

1–5

VOLUME 2

Grades

VOLUME 2

4–7More Time Pieces for Cello, Volume 2

More Time Pieces for CelloMusic through the Ages

Arranged by William Bruce & Tim Wells

More Time Pieces for CelloMusic through the Ages

Volume 1 Grades 1–3Volume 2 Grades 4–7

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Take a journey through time with More Time Pieces for Cello. These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements and original compositions, presented in chronological order, to take you from the sixteenth century right up to the present day.

• pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Cello syllabus

• invaluable source of recital repertoire

• contrasting styles, from Dowland to Grainger and from Couperin to Joplin

• arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the grades

William Bruce is a professional cellist with more than 30 years’ experience in instrumental teaching at all levels. He is involved in many aspects of the work of ABRSM, plays in the orchestra of English National Opera, and is Head of Strings at the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Tim Wells is Head of Strings at Eltham College and teaches at Dulwich College Preparatory School. Based in Kent, he plays in the Agon Piano Trio and is also an arranger, composer and ABRSM examiner.

Other cello publications from ABRSM

Scales & ArpeggiosGrades 1–5, 6–8

Specimen Sight-Reading TestsGrades 1–5, 6–8

Spectrum for CelloGrades 1–8

Time Pieces for CelloVolume 1 Grades 1 & 2Volume 2 Grades 2 & 3Volume 3 Grades 3 & 4

ABRSM24 Portland PlaceLondon W1B 1LUUnited Kingdom

www.abrsm.org

Compiled by William Bruce

16 contemporary pieces

SPECTRUMfor CELLO

withCD

Grades Cello Specimen Sight-Reading Tests

ABRSM Grades 1–5

SpecimenSight-ReadingTests

Cello

from 2012

1–5Grades Cello Scales & Arpeggios

ABRSM Grades 1–5

Scales &Arpeggios

Cello

from 2012

1–5

The series is available for:

• Viola• Cello• Double Bass• Guitar

• Flute• Clarinet• Oboe• Bassoon

• Descant/Soprano Recorder

• Treble/Alto Recorder• B and E Flat Saxophone

• Horn• Trumpet• Trombone

The Time Pieces series

NEW!

at Music China 14–17 October 2015

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