ABRSM Grade 1 Orchestral Percussion

General Info

Candidates taking a Percussion (Combined) exam are required to:

play one piece for each of Snare Drum, Timpani and Tuned Percussion
play the technical requirements for either Snare Drum, Timpani or Tuned Percussion at their choice
have instruments available which meet the minimum requirements for the Sight-reading for Snare Drum, Timpani and Tuned Percussion. The subjecgt for the test will be chosen by the examiner.

Snare Drum
Item	Works	Composer	Publication	Publisher
1	Tandem	Kevin Hathway	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
2	Step 'n' March	William Edwards	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
3	Mind the Gap	Jan Bradley	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
4	Madison March	David Hext	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
5	Journeying Home from the Hills	Zara Nunn	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
6	Three and Easy?!	Keith Bartlett	50 Short Pieces for Snare Drum	United Music Publication
7	Fanfarette	Peter Birkby	Dozens of Duets for Drums (Book 3)	Peter Birkby Publishing
8	Chicken and Chips	Richard Charles	Beat This!	Southern Percussion
9	Charlie's Caterpillar	Jan Faulkner	Simply Seven	Southern Percussion
10	Just a Little Bit	Edward Freytag	Just Desserts	Row-Loff Productions

Timpani
Item	Works	Composer	Publication	Publisher
1	March	Simon Archer	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
2	Ceremonial	Cameron Sinclair	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
3	Yeti Dance	Andrea Vogler	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
4	Tumbledown Mountain	David Hext	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
5	Baroque Notes	Ian Wright	Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies, ABRSM Grade 1	Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
6	Alpenstock	Carol Barratt	Bravo! Percussion (Book 1)	Boosey & Hawkes
7	Majestic March	Matthew Hardy	Concert and Audition Pieces for the Young Percussionist	Southern Percussion
8	Etude No. 8	Richard Hochrainer	Etudes for Timpani (Volume 1)	Doblinger
9	Exercise No.3 in C	Heinrich Knauer	85 Exercises for Timpani	Hofmeister
10	Gilda's Party	Andrea Vogler	Gilda's party	Southern Percussion