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.

Song List

Snare Drum

Item	Works	Composer	Publication	Publisher	Video Performance
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	Video Performance
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