Piano Initial

Piano Initial repertoire list for face-to-face and digital exams (from 2023)

For full guidance on repertoire selection, including the option to perform an own composition, please refer to the syllabus.


You can download a PDF of the complete repertoire list for all grades.

Initial pieces

No.
Composer
Piece
Book
Publisher & Code
1
K Akimov
The Sleeping Doll
Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2
Trinity TCL015372
2
Henk Badings
Canon
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
3
Béla Bartók
Dialogue (from First Term at the Piano)
Piano Progress book 1
Faber 057150860X
4
Béla Bartók
Imitation and Inversion (no. 23 from Mikrokosmos, Sz 107, vol 1)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
5
Nathalie Béra-Tagrine
Conversation
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
6
Juan Cabeza
Diversion 7
Diversions book 1
Piano Safari 9781470613150
7
Kay Charlton
Tickery Tockery
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
8
Seána Davey
Autumn Waltz
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
9
Karin Daxböck
Boogie
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
10
Karin Daxböck et al.
Lullaby
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
11
Thomas Dunhill
Sheep on the Downs
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
12
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, arr . Naadia Sheriff
Satin Doll
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
13
Tom Gerou
Please Stay, Chihuahua (duet)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
14
Ulrike Gruber
Kindergarten Blues
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
15
George Frideric Handel
Gavotte in C
Classics to Moderns 1
Yorktown YK20014
16
Paul Harris
Spies on a Mission 
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
17
Hans-Günter Heumann
Spanish Guitar Player
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
18
Joachim von der Hofe
Canario
My First Concert
Schott ED20969
19
John Human
Far, Far Away
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
20
Dmitry Kabalevsky
A Porcupine Dance
Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2
Trinity TCL015372
21
Bryan Kelly
On the Trot
Play the Piano book 1
Clifton C123
22
Iain Kendell
Thoughtful (from Moods)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
23
Yumi Kimura, arr . Michael Csányi-Wills
Always with Me (from Spirited Away)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
24
Zoltán Kodály
Children's Dance
Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2
Trinity TCL015372
25
Tamara Loeffler & John Siegler, arr . Ravina Misri
Pokémon Theme
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
26
Stephen Manderson, Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Iain James & Adele Sandé, arr . Mari Sainio
Read All About It, Pt. III (Emeli Sandé)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
27
August Eberhard Müller, ed. Peter Wild
Summer Swing
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
28
Linda Nottingham
Little Sarabande
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
29
Linda Nottingham & John Human
You and Me (duet)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
30
Lajos Papp
The Giant
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
31
Michael Praetorius
Old German Dance
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
32
Victoria Proudler
March of the Druids
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
33
Alexander Reinagle
Allegretto (no. 9 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
34
Alexander Reinagle
Allegro (no. 4 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
35
Alexander Reinagle
Piece no. 6 (from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
36
Sonny Rollins, arr . James Treweek
St Thomas
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
37
Manfred Schmitz
Der Wettstreit: Der Kuckuck und der Esel (no. 11)
Das grüne Kinder-Lieder-Klavier
DVfM DV31099
38
Jane Sebba
Wotcha Doin'?
Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2
Trinity TCL015372
39
Verdina Shlonsky
Lullaby (from 11 Musical Postcards)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
40
Michael Stahl
Stick and Hat (duet)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
41
Kirsten Strecke
The Waltz of the Toads
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition
42
Anne Terzibaschitsch
Interval Magic
Piano Dreams: solo book 1
Trinity TCL015334
43
Anne Terzibaschitsch
Round Dance (duet)
Piano Dreams: duet book 2
Trinity TCL015365
44
Mintra Thuntawech
Muay Thai (The Boxing Star) 
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
45
Trad., arr . Chris Hussey
Korobeiniki
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
46
Daniel Gottlob Türk
Spring Song
Classics to Moderns 1
Yorktown YK20014
47
U2, arr . Jessica Dannheisser
With or Without You (U2)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
48
Andrea Vicari
Dandy Lion
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
49
Wilhelm Moritz Vogel
March Time
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
50
Sarah Walker
Merlin's Incantation
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
51
Gillian Walshaw
Train Ride
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
52
George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore, arr . Chris Hussey
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition
53
Peter Wild
Into the Distance
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
54
David Wright
Roundabout
Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2
Trinity TCL015372
55
Naomi Yandell
Echo Dance
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions)
56
Naomi Yandell
Square Dance
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions)
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