ABRSM Cello Exam Pack Initial Grade 2024

This book brings together in one place selected exam pieces, scales and sight-reading to support ABRSM’s Initial Grade Cello syllabus from 2024 – ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces, three from each of Lists A, B and C, have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. Audio recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks, are included via the download code in the book.1. 16th century La Bergamasca [K. Blackwell]

• 2. Stamping Dance (Trad. Czech.) [K. Blackwell]

• 3. The Old Woman and the Pedlar (Trad. English) [Bullard]

• 4. Blowin’ In The Wind [Bob Dylan]

• 5. Ladybird Laze: from Bees in the Belfry [Jemima Oosthuizen]

• 6. Howard [Althea Talbot]

• 7. Square Dance: from Party Time! [Alan Bullard]

• 8. Crunch Time [Nancy Litten]

• 9. Kuckuck, Kuckuck, ruft’s aus dem Wald (Trad. German) [Blackwell]