ABRSM Encore Piano Book 2 (G3-4)

A collection of some of the most popular exam pieces from grades 3and 4over
the last few decades.

Compiled by Karen Marshall.

For teachers, we’ve made sure that the content is perfectly balanced at every
level. For quick reference, each piece has a note highlighting skills to focus
on. Encore is packed full of music that will:

– Motivate students – all the pieces have been chosen for their ongoing
popular appeal
– Form a bank of rich content, so you can pick and choose pieces to help each
student improve
– Introduce new skills and techniques, to prepare exam candidates for the
next level

Whether you’re working through our exams, playing informally, or planning a
performance, Encore is full of music you’ll want to play again and again!

Contents:

Prelude in C, BWV 939, from 6 Little Preludes from J. P. Kellner’s Collection
[Johann Sebastian Bach] Round Dance [Bela Bartok] Wiosna [Frederik Chopin] Top Cat!, arr. Burt [(no name) / (no name)] Waldvoglein (Little Wood-bird), Op. 77 No. 15 [Heinrich KarlJohann Hofmann] Regenbogen Preludes [Manfred Schmitz] L’elephant: from Le carnaval des animaux, arr. Heumann [Camille Saint-Saens] Blue Sky Blues [Dave Stapleton] Sonatina in G minor: Andante un poco allegretto [Georg Benda] Ballade, Op. 100 No. 15 [Johann Friedrich Burgmuller] Allegretto: Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2, first movement [Muzio Clementi] Carnival in Rio [William Gillock] Baa, Baa, Blue Sheep’s Waltz, No. 5 from More Swinging Rhymes [Terence
Greaves] Aria in G, from Suite No. 8 in G (1727 coll.), HWV 441 [George Frideric
Handel] Little Boats on the Water [Gustave Sandre] Freeway: No. 1 [Alan Haughton] Clowning: from 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27, No. 10 [Dmitri Kabalevsky] Arietta in Eb, Op. 12 No. 1 [Edvard Grieg] Allegro in F: No. 33 from Nannerl Notenbuch [Anon.] Sonatina in Bb, Op. 4 No. 8 [Samuel Wesley]