A collection of some of the most popular exam pieces from grades 5and 6over
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:
Miniature in D minor, No. 2 from 10 Miniatures en forme d’Etudes, Op. 8
[Alexander Gedike]
Vivace assai: No. 11 from XII petites pieces [Joseph Haydn]
Air in F, from the ‘Water Music’, HWV 464 [George Frideric Handel]
Rondo: Sonatina in E, Op. 12 No. 12, second movement [James Hook]
Of Foreign Lands and People (Von fremden Landern und Menschen), Op. 15 No. 1
[Robert Schumann]
By the Brook, No. 6 from Album for the Young, Op. 25 [GenariKarganov]
To a Wild Rose: No. 1 from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 [EdwardMacDowell /
Rowsby Woof]
Jackson Street Blues [Martha Mier]
Invention No. 14 in B flat, BWV 785 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
Columbine Dances, No. 1 from Puppets, Vol. 1 [Bohuslav Martinu]
Waltz in A flat: No. 15 from Waltzes, Op.39 [Johannes Brahms/ Kevin Hathway]
Modulations (from Blue Piano) [Mike Cornick]
Soiree Polka [Stephen Collins Foster]
Adagio: 1st movement from Sonata in D, Op. 1 No. 4 [Baldassare Galuppi]
Song without Words [Felix Mendelssohn]
Gymnopedie No. 1 [Erik Satie]
Vals Poetico (Poetic Waltz) No. 5 [Enrique Granados / Kevin Hathway]
The Blue Pool (No. 5 from On the Cool Side) [Brian Chapple]
Adagio: 2nd movt from Sonata in C, WoO 51 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
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