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PIANO

1
Grade

1
This publication is part of a progressive series of books containing music intended for
use by students preparing for a Performance Award Graded Examination as part of the
International School of Musicians curriculum.

For further details or enquiries please contact:

Email: [email protected]

Compiled and arranged by

June Fileti
International School of Musicians

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of the copywright owner.

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Introduction
The International School of Musicians is dedicated to ensuring that music education is
accessible for everyone. To this end, all content for our online examinations can be found
in the International School of Musicians Examination Books for the relevant instrument
and grade. These are available free of charge on our website:

www.internationalschoolofmusicians.org

The Syllabus and Repertoire

Each examination level’s syllabus contains five technical exercises and five pieces, all of
which you will find in this book.

For your examination, you will be asked to perform three exercises and three pieces of
your choice. Candidates will also be asked a few Viva Voce style questions about the music
performed, including staff, bar lines, pitch names, clefs and note values. All details can be
found in the glossary of each examination book.

There is also an option for you to replace one piece with a composition or an own choice.
This should be indicated when you register for an online graded examination.

How are the marks allocated?

The three technical exercises are marked out of ten each, making a subtotal for this section of
30. The three pieces are marked out of twenty each, making a subtotal for this section of 60.
The questions section is marked out of 10, bringing the total of the whole examination to 100.

If you have any questions regarding the format of the examination, please contact the
ISoM team at:

[email protected]

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Piano - Grade 1
Exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

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Piano - Grade 1
Exercises

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

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Piano - Grade 1
Pieces

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Piano - Grade 1
Pieces

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Pieces

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Pieces

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Step 1
Grade 1
Composition
Composition

In this section you have the opportunity to compose your own piece of music and
perform it as part of your performance award graded examination.

The piece you compose can be used as one of the three chosen pieces that you will
perform at your assessment.

Your piece of music should be in a simple key signature for you to play. It should begin
and end on the tonic note (the first note of the scale of your chosen key). It should be
16 bars long and in bar 8 you should include the dominant note (the 5th note of the
scale of your chosen key).

Use the blank staves below to compose your piece, please use a pencil, and ask your
ISoM tutor to help you along the way.

Remember to include the following:

Clef ▪ Key Signature ▪ Time Signature ▪ Notes

Barlines ▪ Dynamics ▪ Articulation ▪ Performance Directions

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Glossary
Key Signatures
treble Clef
C Major / A minor
(right hand) final bar line
barline (end of piece)
bass Clef
(left hand)
bar line G Major / E minor
Time Signatures

4 crotchet
beats per bar
F Major/ D minor
3 crotchet
beats per bar
2 crotchet
beats per bar

Dotted
Name: Semi- Semi- Quaver
quaver Quaver Crotchet Minim breve Semiquavers triplets Quaver Quavers Quaver + Crotchet Dotted Minim Dotted Semi-
Rest Rest Rest Rest Semiquaver Crotchet Minim breve
Rest

/3 1 1
/3
Duration: ¼ ½ 1 2 4 ¼ ¼ beat 1/ beat ½ ½ ½ ¾ ¼ 1 1+½ 2 3 4
3
beat beat beat beats beats beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beats beats beats beats

Dynamics
pianissimo (very soft) The sharp sign raises a note by one semitone
piano (soft)
The flat sign lowers a note by one semitone
mezzo piano (moderately soft)
The natural sign restores a note to its original pitch
forte (loud)
mezzo forte (moderately loud)

crescendo (cresc.) diminuendo (dim.)


In piano notation, use of the
sustain pedal begins with Ped.,
and ends with a large asterisk.
getting louder getting softer

Score Directions
Allegro fast Start repeat End repeat
Allegretto fairly fast
Andante at a walking pace
Moderato at a moderate pace
Maestoso majestically
Adagio slow
Largo
Slur
very slow
Tenderly sweet
con with
molto a lot Tie
espressivo expressive Play these notes
e and legato - smooth and flowing
rubato with some freedom of time
simile continue in a similar way
poco rit... a little ritardando (gradually getting a little slower)
play as one continuous note

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