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Level 1
Level 1 builds on the basic reading ability established 1 Repertoire
in the beginning stages of study. Foundational skills Students must prepare three contrasting selections:
continue to be expanded while exploring a wider range one from each of List A, List B, and List C. Repertoire
of repertoire. Short dance pieces from the Baroque and selections must be memorized. Please note that up to two
Classical eras are introduced, and two-part inventions memory marks will be deducted for each selection where
develop hand independence and contrapuntal awareness. music is used.
Technical requirements are extended to include a greater
variety of patterns and keys. Aural skills are nurtured Bullets used to denote selections for assessment
through clapping back rhythmic patterns and playing back purposes:
melodies. Substituting a piece from the Popular Selection ● one selection
List for the etude is an attractive option for students who X selection is found in Celebration Series Perspectives®: Piano
enjoy contemporary styles, including arrangements of Repertoire 1 FHM
familiar tunes from musicals and movies.

Level 1 Requirements Marks List A

1 Repertoire 50
one selection from List A: Baroque and Classical 18
Baroque and Classical Repertoire
Repertoire
one selection from List B: Romantic, 20th-, and 18 Anonymous
21st-century Repertoire X Burlesque in G major (Notebook for Wolfgang OTT)
one selection from List C: Inventions 14 Bach, Johann Christian
Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach WIE
Memory (2 marks per selection awarded for 6 X Aria in F major, BWV Anh. 131
memory)
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich
2 Technical Requirements 24
Musikalische Nebenstunden ABR
Etudes: one etude from the Syllabus list 12
● Minuet in C major
Technical Tests 12 ● Schwäbisch in D major
Major keys: C, G, F
Minor keys: A, E, D Bach, Johann Sebastian
– scales Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach WIE
– staccato scales ● Chorale, BWV 514
– contrary motion scale Beethoven, Ludwig van
– chromatic scale ● Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 107, no. 3 (Celebrate
– triads Beethoven, vol. I FHM)
3 Musicianship Requirements 20
Aural Skills 10 Clarke, Jeremiah
Clapback (5) The Third Book of the Harpsichord Master
X Minuet in D major, T 460
Playback (5)
Reading Skills 10 Clementi, Muzio
Playing (7) Introduction to the Art of Playing the Piano Forte
Clapping (3) ● Pyrenese Melody (Masterwork Classics, 4 ALF)
Academic Co-requisites
Duncombe, William
None
Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord and Pianoforte
Total possible marks (pass = 60) 100
● Sonatina in C major (Masterwork Classics, 3 ALF)

Resources for Level 1 Assessment Preparation Dunhill, Thomas

®
Repertoire: Celebration Series Perspectives : Piano Repertoire 1 First Year Pieces ABR
● Gavotte in G major
Etudes: Celebration Series Perspectives®: Piano Etudes 1
Gossec, François-Joseph
Technique: Technical Requirements for Piano 1 ● An Old French Dance (arr. Margaret Parsons, in
Popular Selections: Popular Selection List Legacy Collection, 2 FHM)
Musicianship: see p. 130 for Aural Skills and Reading Graupner, Christoph
Skills resources Notebook for Wolfgang OTT
X Bourrée in D minor
Visit www.TheAchievementProgram.org
Hässler, Johann Wilhelm
for information about publications. Fifty Pieces for Beginners, op. 38 ABR
X Minuet in C major (no. 4)
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Haydn, Franz Joseph Chatman, Stephen (continued)
● Capriccio (arr., from Caprice, Hob. XVII:1) Escapades, 1 FHM
● German Dance in G major, Hob. IX:22, no. 3 ● Beaver Boogie
X Minuet in G major (attr. trio section of the 2nd
Crosby, Anne
movement of Piano Sonata, Hob. XVI:15)
In My Dreams FHM
Hook, James X Robots
Guida di Musica, op. 81
Dello Joio, Norman
● Allegretto in C major (no. 4) (James Hook Album
Suite for the Young SCH; EDW; HAL
ELK)
● Little Sister
Krieger, Johann
Donkin, Christine
Sechs musicalische Partien
Comics & Card Tricks FHM
X Minuet in A minor
X Crafty Card Tricks
Mozart, Leopold Legends & Lore FHM
Notebook for Wolfgang OTT X Dream Journey
● Bourrée in E minor (attr.)
Duke, David
● Minuet in D minor
● March (Lydian Mode) (Music of Our Time, 1 WAT)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Eurina, Ludmilla
X Minuet in F major, K 2
● A Sad Song (Ukrainian Echoes FHM)
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Fairbank, Nicholas
X Andante in G minor
A Pentad for Piano FAI
Türk, Daniel Gottlob ● Pentatonic Lullaby
Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1 ABR
Frid, Grigori
● The Hunting Horns and the Echo
Youthful Adventures FHM
Zwölf Handstücke X The Jolly Fiddler, op. 41, no. 5
X Arioso in F major
Gallant, Pierre
List B Animal Fair FHM
X “Croc” the Curmudgeon
Romantic, 20th-, and 21st-century Garścia, Janina
Repertoire Very Easy Piano Pieces for Children, op. 3 PWM
● Chris’s Song
Adair, Yvonne ● The Doll’s Horse
Sketches from Hans Christian Andersen OUP [OP] Gedike, Alexander
X The Bronze Bear 60 Simple Piano Pieces for Beginners, op. 36
Alexander, Dennis ● A Happy Tale (no. 31)
Especially for Boys ALF ● A Sad Song (no. 39)
● Frogs and Snakes Gillock, William L.
Just for You, 1 ALF Accent on Solos, 2 WIL
● Cinnamon Popcorn ● Argentina
Berlin, Boris Collected Short Lyric Pieces WIL
● Hopscotch (Legacy Collection, 1 FHM) ● Drifting Clouds

Blok, Vladimir Grechaninov, Alexandr T.

Twelve Pieces in Folk Modes FHM Children’s Album, op. 98 OTT
● Happy Times ● Fairy Tale (no. 1)

Bonis, Mel. Gurlitt, Cornelius

Album pour les tout-petites COM The First Lessons, op. 117 KAL
X The Flea ● Rocking (no. 6)
● The Hunt (no. 15)
Boyd, Bill
Jazz Starters 3 HAL Kabalevsky, Dmitri
● Too Blue 24 Pieces for Children, op. 39 SCH
X March (no. 10)
Brown, Stephen ● Waltz (no. 13)
Six Pentatonic Preludes SWA
● Pentatonic Prelude no. 1 Kasemets, Udo
One Plus One, 2 BER
Chatman, Stephen ● Old MacDonald
Amusements, 1 FHM
X Silly Argument Krahenbuehl, David
● Daydreaming (Contemporary Piano Literature, 1 ALF)

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Krausas, Veronika Stravinsky, Soulima
The Bestiary KRA Piano Music for Children, 1 PET
X The Alligator ● For the Kid Next Door
● Stepping Stones
Lefeld, Jerzy
Little Frogs and Other Piano Pieces for Children PWM Tan, Chee-Hwa
● A Folk Tune A Child’s Garden of Verses FHM
● My Shadow
Niamath, Linda
● Pirate Story
Soda Pop and Other Delights FHM
● Where Go the Boats?
● Big Teddy, Little Teddy
X Hide and Seek Taranta, Italo
● March of the Terrible Trolls Piano Miniatures WIL
A Zoo for You FHM X A Starry Night
● Bears
Telfer, Nancy
Norton, Christopher My Bark Canoe FHM
Christopher Norton Connections for Piano™, 1 FHM ● Monté sur un éléphant / Climb up on an Elephant
● No Worries
● Merry-Go-Round List C
● Four-Wheel Drive
The Microjazz Collection, 1 B&H Inventions
X Duet for One
X On the Right Lines Archer, Violet
Paterson, Lorna Eleven Short Pieces ALK
X Gremlins (titled “Marmoset” in Safari Suite FHM) ● Little Prelude
Pianimals FHM Christopher, Renée
● Wallabies on Parade X The Snake FHM
Pearce, Elvina Duke, David (arr.)
● Camel Ride (Celebrate Piano!®, Lesson and X She’s Like the Swallow (Music of Our Time, 2 WAT)
Musicianship 3 FHM)
Dyson, George
Poole, Clifford Twelve Easy Pieces ABR
● Cobwebs (Legacy Collection, 1 FHM) ● Study in Canon
● The Itchy Ant (first published under pseudonym
Ernest Marsden) (Legacy Collection, 2 FHM) Gallant, Pierre
X Mist (Legacy Collection, 1 FHM) X Sur le pont d’Avignon / On the Bridge at Avignon
X Spooks (Legacy Collection, 2 FHM) (arr.)
Imitations and Inventions FHM
Reubart, Dale ● Dancing Partners
X Square Dance (Celebrate Piano!®, Solos 3 & 4 FHM) ● A Little Song between Friends
Rybicki, Feliks Garztecka, Irena
I Begin to Play, op. 20 PWM Little Frogs and Other Piano Pieces for Children PWM
● Cradle Song X A Ball
Schnittke, Alfred Gurlitt, Cornelius
Eight Pieces for Piano SIK Fireside Fancies: 12 Little Tone-Pictures on Five Notes
X Folk Song ● Little Conversation, op. 197, no. 8
Shostakovich, Dmitri Keveren, Phillip
Six Children’s Pieces, op. 69 SCH Mouse on a Mirror HAL
● Waltz ● Mouse on a Mirror
Siegmeister, Elie Markow, Andrew
● Song of the Dark Woods (Contemporary Piano X Teapot Invention FHM
Literature, 2 ALF) X Where Did the Sun Go? FHM
Silvester, Frederick Norton, Christopher
● Jig (Legacy Collection, 1 FHM) Christopher Norton Connections for Piano™, 1 FHM
X Carol in Canon

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2 Technical Requirements Gallant, Pierre
Animal Fair FHM
X Paper Tigers
Etudes
Students must prepare one selection from the following George, Jon
list of etudes. Memorization is not required and will not be Kaleidoscope Solos, 2 ALF
rewarded with extra marks. X Relay Race (Canon)

Bullets used to denote selections for assessment Kabalevsky, Dmitri

Children’s Adventures, op. 89 EMB
purposes:
X Skipping Rope (no. 17)
X selection is found in Celebration Series Perspectives®:
Studies / Etudes 1 FHM Le Couppey, Felix
The Alphabet, op. 17 MAS
Chatman, Stephen X Study in C major (no. 6)
Away FHM
X Scaly Things Norton, Christopher
The Final Frontier B&H
Crosby, Anne X Space Fleet
In My Dreams FHM The Microjazz Collection, 2 B&H
X Celebration X Two-Handed Blues
Diabelli, Anton Tansman, Alexander
The First Twelve Lessons, op. 125 PET On s’amuse au piano / Happy Time, 1 WAR
X Study in C major (no. 3) X Both Ways
Donkin, Christine Wolfahrt, Franz
Comics & Card Tricks FHM Kinder-Kavierschule, op. 36
X Time Travel X Study in G major
Legends & Lore FHM
X Soaring

Substitutions
Students may substitute one repertoire selection or one etude selection with a musical work not found in the Repertoire Lists
for Level 1. See p. 125 for more information on substitutions.
Total Requires Does Not Require
Substitutions Prior Approval Prior Approval
Permitted (Submit a Substitute Piece
Request)
Repertoire Repertoire Etude
Substitution Substitution Substitution
one One repertoire selection from piano One repertoire One Etude from Level 2
Repertoire literature comparable in style and selection from the
selection difficulty to the corresponding List or corresponding List of or or
A or B of Level 1 Level 2
or One Student’s Choice selection
(must be of equal difficulty and a
one length of 30–60 seconds)
Etude

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Technical Tests
Students must play all Technical Tests from memory,
ascending and descending, with good tone and logical
fingering, at a steady tempo. Metronome markings
indicate minimum speeds. All scales are to be played legato
unless otherwise indicated.

See “Technical Patterns” on p. 17 for examples.

Keys for Level 1 Major C, G, F

Minor A, E, D
Scales Keys Played Tempo Note
values
Scales C, G, F major HS  = 69
A, E, D minor (natural and harmonic) 2 octaves
Staccato C, G, F major HS  = 69
1 octave
Contrary Motion C major HT  = 69
2 octaves
Chromatic beginning on C HS  = 69
tonic to dominant

Chords Keys Played Tempo Note

values
Triads (root position and inversions) C, G, F major HS  = 50
broken A, E, D minor 1 octave
blocked C, G, F major HS  = 100 
A, E, D minor 1 octave

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3 Musicianship Example only
1
Aural Skills Examples only

Clapback
Students will choose to either clap, tap, or sing the rhythm
of a short melody after the adjudicator has played it twice. 2

Time signature Approximate length

24 34 three to four measures

Example only
Reading Skills
1 Playing
Students will be asked to play a passage that is divided
between the hands and lies within the compass of the
staff. The melody will include half and quarter notes.
2
Time signature Approximate length Keys
44 four measures C, G, F major

Clapping
Playback Students will be asked to clap or tap a rhythm. A steady
Students will be asked to play back a melody based on pace and rhythmic accentuation are expected.
the first three notes of a major scale. The adjudicator will
name the key, play the tonic triad once, and play the melody Time signature Approximate length
twice. 44 two measures

Beginning note Approximate length Keys

Example only
tonic, supertonic, or four notes C, G, F major
mediant

Level 1