Encoreis theofficialcollection of best-loved ABRSM piano exam pieces from Grades 1 to 8.

Book 3features popular pieces previously set onABRSM Grades 5 and 6. Have fun exploring modern favourites and timeless classics, like SatiesGymnopedie No. 1, or HaydnsVivace assai. Plus, weve included background information and new ideas for exploring the music.Encoreis perfect for:

• Developing skills and technique between grades
• Sourcing music for a concert or recital
• Learning or playing for fun, away from the exam format
• Adults returning to piano playing, looking for approachable repertoire theyll recognise

For teachers, weve made sure that the content is perfectly balanced at every level. For quick reference, each piece has a note highlighting skills to focus on.Encoreis 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 youre working through our exams, playing informally, or planning a performance,Encoreis full of music youll want to play again and again!

SHEET MUSIC

• The Blue Pool (No. 5 from On the Cool Side) [Brian Chapple]
• Miniature in D minor, No. 2 from 10 Miniatures en forme dtudes, Op. 8 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
• Vivace assai: No. 11 from XII petites pices [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]
• Von fremden Lndern und Menschen (No. 1 from Kinderscenen, Op. 15) [Robert Schumann]
• By the Brook, No. 6 from Album for the Young, Op. 25 [Gnari Karganov]
• To a Wild Rose: No. 1 from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 [Edward MacDowell / Rowsby Woof]
• Jackson Street Blues (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 4) [Martha Mier]
• Invention No. 14 in B flat, BWV 785 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Adagio: 2nd movt from Sonata in C, WoO 51 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• 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]
• Soire Polka [Stephen Collins Foster]
• Adagio: 1st movement from Sonata in D, Op. 1 No. 4 [Baldassare Galuppi]
• Song without Words [Felix Mendelssohn]
• Gymnopdie No. 1 [Erik Satie]
• Vals Poetico (Poetic Waltz) No. 5 [Enrique Granados / Kevin Hathway]