Starting Piano Initial Grade

Preliminary Level / Initial Grade Piano - Starting


Piano method books, pieces, anthologies, duets etc to start approaching the preliminary grade. Or, as of 2021, the initial grade / piano exam.


Visit the ABRSM website to find official information on the piano initial grade exam.


Piano Methods and Anthologies


📚 Pauline Hall Tunes for Ten Fingers, Book 1 (Piano Time)

📚 Thompson's Easiest Piano Course (Part 1)

📚 Lina Ng Piano Lessons Made Easy, Level 1

📚 Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood Me and My Piano, Complete Edition

📚 Edna Mae Burnam's Piano Course Ministeps to Music Phase 1: Hand Positioning

📚 Edna Mae Burnam's Piano Course Ministeps to Music with Close-Phased Grading: Phase 2, Five-finger Fluency

📚 Nikolayev BOOSEY & HAWKES THE RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF PIANO PLAYING VOL.1 PART 1

📚 Nikolayev / Suslin Die Russische Klavierschule: Band 1

📚 Pauline Hall Fun for Ten Fingers (Piano Time)

📚 Pauline Hall More Tunes for Ten Fingers, Book 2 (Piano Time)

📚 Carol Barratt Chester's Piano Starters: Volume 1

📚 Carol Barratt Chester's Easiest First Solos

📚 Gillock William Accent on Solos Complete Early to Later Elementary

📚 Gillock William A Young Pianist's First Big Note Solos: Early to Mid-Elementary Level

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Classics

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Disney

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Popular

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Jazz & Blues

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Kids' Songs

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Favorites

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Rock 'n Roll

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Studio Collection

📚 FaberPreTime Piano Music from China

📚 Faber PreTime Piano Hymns

📚 Hal Leonard Student Piano Library: Classical Themes Level 1

📚 Popular Piano Solos Level 1: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library for All Piano Methods

📚 Hal Leonard Student Piano Library: Popular Piano Solos 2nd Edition Level 1

📚 Piano Recital Showcase - Festival Gems, Book 1 Elementary/Late Elementary Solos (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library)

📚 James Bastien Favorite Classic Melodies Primer

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Classics

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Disney

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Popular

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Jazz & Blues

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Kids' Songs

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Favorites

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Rock 'n Roll

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Studio Collection

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Music from China

📚 Faber PlayTime Piano Hymns

📚 Piano Time Pieces 1

📚 Piano Time Going Places

📚 Prehistoric Piano Time

📚 Martha Mier The Best of Martha Mier, Book 1: A Special Collection of 7 Early Elementary to Elementary Favorite Piano Solos

📚 Martha Mier Musical Impressions, Bk 1: 11 Solos in a Variety of Styles for Early Elementary to Elementary Pianists

📚 David Blackwell Piano Star: Five-Finger Tunes (ABRSM Exam Pieces)

📚 David Blackwell Piano Star, Book 1: 24 Pieces for Young Pianists Up to Prep Test Level (ABRSM Exam Pieces)

📚 Hans-Gunter Heumann Piano Junior: Performance Book 1

📚 Hans-Gunter Heumann Piano Junior: Performance Book 2

📚 Hans-Gunter Heumann Piano Kids Die Klavierschule für Kinder mit Spaß und Aktion. Band 1

📚 Hans-Gunter Heumann Piano Kids Die Klavierschule für Kinder mit Spaß und Aktion. Vorspielbuch Band 1

📚 Sequential Disney Piano Songs 24 Easy Favorites: 24 Easy Favorites Carefully Selected and Arranged in Order of Difficulty

📚 Jennifer Linn Rendezvous at the Zoo - 12 Piano Solos

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Disney Tunes (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Familiar Tune (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Recital Pieces (Early to Mid-Elementary Level)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play The Beatles (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Classics (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Blues and Boogie (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Hymns (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Pop Songs (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Jazz and Rock (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers To Play Broadway Songs (Early Elementary)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play Jewish Favorites (Mid-Elementary Level)

📚 Teaching Little Fingers to Play More Jewish Favorites: Israeli, Klezmer & Holiday Music



Practice Utensils


🎹 Sand Timer 6 Colors Hourglass Sandglass Sand Clock Timer 30sec / 1min / 2mins / 3mins / 5mins / 10mins (Pack of 6)

🎹 Comsmart Sand Timer, 6 Colors Hourglass Sandglass Sand Clock Timer 1min / 3mins / 5mins / 10mins / 15mins / 30mins

🎹 XCOZU Hourglass Sand Timer,4 Coloured Sand Timers for Children 3 Minute 5 Minute 10 Minute 20 Minute Timer



Or Download Preliminary Piano Repertoire for the Start


👉 Bartok Mikrokosmos, Sz.10


👉 Beyer's Vorschule im Klavierspiel Op. 101


👉 Gnessina Fortepiannaya Azbuka


👉 Gurlitt Die ersten Schritte des jungen Klavierspielers, Op.82 (1877)


👉 Gurlitt Very First Studies Op. 187


👉 Gurlitt Anfangs-Stunden Op. 117


👉 Gurlitt 35 Leichte Etüden Op. 130


👉 Le Couppey, Felix A. B. C. Méthode pour les commençants


👉 Lemoine, Henry Méthode théorique et pratique pour le piano


👉 Wohlfahrt, Heinrich Kinder-Klavierschule



Download Preliminary Piano Duets for the Start


👉 Diabelli, Anton 28 Melodische Übungsstücke, Op.149


👉 Duvernoy, Jean-Baptiste L'émulation (Vingt petites pièces caractéristiques et chantantes sur cinq et six notes propres à faciliter l'intelligence de la mesure et du Rythme), Op.314


👉 Loeschhorn, Albert 10 Kinderstücke zu 4 Händen, Op. 182


👉 Reinecke, Carl Pieces for Piano 4 hands, Op.54


👉 Stravinsky, Igor 3 Easy Pieces, K021


👉 Stravinsky, Igor 5 Easy Pieces, K025


👉 Wohlfahrt, Heinrich L'ami des enfantes



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