Best of AMEB Manual List – Level 2

Best of AMEB Manual List – Level 2

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Continuing my previous post… here are my suggestions of the best pieces on the AMEB’s manual list from Grade 5 – 7 (and one from Grade 8 which I haven’t had as much experience with yet).

There are heaps more that are probably fantastic which I haven’t yet found, so please educate me with suggestions in the comments 🙂

GRADE 5

Hyde – Study for Scales and Staccato – LIST A (also great for a good Grade 4 student as an extra list)

Heller – Study in C Minor and No 16 of 30 Melodious Studies – LIST A

Beethoven – 1st movement of G Minor Sonata Op 69 – LIST B 

Clementi – 2nd movement of Sonatina in D major – LIST B

Mozart – movements from the 2nd and 4th Viennese Sonatina – LIST B

Grieg – Arietta No 1 Op 12 – LIST C

Bartok – Stamping Dance – LIST D

Norton – Tango, Beguine, Five to Eleven – LIST D

GRADE 6

Czerny – Study in E Major – LIST A (great fun, fast piece, lots of movement in 3rds with two hands)

Bach – Little Preludes – LIST A (worth investigating but vary greatly in difficulty)

Heller – No 20, 21 from Op 45 and No 12 from Op 46 – LIST A (all musical and suitably challenging)

Beethoven – Minuet and Minore from Op 22 – LIST B (challenging, but very rewarding)

Tchaikovsky – Chanson Triste Op 40 – LIST C

Norton – Preludes II and V – LIST D (as you can tell, I’m quite a fan of Norton!)

GRADE 7

Bach – D Major P&F Book 1 – LIST A

Moscheles – Study 6 Op 70 – LIST A

Beethoven – C Minor Sonata 3rd mvt – LIST B

Haydn – 1st movement of Sonata in D Major – LIST B

Mendelssohn – Tarantella in C Major No 3 Op 102 – LIST C (fantastic fun work and only 2 pages – the real challenge is the tempo!)

Bonsor – Willie Wagglestick’s Walkabout – LIST D (a winner for any student – fun, musical, not overly difficult)

Debussy – Golliwog’s and La Fille Aux Chevaux – LIST D (two of his best-known works and both wonderfully musical and not without challenge)

Joplin – Pineapple Rag – LIST D

Norton – any of the preludes – LIST D (vary in challenge, but all beautifully written

GRADE 8 (only one so far!)

Moskowski – Etude in G minor Op 72 No 2 – LIST A (fun and a little like Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude – good LH workout!)

…What are your favourites?

Tim Topham

Tim Topham is the founder and director of TopMusic. Tim hosts the popular Integrated Music Teaching Podcast, blogs regularly at staging.topmusic.co and speaks at local and international conferences on topics such as integrated teaching, creativity, business, marketing and entrepreneurship. Tim has been featured in American Music Teacher, The Piano Teacher Magazine, California Music Teacher and EPTA Piano Professional. Tim holds an MBA in Educational Leadership, BMus, DipEd and AMusA.

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  1. Thanks heaps Bee! I look forward to checking them out.

  2. Hi Tim, here are a few more of my favourites to add to your list:

    Grade 5
    Mendelssohn: Venetian Gondola Song (Op 19b No.6) LIST C
    Bailey: Left Hand Drive LIST D

    Grade 6
    Bailey: Reflection from Six Sketches LIST D

    Grade 7
    Henselt: Si oiseau j’etais (AMEB syllabus lists it as Si j’etais oiseau) LIST A
    Albeniz: Tango from Espana Op 165 LIST C
    Granados: Danza Espanola No 5 from 12 Danzas espanolas LIST C
    Bartok: Sonatina – first and third movements are LIST D
    Copland: Jazzy (No 3 from Three Moods) LIST D
    Sculthorpe: Djilile (from Three Pieces for Piano) LIST D

    Grade 8
    Lots of great pieces, but a particular favourite is Gershwin: Prelude No 1 LIST D

  3. Hi Tim, great post! I’d like to add for Grade 6 List D, the first and third movements of the Kabalevsky Sonatina (Op 13 no 1) and Bonsor’s Feelin’ Good. For List C, Grieg’s ‘Puck’ (Smatrold) Op 71 No 3.

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