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PIANO ANTHOLOGY EXAMINATION PIECES FOR 2023 & 2024 GRADES 5-8

Edition Peters

Edition Peters have published anthologies of piano music covering ABRSM’s Grade 8 piano exam syllabus for many years, but this is the first time they have also created volumes devoted to Grades 5, 6, and 7. These books are slightly more expensive than ABRSM’s counterparts, but they provide many more pieces from the 2023-24 syllabus at each grade (14 for Grade 5, 15 for Grades 6 and 7, 20 for Grade 8) than the nine pieces that ABRSM print in their books, giving teachers and students a wider range of

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