ABRSM GRADE 5 Piano 2025 Exam Pieces

How to play the ABRSM Grade 5 2025 & 2026 piano exam pieces book.

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0:00 A1 - La tarantelle (No. 20 from 25 études faciles et progressives, Op. 100) - J. F. F. Burgmüller
1:16 A2 - Spiritoso (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3) - Clementi
3:13 A3 - Hook’s Hornpipe (from Piano Tales for Peter Pan) - Nikki Iles
4:37 B1 - Someone You Loved, arr. Iles - Capaldi, Kohn, Kelleher, Barnes & Roman
6:23 B2 - Foggy Blues (from Naoko Ikeda: The Graded Collection) - Naoko Ikeda
8:54 B3 - Waltz in B minor, D. 145 No. 6 - Schubert
10:19 C1 - The Village in May (from My Neighbour Totoro), arr. Kawaura - Joe Hisaishi
11:27 C2 - Street Blues (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 4) - Martha Mier Jackson
12:46 C3 - La pluie et l’arc-en-ciel (No. 8 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65) - Prokofiev

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[gayanisilva]

I just finished Grade 4 and i'm so excited to play Grade 5!!!

[VrSword]

Wow, I remember doing Jackson Street Blues for Grade 5... like 15 years ago!

[TheSingaporeTrainEnthusiast]

My favorite is 'Someone you loved' and the jazzy song I heard was 'la pluie et l'arc-en-ciel', which made me ddance in my dreams. Also I also like 'Spiritoso', which is quite lively

[GregoryDoesLife]

Best songs to pick when you're lazy to practice (My opinion and C2 and B1 is amazing)
A1 = Scores is when you play fast
You got the style
Very very fast hands
Dynamics

B3 = FOCUS ON THE KEY SIGNATURES
got the style
Good dynamics
Spirit and natural play no artificial made

C3 = Like Jazz
Think about playing in a cafe
Be with spirit and style
Think happy
Natural play

A1 is easy because almost everyone knows that song :)
B3 is easy because not that hard notes and slow tempo so you can look if you got the right notes.
C3 is easy because the notes is very easy like 2023/2024 Grade 4 abrsm B1

[-nhuwnguyeen-]

B1 very nice
0:00 A1 - La tarantelle (No. 20 from 25 études faciles et progressives, Op. 100) - J. F. F. Burgmüller
1:16 A2 - Spiritoso (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 3) - Clementi
3:13 A3 - Hook’s Hornpipe (from Piano Tales for Peter Pan) - Nikki Iles
4:37 B1 - Someone You Loved, arr. Iles - Capaldi, Kohn, Kelleher, Barnes & Roman
6:23 B2 - Foggy Blues (from Naoko Ikeda: The Graded Collection) - Naoko Ikeda
8:54 B3 - Waltz in B minor, D. 145 No. 6 - Schubert
10:19 C1 - The Village in May (from My Neighbour Totoro), arr. Kawaura - Joe Hisaishi
11:27 C2 - Street Blues (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 4) - Martha Mier Jackson
12:46 C3 - La pluie et l’arc-en-ciel (No. 8 from Musiques d’enfants, Op. 65) - Prokofiev

[NatetheSnakeshifter]

A very jazz-inspired syllabus this year! All beautiful pieces.

[cutepinkrabbit]

Hi, everyone 👋 Wish all you that see this comment will get a good result at piano exam 💯 and healthy ❤

[timetocompose]

Why is there a pop song in the abrsm syllabus now T-T

[spiral]

yoooo I actually played A1 like last week I’m so glad it’s in the syllabus now I don’t have to learn another piece

[GDfamed]

I feel like this is actually easier than last years ones, I played A2 when I was between grade 4 or grade 5😊

[orangefluffy]

I only just did my grade 4 exam (performance) havent even got the results yet and i have learnt A1 in like 5 days...
I saw it and thought it looked like an easy piece and sounds good too so I tried learning it

[ThePaperMonsters]

Are these the set pieces for this year and 2026?

[WrathDestroyer]

I’m going for A3, B1, C1 wish me luck it’s my first time doing exams haha

[Jiafei-wyrk]

This gets me thinking about next year’s exam 😭

[LocksVid]

Im noob in ABRSM exams, do you have to select one from each letter? Or can you do A1 A2 and A3

[loouuiisssss]

No Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, they decided to put modern song into the syllabus. Lmao

[calvin]

Ive noticed your fingering is sometimes off from whats notated on the score for example at 11:44. Is this what comes natural to you or am i reading it wrong

[suzannegsz_musiclife]

If I have to choose my favorite piece from each list, it will be:

A1
B2
C2

Fourth Piece: A3

Who's with me +1
If not +2

[Lifewith_zm]

I’m here trying to choose my 4th piece for my grade 4-5 exam so I can finish my grade 5-6 exam quicker

[carolteng]

Would you consider this new syllabus to be more difficult than the last one?