Compound time

Examples of compound time signatures ABRSM Aural 'A' test

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Here are some ideas for examples that can be used for the ABRSM’s ‘A’ test in Grades 1, 2 and 3.

Aural Grades 1 -3 Compound time examples

Compound duple time signature.

Walking in Spring Wilm Grade 4 1997

Donkey Ride Swinstead Grade 4 1998

Little Flower Op 205 No. 1 Gurlitt Grade 3 1999 – 2000

Larghetto C3 Stravinsky Grade 3 1999 - 2000

Reaper’s Song Op. 68 No. 18 Schumann Grade 4 1999 – 2000

Proud Horseman B1 Fuchs Grade 3 2001 – 2002

Study in B flat B2 Heller Grade 4 2001 - 2002

Study in A minor B3 Mayer Grade 3 2003 – 2004

Allegro A2 Kuhlau 2003 - 2004

Equivoque No. 8 Weber Grade 3 2005 – 2006

La Tarantelle Burgmuller Grade 5 2005 – 2006

Romance B3 Reinecke Grade 5 2007 - 2008

Allegretto A3 Turk Grade 3 2007 – 2008

Les Pifferari Gounod Grade 3 2009 – 2010 (My Keyboard Anthology Second series Book 2)

Wild Rider B3 Schumann Grade 3 2011 – 2012

Vivace A3 Wesley Grade 3 2013 – 2014

Wiosna B1 Chopin Grade 3 2013 – 2014

Cotton Reel Nikki Illes C2 Grade 3 2015 – 2016

Am Abend B3 Hoffman Grade 5 2015 – 2016

Giga A2 de Seixas Grade 3 2019 – 2020

Shadows B1 Walter Carroll Grade 3 2019 – 2020

Andante B2 Haydn Grade 3 2021 – 2022

Riding the Hobby Horse C2 Grechaninov Grade 3 2021 – 2022

Idylle B2 Chaminade Grade 4 2023 – 2024

From personal clipart collection.

 

Compound triple time signature.

See-saw Alternative Goddard Grade 3 1998

Dream B1 Bloch Grade 5 2007 – 2008

Fanfare C3 Dejan Despic Grade 5 2007 - 2008

Spanish Guitar Grade 3 2023 - 2024