ABRSM Classical Guitar · Grade 2
ABRSM Classical Grade 2 guitar
Two-part pieces, wider position work and a first half-barre shape.
ABRSM Practical Grades are taken in person, while Performance Grades are recorded and submitted as a video. I can help students prepare for either format and choose the one that suits them best.
Set pieces
Tap any piece to open its own page with a play-along video, amp settings and practice tips. You'll still need the official grade book for the notation.
All ABRSM Classical Grade 2 pieces(9)
- Mr Dowland’s Midnight, arr. Batchelar— Dowland · List A
- The Meeting of the Waters, arr. Wright— Trad. Irish · List A
- Inés, arr. Bonell— Trad. Spanish · List A
- Allegretto grazioso (No. 25 from Méthode complète, Op. 241), arr. Wright— Carulli · List B
- The Trout, arr. Batchelar— Schubert · List B
- Andantino (No. 4 from Le nouveau papillon, Op. 5), arr. Wright— Carcassi · List B
- Fly me to the moon, arr. James— Bart Howard · List C
- Highland Spirit— Manus Noble · List C
- Up and Over— Vincent Lindsey-Clark · List C
Books and exam booking
The Trinity Grade 2 book and the exam booking both come from Trinity College London directly.
Technical work at Grade 2
- Two-octave scales in common keys
- Half-barre and simple barré chords
- Slurs (ligados) ascending and descending
- Wider right-hand arpeggio patterns
What's in the exam
- Three pieces from the syllabus
- Technical work
- Sight-reading
- Aural tests