ABRSM Classical Guitar · Grade 4
ABRSM Classical Grade 4 guitar
Repertoire spanning Renaissance to twentieth-century styles with real interpretive demands.
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 4 pieces(9)
- Sonata for a Musical Clock, HWV 598, arr. Wright— Handel · List A
- Down to the River to Pray, arr. Mermikides— Trad. Spiritual · List A
- Cantiga (No. 166 from Cantigas de Santa Maria), arr. Goss— attrib. el Sabio · List A
- Allegretto (from Sonata in F, M.S. 84 No. 6)— N. Paganini · List B
- Vltava (from Má vlast), arr. Ryan— Smetana · List B
- Rondeau (No. 6 from Récréation du guitariste, Op. 51), arr. Wright— N. Coste · List B
- Nightfall— Panteleimon Michaeloudis · List C
- Stomping the Blues (No. 6 from Nine Ladies Dancing)— Peter Wrieden · List C
- Anything Goes, arr. James— C. Porter · List C
Books and exam booking
The Trinity Grade 4 book and the exam booking both come from Trinity College London directly.
Technical work at Grade 4
- Scales in thirds and octaves
- Extended barre work
- Ornamentation and trills
- Tone colour: ponticello and tasto
What's in the exam
- Three pieces from the syllabus
- Technical work
- Sight-reading
- Aural tests