Grade 1 on Dave Hogan

Fresh Air - My Third Grade 1 Piece

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:45:00 +0100

The third ABRSM grade 1 piece I’ve been learning is a piece titled Fresh Air by Andrew Eales. Again another unpolished performance but getting the notes and rhythm mostly right. As with all grade 1 pieces I’ve learnt so far, I know I still have work to do. The biggest issue being my dynamics and articulation.

The Journey

At first glance this looks like an easy piece (and of course, it is as it’s a grade 1) but there are a few things that kept catching me out. Holding doing the E whilst continuing playing other notes in bar 1, 3 etc… took my brain forever to get right.

Sneaky Business - My Second Grade 1 Piece

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:35:00 +0100

I’m sharing my second recording of a ABRSM grade 1 piece 😱 titled Sneaky Business by Martha Mier. My tutor gave me this as my second piece to learn. This is from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1 and is part of the ABRSM 2023 & 2024 Piano Grade 1 syllabus.

Again it’s by no means a polished performance but happy with the progress and will continue to work on it but also move on to other piece.

Allegretto in C - My First Grade 1 Piece

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 22:05:00 +0100

I’m sharing my first recording of a ABRSM grade 1 piece 😱 titled Allegretto in C by Anton Diabelli. My tutor gave me this as my first piece. This is “No. 3 from Die Ersten 12 Lectionen, Op. 125” and is part of the ABRSM 2023 & 2024 Piano Grade 1 syllabus. I’m not sure if it’s in this years 2025 syllabus?

It’s by no means a polished performance but I felt it’s good enough to move on to other pieces now. I’ve probably spent about 10 hours on this piece and played 100+ times.