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Numerous education publications are available, from guitar-related books, [1] [2] to musical style, [3] etc. There are also institutions that offer worldwide graded music exams. Examples include: ABRSM: graded music exams from Grade 1 to Grade 8, [4] [5] or advanced diplomas [6]
The ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) is an examination board and registered charity [2] based in the United Kingdom. ABRSM is one of five examination boards accredited by Ofqual to award graded exams and diploma qualifications in music within the UK's National Qualifications Framework (along with the London College of Music, RSL Awards (Rockschool Ltd), Trinity College ...
The Reef" (No.5 from In Southern Seas) is included in the ABRSM Grade 4 2019-2020 syllabus. [16] "From the Cliffs", one of the ten pieces in 'Sea Idylls', has been a recurring entry for more than 60 years in Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 5 piano syllabus; in many of its syllabus issues over the years, any one of the Sea Idylls ...
The pieces are divided into graded books that correspond to respective grade of other Frederick Harris Music publications, such as Celebration Series. According to the official website, this series is "ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature."
These include the pieces Steely Blue and Mississippi Ditty from his Simply Swing collection, and Cycles In The Avenue from his collection Five Pictures of Sark (inspired by a visit to the island on his honeymoon), [6] [7] which have variously featured in intermediate guitar syllabuses from ABRSM and Trinity examination boards.
Winters has also composed many pieces and written course work for educational use, published by Longman, such as Sounds and Music, Books 1-3 and (from the mid-1980s) Listen, Compose, Perform, produced to support the new GCSE Music examination. He is the author of Musical Instruments in the Classroom (1972).
His compositions have been recommended for students learning to play the piano, [2] and in the UK his piece "Trudging" is one of the set performance pieces for the 2009-2010 ABRSM Grade 1 Piano examination.
Aeolian Harp on 'Guitar Exam Pieces Grade 3', Stephen Goss, ABRSM (2009) Gymnopédies after Erik Satie on 'Ariel', Catherine Handley and Andrew Wilson-Dixon, HAL Records (2008) The Chinese Garden on '40 Degrees North', Xuefei Yang, EMI Classics (2008), 'Stephen Goss Guitar Works Vol.1', Rui Mourinho, Edições Musica XXI (2016)