Abrsm 2025 & 2026
Grade 3 Piano Exam
Category A 3
Song name / Song Piece Tarantella Twist
Composer Victoria Proudler
Recommended tempo for this piece is 112 bpm, as played in this video, and a good strong tempo is required throughout. This piece is to be played legato (smoothly), but be careful to observe the dotted crotchet rests in the bass part, such as in bars 1, 3, 5, etc… as it is important to come off the 3rd left-hand note of each of those bars when playing the continuation of those arpeggio phrases in the right-hand - this way you will achieve a smooth and flowing quality. This approach relates to almost every bar in the piece in fact, so it’s a very important consideration to get correct from the very beginning of learning it.
Dynamically, there is a strong sense of rise and fall, not just because of the reoccurring presence of ascending and descending arpeggio patterns, but also by the crescendo and decrescendo markings that appear frequently - with this in mind it is important to develop a nice gradual build up and drop of volume when playing those phrases.
There are frequent dotted crotchets in the left-hand parts, such as in bars 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.. and I tended to play the 2nd dotted crotchet of each bar a little shorter and a little softer, in order to fully bring out the sense of decrescendo of those phrases. If you were to hold every 2nd dotted left-hand crotchet for it’s full written value, the actual phrasing would not sound quite as light at the end.
Pedal markings are very specific and appear from bars 24 - 31, and also on the final two bars 46 - 47, and although I would have chosen to pedal slightly differently than marked, I have obeyed the instruction in order to demonstrate the “correct” pedalling effect. Be careful at bar 29 to observe the temporary rit. (slowing down) and also the sudden appearance of p (soft) - the marking “sub”. at bar 29 is short for the Italian word: subito.
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Grade 3 Piano Exam
Category A 3
Song name / Song Piece Tarantella Twist
Composer Victoria Proudler
Recommended tempo for this piece is 112 bpm, as played in this video, and a good strong tempo is required throughout. This piece is to be played legato (smoothly), but be careful to observe the dotted crotchet rests in the bass part, such as in bars 1, 3, 5, etc… as it is important to come off the 3rd left-hand note of each of those bars when playing the continuation of those arpeggio phrases in the right-hand - this way you will achieve a smooth and flowing quality. This approach relates to almost every bar in the piece in fact, so it’s a very important consideration to get correct from the very beginning of learning it.
Dynamically, there is a strong sense of rise and fall, not just because of the reoccurring presence of ascending and descending arpeggio patterns, but also by the crescendo and decrescendo markings that appear frequently - with this in mind it is important to develop a nice gradual build up and drop of volume when playing those phrases.
There are frequent dotted crotchets in the left-hand parts, such as in bars 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.. and I tended to play the 2nd dotted crotchet of each bar a little shorter and a little softer, in order to fully bring out the sense of decrescendo of those phrases. If you were to hold every 2nd dotted left-hand crotchet for it’s full written value, the actual phrasing would not sound quite as light at the end.
Pedal markings are very specific and appear from bars 24 - 31, and also on the final two bars 46 - 47, and although I would have chosen to pedal slightly differently than marked, I have obeyed the instruction in order to demonstrate the “correct” pedalling effect. Be careful at bar 29 to observe the temporary rit. (slowing down) and also the sudden appearance of p (soft) - the marking “sub”. at bar 29 is short for the Italian word: subito.
#ABRSM #Piano #ABRSMsyllabus #Pianolearning #PianoSolo
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