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The exam syllabus of Canada's, Royal Conservatory of Music is huge. Rather than change every few years, this one lasts for a decade or so, and even then many of the pieces will remain the same.  This gives teachers plenty of variety; no need to keep teaching the same few pieces, nor do they need to keep buying new exam books! So the RCM provides a fantastic resource for anyone, teacher or student looking for graded piano music. There are 10 levels, plus 2 preliminary levels and a diploma at the top. Broadly speaking the levels follow those in the UK, though perhaps +1/2, so ABRSM G2 = RCM Level 3.

If the music is in the public domain, I've given easy access to the sheet music which, in most cases, I will have found on www.imslp.org.

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So here are some of the pieces. I hope you find what you're looking for, but if not and you're a subscriber, you may like to commission one?

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List A

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Bach, Johann Sebastien

Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 119

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List A

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Petzold, Christian

Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 & Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh. 115

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List A

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Telemann, Georg Philipp

Gigueà l'angloise, from Partita in G, TWV 32:1

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List B

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Minuet in D major, K.7

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List C

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Bartók, Béla

Play, no. 5 from For Children, Vol.1

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List C

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Bartók, Béla

Allegro moderato, no. 15 from For Children, Vol.1

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List C

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Bartók, Béla

Sorrow, no. 7 from For Children, Vol.2

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List C

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Gedike, Alexander

A Little Piece, no.11 from Twenty Little Pieces for Beginners, op.6

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List C

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Kabalevsky, Dmitri

Clowns, no.20 from Twenty-four Pieces for Children, op.39

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List C

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Schumann, Robert

Melody, no.1 from Album for the Young, op.68

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List C

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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

Morning Prayer, no.1 from Album for the Young, op.39

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Etudes

Burgmüller, Johann Friedrich

Arabesque, no.2 from 25 études faciles et progressives, op.100

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Etudes

Lemoine, Henry

Étude no.17, from Études enfantines, op.37

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Etudes

Fitch, Gem

Chinese Kites

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