50 carefully graded melodies and pieces from the orchestral repertiore.
Also includes scales / arpeggios, fingerings, performance notes & position diagrams.

This table shows a selection of pieces from Book 1 and their approximate grade based on The Associated Board, Trinity Guildhall syllabus. J. Strauss No.3 Waltz 'Roses from the South' Op.388 Grade 1 Mahler No.4 Canon on 'Frere Jacques' (From Symphony No. 1 in D) Grade 1 Mussorgsky No.1 'The Great Gate of Kiev' Grade 2 Saint-Saëns No.2 'Tortues' (from 'Le Carnaval des Animaux') Grade 2 Mozart No.10 'Minuet' Grade 2 Eccles No.11 'Minuet' (from Aires and Dances) Grade 2 Schubert No.6 Entr'acte (from 'Rosamunde' Op26) Grade 3 Beethoven No.7 'Ode to Joy' Grade 3 Schubert No.12 'The Trout' Grade 3 Brahms No.14 'Lullaby' Grade 3 Handel No.15 March (from 'Judas Maccabaeus') Grade 3 Morley No.16 Now is the Month of Maying Grade 3 Tchaikovsky No.17 Old French Song (from Op.39 no.16) Grade 3 Tchaikovsky No.24 Andantino from Symphony 4 Grade 4 Tchaikovsky No.25 Andante Variation 6 (from Rococo Variations) Grade 4 Holst No.26 Jupiter (from 'The Planets' Op.32) Grade 4 Trad. No.27 'The Gift to be Simple' Grade 4 Bach No.29 'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring' Grade 4 Trad. No.30 Greensleeves Grade 5 Haydn No.32 Andante from Trumpet Concerto Grade 5 Bizet No.33 Minuet Grade 5 Chausson No.35 Poème Grade 5 Beethoven No.36 Minuet Grade 5 Brahms No.40 St Anthony Chorale (from 'Haydn Variations') Grade 5 J.S.Bach No.42 Minuet in F (from 'The Anna Magdelena Notebook') Grade 5 Verdi No.47 Agnus Dei (from Requiem) Grade 7