A Guide to the ABRSM Syllabus (2023 - 2024)


F. Price - A Morning Sunbeam (No. 3 from Three Sketches for Little Pianists)

ABRSM Grade 1 – B2

There is much musical interest and teaching value in Florence Price’s A Morning Sunbeam! While the melody in the opening section is mostly in the right hand, it passes to the left hand in the answering phrases, thereby extending the melody’s range without moving out of the five-finger position. In the middle section, in the subdominant key of C, the melody is now varied and we find a new feature - some bouncy off-beat chords in the right hand accompaniment.

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