The essential syllabus for the aspiring, contemporary pianist. Piano Debut all the way to Grade 8 will provide you with everything you need for your exams, including a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of professionally recorded backing tracks and audio examples.
Contents Debut
- Heathens (Twenty One Pilots)
- Down in the River to Pray (Trad.)
- Danny (Daniel Rosenfeld)
- In The Dark (Victoria Proudler)
- RSL original #1: "Vanishing Footprints" (RSL Original)
- RSL original #2: "Home to Philadelphia" (RSL Original)
- One Call Away (Charlie Puth)
- What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish)
- Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter)
- Game of Thrones Theme (Ramin Djawadi)
- Short Fuse [from GBD 2024] (RSL Original (2024)
- Midnight Song [from GBD 2024] (RSL Original (2024)
Contents Grade 1
- This is Who I Am (Celeste)
- Wasting My Young Years (London Grammar)
- Deep River (Trad.)
- Minuet in F, K.2 (Mozart)
- Circus Waltz (RSL Original)
- Step by Step (RSL Original)
- A Million Reasons (Lady Gaga)
- My Immortal (Evanescence)
- Quasi Adagio (Bela Bartok)
- Steady as a Rock (Pam Wedgwood)
- Ignite (RSL Original (2024))
- As Night Falls (RSL Original (2024)
Contents Grade 2
- Blinded By Your Grace Pt.2 (Stormzy)
- Are You Satisfied (Marina & The Diamonds)
- Star Wars (Theme) (John Williams)
- Skedaddle (Elissa Milne)
- RSL original #1 – [blues/jazz] (RSL Original)
- La Noche En Rio (RSL Original)
- Pink Pony Club (Chappell Roan)
- Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You) (Aqualung)
- Summertime (George Gershwin)
- The Moth (Samuil Maikapar)
- Flowers (Miley Cyrus)
- Elevator Shoes (RSL Original (2024)
Contents Grade 3
- Arcadia (Lana Del Rey)
- Romanze from Sonatina in G (Beethoven)
- Piano Joint (This Kind of Love) (Michael Kiwanuka)
- Sweetest Bard (Ignatius Sancho)
- Contemplation (RSL Original)
- RSL original #2 [reggae_ska] (RSL Original)
- Oscar Winning Tears (RAYE)
- How Did It End? (Taylor Swift)
- The Lady of Raynham Hall (from Ghostly Piano Tales) (Melanie Spanswick)
- Lose Control (Teddy Swims)
- Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran)
- Camden Square (RSL Original (2024)
Contents Grade 4
- Don't Start Now
- How To Save a Life
- City of Stars
- M'goun
- Astra (RSL original #1: 'Astra')
- RSL Original #2 (RSL original #2)
- You've Got A Friend
- I Say A Little Prayer
- Cruella de Vil
- Tokka
- You Can't Hurry Love [from GBD 2024]
- The Jump
Contents Grade 5
- All I Ask (Adele)
- Can't Pretend (Tom Odell)
- Strata (Poppy Ackroyd)
- It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Duke Ellington)
- RSL original #1 (RSL Original)
- Bokeh (RSL Original)
- Starlight (Muse)
- A Day in the Life (The Beatles)
- Menuet in C# minor, M.42 (Ravel)
- At Dawn (Hania Rani)
- Getting Started (Sam Fender)
- Down At The Abbey (RSL Original (2024)
Contents Grade 6
- Wait For It (from Hamilton) (Lin Manuel Miranda)
- Ashes To Ashes (David Bowie)
- Anima I (Olivia Belli)
- Night and Day (Cole Porter)
- RSL original #1 (RSL Original)
- RSL original #2 (RSL Original)
- Avril 14th (Aphex Twin)
- If I Ain't Got You (Alicia Keys)
- Gnossienne no. 3 (Erik Satie)
- Scherzo in Bb (Schubert)
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell)
- Delicate (RSL Original (2024)
Contents Grade 7
- Hallelujah I Love Her So (Ray Charles)
- Pineapple Rag (Scott Joplin)
- My Baby Just Cares For Me (Nina Simone)
- Blue and Sentimental (Oscar Peterson)
- RSL original #1 (RSL Original)
- RSL original #2 (RSL Original)
- Bennie and the Jets (Elton John)
- Kiss from a Rose (Seal)
- Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)
- A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie)
- Precious (Esperanza Spalding)
- La Puerta Abierta (RSL Original 2024)
Contents Grade 8
- Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
- I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
- Rêverie (Debussy)
- Cabin Capers (Florence Price)
- RSL original #1 (RSL Original)
- RSL original #2 [steely dan pastiche] (RSL Original)
- Piano Man (Billy Joel)
- Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 14, No. 1, First Movement (“Allegro“) (Beethoven)
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
- Torre Bermeja (Albeniz)
- Breathing Underwater (Hiatus Kayote)
- Copenhagen (RSL Original 2024)
