Piano Grade 5
The essential syllabus for the aspiring, contemporary pianist. Piano Grade 5 will provide you with everything you need for your Grade 5 exam, 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.
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We have published 2 versions of this edition; one version is more USA centric with some American English terms and background information referring billboard chart success rather than the UK charts. Please note that both versions of the book have everything you need for an exam and are both valid editions for when you enter for the assessment.
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Piano Grade 5 features:
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- Pages 27–31
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Dangerous
- Bar 8: The tie between beats 3 and 4 has been removed, and the rhythm of beat 4 changed to eighth note, 16th note, 16th note (pitch, all B, remains the same). Bars 47 & 49: The rhythm of beat 3 has been changed to eighth note, 16th note, 6th note. The note pitches (A, G, E) remain the same. (Updated 10 August 2020) - Pages 33-38
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Life On Mars?
- Bar 9, beats 3 & 4: All A natural notes changed to A flat.
Bar 22, beat 3: F note moved to G.
Bar 23, beats 3 & 4: All E naturals moved to E flat. (Updated 10 August 2020) - Pages 46 - 53
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Technical Exercises: Group A Scales, 17.Chromatic Scale
- The text for this exercise has been updated to "starting on any white key chosen by the examiner, example given in B (three octaves, two octave example shown)" (Updated 2 July 2019) - Pages 39 - 44
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You Got A Friend In Me
- Bar 44, beat 3: The diad in the lower voice (D and F#) has been removed.
Bar 45, Beat 1&: The three note Eb9 chord (G, Db and F) has been moved to beat 2. (Updated 2 July 2019)

- Pages 7-12
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Hold On – I'm coming
- Bar 37 (p.11) edited. See file: RSK200006_Piano_G5_p41_15Oct2015.pdf in the _errata folder of the downloadable content. (Updated 15 October 2015)
How do I download the updated audio? - Pages 13-20
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Let It Go
- Bar 56 (p.20): right hand part, chord on beat 3 edited. Bar 60 (p.20): right hand part, chord on beat 1 edited. See file: RSK200006_Piano_G5_p20_15Oct2015.pdf in the _errata folder of the downloadable content. (Updated 15 October 2015)
How do I download the updated audio? - Pages 21-27
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Life On Mars
- Bars 1, 12, 25–26, 35 and 48 edited. See file: RSK200006_Piano_G5_LifeOnMars_15Oct2015.pdf in the _errata folder of the downloadable content. (Updated 15 October 2015)
How do I download the updated audio? - Pages 37-41
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Smack Talk
- Bar 4 (p.38): Right hand part edited – first note of the triplet lick changed from A to G. Same correction made to Bar 62 (p.41). Bars 50–57 (p.41): Part edited. See file: RSK200006_Piano_G5_p38_17Nov2015.pdf in the _errata folder of the downloadable content. See file: RSK200006_Piano_G5_p41_15Oct2015.pdf in the _errata folder of the downloadable content. (Updated 15 October 2015)
How do I download the updated audio? - Pages 37-41
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Smack Talk
- Bar 2 (p.38): The upper note of the first triplet group should be G (not F). See file: RSK200006_Piano_G5_p38_17Nov2015.pdf in the _errata folder of the downloadable content. (Updated 17 November 2015)
How do I download the updated audio?