Need more material to practise grade 3 sight-reading? The ABRSM Grade 3 Piano Sight-Reading Specimen Tests book is jam-packed with practice sight-reading exercises to get you ready for the sight-reading assessment in your grade 3 ABRSM piano exam!

ABRSM grade 3 piano sight-reading preparation

As part of your ABRSM grade 3 piano exam, you are asked to play a short piece you’ve not seen before. The ABRSM Grade 3 Piano Sight-Reading book has example exercises to help you develop your sight reading skills, and guidance notes to give you an idea of what to expect!

45 example exercises

The 45 exercises in this ABRSM Grade 3 Piano Sight-Reading book are all typical examples of what you will encounter in your ABRSM grade 3 piano exam, which is a piece of up to 8 bars in length, in the same time and key signatures as Grade 2 (4/4, 3/4 or 2/4, and the keys of C, G, F or D majors, A, D, E or G minors) with the addition of 3/8 and A, Bb, and Eb majors and B minor, hands playing together outside of a five-finger position, and occasional two-note chords in either hand. The exercises are also marked with dynamics, performance directions, articulations, and fingerings.

The sections of your ABRSM grade 3 exam

Your ABRSM grade 3 piano exam is made up of four sections: a short sight-reading test like this, scales and arpeggios, three pieces chosen by you from the ABRSM Piano Grade 3 pieces book, and aural tests.For more info about ABRSM exams, please visit our ABRSM exams guide!