Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Grade 3 Scales
ABRSM Scales and Arpeggios for Trombone, Grades 1-8

Grade 3 Sight Reading
ABRSM specimen sight reading tests, Grades 1-5

Grade 3 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)

Grade 3 Pieces
THREE PIECES: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three lists

LIST A
1 Anon. Cold Blows the Wind Today Sweetheart or I Love My Love. Cornish Pastiche, arr. Tanner (Spartan Press SP1215 base trombone/tuba edition or SP1213 B♭ treble brass edition)
2 Beethoven Für Elise. No. 32 from Tons of Tunes from the Classics for Bassoon/Trombone/Euphonium, arr. Adam and Hannickel (Curnow Music: Bass and treble edition – piano accomp.)
3 Mouret Rondeau. No. 27 from Tons of Tunes from the Classics for Bassoon/Trombone/Euphonium, arr. Adam and Hannickel (Curnow Music: Bass and treble edition – piano accomp.)
4 Tom Davoren Rondo Olympia. Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition – B♭ piano accomp.)
5 Haydn Rondino. Slide Show for Trombone, arr. Mowat (Brass Wind: bass or treble editions)
6 Humphries Sarabande (from Six Solos for a Violin Time Pieces for Trombone, Vol. 1, arr. Harris and Miller and Base) (ABRSM: bass/treble edition)
7 MacDowell To a Wild Rose (from Woodland Sketches) Time Pieces for Trombone, Vol. 1, arr. Harris and Miller and Base) (ABRSM: bass/treble edition)
8 Tchaikovsky Reverie. Winner Scores All, arr. Lawrance (Brass Wind: bass trombone edition or treble brass edition, book only or treble brass & CD ; B♭ piano accomp.)
9 Vivaldi Largo (from Winter). No. 12 from Skilful Solos for Trombone, arr. Sparke (Anglo Music AMP 193400: treble/bass edition)

LIST B
1 Mike Batt Bright Eyes. A Little Light Music for Trombone, arr. Iveson (Brass Wind: bass or treble editions)
2 Cy Coben Piano Roll Blues Winner Scores All, arr. Lawrance (Brass Wind: bass trombone edition or treble brass edition, book only or treble brass & CD ; B♭ piano accomp.)
3 Andrew Lloyd Webber Close Every Door to Me (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) (Brass Wind: bass trombone edition or treble brass edition, book only or treble brass & CD ; B♭ piano accomp.)
4 John Frith Broken Dreams Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition – B♭ piano accomp.)
5 Peter Meechan Purple Shade Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition – B♭ piano accomp.)
6 Peter Graham New York (grace note optional) or Vienna: No. 5 or No. 6 from Cityscapes for B♭ Instrument (Gramercy Music: Bass and treble edition)
7 Christopher Mowat The Parson’s Nose. Slide Show for Trombone, arr. Mowat (Brass Wind: bass or treble editions)
8 Philip Sparke Could You Repeat That♭ No. 9 from Skilful Solos for Trombone, arr. Sparke (Anglo Music AMP 193400: treble/bass edition)
9 Edward Watson Springtime in Feunen: No. 3 from Nordic Sketchbook for Trombone (Warwick Music: bass edition)

LIST C
1 Derek Bourgeois Moderato con moto: No. 13 from Splinters of Bone, Op. 130 (Brass Wind: bass or treble editions)
2 Dave Gale Rico Town or Spy P.I: P. 4 from JazzFX for Trombone(Brass Wind: bass or treble editions)
3 Jock McKenzie Funk: No. 29 from Dance to the Beat of the World (Con Moto: bass Trombone or treble brass editions)
4 Peter Meechan Summer Sound. Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: bass/treble brass edition )
5 Mark Nightingale The Software Stroll or J-Peg Cake-Walk: No. 3 or No. 6 from Jazz@Etudes for Trombone (Warwick Music: bass or treble editions)
6 Philip Sparke Rondino: No. 22 from Skilful Studies for Trombone (Anglo Music AMP 100-401: bass and treble edition)
7 Adrian Taylor The Boxing Match or A Longer March for Longer Arms: No. 18 or No. 20 from Simple Studies on Trombone Technique (Warwick Music: bass and treble editions)

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