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

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades Initial to 8

Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 4

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Candidates perform three sets of pieces, one from each group, using the listed publications. Dynamic markings (p, mf, f, crescendo and decrescendo) should be included in the slow tunes only. A minimum of one position change is required at this grade. An own composition may be played instead of one listed set.

Pieces marked 📚 can be found in the book The Fiddle Music of the Scottish Highlands vols. 1 & 2 (Taigh na Teud)

Pieces marked 🕮 can be found in the book The Nineties Collection (Hardie)

Group A — Waltz and Jig
1a. The Dark Island Ceol na Fidhle,  📚
1b. Wee Murdie Ceol na Fidhle,  📚
2a. New Year Waltz, 🕮
2b. Jim Anderson’s Delight, The Ronnie Cooper Collection (Shetland MHT)
3a. Astryd’s Waltz, 🕮
3b. The Jig Runrig, 🕮
4a. Calum’s Waltz, 🕮
4b. Maureen’s Jig, 🕮

Group B — Air and Hornpipe/Polka
1a. The Setting Sun, 🕮
1b. Clark’s Cases, 🕮
2a. The Flower of the Quern Ceol na Fidhle, 📚
2b. Harvest Home Hornpipe Ceol na Fidhle, 📚
3a. Marni Swanson of the Grey Coast, 🕮
3b. Kathleen Black’s Polka, The Ronnie Cooper Collection (Shetland MHT)
4a. The Wild Rose of the Mountain Ceol na Fidhle, 📚
4b. The Belfast Hornpipe Ceol na Fidhle, 📚

Group C — March and Reel
1a. The Barren Rocks of Aden Ceol na Fidhle, 📚
1b. The High Road to Linton Ceol na Fidhle,  📚
2a. The Battle of Waterloo Ceol na Fidhle, 📚
2b. Caddam Woods Ceol na Fidhle, 📚
3a. The Headlands, The Ronnie Cooper Collection (Shetland MHT)
3b. Katie Stammers, The Ronnie Cooper Collection (Shetland MHT)
4a. Iain MacPhail’s Compliments to the Late Chrissie Leatham, The Nineties Collection (Hardie) 🕮
4b. The Reunion Reel, The Nineties Collection (Hardie) 🕮
5a. 79th Farewell to Gibralter Ceol na Fidhle, 📚
5b. Bunji’s Dilemma, The Nineties Collection (Hardie) 🕮