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 4 to 8

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 6 to 8

Candidates perform three sets of pieces, one from each group, using the listed publications. All bowing indications as marked and a full range of dynamics should be displayed. Dynamics are expected in the slow tunes and may be appropriate at the quicker tempos. Ornamentation as written with additional acciaccaturas should be performed. A minimum of three position changes or as required should be incorporated into the programme. All should be clearly marked on the examiner’s copy. Contemporary set items are listed from slow to fast tempo, but may be performed in any order. An own composition may be played instead of one listed set.

Pieces marked 📚 can be found in the book The Fiddle Music of Scotland (Hardie)

Group A — Slow Air, March, Strathspey and Reel
1a. Bovoglies Plaid 📚
1b. Father John MacMillan of Barra Ceol na Fidhle  📚
1d. Angus Campbell 📚
2a. Miss Graham of Inchbrackie 📚
2b. Donald MacLean’s Farewell to Oban, The Caledonian Companion (Hardie)
2c. The Marchioness of Huntly (Marshall) 📚
2d. The Marquis of Huntly (Milne) 📚
3a. Lament for Sir Harry Lumsden, Bart of Achindoir 📚
3b. Mrs H L MacDonald of Dunach Ceol na Fidhle,  The Fiddle Music of the Scottish Highlands vols. 1 & 2 (Taigh na Teud)
3c. Forbes Morrison 📚
3d. Bonnie Banchory 📚
4a. Rose Acre 📚
4b. Sprig of Ivy Ceol na Fidhle,  The Fiddle Music of the Scottish Highlands vols. 1 & 2 (Taigh na Teud)
4c. South of the Grampians 📚
4d. John McNeil 📚

Group B — Slow Strathspey, Hornpipe and Jig
1a. The Braes of Auchtertyre 📚
1b. King Herring, The Shetland Violinist vol. 1 [ed. Stove] (Shetland Times)
1c. Newcastle Bridge 📚
2a. Lady Charlotte Campbell (Mackintosh) 📚
2b. The Trumpet, The Caledonian Companion (Hardie)
2c. Mrs Trotter of Castlelaw’s Reel, A Fiddler’s Book of Scottish Jigs (Hardie)
3a. Whistle o’er the Lave o’t 📚
3b. The Forth Brig, The Scottish Violinist (Taigh na Teud)
3c. Miss Barbara Hay’s Favourite, A Fiddler’s Book of Scottish Jigs (Hardie)
4a. J F Dickie’s Delight 📚
4b. Wards Hornpipe, The Scottish Violinist (Taigh na Teud)
4c. Perth Races, A Fiddler’s Book of Scottish Jigs (Hardie)

Group C — Set by a given composer

Composer — Willie Hunter:
1a. Leaving Lerwick Harbour (Air), The Music of Willie Hunter (Shetland MHT)
1b. Billy’s Welcome to Cannon Park (Hornpipe), The Music of Willie Hunter (Shetland MHT)
1c. Peerie Willie (Reel), The Music of Willie Hunter (Shetland MHT)
1d. The Cape Breton Visit to Shetland (Reel), The Music of Willie Hunter (Shetland MHT)

Composer – Tom Anderson:
2a. Lament for Lowrie o’da Lea (Air), The Tom Anderson Collection vol. 1 (Hardie)
2b. Violet Tulloch’s Hornpipe (Hornpipe), Ringing Strings (Taigh na Teud)
2c. The Bjeorgs (Reel), The Tom Anderson Collection vol. 1 (Hardie)
2d. Pottinger’s Reel (Reel) 📚

Composer – Marie Fielding:
3a. Manus McGuire (Air), A Collection of Original Compositions book 1 Fielding
3b. Master Scott MacCuish (March), A Collection of Original Compositions book 1 Fielding
3c. PJ’s PJ’s (Reel), A Collection of Original Compositions book 1 Fielding
3d. Mumbai (Reel), A Collection of Original Compositions book 1 Fielding

Composer – J Scott Skinner:
4a. The Duchess Tree (Air), The Scottish Violinist (Taigh na Teud)
4b. Corgarff Castle (March), The Scottish Violinist (Taigh na Teud)
4c. Mrs Chree (Strathspey), The Caledonian Companion (Hardie)
4d. Mary Walker (Reel), The Scottish Violinist (Taigh na Teud)

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