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

Scottish Fiddle Pieces for the Initial Grade
Candidates perform a programme of three pieces choosing at least one from each of the lists A and B below and using the specified publication. You may also play an own composition instead of one of the listed pieces.

Group A — 4/4 metre
1. Coulter’s Candy, The Scottish Folk Fiddle Tutor (Taigh na Teud, book with CD)
2. Dinah, A Flying Start for Strings vol. 2 (Flying Strings)
3. Now the Day is Over, A Flying Start for Strings vol. 2 (Flying Strings)
4. Oats and Beans, Crossing the Bridge (Taigh na Teud) (Available as a download only)
5. The Jeelie Piece Song, The Scottish Folk Fiddle Tutor (Taigh na Teud, book with CD)

Group B — 3/4 metre
1. French Folk Song, A Flying Start for Strings vol. 2 (Flying Strings)
2. Lovely Stornoway, The Scottish Folk Fiddle Tutor (Taigh na Teud, book with CD)

3. The Fairy Lullaby, The Scottish Folk Fiddle Tutor (Taigh na Teud, book with CD)

4. Turalilea, Crossing the Bridge (Taigh na Teud) (Available as a download only)

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