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 8

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Double Bass Pieces for Initial Grade
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces, chosen from the list below. Only one duet may be chosen. Only one unaccompanied piece may be chosen. Pieces by at least two composers must be played. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece. Pieces marked ✯ must be unaccompanied.

Allen, Gillespie & Hayes, Ice Skating, no. 165, Essential Elements 2000: Double Bass book 1, (Hal Leonard) HL00868052
Anon., arr. Froseth, Jolly Old St Nicholas, p. 16, Do It! Play Bass book 1, (GIA) G-M529
Beethoven, Ode to Joy, no. 39, Abracadabra Double Bass book 1, (A & C Black, piano accomp) 9780713670974
Bull, Goodborn & Duckett, Procession, p. 25, Team Strings, (Faber, piano accomp.) 0571528031
CH, Brown Bread, no. 33 (duet – candidate plays bottom part), Abracadabra Double Bass book 1, (A & C Black, piano accomp) 9780713670974
Cobb & Yandell, Bossy Boots or Clockwork Clown or On the Ranch or Sad Smile, Take Your Bow: Double Bass, (Trinity) TCL018076
Elliott, Dancing Partners or Let's Have a Holiday or Seesaw or Swan Song, The Essential String Method, Double Bass book 2, (Boosey & Hawkes, piano accomp.) M060105180
Faulkner, Raggy Times, First Bass, (Recital) RM406
Gregory, Under the Coconut Tree, Vamoosh Double Bass book 1, (Vamoosh, piano accomp.)VAM31
Heilbut, Little Peter Rabbit, p. 25 ✯, Sassmannshaus Early Start on the Double Bass vol. 1, (Bärenreiter) BA9661
Nelson, Lullaby or Rainy Day, Right from the Start, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060098178
Osborne, Russian Circus, The Really Easy Bass Book, (Faber) 0571511708
Rhoda, China Sea, The ABC's of Bass book 1, (Fischer, piano accomp.) ABC25
Rossini, arr. Higgins, William Tell Overture, no. 190 (duet – candidate plays part B), Essential Elements 2000: Double Bass book 1, (Hal Leonard) HL00868052
Sassmannshaus, We Are on Vacation, p. 28 ✯, Sassmannshaus Early Start on the Double Bass vol. 1, (Bärenreiter) BA9661
Trad., Au clair de la lune, no. 23 or Miss Mary Mac, no. 25, Abracadabra Double Bass book 1, (A & C Black piano accomp.) 9780713670974
Trad., arr. Elliott, Down by the Station or Old MacDonald or Stomping Song or The Jolly Miller, Ready Steady Go, (Bartholomew, piano accomp.) BMP502
Trad., arr. Elliott, Twinkle Duet, The Essential String Method, Double Bass book 2, (Boosey & Hawkes, piano accomp.) M060105180
Trad., arr. Froseth, Champaigne Branle, p. 11, Do It! Play Bass book 1, (GIA) G-M529
Trad., arr. Nelson, Moravian Carol, The Essential String Method, Double Bass book 2, (Boosey & Hawkes, piano accomp.) M060105180

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