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

Trinity Sight Reading Pieces Grades 6 to 8 (Trinity) TCL 015099

Trinity Aural Test Books Grades 6 to 8

Trinity Theory of Music Workbook Grade 6

Technical Work
Candidates prepare section 1 and either section 2 or section 3.

All requirements are in Trinity’s Guitar Scales, Arpeggios & Studies from 2016: Grades 6 to 8. (Trinity) TCL 015099

1. Technical Exercise (music may be used)
Technical exercise in F# minor (q = 126)

Either
2. Scales & arpeggios
Or
3. Studies (music may be used) — candidates prepare 1a or 1b, 2a or 2b, and 3a or 3b (three studies in total). Candidates choose one study to play first. Examiners then select one of the remaining two prepared studies to be performed.

1a Cap Gris Nez or 1b Rain Tree [for tone and phrasing]
2a White Water or 2b Modes of Thought [for articulation]
3a Mezquito or 3b Night Vision [for idiomatic elements]

PIECES

Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces chosen from the lists below, containing at least one piece from each group. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

Pieces marked 📚 can be found in Trinity’s graded exam book Classical Guitar Exam Pieces 2020–2023: Grade 7 (Trinity) TCL019349

Group A
1. J.S. Bacharr. Koonce, Gavotte 1, from Lute Suite in A minor BWV 995, The Solo Lute Works (Kjos) WG100
2. J.S. Bacharr. Koonce, Prelude, from Cello Suite no. 1 BWV 1007, Cello Suites 1 2 3 (Productions d’Oz) DZ2420
3. Carcassi, Caprice no. 4 in A minor, 6 Caprices op. 26 (Schott) GA72
4. Coste, Tarantelle 📚
5. Diabelli, Andante cantabile, 2nd movt from Sonata in C major op. 29 no. 1, 3 Sonatas (Schott) GA57
6. Ferrer, Andantino, no. 6 from Colección 4a, 24 Estudios (Schott) GA569
7. Giuliani, Rondo, no. 2 from 3 Rondos op. 17, (Araniti)
8. Holborne, Fantasia, Raise the Bar Guitar: Grades 6–8 (Trinity) TCL016577
9. Mertz, Adagio con dolore and Allegro conspirito, from Flowers of my Homeland, The Guitarist’s Collection book 1 (Mayhew) 3611140
10. Pratten, Forgotten, no. 77 Impromptu 📚
11. Sanz arr. Koenigs, Pavanas por la D, from Instrucción de música sobre la guitarra española 📚
12. Scarlatti trans. Burley, Sonata in A K 208, 8 Sonatas (Schott) ED12442
13. Sor, Bagatelle no. 2, Mes ennuis: 6 Bagatelles op. 43 (Ut Orpheus) CH283
14. Trad. Arr. Russell, The Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond 📚

Group B
1. Arcas, Bolero 📚
2. Barrios Mangoré, Barcarolle, Julia Florida, Raise the Bar Guitar: Grades 6–8 (Trinity) TCL016577
3. Brouwer, Un dia de noviembre (Chester) CH61839
4. Dyens, Les balancelles, Separately or Les 100 de Roland Dyens vol. 1 (Productions d’Oz) DZ1923 or DZ2201
5. Garcia, Etude no. 19: Les moulines marinières, 25 études esquisses (Mel Bay) 95430
6. Gubaidulina, Serenade 📚
7. Montero, Azul, Tres colores porteños (Piles) PIL1590
8. Pernambuco, Sons de Carilhões, Famous Chôros vol. 1 (Chanterelle) ECH0761
9. Piazzolla arr. RYAN, Tango final, Play Piazzolla (Boosey) M060119712
10. Shand, Légende op. 201 📚
11. Smith, Halcyon Days 📚
12. Tárrega, Rosita 📚
13. Villa-lobos, Prélude no. 3 in A minor, Cinq préludes (Eschig) DF15722
14. Walton, Bagatelle no. 2, from Five Bagatelles for Guitar 📚

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