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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended for the Trinity College London Piano grade 1 from 2023 syllabus:
Scales and Arpeggios
Improve Your Sight-reading
Trinity Piano Grade 1
Aural Tests
Pieces
| Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Barbara Arens | Grumpy Gorilla | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 2. | Barbara Arens | Hug a Pug | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 3. | Mike Batt, arr. Amit Anand | Nine Million Bicycles (Katie Melua) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 4. | Ludwig van Beethoven, ed. Hans-Günter Heumann | Russian Folk Song (no. 3 from 10 National Airs with Variations, op. 107) | Piano Piccolo | Schott ED22601 |
| 5. | Melody Bober | Stealth Mode | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 6. | Mélanie Bonis | Le petit mendiant (The Little Beggar) (from Album pour les touts-petits, op. 103) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 7. | Kay Charlton | Walking (and Talking) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 8. | Jeremiah Clarke | King William's March | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 9. | Sam Cleaver | Railbird Rag | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 10. | Jaap Cramer | Exclamation Mark (!) | Mosaic vol 1 | Musica Ferrum 9790708147466 |
| 11. | Ben Crosland | Go to Sleep | Mosaic vol 1 | Musica Ferrum 9790708147466 |
| 12. | Ben Crosland | Hand in Hand | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 13. | Anton Diabelli | Bagatelle | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 14. | José Fernández Diaz, arr. Alex Wilson | Guajira Guantanamera | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 15. | Sia Furler, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort & Nick van de Wall, arr. Chris Hussey | Titanium(David Guetta ft. Sia) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 16. | Elisabetta de Gambarini | Minuet (2nd movt from Sonata in D minor, op. 1 no. 6) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 17. | Janina Garścia | Chris's Song (from Very Easy Piano Pieces for Children, op. 3) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 18. | Tom Gerou | The Furless Sphynx (without optional accompaniment) | The Best of Tom Gerou book 2 | Alfred 47358 |
| 19. | Alexander Goedicke | Dance | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 20. | Florence Ada Goodrich | Water Sprite | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 21. | Joyce Grill | I'm Happy | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 22. | Uli Gruber | Jodler (Yodeler) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 23. | Pauline Hall & Paul Drayton | The Very Vicious Velociraptor | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 24. | George Frideric Handel, ed. Peter Wild | Passepied in C, HWV 559 | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 25. | Philip Hawthorn & Anya Suschitzky | Space Walk Rag | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 26. | Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog Jr., arr. Andrea Vicari | God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 27. | Dulcie Holland | Donkey Trot | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 28. | James Horner, arr. Mari Sainio | My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic) (Celine Dion) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 29. | Emil Hradecký | Waltz | Two-Part Piano Miniatures on One Page | Bärenreiter Praha H8034 |
| 30. | Bryan Kelly | On the March | Play the Piano book 1 | Clifton C123 |
| 31. | Barbara Kirkby-Mason | Mango Walk (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises< from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 32. | Félix le Couppey | Mélodie (from ABC du piano) | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 33. | Zhenyan Li | A Peculiar Party | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 34. | Akira Miyoshi | Waltz | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 35. | Ray Moore | The Music Box | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 36. | August Eberhard Müller | Andantino – Handstück no. 5 (from Instructive Pieces for Piano) | Piano Piccolo | Schott ED22601 |
| 37. | Christoph Nichelmann | Minuet no. 3 (from 6 Minuets) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 38. | Christopher Norton | Walking Together | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 39. | Lajos Papp | Once Upon a Time… | The Golden Key | EMB Z.14564 |
| 40. | Matthew Pittarello | Viking Village | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 41. | Victoria Proudler | Toccatina | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 42. | Alexander Reinagle | Minuet (no. 10 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 43. | Ben & Max Ringham | 103 East 86th Street (from She Stoops to Conquer) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 44. | Johann Hermann Schein, arr. Keith Snell | Allemande | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 45. | Kirsten Strecke | The Enchanted Garden | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020529 |
| 46. | Mark Tanner | The Croc that Swallowed a Clock | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 47. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | Easy Going (duet) | Piano Dreams: duet book 1 | Trinity TCL015358 |
| 48. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | Last Waltz (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 49. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | The First Day at School | Piano Dreams: solo book 1 | Trinity TCL015334 |
| 50. | Trad., arr. Hans- Günter Heumann | Backwater Blues | Piano Junior: Performance Book 4 | Schott ED13834 |
| 51. | Daniel Gottlob Türk | Arioso (from Klavierschule) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
| 52. | Daniel Gottlob Türk | Minuet in G | from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 53. | Jan Křtitel Vaňhal | Melodie (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031914 or TCL032003 |
| 54. | Elsie Wells | Courante (duet) | Mixed Doubles: Piano Time Duets book 2 | OUP 9780193727540 |
| 55. | arr. Gillian Walshaw | I Heard It through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 1 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032003 |
| 56. | Naomi Yandell | Pirate Stomp | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 1 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020246 or TCL020529 |
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