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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended for the Trinity College London Piano grade 3 from 2023 syllabus:
Scales and Arpeggios
Improve Your Sight-reading
Trinity Piano Grade 3
Aural Tests
Pieces
| Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Adele Adkins & Dan Wilson, arr. Amit Anand | Someone Like You (Adele) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 2. | Dennis Alexander | Nocturne no. 1 in C | Nocturnes book 1 | Alfred 46287 |
| 3. | Anon. | Minuet | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 4. | Thomas Attwood | Rondo (3rd movt from Sonatina in G) | Easy Concert Pieces vol 2 | Schott ED22548 |
| 5. | Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach | Anglaise | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 6. | Béla Bartók | The Highway Robber (from For Children, Sz 42) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 7. | Alanya Bridge | Morning | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 8. | Janet & Alan Bullard | Model T | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 9. | Hedwige Chrétien | Pierrot sautille (Pierrot Hops)(no. 4 from 6 petits préludes récréatifs) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 10. | Muzio Clementi | Waltz in E♭ | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 11. | Elena Cobb | Polka Butterfly | Higgledy Piggledy Jazz | EVC 9780956656919 |
| 12. | François Couperin | Les coucous bénévoles (The Benevolent Cuckoos) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 13. | François Couperin, arr. Keith Snell | Le petit rien | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 14. | Ben Crosland | The Clown and the Ballerina | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 15. | Jean-François Dandrieu | The Fifers | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 16. | Miles Davis, arr. Naadia Sheriff | All Blues | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 17. | Alexandre Desplat | Harry and Ginny (from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 18. | Anton Diabelli | Rondino (no. 17 from Melodious Exercises, op. 149) (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 19. | Christine Donkin | An Autumn Leaf | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 20. | Christine Donkin | Badlands | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 21. | Osvaldo Farrés, arr. James Treweek | Tres palabras | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 22. | Stephen Flaherty, arr. Alastair Gavin | Once Upon a December (from Anastasia) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 23. | Robert Fuchs | The Proud Horseman (Stolzer Reitersmann) (no. 2 from Jugendalbum, op. 47) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 24. | Aleksandr Gedike, ed. Pauline Hall | Sonatina | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 25. | Peter Graham | Between the Fingers | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 26. | Chris Gumbley | Says You! | Street Talk (🕮 ) | Gumbles GP502 🕮 |
| 27. | Cornelius Gurlitt | Turkish March (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 28. | Cornelius Gurlitt | Wild Mignonette (no. 1 from Kleine Blumen (Little Flowers), op. 205) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 29. | Joseph Haydn | Andante (3rd movt from Sonata in G, Hob XVI:8) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 30. | Joseph Haydn, arr. David Blackwell | Symphony no. 101 ‘The Clock', 2nd movt | The Foundation Pianist book 2 | Faber 057154066X |
| 31. | Hans-Günter Heumann | PJ’s Ragtime | Piano Junior: Lesson Book 4 | Schott ED13804 |
| 32. | Michael Hurd | Jig | Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5 | Trinity TCL015389 |
| 33. | Nikki Iles | I'm Late! | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 34. | Ilona Jurníčková | Little Stream (Potůček) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 35. | Bryan Kelly | Spanish Dance | Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5 | Trinity TCL015389 |
| 36. | Jerry Leiber & Mike Stroller, arr. Sam & Pam Wedgwood | Hound Dog | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 37. | Albert Loeschhorn | Study in D minor (no. 40 from Studies for the Piano, op. 65) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 38. | Sandra Lynch | nDcvr Agnt | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 39. | Marin Marais | Romance | Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3-5 | Trinity TCL015389 |
| 40. | Ray Moore | Chord Etude | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 41. | Moritz Moszkowski | Spanish Dance, op. 12 no. 2 (duet) | Mixed Doubles: Piano Time Duets book 2 | OUP 9780193727540 |
| 42. | Roland Orzabal, arr. Mari Sainio | Mad World (Tears for Fears) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
| 43. | Johann Pachelbel | Fuga in C | Classical Music for Children | Schott ED21905 |
| 44. | Ari Pulkkinen, arr. Salla Hakkola | Angry Birds Theme | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 45. | Catherine Rollin | Sunrise on the Matterhorn | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 46. | Mari Sainio | Mountain Spirit | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 47. | Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in G | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 48. | Manfred Schmitz | Tango-Prelude II (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 49. | Mike Schönmehl | Rain | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020543 |
| 50. | Hale Smith | My Scarf is Yellow (from Faces of Jazz) | Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora vol 1 | OUP 9780193868229 |
| 51. | David Stewart & Jessica Agombar, arr. John Human | Dynamite (BTS) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL031938 or TCL032027 |
| 52. | Larisa Suknov | Tango Cordoba | Tangos and More | Kjos WP1183 |
| 53. | Hilary Tadman-Robins | Ballad | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 54. | Edric Tan | The Night of the Sleepy Panda | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Grade 3 (both editions) | Trinity TCL020260 or TCL020543 |
| 55. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | The Little Elf | Piano Dreams: solo book 2 | Trinity TCL015341 |
| 56. | Pharrell Williams, arr. Chris Hussey | Happy (Pharrell Williams) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL032027 |
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