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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended for the Trinity College London Piano Initial grade from 2023 syllabus:
Scales and Arpeggios
Aural Tests
| Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | K Akimov | The Sleeping Doll | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 2. | Henk Badings | Canon | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 3. | Béla Bartók | Dialogue (from First Term at the Piano) | Piano Progress book 1 | Faber 057150860X |
| 4. | Béla Bartók | Imitation and Inversion (no. 23 from Mikrokosmos, Sz 107, vol 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 5. | Nathalie Béra-Tagrine | Conversation | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 6. | Juan Cabeza | Diversion 7 | Diversions book 1 | Piano Safari 9781470613150 |
| 7. | Kay Charlton | Tickery Tockery | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 8. | Seána Davey | Autumn Waltz | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 9. | Karin Daxböck | Boogie | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 10. | Karin Daxböck et al. | Lullaby | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 11. | Thomas Dunhill | Sheep on the Downs | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 12. | Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, arr. Naadia Sheriff | Satin Doll | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 13. | Tom Gerou | Please Stay, Chihuahua (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 14. | Ulrike Gruber | Kindergarten Blues | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 15. | George Frideric Handel | Gavotte in C | Classics to Moderns 1 | Yorktown YK20014 |
| 16. | Paul Harris | Spies on a Mission | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 17. | Hans-Günter Heumann | Spanish Guitar Player | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 18. | Joachim von der Hofe | Canario | My First Concert | Schott ED20969 |
| 19. | John Human | Far, Far Away | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 20. | Dmitry Kabalevsky | A Porcupine Dance | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 21. | Bryan Kelly | On the Trot | Play the Piano book 1 | Clifton C123 |
| 22. | Iain Kendell | Thoughtful (from Moods) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 23. | Yumi Kimura, arr. Michael Csányi-Wills | Always with Me (from Spirited Away) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 24. | Zoltán Kodály | Children's Dance | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 25. | Tamara Loeffler & John Siegler, arr. Ravina Misri | Pokémon Theme | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 26. | Stephen Manderson, Tom Barnes, Ben Kohn, Peter Kelleher, Iain James & Adele Sandé, arr. Mari Sainio | Read All About It, Pt. III (Emeli Sandé) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 27. | August Eberhard Müller, ed. Peter Wild | Summer Swing | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 28. | Linda Nottingham | Little Sarabande | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 29. | Linda Nottingham & John Human | You and Me (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 30. | Lajos Papp | The Giant | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 31. | Michael Praetorius | Old German Dance | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 32. | Victoria Proudler | March of the Druids | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 33. | Alexander Reinagle | Allegretto (no. 9 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 34. | Alexander Reinagle | Allegro (no. 4 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 35. | Alexander Reinagle | Piece no. 6 (from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 36. | Sonny Rollins, arr. James Treweek | St Thomas | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 37. | Manfred Schmitz | Der Wettstreit: Der Kuckuck und der Esel (no. 11) | Das grüne Kinder-Lieder-Klavier | DVfM DV31099 |
| 38. | Jane Sebba | Wotcha Doin'♭ | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 39. | Verdina Shlonsky | Lullaby (from 11 Musical Postcards) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 40. | Michael Stahl | Stick and Hat (duet) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 41. | Kirsten Strecke | The Waltz of the Toads | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL020512 |
| 42. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | Interval Magic | Piano Dreams: solo book 1 | Trinity TCL015334 |
| 43. | Anne Terzibaschitsch | Round Dance (duet) | Piano Dreams: duet book 2 | Trinity TCL015365 |
| 44. | Mintra Thuntawech | Muay Thai (The Boxing Star) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 45. | Trad., arr. Chris Hussey | Korobeiniki | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 46. | Daniel Gottlob Türk | Spring Song | Classics to Moderns 1 | Yorktown YK20014 |
| 47. | U2, arr. Jessica Dannheisser | With or Without You (U2) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 48. | Andrea Vicari | Dandy Lion | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 49. | Wilhelm Moritz Vogel | March Time | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 50. | Sarah Walker | Merlin's Incantation | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 51. | Gillian Walshaw | Train Ride | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
| 52. | George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore, arr. Chris Hussey | Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley) | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial | Extended Edition | Trinity TCL031990 |
| 53. | Peter Wild | Into the Distance | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 54. | David Wright | Roundabout | Raise the Bar Piano: Initial-Grade 2 | Trinity TCL015372 |
| 55. | Naomi Yandell | Echo Dance | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2021: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL020239 or TCL020512 |
| 56. | Naomi Yandell | Square Dance | Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial (both editions) | Trinity TCL031907 or TCL031990 |
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