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

Scales and Arpeggios – Grades Initial to 5

Improve Your Sight Reading – Trinity Piano Grade 3

Trinity Aural Test books Grades initial to 5

Trinity Piano Teaching Notes, Book and CD, Grade 3 2018-2020

PIECES
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces, chosen from the list below. Only one duet may be chosen. An own composition may be played instead of one of the listed pieces.

Trinity’s 2021–2023 graded exam books are available in two editions: Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises 2021–2023 | Extended Edition ( TCL020543) and Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises 2021–2023 ( TCL020260). Both editions include the same 12 pieces, while the Extended Edition also includes nine extra pieces as a downloadable ebook. Pieces in these graded exam books are marked with 🕮.

Books marked 📚 may be unavailable in the U.K. Please contact us by email for more information

1. ALEXANDER, Nocturne no. 1 in C major, Nocturnes book 1, Alfred 46287
2. ATTWOOD, Rondo (3rd movt from Sonatina in G major), Easy Concert Pieces vol 2, Schott ED22548
3. BARTÓK, The Highway Robber (from For Children, Sz. 42), 🕮 (both editions)
4. J & A BULLARD, Model T,  🕮 Extended Edition
5. COBB, Polka Butterfly, Higgledy Piggledy Jazz, EVC 9780956656919
6. COUPERIN, Les coucous bénévoles (The Benevolent Cuckoos), 🕮 (both editions)
7. COUPERIN, arr. SNELL, Le petit rien,  🕮 Extended Edition
8. CROSLAND, The Clown and the Ballerina, 🕮 Extended Edition
9. DIABELLI, Rondino (no. 17 from Melodious Exercises, op. 149)*, 🕮 (both editions)
10. DONKIN, An Autumn Leaf, 🕮 (both editions)
11. DONKIN, Badlands, 🕮 Extended Edition
12. GEDIKE, Sonatina, 🕮 (both editions)
13. GRAHAM, Between the Fingers, 🕮 Extended Edition
14. GUMBLEY, Says You!, Street Talk, Gumbles GP502 📚
15. HAYDN, Andante (3rd movt from Sonata in G major, Hob XVI:8), 🕮 (both editions)
16. HAYDN arr. BLACKWELL, Symphony no. 101 ‘The Clock’, The Foundation Pianist book 2, Faber 057154066X
17. HEUMANN, PJ’s Ragtime, Piano Junior: Lesson Book 4, Schott ED13804
18. HURD, Jig, Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3–5, Trinity TCL015389
19. ILES, I’m Late!, 🕮 (both editions)
20. KELLY, Spanish Dance, Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3–5, Trinity TCL015389
21. LEIBER & STOLLER arr. P & S WEDGWOOD, Hound Dog, 🕮 (both editions)
22. LOESCHHORN, Study in D minor (no. 40 from Studies for the Piano, op. 65), 🕮 (both editions)
23. LYNCH, nDcvr Agnt, 🕮 (both editions)
24. MARAIS, Romance, Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3–5, Trinity TCL015389
25. MOSZKOWSKI, Spanish Dance, op. 12 no. 2*, Mixed Doubles: Piano Time Duets book 2, OUP 9780193727540
26. PACHELBEL, Fuga in C major, Classical Music for Children Schott ED21905
27. ROLLIN, Sunrise on the Matterhorn, 🕮 Extended Edition
28. D SCARLATTI, Sonata in G major, 🕮 Extended Edition
29. SCHMITZ, Tango-Prelude II*, 🕮 Extended Edition
30. SCHÖNMEHL, Rain, , 🕮
31. SMITH, My Scarf Is Yellow Extended Edition(from Faces of Jazz), Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora vol 1, OUP 9780193868229
32. SUKNOV, Tango Cordoba, Tangos and More, Kjos WP1183
33. TADMAN-ROBINS, Ballad, 🕮 (both editions)
34. TAN, The Night, of the Sleepy Panda, 🕮 (both editions)
35. TERZIBASCHITSCH, The Little Elf, Piano Dreams: solo book 2, Trinity TCL015341

* To be performed as a duet. The duet part (lower part) must be performed in the exam by the teacher, another adult or another pupil, but may not be pre-recorded.

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