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

Scales and Arpeggios – Grades Initial to 5

Trinity Aural Test books Grades initial to 5

Improve Your Sight Reading – Trinity Piano Grade 4

Trinity Piano Teaching Notes, Book and CD, Grade 4 2018-2020

PIECES
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces, chosen from the list below. 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 ( TCL020550) and Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises 2021–2023 ( TCL020277). 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. ARENS, Tango passionis, 🕮 Extended Edition
2. ARNE arr. LEDGER, Minuet, Just for Starters, Encore 120003
3. C P E BACH, Allegro in A major, Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3–5, Trinity TCL015389
4. BADINGS, Ballo gaio, 🕮 Extended Edition
5. BERTINI, Study in E minor, op. 29 no. 14, 🕮 Extended Edition
6. BURGMÜLLER, Barcarolle, op. 100 no. 22, 🕮 Extended Edition
7. CARROLL, A Seaborn Knight, Water Sprites, Forsyth FCW14
8. CIMAROSA, Sonata in A minor, Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises 2021–2023: Grade 4 (both editions), 🕮
9. CLEMENTI, Allegretto (1st movt from Sonatina in G major, op. 36 no. 2), The Classical Piano Method: Repertoire Collection 3, Schott ED13573
10. CLEMENTI, Andante con espressione Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3–5, Trinity TCL015389
11. CROSLAND, Lights in the Rearview, 🕮 (both editions)
12. ELGAR, Andantino (1st movt from Sonatina), 🕮 Extended Edition
13. FARNABY, Tower Hill, 🕮 (both editions)
14. GARDEL arr. FARRINGTON, Por una cabeza, 🕮 Extended Edition
15. ILES, Wendy Bird, Piano Tales for Peter Pan, EVC 9781911359333
16. KABALEVSKY, A Short Story, 30 Children’s Pieces op. 27, Boosey M060113291
17. KIRNBERGER, Minuet in E major, 🕮 Extended Edition
18. KNOWLES, Calypso, 🕮 (both editions)
19. KUHLAU, Allegretto (from Sonatina in G major, op. 55 no. 2) 🕮 (both editions)
20. LANE, Circus Clowns, Bric-a-Brac, Goodmusic GM129
21. LEMOINE, Étude no. 23 (from Études enfantines, op. 37), 🕮 (both editions)
22. MAYKAPAR, Valse (no. 5 from Biriulki, op. 28), 🕮 (both editions)
23. MIFSUD, Remembrance†, 🕮 (both editions)
24. MILNE, No Worries, Even More Little Peppers, Faber 0571523153
25. MOORE, Waltz mystique, 🕮 Extended Edition
26. MOZART, Allegretto (from The London Sketchbook, K 15hh), 🕮 Extended Edition
27. PETOT, Please Count, 🕮 (both editions)
28. ROUX, Kwela no. 1 (from African Miniatures for Young Pianists), Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora vol 1, OUP 9780193868229
29. RUDZIK, Orange Striped Zebra, Truly Astounding Animals, Red Leaf 📚
30. SAINT-SAËNS arr. BLACKWELL, Aquarium (from Carnival of the Animals), The Foundation Pianist book 2, Faber 057154066X
31. SCHMITZ, Kleine Elegie, Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 3–5, Trinity TCL015389
32. R SCHUMANN, Sicilienne (no. 11 from Album for the Young, op. 68), 🕮 (both editions)
33. TANEVA, Balloons in the Air, 🕮 (both editions)
34. TANNER, Forty Winks, 🕮 (both editions)
35. TERZIBASCHITSCH, The Old Gramophone, Piano Dreams: solo book 2, Trinity TCL015341

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