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

Scales and Arpeggios – Grades 6 to 8

Improve Your Sight Reading – Trinity Piano Grade 6

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 6 to 8

Trinity Piano Teaching Notes, Book and CD, Grade 6 2018-2020

PIECES
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces chosen from the lists below, containing at least one piece from each group. 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 ( TCL020574) and Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises 2021–2023 ( TCL020291). 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 🕮

Group A
1. C P E BACH, Adagio (2nd movt from Sonata in B minor, H132, Wq 62/22), 🕮 Both Editions
2. J S BACH, Invention no. 6 in E major, BWV 777, Two Part Inventions, Henle HN1591 (un-fingered) , HN591 (fingered)
3. J S BACH, Prelude in D minor, BWV 935, 🕮 Extended Edition
4. J S BACH arr. HEUMANN, Badinerie (from Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067), Best of Piano Classics book 2, Schott ED22975
5. BENDA, Sonatina in E♭, 🕮 Extended Edition
6. BYRD, Coranto (no. 218 from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book), 🕮 Extended Edition
7. COUPERIN, Allemande (from L’art de toucher le clavecin), 🕮 Both Editions
8. COUPERIN, The Little Windmills, Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 6–8 Trinity TCL015395
9. FARRENC, Impromptu, 🕮 Both Editions Extended Edition
10. HAYDN, Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in D major, Hob XVI:4), Complete Piano Sonatas vol 1, Henle HN238
11. HAYDN, Finale (3rd movt from Sonata in C major, Hob XVI:35), 🕮 Both Editions
12. JONES, Giga in A minor, 🕮 Extended Edition
13. KHACHATURIAN, Ivan Is Very Busy, 🕮 Both Editions
14. SCHUBERT, Allegretto in C minor, D 915, Late Piano Pieces, Bärenreiter BA9634

Group B
1. BARTÓK, Stamping Dance (from Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, vol 5), 🕮 Both Editions
2. BASTEAU, Au gré des vagues, Instants Magiques, Lemoine HL29303
3. BÉRA-TAGRINE, Mazurka, 🕮 Extended Edition
4. BÉRA-TAGRINE, Terminal 2, 🕮 Both Editions
5. BURGMÜLLER, The Gondolier’s Song (no. 14 from 18 Characteristic Studies, op. 109), 18 Characteristic Studies, op. 109, Schirmer GS25617
6. BURLEIGH, Through Moanin’ Pines (no. 1 from From the Southland), Four Early 20th Century Piano Suites by Black Composers, Schirmer GS82960
7. CASELLA, Galop final (from 11 pezzi infantili), 🕮 Both Editions
8. DELLO JOI, Prayer of the Matador (no. 2 from Lyric Pieces for the Young), 🕮 Both Editions
9. GEROU, Northern Lights The Best of Tom Gerou book 3, Alfred 47359
10. HUANG-HSU, Epilogue (5th movt from Ta ¯wa ¯hi)†, 🕮 Both Editions
11. KARGANOV, Arabesque, op. 6 no. 4, 🕮
12. LANE, Streets and Avenues, Three Little Bites at the Big Apple, Goodmusic GM130
13. LE FLEMING, Lullaby for Oscar, 🕮 Both Editions Extended Edition
14. PETERSON, Jazz Exercise no. 2 (from Part 3: Jazz Exercises), Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes & Pieces for Piano, Hal Leonard HL00311225
15. RAMSKILL, Weaving a Spell, 🕮 Extended Edition
16. REBIKOV, Con afflizione (no. 3 from Feuilles d’automne, op. 29), Feuilles d’automne op. 29, Forberg F01064
17. REGER, Versöhnung (Reconciliation) (no. 20 from Aus der Jugendzeit op. 17), Raise the Bar Piano: Grades 6–8 Trinity TCL015395
18. SCHMITZ, Progression I, 🕮 Extended Edition
19. SHANG, Dance (no. 7 from Seven Little Pieces after Folk Songs from Inner Mongolia), Chinese Piano Music for Children, Schott ED7652
20. WALSH & SHORE arr. PODGORNOV, In Dreams (from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), 🕮 Extended Edition
21. WILKINSON, Jazzin’ Grace, 🕮 Both Editions

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