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 Initial

Trinity Aural Test books Grades initial to 5

Trinity Piano Teaching Notes, Book and CD, Initial Grade 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 (Trinity TCL020512) and Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises 2021–2023 (Trinity TCL020239). 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 🕮

1. AKIMOV, The Sleeping Doll, Raise the Bar Piano: Initial–Grade 2, Trinity TCL01537
2. BADINGS, Canon,🕮 Extended Edition
3. BARTÓK, Dialogue (from First Term at the Piano), Piano Progress book 1, Faber 05715086
4. BÉRA-TAGRINE, Conversation,🕮 Extended Edition
5. CABEZA, Diversion 7, Diversions book 1, Piano Safari 9781470613150
6. CHARLTON, Tickery Tockery,🕮 Extended Edition
7. DAXBÖCK, Boogie, 🕮 (both editions)
8. DAXBÖCK et al., Lullaby,🕮 Extended Edition
9. GEROU, Please Stay, Chihuahua*, 🕮 (both editions)
10. GRUBER, Kindergarten Blues, 🕮 (both editions)
11. HANDEL, Gavotte in C, Classics to Moderns 1, Yorktown YK200
12. HARRIS, Spies on a Mission,🕮 Extended Edition
13. HEUMANN, Spanish Guitar Player,🕮 Extended Edition
14. HOFE, Canario, My First Concert, Schott ED20969
15. KABALEVSKY, A Porcupine Dance, Raise the Bar Piano: Initial–Grade 2, Trinity TCL01537
16. KELLY, On the Trot, Play the Piano book 1, Spartan SP1361
17. KODÁLY, Children’s Dance, Raise the Bar Piano: Initial–Grade 2, Trinity TCL01537
18. MÜLLER, ed. WILD, Summer Swing, 🕮 (both editions)
19. PAPP, The Giant, 🕮 (both editions)
20. PRAETORIUS, Old German Dance, 🕮 (both editions)
21. REINAGLE, Allegretto (no. 9 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1), 🕮 both editions
22. REINAGLE, Allegro, (no. 4 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1) 🕮
23. SCHMITZ, 24 Short and Easy Pieces, op. 1) Der Wettstreit: Der Kuckuck und der Esel (no. 11), Das grüne Kinder-Lieder-Klavier, DVfM DV31099
24. SEBBA, Wotcha Doin’♭, Raise the Bar Piano: Initial–Grade 2, Trinity TCL01537
25. STAHL, Stick and Hat*,🕮 Extended Edition
26. STRECKE, The Waltz of the Toads,🕮 Extended Edition
27. TERZIBASCHITSCH, Interval Magic, Piano Dreams: solo book 1, Trinity TCL015334
28. TERZIBASCHITSCH, Round Dance*, Piano Dreams: duet book 2,Trinity TCL015365
29. THUNTAWECH, Muay Thai (The Boxing Star), 🕮 (both editions)
30. TÜRK, Spring Song, Classics to Moderns 1, Yorktown YK200
31. VOGEL, March Time, 🕮 both editions
32. WALKER, Merlin’s Incantation, 🕮 (both editions)
33. WILD, Into the Distance, 🕮 (both editions)
34. WRIGHT, Roundabout, Raise the Bar Piano: Initial–Grade 2, Trinity TCL01537
35. YANDELL, Echo Dance, 🕮 both editions

* 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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