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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the Trinity Singing from 2023 Initial Grade Syllabus:
Aural Tests
Pieces
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D; d'-e” | Anderson | To a Baby Brother | Song for a Baby Sister & To a Baby Brother | Roberton 75252 |
| 2 | D; c#'-e” | Anderson | Winter | Four Seasonal Songs | Roberton 75245 |
| 3 | D; c#'-d” | Barratt | Elephant | The National Songbook | Novello NOV492393 |
| 4 | G; d'-d” | Belyea | Lions | Lions | Roberton 75334 |
| 5 | Dm; d'-b♭' | Carpenter | Rainy Old, Gloomy Old Day | Young Voiceworks | OUP 9780193435551 |
| 6 | D; c#'-e” | Coombes | Whales - Swimming Free (1st and 3rd verses) | Whales - Swimming Free | Lindsay |
| 7 | Dm; d'-c” | Court | Korimako, Bellbird | Two Bird Songs | Bellbird M901320123 |
| 8 | Dm; c#'-c” | Crawley | Food | Ev'ryday Things | Roberton 75315 |
| 9 | C; c'-c” | Crawley | Mrs Dinosaur | Mrs Dinosaur | Roberton 75391 |
| 10 | Em; e'-e” | Crawley | The Night the Witches Ride | Trick or Treat: Three Songs for Hallowe'en” | Roberton 75237 |
| 11 | F; c'-c” | Crawley | The Penguin Dance | The Penguin Dance | Roberton 75390 |
| 12 | G; d'-e” | Curwin | My Dog Spot | My Dog Spot | Curwen JC72621 |
| 13 | Dm; d'-c” | Gritz | My Mother Said | My Mother Said | Trinity TCL031839e 🕮 |
| 14 | C; c'-d” | Haria | The Walrus and the Carpenter | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 15 | F; c'-d” | Holdstock | Flat as a Pancake | The Bright Umbrella | Universal UE17313 |
| 16 | C; c'-d” | Holdstock | Pancake Calypso | The Bright Umbrella | Universal UE17313 |
| 17 | Gm; d'-d” | Holdstock | The Bright Umbrella | The Bright Umbrella | Universal UE17313 |
| 18 | C; c'-c” | Holdstock | The Scarecrow | The Bright Umbrella | Universal UE17313 |
| 19 | E♭; E♭'-E♭” | Horsley | There is a Green Hill Far Away (no. 137) | Hymns Ancient & Modern: New Standard | Canterbury 9780907547372 |
| 20 | Am; e'-c#” | Lee | Earth Folk | Earth Folk | Trinity TCL031846e 🕮 |
| 21 | E; e'-e” | Lindley | Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | Banks BR197 |
| 22 | G; c#'-c” | Loesser | Thumbelina (Hans Christian Andersen) | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 23 | D; d'-b' | Mainwaring | A Dragon's Lullaby | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 24 | G; d'-d” | Marsh | Big Boats, Small Boats (any 2 verses and choruses) | Junior Songscape: Earth, Sea and Sky | Faber 0571522068 |
| 25 | F; E♭'-d” | Norton | A Song of the Early Dwellers (Toys) | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 26 | C; c'-e” | Pitt, arr. Marsh | Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer | Junior Songscape: Children's Favourites | Faber 0571526446 |
| 27 | C; c'-e” | Reynolds, arr. Marsh” | Morningtown Ride (verses 1 & 4) | Junior Songscape: Children's Favourites | Faber 0571526446 |
| 28 | C; d'-c” | Ritchie | Albatross Flying So High | Two Bird Songs | Bellbird M901320123 |
| 29 | Bm; b-b' | Roe | Yesterday's News (Pardon Our Rubbish!) | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 30 | D; d'-d” | Schulz | O Come, Little Children | Carol, Gaily Carol | A&C Black 9780713657944 |
| 31 | E♭; B♭-c” | Sherman | Doll on a Music Box (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) (1st verse only) | Broadway Presents! Kids' Musical Theatre Anthology | Alfred 31373 |
| 32 | B♭; B♭-d” | Sherman | Let's Go Fly a Kite (Mary Poppins) | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 33 | F; c'-c” | Sherman | The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
| 34 | F; c'-b♭' | Sherman | Winnie the Pooh (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
| 35 | Cm; c'-c” | Sodah | The Orange Tree | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 36 | D; c#'-c” | Strogers | Cradle Song | Cradle Song | Trinity TCL031853e 🕮 |
| 37 | C; c'-c” | Trad. | Bound for South Australia | Songs that Shaped Australia | All Music 0801141540 🕮 |
| 38 | D; d'-d”” or F; f'-d””” | Trad. | Donkey Riding (any 2 verses and choruses - upper line only) | Best of Children's Songs or The National Songbook” | Schott ED12948 or Novello NOV492393 |
| 39 | C; c'-a' | Trad. | Kumbayah (any 3 verses and choruses) | The Library of Folk Songs | Music Sales AM961521 |
| 40 | F; c'-d” | Trad., arr. Appleby & Fowler” | My Father's Garden | Sing Together! | OUP 9780193301559 (melody), 9780193301566 (piano score) |
| 41 | E♭; d'-E♭” | Trad., arr. Appleby & Fowler” | The Smuggler's Song | Sing Together! | OUP 9780193301559 (melody), 9780193301566 (piano score) |
| 42 | D; c#'-b' | Trad., arr. Ayres” | The Big Ship Sails | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 43 | Dm; d'-e” | Trad., arr. Dacey” | Good Night | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 44 | D; d'-c” | Trad., arr. Dédis” | Oats and Beans and Barley Grow (omit 2nd verse) | Oats and Beans and Barley Grow | Trinity TCL031877e 🕮 |
| 45 | C; c'-c” | Trad., arr. Marsh” | Has'seesan | Songscape World | Faber 0571541828 |
| 46 | G; d'-e” | Trad., arr. Moore | Aiken Drum | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 47 | D; d'-d” | Trad., arr. Roberton | Humpty Dumpty | Humpty Dumpty & Shoo Shaggie | Roberton 72176 |
| 48 | G; d'-d” | Trad., arr. Thompson | Sur le pont d'Avignon | Sing a Song of France | Chester CH61526 |
| 49 | G; g'-d” | Trad., arr. Wright | I Know Where I'm Going | I Know Where I'm Going | Trinity TCL031860e 🕮 |
| 50 | D; c#'-d” | Vernon-Long & Long | Browser the Giraffe | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 51 | Cm; c'-d” | Wilson | A Little Child | Singing Initial from 2023 | Trinity TCL031594 |
| 52 | B♭; B♭-d” | Wrubel | Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (Song of the South) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
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