Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the Trinity College Exam Syllabus:
Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades 1 to 8
Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 8
Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5
Trombone Pieces for Grade 5
* Must be played with the piano accompaniment
Books marked ♭ may be unavailable in the U.K. Please contact us by email for more information
Anderson, Blue Tango, Winning Matrix* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accomp) 0145TC/BC
J S Bach, March or Anglaise, Bach for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2107TC/BC
Bacharach & David, I Say a Little Prayer, I Feel Good [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1161TC/BC
Barry, Goldfinger, Across the Pond [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 2136TC/BC
Bernstein, I Can Cook Too, Leonard Bernstein for Trombone [BC] (Boosey) M051050390
Bernstein , Psalm 23, Leonard Bernstein for Trombone [BC] (Boosey) M051050390
Bodkin-Allen, Pirate Jack [BC] (Sounz) ♭
Brahms, Waltz, op. 39 no. 15, Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [TC/BC] (Chester) CH55320
Desmond, Take Five, Winning Matrix* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accomp) 0145TC/BC
Dubin & Warren , Keep Young and Beautiful, Let’s Face the Music for Trombone [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 2131TC/BC
Ellington & Strayhorn, Satin Doll, Paper Moon [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2152TC/BC
Fauré, Après un rêve [BC] (IMC) 1916
Fauré, Sicilienne, Going Solo Trombone [TC/BC] (Faber) 0571514278
Fellows, Midnight, Jazz Café vol. 1 [Tenor/BC] (Hofmeister) FH3506
Gershwin, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, Slide Show for Trombone [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 0122TC/BC
Gershwin , Summertime or I Got Rhythm, A Little Light Music for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2115TC/BC
Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Winning Matrix* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accomp) 0145TC/BC
Handel, Lo, See the Conquering Hero, Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [TC/BC] (Chester) CH55320
Hofmann, No. 4 (Allegro marziale) of 4 melodische Studien nach Giuseppe Concone, Spielbuch für Posaune und Klavier vol. 1 [BC] (DVfM) DV32133
Harris, Don't Know Why, Across the Pond [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 2136TC/BC
Kander & Ebb , It Couldn’t Please Me More, Undercover Hits for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1150TC/BC
Loesser, Luck Be a Lady Tonight, Centre Stage for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2117TC/BC
Morricone, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Winning Matrix* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accomp) 0145TC/BC
Proctor, Bone Shaker, On Your Metal [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2120TC/BC
Proctor, Goldplay or Steel Stomp, Metal Bars for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2139TC/BC
Rodriguez, La Cumparsita, Latino [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 1149TC/BC
Wagner, Pilgrim's Chorus, Winning Matrix* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accomp) 0145TC/BC
Group B (unaccompanied)
Bourgeois, No. 3, Vivace or no. 6, Adagio sostenuto, Bone of Contention [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6008TC/BC
Clarke, Polish Dance, Featuring Rhythm [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6003TC/BC
Crees & Gane, Study no. 6.6, How Trombonists Do It [Treble or Bass clefTreble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6007TC/BC
Endresen, Study no. 34, Allegretto, Supplementary Studies for Trombone [BC] (Rubank) HL04470640
Langey, Melodic Study no. 12, Practical Tutor [Treble or Bass clef] (Boosey) M060036057/M060036064
Nightingale, Passion Fruit Samba, no. 18 or The Turkey, no. 22, Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef] (Warwick) TB289/TB166
Nightingale, Shutdown Samba, no. 17, Jazz@Etudes [Treble or Bass clef] (Warwick) TB817/TB732
Nightingale, Gottle of Geer, no. 10, Tipping the Scales [[Treble or Bass clef] (Warwick) TB268/TB170
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