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

Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 8
Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5
Trinity Scales, Arpeggios and Exercises – Grades 1 to 8
Or
Exercises (music may be used)
Candidates prepare three exercises in total: 1a or 1b, 2a or 2b, and 3a or 3b.
Candidates choose one exercise to play first. Examiners then select one of the remaining two prepared exercises to be performed.

1a. Let’s Play! or 1b. Threesy-peasy for finger technique
2a. March to the Top or 2b. The Football Chant for articulation
3a. I Am an Elephant or 3b. Creeping for breath control or rhythm

Tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass Pieces for Grade 1
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces: two accompanied pieces from group A and one unaccompanied piece from group B. Bb bass players may also choose pieces from the Grade 1 euphonium lists. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

* Must be played with the piano accompaniment
** No written piano part, just suggested chord symbols

Group A (accompanied)
Bernstein, One Hand, One Heart, Easy Winners for Tuba* [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind, piano accompt. ) 0124TC/0131BC
Coombes, Tuba Samba**, Keynotes Album for E♭ Bass/Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 0119TC/BC
Daly, Postman Pat, Winners Galore for Tuba* [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0118TC/0123BC
Evans, The Ancient Wand, no. 1, The Sorcerer [TC/BC] (Warwick) TU048
Evans, The Eye of Odin, no. 1, The Vikings are Coming! [TC/BC] (Warwick) TU044
Fox, Snooze Blues, Heavy Weights [TC/BC] (Foxy Dots) M900211040
Hultmark, Symphonic Theme [BC], (Composers Edition)
Jacob, Minuet, no. 3, Six Little Tuba Pieces [TC/BC] (Emerson) E118
Ramskill, Playful Serenade, Keynotes Album for E♭ Bass/Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 0119TC/BC
Ridout, Stacking the Logs or The First Goal of the Season or Lost Love, Autumn Story [TC/BC] (Emerson) E297
Susato, La Mourisque, Winner Scores All for Tuba* [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0138TC/0142BC
Tchaikovsky, Dance of the Mirlitons, Winner Scores All for Tuba* [or with CD) or Bass clef ] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0138TC/0142BC
Trad. Russian , The Birch Tree, Beginners Please! [E♭/F BC] (Winwood) 0087
Trad. Spiritual, All Night, All Day, Easy Winners for Tuba* [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0124TC/0131BC
Trad. Spiritual, Steal Away, Beginners Please! [E♭/F BC] (Winwood) 0087
Vogel , Waltz, 15 Easy Classical Solos (Anglo) AMP306-400
Woolfenden, Pagan Dance, Up Front Album for E♭ Bass/Tuba book 1 [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 0111TC/BC

Group B (unaccompanied)
Davis, Geared Up or Tiny Minuet, Polished Brass [TC] (Brass Wind) 6022TC
Duncan, The Wandering Tortoise, 25 Progressive Studies for new Tuba Players [BC] (Music Company)
Elvin, Start and Stop or Too Much Rum for the Pirate, Journeys by Tuba [BC] (Superbrass)
Gale, The Ending's Well, JAZZFX for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1164EBCD/1175TBCD
Gregson, Hungarian Dance, no. 4 or Lullaby, no. 8, 20 Supplementary Tunes for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6002TC or 6021BC
Jackson, Enthusiastically, no. 1 or Thoughtfully, no. 5, Adverbial Etudes (Onyx, E♭ Tuba, BC & TC, Bass Clef Tubas (F, C and B♭) ) TJ-AE-TCE/TJ-AE-FCB
Johnson, Tuba Ceremony, no. 1 or Lilting Tuba, no. 2, The Tuneful Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6011TC/BC
McKenzie, Riverside Walk, p. 17 or Latin Masters, p. 19, The Jock McKenzie Tutor Book for Young Brass Players [Treble or Bass clef] (Con Moto) CMT1011 [TC] /CMT1013 [BC]
Mozart, Theme from A Musical Joke, Easy Winners for Tuba [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 0124TC/0131BC
Nightingale, Coo’s Blues, no. 3 or Ready, Aim, Fire!, no. 4, Easy Jazzy ‘Tudes [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef] (Warwick) TR042/TU020
Sparke, Once More, no. 6 or Soldiers' March, no. 8, Starter Studies [E♭/B♭ bass[TC] or BC tuba edition] (Anglo) AMP087-401/AMP086-401
Trad., Give me Joy in my Heart, Winners Galore for Tuba [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 0118TC/0123BC

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