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 Rock! or 1b. Ambling Along for low note tonguing or finger technique
2a. Stately Dance or 2b. Mouse Meets Elephant for articulation
3a. Jigsaw Peace or 3b. The Sleepwalking Robot for breath control

Tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass Pieces for Grade 3
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 3 euphonium lists. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

* Must be played with the piano accompaniment

Group A (accompanied)
Bart, Food, Glorious Food, Winner Scores All for Tuba* [or with CD) or Bass clef ] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0138TC/0142BC
Berlioz, Sanctus (Grande Messe des Morts), Just Brass Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [BC] (Chester) CH55325
Blake, Walking in the Air (The Snowman), Winner Scores All for Tuba* [or with CD) or Bass clef ] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0138TC/0142BC
Bourgeois, Driving Piles, Up Front Album for E♭ Bass/Tuba book 2 [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 0116TC/BC
Duncan, The Old Steam Railway, no. 2, A Haworth Suite [TC/BC] (Music Company)
Evans, The Magician, no. 3, The Sorcerer [TC/BC] (Warwick) TU048
Evans, The Walls of Asgard, no. 3, The Vikings are Coming! [TC/BC] (Warwick) TU044
Fox, Grungy Gorilla, Heavy Weights [TC/BC] (Foxy Dots) M900211040
Hanmer, Scherzando, no. 4, Tuba Tunes [TC/BC] (Emerson) E36
Harburg & Arlen, We’re Off to See the Wizard, Easy Winners for Tuba* [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind, piano accompt. ) 0124TC/0131BC
Hernandez, El Cumbanchero, Latino for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 0152TC/BC
Lully, Gavotte, First Solos for the Tuba Player [BC] (Schirmer) GS33249
Mancini, Pink Panther, All Jazzed Up for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1108E/1108T
Mozart, Marche (Les Petits Riens), First Solos for the Tuba Player [BC] (Schirmer) GS33249
Norman, James Bond Theme, Easy Winners for Tuba* [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind, piano accompt. ) 0124TC/0131BC
Parker, Fletcher, Top Line Album for E♭ Bass/Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1116TC/BC
Pinkard, Carsey & Bernie, Sweet Georgia Brown, All Jazzed Up for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1108E/1108T
Purcell, Minuet, Z649, 15 Easy Classical Solos (Anglo) AMP306-400
Ramskill, Tuba on the Loose, From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2112TC/BC
Runswick, Slinkenpoop, Up Front Album for E♭ Bass/Tuba book 2 [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 0116TC/BC
Schumann, The Happy Farmer, First Solos for the Tuba Player [BC] (Schirmer) GS33249
Trad. Irish, Danny Boy, p. 17, Winners Galore for Tuba* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0118TC/0123BC
Walton, Ambling Along, no. 1, Six Simple Swingers [TC/BC] (Sound the Trumpets) STT4076
Wiggins, Friar Tuck’s Galliard or Seafarer’s Song or The Mischievous Mastodon, The Tuba Player’s Debut [Treble or Bass clef] (Studio) M050012078/M050012061
Wilson-Smith, Odd Job, All Jazzed Up for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1108E/1108T

Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson, Jam on Toast, no. 20 or Red Chilli Sauce, no. 18, Smooth Groove for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1141EBCD [TC]/1153CD [BC]
Davis, Flamenco Flirt [in D minor] or Horn of Wonder, Polished Brass [TC] (Brass Wind) 6022TC
Duncan, Bullfrog Dance, 25 Progressive Studies for new Tuba Players [BC] (Music Company)
Elvin, Rollercoaster or Jigging, Journeys by Tuba [BC] (Superbrass)
Gale, Spy P.I., JAZZFX for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1164EBCD/1175TBCD
Hering, Study no. 12, 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [TC] (Fischer) 03309
Jackson, Pompously, no. 10 or Cheekily, no. 13, Adverbial Etudes (Onyx, E♭ Tuba, BC & TC, Bass Clef Tubas (F, C and B♭) ) TJ-AE-TCE/TJ-AE-FCB
Johnson, Tuba Tango, no. 4 or Jim’s Tune, no. 5, The Tuneful Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6011TC/BC
Lawrance, Off Beat or Staccato Ritmico, Featuring Melody for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6017TC/BC
McKenzie, Waltz or High Life, Music Makes the World Go Round [Treble or Bass clef] (Con Moto) CMT1004 [TC]/CMT1006 [BC]
McKenzie, Ragtime Dance, p. 39, The Jock McKenzie Tutor Book for Young Brass Players [Treble or Bass clef] (Con Moto) CMT1011 [TC] /CMT1013 [BC]
Nightingale, Slinky, no. 13, Easy Jazzy ‘Tudes [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef] (Warwick) TR042/TU020
Sparke, Classical Theme, no. 24, Skilful Studies [E♭/B♭ bass [TC] or BC tuba edition] (Anglo) AMP103-401/AMP102-401
Sparke, Wednesday Waltz, no. 45, Starter Studies [E♭/B♭ bass[TC] or BC tuba edition] (Anglo) AMP087-401/AMP086-401

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