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. Rescue Squad or 1b. Bob-tail Bob for finger technique
2a. Let in Latin or 2b. After the Battle for articulation
3a. Balloon Ride or 3b. Sliding Down the Banister for breath control

Tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass Pieces for Grade 4
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 4 euphonium lists. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

* Must be played with the piano accompaniment

Group A (accompanied)
Bart, Pick a Pocket or Two, A Little Light Music for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2121E/2121T
Benson & Fisher, Your Feet’s Too Big, From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2112TC/BC
Bilk , Stranger On The Shore, Stranger on the A Train for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2149E/2149T
Brown & Homer , Sentimental Journey, Stranger on the A Train for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2149E/2149T
Davenport & Cooley, Fever, From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2112TC/BC
Duncan, Flying a Kite over Haworth Moor, no. 1, A Haworth Suite [TC/BC] (Music Company)
Evans, Warlock, Breaker of Oaths, no. 4, The Sorcerer [TC/BC] (Warwick) TU048
Evans, Hringhorn, Greatest of Ships, no. 4, The Vikings are Coming! [TC/BC] (Warwick) TU044
Fox, Smooth Tube, Heavy Weights [TC/BC] (Foxy Dots) M900211040
Gay, Leaning on a Lamp-post, A Little Light Music for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2121E/2121T
Goodwin, 633 Squadron, Great Winners* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accompt.) 0132TC/0137BC
Gounod, March of a Marionette, First Solos for the Tuba Player [BC] (Schirmer) GS33249
Hanmer, Staccato, no. 2, Tuba Tunes [TC/BC] (Emerson) E36
Harnick & Bock, If I Were a Rich Man, A Little Light Music for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2121E/2121T
Hultmark, American Song [BC] (Composers Edition)
Jacob, Marching Tune, no. 2, Six Little Tuba Pieces [TC/BC] (Emerson) E118
Lloyd Webber , All I Ask of You, Stranger on the A Train for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2149E/2149T
Mack & Johnson, Charleston, Let’s Face the Music for Tuba/ E♭ Bass [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2134TC/BC
Parker, Beach Buggy, Top Line Album for E♭ Bass/Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1116TC/BC
Perrie, Asleep in the Deep, First Solos for the Tuba Player [BC] (Schirmer) GS33249
Rodgers & Hart, Blue Moon, Jazzed Up Too [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1111E/1111T
Shearing, Lullaby of Birdland, Big Chillers for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1151TC/BC
Sullivan, Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast♭ (The Pirates of Penzance), Just Brass: Tuba Solos, vol. 1 [BC] (Chester) CH55325
Vivaldi, Largo from Winter, From Vivaldi to Fats Waller for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2112TC/BC

Group B (unaccompanied)
Blakeson, Big Band Swing, no. 33 or Latin Lady, no. 32, Smooth Groove for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1141EBCD [TC]/1153CD [BC]
Bourgeois, Pompous or Wistful, Per Tuba Ad Astra [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1122TC/BC
Davis, Psychedelic Sweatshirt or Serpent Smoothie (in C major), Polished Brass [TC] (Brass Wind) 6022TC
Duncan, Kangaroo Playtime, 25 Progressive Studies for new Tuba Players [BC] (Music Company)
Elvin, Sacred Spirit or Carnival Time, Journeys by Tuba [BC] (Superbrass)
Gale, Future Bright, JAZZFX for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1164EBCD/1175TBCD
Hering, Study no. 10 or no. 11, 40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet [TC] (Fischer) 03309
Jackson, Silkily, no. 14, Adverbial Etudes (Onyx, E♭ Tuba, BC & TC, Bass Clef Tubas (F, C and B♭) ) TJ-AE-TCE/TJ-AE-FCB
Johnson, Footsteps on the Stairs, no. 7, The Tuneful Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6011TC/BC
Lawrance, Syncopated Dance, Featuring Melody for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6017TC/BC
McKenzie, Mambo or Tango, Music Makes the World Go Round [Treble or Bass clef] (Con Moto) CMT1004 [TC]/CMT1006 [BC]
Nightingale, Blues for Big-Ears, no. 15, Easy Jazzy ‘Tudes [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef] (Warwick) TR042/TU020
Sparke, Contrasts, no. 30, Skilful Studies [E♭/B♭ bass [TC] or BC tuba edition] (Anglo) AMP102-401/AMP103-401

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