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 6 to8
Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades 1 to 8
Or
Orchestral or Brass Band Extracts (music may be used)
Candidates prepare all extracts for tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass. Candidates choose one extract to play first. Examiners then select one of the remaining two prepared extracts to be performed.

Tuba:
1. Delibes: Coppélia, 1. Akt Nr.4 Mazurka (page 12, entire extract)
2. Tschaikowsky: Sinfonie Nr. 4, 4. Satz: Finale (pages 34–35, bars 42-51 AND bar 257 to end of extract)
3. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Vorspiel (pages 46–47, Fig. 11–13)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peter) EP8666

E♭ bass:
1. Lalo, arr. Wright: Le Roi d’Ys (no. 39, passages 2 (upper octave) & 4)
2. Ball: Tournament for Brass (no. 49, passages 1 and 3)
3. Sparke: Land of the Long White Cloud (no. 26, passages 2 (either part) & 3)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 7 (Con Moto) CMT2007

B♭ bass:
1. Lalo, arr. Wright: Le Roi d’Ys (no. 40, passage 2)
2. Ball: Tournament for Brass (no. 51, passages 1 & 3)
3. Sparke: The Land of the Long White Cloud (no. 28, passages 1 & 2)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 10 (Con Moto) CMT2010

Tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass Pieces for Grade 7
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces: two accompanied pieces from group A and one unaccompanied piece from group B. B♭ bass players may also choose pieces from the Grade 7 euphonium lists. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

Books marked ♭ may be unavailable in the U.K. Please contact us by email for more information

Group A (accompanied)
J S Bach, Sarabande for Tuba & Piano [BC] (EMR) 278
Berlioz , Un Bal, Savoir Faire [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2145TC/BC
Capuzzi, Rondo from Andante and Rondo (from Concerto for Double Bass) (Hinrichsen) H1474
Davis, Two Character Pieces [complete; final note can be played an octave higher] TC/BC], (Warwick) TU028
Debussy , Le Cake-Walk, Savoir Faire [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2145TC/BC
Evans, Sad Song, no. 2 and Duel, no. 3, Comedie [BC] (Warwick) TU047
Handel, Sonata in C major, 3rd movt: Larghetto and 4th movt: Gavotte [BC] (EMR) 230
Hindemith, Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano, 1st movt: Allegro pesante or 2nd movt: Allegro assai [BC] (Schott) ED4636
Koetsier, Sonatina op. 57, 1st movt: Allegro [BC] (EMR) 239
Proctor, Piccadilly Polka, Take the Tube [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2129TC/BC
Ridout, Concertino for Tuba and Strings, any two movts [BC] (Emerson) E139
Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre, Savoir Faire [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2145TC/BC
Senaillé , Introduction and Allegro Spiritoso [complete] [TC/BC] (Hinrichsen) H853
Wilder, Effie Joins the Carnival, no. 4, Suite no. 1 (Effie Suite) [BC] (Margun) HL35022124
Wilson-Dickson, Sea-Satyre, Creatures of the Deep [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2151TC/BC

Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach , Aria: Dominica Misericordias Domini, no. 12 or Prelude WTC book 1 no. 9, no. 14, Bach for the Tuba vol. 1 (Emerson) BMP18
J S Bach, Suite no. 1 in G, Menuetto I or Menuetto II, J S Bach Suites for Cello adapted for the Bass Trombone [BC] (Leduc) AL25953
Bourgeois, Complex, Per Tuba Ad Astra [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1122TC/BC
Bourgeois, No. 1, Allegro moderato or no. 4, Commodo, Fantasy Pieces for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 3106TC/BC
Duncan, Being Franck, 15 Advanced Studies for Tuba Based on Orchestral Excerpts [BC] (Music Company)
Elvin, The Line or Fascination with Rhythms, Journeys by Tuba [BC] (Superbrass)
Kopprasch, Study no. 20, Allegro molto, 60 Selected Studies for B♭ Tuba [BC] (King) AL28601
McKenzie, Klezmer or Malaguena, Rhythms of Life [Treble or Bass clef] (Con Moto) CMT1007/CMT1009
Moren, Bagatelle or Divertimento, Performance Studies [TC/BC] (De Haske) DHP1043738-400
Muczynski, Andante, no. 2 and Allegro giocoso, no. 5, Impromptus for Solo Tuba, op. 32 [BC] (Schirmer) GS29162
Snedecor, No. XVII, Stravinsky's The Firebird, Low Etudes for Tuba [BC] (PAS Music) ♭

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