Trinity Strings exams no longer operate with an end date. The current syllabus remains valid indefinitely, and planned updates will be announced at least 12 months in advance.

Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the Trinity Violin Grade 3 syllabus from 2025:

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios Grades Initial to 8

Trinity Sight reading Grades 3 to 5

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Violin Pieces for Grade 3
Requirements for selection of pieces can be found on the Trinity website.

The pieces below can be found in Violin Exam Pieces 2025: Grade 3

3. Baklanova, arr. Waterman & de Keyser, Mazurka

4. Barns, Chanson d'amour (from 8 Pieces)

9. Dryer-Beers, Marlow's Tune (unaccomp)

10. Gentile, arr. Borter, Flor de Fango (duet)

11. Handel, arr. Cohen, Minuet (from Samson)

13. Hannon, arr. Wyatt, A Hatful of Dreams (from Wonka)

14. Hook, arr. Lambert, Country Dance

15. Howard, arr. Gill, Fly Me to the Moon

18. Kroll, Donkey Doodle

19. Mac, McDaid & P!nk, arr. Walshaw, What About Us (P!nk)

21. McDowall, Sunday on Fifth Avenue

22. Mozart, Kontretanz, K 534 (Das Donnerwetter)

24. Offenbach, arr. Beach & Dryer-Beers, Can-Can (Galop infernal) (from Orpheus in the Underworld)

25. Saunders, Maracas Beach

27. Sopper, Blue Sky (duet)

31. Trad., arr. Huws Jones & Velagic, Sarajevo divno mjesto

32. Trad., arr. Wilson, Ymweliad Y Bardd (Welcome the Bard)

33. Trad., arr. Wood, Ack Värmeland, du Sköna

34. Trad., arr. Wood, The Harvest Home Hornpipe (with repeats)

35. Trory, March in C (duet)

37. Wood, Strut Your Stuff

Click The Links For The Pieces Below

1. Arens, Donwell Abbey or Fat Cat Boogie or Rondo Furioso, Twelve Pieces  (Trinity)

2. Bach, J S, arr. Suzuki, Gavotte in G minor, Suzuki Violin School vol. 3 (Suzuki: violin book, piano accomp)

5. Bizet, arr. K & D Blackwell, Habanera (from Carmen), Fiddle Time Sprinters (OUP: violin book & audio, violin accomp, piano accomp)

6. Blackwell, K & D, Wild West, Fiddle Time Sprinters (OUP: violin book & audio, violin accomp, piano accomp)

7. Cohen, Quite a Character! (duet), More Technique Takes Off! (Faber)

8. Cohen, Magic Carpet Ride (unaccomp), Superstudies Book 2 (Faber)

12. Handel, arr. Trory, La Réjouissance (duet), Violin Playing Book 3 (Waveney)

16. Howells, Chosen' Tune, Three Pieces, op. 28 (Stainer)

17. Humperdinck, arr. Robjohns, Sleep Song (from Hansel and Gretel), First Solo Pieces Book 1 (Schott)

20. Mackay, Rebecca (A Rumba), Four Modern Dance Tunes (Stainer)

23. Mozart, arr. Forbes, Polonaise, Classical and Romantic Pieces Book 2 (OUP)

26. Schubert, arr. de Keyser, German Dance, The Young Violinist's Repertoire Book 4 (Faber)

28. Subramaniam, Manodharma (Solo), no. 12 (unaccomp), Pieces, Studies, Ragas (Trinity)

29. Tartini, Sarabande, Raise the Bar Violin: Grades 3-5 (Trinity)

30. Trad., arr. K & D Blackwell, Wade in the Water, Fiddle Time Sprinters (OUP: violin book & audio, violin accomp, piano accomp)

36. Weinberger, arr. Arnell & Rokos, Polka (from Schwanda, the Bagpiper), Raise the Bar Violin: Grades 3-5 (Trinity)

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