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 4 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 4
Requirements for selection of pieces can be found on the Trinity website.

The pieces below can be found in Violin Exam Pieces 2025: Grade 4

3. Beach, La captive (no. 1 from Three Compositions, op. 40)

4. Boismortier, Gigue (unaccomp)

5. Coffee Jr, Hudson, Kozmeniuk & Lipa, arr. Wyatt, Levitating (Dua Lipa)

7. Corelli, arr. Cornick, Sarabanda (from Sonata VIII , op. 5)

8. Corrette, Allegro (3rd movt from Sonata in D minor)

11. Edis, The Haunted Ballroom (with repeat)

12. Ellington & Strayhorn, arr. Garrick, Satin Doll

13. Godfrey, Chanson de soir

15. Hadjiev, arr. de Keyser & Waterman, Rondino

16. Handel, arr. Beach & Dryer-Beers, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon, HWV 67)

20. O'Connell & O'Connell, arr. Walshaw, What Was I Made For? (from Barbie)

21. Ortiz, arr. Huws Jones, Passamezzo

22. Puente, arr. Ferrari, Samba Para Dos

23. Smetana, Furiant (from The Bartered Bride)

27. Tailor, El choclo

29. Trad., arr. K & D Blackwell, The Crystal Spring

30. Trad., arr. Smart, Fog el-Nakhal

31. Trad., arr. Wilson, Budeievise

32. Trad., arr. Wood, The Shetland Fiddler

33. Vivaldi, Gavotta (from Sonata in A , op. 5 no. 2, RV 30)

Click The Links For The Pieces Below

1. Arens, Silent Film Rag (with repeat),Twelve Pieces (Trinity)

2. Bach, J S, arr. K & D Blackwell, Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite no. 2 , BWV 1067), Bach For Violin (OUP)

6. Cohen, Howdy!' Hoedown (unaccomp), More Technique Takes Off! (Faber)

9. Dancla, arr. K & D Blackwell, Boléro (Allegro non troppo and Allegretto sections) (from Petite fantaisie - Boléro), Solo Time For Violin Book 2, (OUP)

10. Desmond, arr. Huws Jones, Take Five, Jazz, Blues & Ragtime (Boosey & Hawkes, violin & piano, violin, piano & CD)

14. Grieg, arr. Cohen, Solveig's Song (from Peer Gynt Suite), Concert Repertoire For Violin (Faber)

17. Mazas, arr. K & D Blackwell, Rondo (from 12 Violin Duos, op. 38), Solo Time For Violin Book 2 (OUP)

18. Mendelssohn, arr. Kreisler, Lied ohne Worte (Song Without Words) in Bb, Lied ohne Worte (Schott)

19. Mendizábal, arr. Huws Jones, A la luz de los faroles, The Tango Fiddler (Boosey & Hawkes)

24. Stephen, Milonga Pampeana, Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Violin (Schott: violin only, piano accomp)

25. Strauss, arr. Huws Jones, Fireproof!, The Viennese Fiddler (Boosey & Hawkes)

26. Subramaniam, Ballad, no. 4, Pieces, Studies, Ragas (Trinity)

28. Telemann, Allegro (from Largo & Allegro from Sonata in G), Baroque Violinist, (Boosey & Hawkes)

34. Wilkinson, Indus, Constellations Set 1 (Trinity)

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