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 5 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 5
Requirements for selection of pieces can be found on the Trinity website.

The pieces below can be found in Violin Exam Pieces 2025: Grade 5

1. Abreu, arr. Huws Jones, Tico-tico no fuba

2. Arlen, arr. Iles, (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)

3. Bach, J S, arr. Beach & Dryer-Beers, Air (from Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D , BWV 1068)

7. Böhm, Perpetuo mobile (no. 6 from Little Suite)

10. Corelli, Allegro (final movt from Sonata no. 3 in C)

13. Falk, Guetta, Kotecha, Tuinfort & Yacoub, arr. Wyatt, One Last Time (Ariana Grande)

14. Fauré, Berceuse

15. Ferraretto, Leapers Reel

16. Garner, arr. Garrick, Misty

18. Hertel, Character Study no. 6 (theme and variations 1 & 2 only) (unaccomp)

20. Iwan, Moderato (1st movt from Concerto no. 1 in A, 'Layla')

21. Kraemer & Kraemer, Cossack Dance

23. Mollenhauer, Theme and Variation (from The Boy Paganini)

24. Murdoch, Scottish Fantasy

26. Puente, arr. Ferrari, Danzón Gloria

28. Schifrin, arr. Walshaw, Mission: Impossible Theme (from Mission: Impossible)

30. Trad., arr. Wilson, Nuku, Nuku

31. Trad., arr. Wood, Packington's Pownde

35. Wilson, Arioso

36. Wood, Hampsfell Hoedown

Click The Links For The Pieces Below

4. Bach, J S, arr. K & D Blackwell, Allegro (from Trio Sonata no. 1 for Organ , BWV 525), Bach for Violin (OUP)

5. Bach, J S / Gounod, arr. Barber, Ave Maria, Solos for Young Violinists Vol. 3 (Alfred)

6. Bernstein, arr. Parman, I Feel Pretty (from West Side Story), West Side Story Instrumental Solos: Violin (Boosey & Hawkes)

8. Carse, Gavotte, Classic Carse Book 2 (Stainer)

9. Cohen, Catch Me If You Can (unaccomp), Technique Takes Off! (Faber)

11. Corelli, Grave (1st movt from Sonata in D , op. 5 no. 1) (original version), Violin Sonatas, Op. 5, Vol. 1 (Wiener Urtext)

12. Debussy, arr. K & D Blackwell, La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Preludes Book 1), Solo Time for Violin Book 2 (OUP)

17. Handel, Allegro (2nd movt from Sonata no. 6 in E), Sonatas Vol. 2 (Peters)

19. Ireland, Bagatelle, Bagatelle (Braydeston)

22. Mascitti, Giga, Baroque Violinist  (Boosey & Hawkes) or Grade by Grade: Violin Grade 5 (Boosey & Hawkes)

25. Portnoff, Russian Fantasia no. 2 in D minor, Raise the Bar Violin: Grades 3-5 (Trinity)

27. Sammartini, arr. Elman, Canto Amoroso, The Eta Cohen Violin Method Book 4 (Novello: without CD, with CD)

29. Tacchinardi, Romance, Dodici Miniature Vol. 2  (Dohr)

32. Vitali, Bergamasca per la lettera B (unaccomp), Partita sopra diverse Sonate (Doblinger)

33. Wedgwood, Survivor, After Hours  (Faber)

34. Weill, arr. Frenkel, Ballad (from The Threepenny Opera), Raise the Bar Violin: Grades 3-5 (Trinity)

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