Exams/Trinity/Trinity · Grade 7
Set pieces and reviews
Trinity College London Grade 7 piano runs on the 2023+ syllabus, in force for 2024–26 exams. The repertoire is a single list with no List A/B/C split; candidates choose three pieces (one of which may be a free-choice piece or own composition that fits the level). The list itself is the property of Trinity College London; references on this page are factual citations of each composition.
Exam pieces — editorial reviews
D major · 144 bpm
Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 850 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Johann Sebastian Bach
The D-major pair from Book 1 of *The Well-Tempered Clavier* (1722) is one of the most extroverted prelude-and-fugue couplings in the cycle.
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D major · 138 bpm
Sonata in D, Hob. XVI:37 — first movement
Joseph Haydn
Haydn's *Sonata in D, Hob.
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C minor · 132 bpm
Ballade (No. 15 from 25 Études faciles, Op. 100)
Friedrich Burgmüller
Burgmüller's *25 Études faciles, Op.
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A major · 76 bpm
Intermezzo in A, Op. 118 No. 2
Johannes Brahms
Brahms wrote his *Op.
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D♭ major · 60 bpm
Clair de lune (No. 3 from Suite bergamasque, L. 75)
Claude Debussy
Debussy composed *Suite bergamasque* in 1890 and revised it for publication in 1905; the third movement, *Clair de lune* ("moonlight"), has become one of the most-played piano pieces of the twentieth century.
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C♯ minor · 84 bpm
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor, Op. 66
Frédéric Chopin
Chopin composed the *Fantaisie-Impromptu* in 1834 but never published it during his lifetime; the piece appeared posthumously as Op.
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F · 132 bpm
Visions fugitives, No. 3 (Allegretto)
Sergei Prokofiev
Prokofiev's *Visions fugitives, Op.
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A minor · 132 bpm
Libertango (arr. for solo piano)
Astor Piazzolla (arr. various)
Piazzolla released *Libertango* in 1974 and the piece — a tango-derived piece with an insistent, syncopated bass line and a chromatic melodic shape — became one of his most-recorded and most-arranged compositions.
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A minor · 138 bpm
Fly Me to the Moon (arr. for solo piano)
Bart Howard (arr. various)
Bart Howard composed *Fly Me to the Moon* in 1954, and the song — popularised by Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording with the Count Basie Orchestra — has become one of the central American Songbook standards.
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Other set pieces
The remaining pieces on the official Trinity Grade 7 repertoire list. Editorial reviews for these are in preparation; for now, the full scores and notes appear in the official syllabus book.
- Three-Part Sinfonia No. 6 in E, BWV 792Johann Sebastian Bach
- Romanian Dance, Op. 8a No. 1Béla Bartók
- Sonata in G, Op. 49 No. 2 — Allegro ma non troppoLudwig van Beethoven
- Waltz in C♯ minor, Op. 64 No. 2Frédéric Chopin
- Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (from Children's Corner)Claude Debussy
- Furiant, Op. 12 No. 2Antonín Dvořák
- Notturno (from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54)Edvard Grieg
- Sonata in E♭, Hob. XVI:49 — Adagio cantabileJoseph Haydn
- Consolation No. 3 in D♭, S. 172Franz Liszt
- Songs Without Words, Op. 30 No. 6 (Venetian Boat Song)Felix Mendelssohn
- Sonata in F, K. 332 — AdagioWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Visions fugitives, No. 5Sergei Prokofiev
- Moment musical in B minor, Op. 16 No. 3Sergei Rachmaninov
- Pavane pour une infante défunteMaurice Ravel
- Sonata in D, K. 96 (La caccia)Domenico Scarlatti
- Impromptu in A♭, D. 935 No. 2Franz Schubert
- Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)Robert Schumann
Syllabus sections
- Scales
- Sight-reading
- Aural
- Theory
- Practice planplaceholder
External reading