Grade Eight
Scales
| Major | C | Four Octaves |
| B | Three Octaves | |
| Harmonic Minor | C | Four Octaves |
| B | Three Octaves | |
| Melodic Minor | C | Four Octaves |
| B | Three Octaves | |
| Bowing Patterns | Seven notes slurred  Spiccato  Up bow staccato on the string  Sautillé  | |
| Chromatic | C | Four Octaves |
| B | Three Octaves | |
| Bowing Pattern: | Twelve notes slurred  | |
| Double stops | All double stops to be played ascending and descending, compass two octaves | |
| A major in 8ves | ||
| B♭ harmonic minor in 6ths | ||
| B♭ major in 3rds | ||
| Bowing Pattern: | Detaché    | |
| Major Arpeggios | C | Four Octaves |
| B | Three Octaves | |
| Minor Arpeggios | C | Four Octaves |
| B | Three Octaves | |
| Bowing Patterns: | Three notes slurred  Six notes slurred  | |
| Dominant Sevenths | B (in the key) | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Pattern: | Four notes slurred  | |
| Diminished Sevenths | B | Three Octaves |
| C | Four Octaves, beginning on the note | |
| Bowing Pattern: | Four notes slurred  | |
Pieces
Three pieces to be chosen by three different composers. Two pieces must be from the list below. One alternative "own choice" work may be substituted and should be at a similar level to those already in the syllabus.| Bach | Sonata in D, BWV 1028, 1st and 2nd mvt | Faber |
| Bach | Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029 Allegro (3rd mvt) | Henle 676 |
| Bach | Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 Sarabande and Courante or Sarabande and Minuets 1 & 11 | Bärenreiter |
| Bach | Suite No.3 in C BWV 1009 Sarabande and Gigue | |
| Barber | Sonata for Violoncello, Op. 6 2nd mvt | Schirmer HL50327230 |
| Berteau (Sammartini) | Sonata in G, 1st mvt | I.M.C. 2093 |
| Boccherini | Concerto No. 1 in C (G477) 1st mvt | Schott 108 |
| Boccherini | Concerto No. 2 in D (G479) 2nd mvt | Schott 113 |
| Boccherini | Sonata No. 2 in C (G6) 1st mvt | 6 Sonata for Violoncello Ricordi 2461 |
| Body, Jack | Aeolian Harp for Unaccompanied Cello | SOUNZ |
| Brahms | Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38, Any mvt | Wiener-Urtext |
| Brahms | Sonata in F, Op. 99, 4th mvt | Wiener-Urtext |
| Bridge | Elegie | Four Pieces for Cello, Faber |
| Britten | Suite No. 1 in G, Serenata and Marcia | Faber |
| Bruch | Canzone in B flat, Op. 55 | Breitkopf & Härtel 8072 |
| Bruch | Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 | Lengnick |
| Chopin | Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, 2nd mvt | Peters 1928 |
| Chopin | Study in E major, Op.10 No. 3 (transcribed) | Chopin for Cello and Piano, Bk1 PWM 10 382 |
| De Falla | Ritual Fire Dance | Chester CH00933 |
| Debussy | Sonata 1st mvt | Henle 633 |
| Dotzauer | Study No. 70, 73, 76, 77, 78, 80 or 82 | 113 Studies, Bk 3, Peters |
| Duport | Study No. 6, 10, 11, 13 or 20 | 21 Studies, I.M.C. or Peters |
| Dvořák | Slavonic Dance in G Minor Op. 46/8 | Slavonic Dances for Cello and Piano, Bärenreiter 6962 |
| Dvořák | Waldesruhe, Op. 68, No. 5 | IMC 1741 |
| Elgar | Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 1st or 3rd mvt, | Novello |
| Fauré | Elegie, Op 24 | Suzuki Vol 8; Anthology of Selected Pieces for Cello and Piano, Peters 7571 |
| Fauré | Berceuse from Dolly's Suite. | Arr Grey, Fentone |
| Franchomme | Any one of 12 Caprices | Op. 7, I.M.C. |
| Franck | Sonata in A, 1st mvt | I.M.C 323 |
| Gershwin | Bess You Are My Woman Now | Encore! Lloyd Weber, Chester 63965 |
| Granados | Intermezzo | Schirmer |
| Grieg | Sonata in A Minor, Op. 36 2nd mvt | Peters EP2157 |
| Haydn | Concerto in C major Hob VII/b No.1 1st mvt | Breitkopf 2238 |
| Haydn | Minuet from Hob VI/6 | International 551 |
| Hindemith | Capriccio in A, Op 8, No.1 | Breitkopf & Härtel 5044 |
| Kabalevsky | Concerto No.1 in G Min, Op 49 2nd Mvt | Peters 4779 |
| Kodály | Romance Lyrique | EMB Z.14333 |
| Kodály | Sonatina for Cello and Piano | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Leighton | Elegy | Lengnick |
| Lloyd Weber, A | Variations 1 to 4, arr. Roman | Steam Power Music |
| Martinů | Nocturnes, No. 2 or No. 3 | Leduc |
| Minsky | No. 2, Truckin' Through the South | Ten American Cello Etudes OUP |
| Monti | Czardas | Dancing Cello, PWM10324 |
| Nyman | Miserere Paraphrase | On the Fiddle, Chester |
| Piatti | No. 1 or No. 9 | Caprices, Op.25, Peters |
| Popper | Gavotte No. 2 in D, Op. 23 | International 1607; Suzuki Vol 7 |
| Popper | Mazurka, Op. 51 | Editio Musica Budapest |
| Popper | Study No. 1, 2, 3, 6 or 11 Op. 73 | High School of Cello Playing, I.M.C. |
| Rachmaninov | Dance Oriental Op. 2, No. 2 | Boosey & Hawkes M 060094743 |
| Rachmaninov | Sonata in G Minor, Op.19 3rd mvt | Boosey & Hawkes 2219 |
| Saint-Saëns | Chant Saphique, Op. 91 | The Complete Shorter Works for Cello and Piano, Faber |
| Schumann | No 2 and No 4 Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op 102 | International 3411 |
| Shostakovich | Two Pieces | Belwin |
| Stravinsky | Introduzione from Suite Italienne | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Tchaikovsky | Andante Cantabile, Op. 11 | Forberg |
| Tchaikovsky | Melodie, Op. 42, No. 3 | Simrock EE523 |
| Vivaldi | Concerto in A Min, RV418, 2nd and 3rd mvts. | Peters 9119 |
| Vivaldi | Concerto in B Min, RV424, 1st mvt | Ricordi 931 |
| Webern | Drei Kleine Stücke, Op 11 | Universal |