Grade Four
Scales (ascending and descending)
| Major | E♭, E, F, G | Two Octaves |
| Harmonic Minor | E♭, E, F, G | Two Octaves |
| Melodic Minor | E♭, E, F, G | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché (upper half)  Spiccato  Hook Stroke  Seven Note Slur  | |
| Chromatic | C, E♭ | Two Octaves |
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| Major Arpeggios | E♭, E, F, G | Two Octaves |
| Minor Arpeggios | E♭, E, F, G | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato  | |
| Dominant Seventh | F, G | Two Octaves, resolving on the tonic |
| Diminished Seventh | C, D | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Slurred  | |
Pieces — Four pieces to be chosen, one from each list, plus two in extra repertoire list.
| List A | ||
| Bach | What Sweet Content | Starters for Viola, ABRSM |
| Carse | Study No 15, 18,19 or 20 any one | Viola School of Progressive Studies book 2, Stainer & Bell |
| Cohen | No 9 or no 11 | Superstudies for Viola book 2, Faber |
| Cohen | Prelude No 1 | Technique Takes off! Faber |
| de Beriot | Theme with Variations | Selected Studies de Haske |
| Eccles | Aire Round O | Chester String Series, Viola Bk 2, Chester |
| Eccles | Sonate in G minor: second movement Allegro (Corrente), | Peters |
| Handel | Giga | Classical & Romantic Pieces for Viola, OUP |
| Marais | L'Agréable | Five Old French Dances for Viola, Chester |
| Pergolesi | Arietta | Chester String Series, Viola Bk 2, Chester |
| Purcell | Bourrée & Hornpipe | Chester Music for Viola, Chester |
| Purcell | Dance | Chester String Series Viola Bk 2, Chester |
| Purcell | Hallelujah | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 2, ABRSM |
| Scarlatti | Sonata Kp 34 | Baroque Pieces for Viola, OUP |
| List B | ||
| Dittersdorf | German Dance No 7 | Solos for the Viola Player Schirmer GS32926 |
| Gounod | Ave Maria | No 13 L'Alto Classique Vol B, UMP |
| Hasse | Two Dances | Solos for Young Violists Vol 1 ed Barber Alfred |
| Haydn | Poco adagio from Emperor Quartet | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 3, Faber |
| Schubert | Ballet Music from Rosamunde | Classical & Romantic Pieces for Viola, OUP |
| Schubert | The Trout | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 2, ABRSM |
| Schumann | Rêverie | L'alto Classique vol B, UMP |
| Steibelt | Andantino | L'alto Classique vol B, UMP |
| Tchaikovsky | Chanson Triste | Chester Music for Viola, Chester |
| List C | ||
| Borodin | Nocturne | The Classic Experience Encores for Viola & Piano Cramer |
| Brahms | Dimanche (Sonntag, Op 47 No 3) | No 2 L'Alto Classique Vol B, UMP |
| Debussy | Romance | IMC |
| Delibes | Waltz from Coppélia | The Classic Experience Encores for Viola & Piano Cramer |
| Elgar | Chanson de Matin | The Classic Experience for Viola & Piano Cramer 90536 |
| Mussorgsky | Une Larme | L'Alto Classique vol B, UMP |
| Saint-Säens | The Swan | The Classic Experience Encores for Viola & Piano Cramer |
| List D | ||
| B. Hummel | Sonatina for Viola No 1 Op 35b 2nd Mvt Elegie | Simrock/MDS |
| Bartók | An Evening in the Village | EMB/Faber |
| Bennett | All in a garden Green | Six Country Dances for Viola & Piano Novello/Music Sales |
| Ellington | It Don't Mean a Thing | Amazing Solos for Viola, Boosey |
| Ferguson | Jig | Five Irish Folk Tunes, ABRSM/OUP |
| Hewitt-Jones | Rumba | Ragtime, Serenade and Rumba, Musicland/Music Exchange |
| Jenkinson | Elfentanz | Bosworth |
| Joplin | New Rag or Maple Leaf Rag | Joplin Ragtime Favourites - Viola arr, Cowles Fentone |
| M Rose | Ragtime | A Sketchbook for Viola, ABRSM |
| Rodriguez | La Cumparsita | The Fiddler Play Along Viola Collection Boosey |
| Trad Peruvian | Stars, No Moon | Amazing Solos for Viola, Boosey |