Grade Eight
Scales (ascending and descending)
| Major | D♭, F, G, B♭ | Three Octaves |
| Harmonic Minor | D♭, F, G, B♭ | Three Octaves |
| Melodic Minor | D♭, F, G, B♭ | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché:  Legato (three octaves per bow):  Spiccato:  | |
| Chromatic | D♭, F | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Pattern: | Legato:  | |
| Major Arpeggios | D♭, F, G, B♭ | Three Octaves |
| Minor Arpeggios | D♭, F, G, B♭ | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché:  Legato:  | |
| Dominant Seventh | G♭, B♭, C | Three Octaves, resolving on the tonic |
| Diminished Seventh | D♭, F, G | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Pattern: | Legato:  | |
| Double Stops | G Major in 3rds | Two Octaves |
| A♭ Major in 6ths | Two Octaves | |
| C Major in 8ves | Two Octaves | |
| A♭ Harmonic Minor in 3rds | Two Octaves | |
| B♭ Harmonic Minor in 6ths | Two Octaves | |
| C Harmonic Minor in 8ves | Two Octaves | |
| Bowing Pattern: | Legato:  | |
Pieces — Four pieces to be chosen, one from each list.
| List A | ||
| Bach | Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 Prelude or Allemande | Solo Cello Suites arr. For Viola Chester |
| Bach | Three Viola da Gamba Sonatas No 1 in G 1st & 2nd mvts | Three Sonatas BWV 1027 to 1029 Bärenreiter BA 5186 |
| Bonporti | Invention Op 10 No 6 1st & 2nd mvts | Two Inventions for Viola & Piano Kunzelmann GM1195 |
| Frescoboldi | Toccata | Music for Viola 111, Editio Musica Budapest Z.13397 |
| Handel | Concerto in B min Allegro molto | Eschig/UMP |
| Kreutzer | Study No 7, 11, or 12 any one | Forty-two Studies for Viola, IMC |
| Mazas | Study No 20, 24 or 28 any one | Special Studies for Viola Op 36, Bk 1, Schirmer |
| Telemann | Fantasia No 1, Largo & Allegro | Twelve Fantasias for Viola Viola World/Music Sales |
| Telemann | Fantasia No 7 in Ab, 1st and 2nd mvts, (Dolce & Allegro) | Telemann 12 Fantasies, Vol 2, Bärenreiter |
| List B | ||
| Beethoven | Notturno for Viola & Piano Op 42 2nd or 5th mvt (Adagio or Allegretto alla polacca) | Schott ED10091/MDS |
| Beethoven | Seven Variations on Mozart's Bei Männern from the Magic Flute omitting variations 2 & 4 | Peters/Faber |
| Boccherini | Sonata No 3 in G: 1st and 2nd mvts, Largo and Allegro alla Militare arr. for viola | IMC 821 |
| Dittersdorf | Concerto in F 1st & 2nd or 2nd & 3rd mvts | Schott |
| Dittersdorf | Viola Sonata in Eb 1st mvt Allegro moderato | Music Sales |
| Hoffmeister | Viola Concerto in D: 1st mvt | Peters 9857 |
| Hummel | Fantasie for Viola 2nd & 3rd mvts Andantino con moto & Allegro non troppo | Kunzelmann GM 164/Peters |
| Mozart | Theme & Variations Divertimento in D K334 omitting variations 3 & 5 | PWM6167060/MDS |
| Stamitz | Viola Concerto in Bb: 3rd mvt Rondeau | Schott VAB29/MDS |
| Stamitz | Viola Concerto in D: 3rd mvt | Peters or Bärenreiter |
| Tartini | Sonata Angelique in C min, Op 1 No 10 1st & 2nd mvts | Viola World |
| Vanhal | Concerto in C 1st mvt | IMC |
| Zelter | Viola Concerto in Eb: 1st & 2nd mvts or 2nd & 3rd mvts | Peters GM557 |
| List C | ||
| Berlioz | Harold in Italy, 3rd mvt Sérénade | Bärenreiter BA 5457a |
| Brahms | Sonata in Eb Op 120 No 2, 1st mvt, Allegro amabile | Wiener Urtext |
| Brahms | Sonata Movement: Scherzo in C min Op. Post. | IMC 440/MDS |
| Bruch | Romance for Viola & Orchestra Op 85 | Henle or Schott VAB6/MDS |
| Fauré | Elegy Op 24 | IMC |
| Franck | Sonata in D 4th mvt Allegretto poco mosso | Viola World/Music Sales |
| Glinka | Sonata in D min min 2nd mvt Largetto ma non troppo | Musica Rara MR 1034/ Breitkopf & Härtel |
| Joachim | Hebrew melodies for Viola Op 9 No 2 | IMC 3272/ Breitkopf & Härtel |
| Schumann | Adagio and Allegro Op 70 | Peters P-2386 |
| Tchaikovsky | Nocturne in D min Op 19 No 4 | IMC |
| Wieniawski | Violin Concerto No 2 in D min, 2nd mvt, Romanza Andante non troppo in Bb | Viola World/Music Sales |
| List D | ||
| A. Minsky | Like Crazy or the Flag Waver from Three American Pieces | OUP |
| Bartók arr Szekely | Roumanian Folk Dances No's 1, 2, 5 & 6 | Viola World |
| Bloch | Affirmation or Rapsodie from Suite Hébraique | Schirmer/Music Sales |
| Britten | Elegie for unaccompanied viola | Faber |
| Derek Bourgeois | Caprice for Viola & Piano Op 119a | Brass Wind |
| Finzi | Fughetta No 5 | Five Bagatelles Boosey BH11917/MDS |
| Hindemith | Trauermusik | Schott |
| Honneger | Sonata, 2nd mvt | Eschig |
| J Kinsella | Dialogue for Viola | CMC |
| Kodály | Adagio | EMB/Faber |
| Leroy Anderson | Fiddle-Faddle | ViolaWorld/Music Sales |
| Milhaud | Sonata No 2 any mvt | Heugel |
| Paul Coletti | From My Heart from Three Pieces for Viola & Piano | OUP |
| R. Clarke | Morpheus for Viola & Piano | OUP |
| Samuel | Gannets Dining, from Blythswood | Three Pieces for Viola & Piano Stainer & Bell |
| Vaughan Williams | Christmas Dance No 3 from Suite for Viola Group 1 | OUP |