| | A, G♭ | Major |
| | A, G♭, | Harmonic Minor |
| | A, G♭, | Melodic Minor |
| | A, G♭, | Chromatic |
| | A, G♭, | Major Scales in Thirds |
| | A, G♭, | Whole Tone Scale |
| | A, G♭, | Major Arpeggios |
| | A, G♭, | Minor Arpeggios |
| | A, G♭, | Dominant Sevenths |
| | A, G♭, | Diminished Sevenths (beginning on the note) |
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| | Double Tonguing | B♭ major, 1 octave (ascending and descending). 2 semi-quavers on each note |
| | Sustained note | Any one note of the E major scale held for at least 12 seconds, with crescendo and decrecendo (p - ff - p) |
| | Sustained scale | Major scales, 1 octave (upper octave) ascending. Each note to be held for two beats (tongued only). Breathe every 8 beats or 4 notes |
| Articulation - | All scales to be played ascending and descending one or two octave(s) within the required range.
All scales and arpeggios to be played: all tongued/ all slurred/ two slurred, two tongued/ slurred pairs |
| Range - | Inclusive as shown:
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| Tempo - | Ascending and descending minimum metronome speed 120, two notes per beat |
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.
| Arban | No 2, pp 205-206 | Arban's Famous Method for Trombone, Fischer |
| Bach, J S arr Lafosse | Gigue from Cello Suite No 1 | Suites for Tenor Trombone, Le Duc |
| Bach | Arioso | Solos for the Trombone Player ed Smith, Schirmer |
| Bailey | Wily Bossa | Jazz Incorporated, vol 1, Bailey |
| Coe | Variations on The Ash Grove Theme and variations 2 and 4. | OUP |
| Corelli | Preludio | Solos for the Trombone Player ed Smith, Schirmer |
| Ed Langey | No 16 and No 17, p 72 or No 23 and No 24, p 75 or No 4, p 89 or No 5, p 90 | The Trombone, Bass Clef, Boosey & Hawkes |
| Galliard | Sonata No 3, 1st and 2nd movements | IMC |
| Gounod | Lend me your Aid from La Reine de Saba | Trombone Solo Album, ed laycock, Boosey and Hawkes |
| Gregson | Divertimento for Trombone and Piano, 1st mvmt only | Chappell |
| Handel | Adagio Cantabile | Solos for the Trombone Player ed Smith, Schirmer |
| Jacob | Trombone Sonata, 1st mvmt only | Emerson |
| Kopprasch | No 14, 15, 22 or 25 and 26 | Sixty Studies, Vol 1, IMC |
| Lusher | No. 4, No 6, or No 11 | Don Lusher's Trombone Album, Boosey and Hawkes |
| Marcello | Sonata in A minor for 'cello, 1st and 2nd movements | |
| Marcello | Sonata in E minor, any two contrasting movements | IMC, Peeters, Schirmer |
| Nightingale | No 24, Joot Hoot | Easy Jazzy 'Tudes, Warwick |
| Ridout | Sonata, 1st and 3rd mvmts (unaccompanied) | Emerson |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Andante Cantabile | Solos for the Trombone Player ed Smith, Schirmer |
| Shostakovich | Four Preludes, any one mvmt. | Ed. Musicus |
| Telemann | Sonata in F minor | Second Book of Trombone Solos ed. Goodwin/Pearson, Faber |