Grade Two
Scales (ascending and descending)
| Major | D, E♭ | Two Octaves |
| Harmonic Minor | C | Two Octaves |
| Melodic Minor | D | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Separate bows (upper half)  Slurred  Spiccato (off the string)  Martelé (mid bow to upper half)  | |
| Major Arpeggios | D, E♭ | Two Octaves |
| Minor Arpeggios | C, D | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato  | |
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.| Arne | Under the Greenwood Tree | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 1, ABRSM |
| Bartók | Jeering Song | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 1, ABRSM |
| Bononcini | Aria: Love leads to Battle | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 1, Faber |
| Cohen | Rocking Rowboats or Wave machine or Hurry if you want to see the engine | Superstudies for Viola Bk 1, Faber |
| Ed. Blackwell | Any Piece from No 16 to the end of the book | Viola Time Runners, OUP |
| Elgar | Andantino or Allegretto | Six Very Easy Pieces op 22 Bosworth/Music Sales |
| Felipe Bajo | Habañera No 2 | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 2, Faber |
| Grechaninov | Homesickness From In aller Frühe Op 126b | Schott ED 8757/MDS |
| Huws Jones | A Ceilidh for Kirsten No 10 | The Really Easy Viola Book, Faber |
| Huws Jones | Estampie No 12 | The Really Easy Viola Book, Faber |
| J S Bach | Gavotte No 3 | Schott Viola Album ED 10900/MDS |
| J S Bach | We have a New Master | Starters for Viola, ABRSM |
| K Gange | Day Dreams or Pagentry | First Concert, Piper |
| Küchler | Concerto in G: first movement | Bosworth |
| M Rose | Hornpipe | A Sketchbook for Viola, ABRSM |
| Mancini | Charade | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 1, ABRSM |
| Martini | Gavotte | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 2, Faber |
| Murray & Brown | Ländler | Tunes for my Viola, Boosey |
| Murray & Brown | Minuet | Tunes for My Viola, Boosey |
| Nelson | The 1st Waltz | Piece by Piece 1, Boosey |
| Purcell | Rondeau No 1 | Schott Viola Album ED 10900/MDS |
| Purcell | Sailor's Dance | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 2, Faber |
| Rae | Blowin' Cool | Play it Cool - Viola Universal/MDS |
| Rameau | Rigaudon | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 1, Faber |
| Rogers | Oh What a Beautiful Morning | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 2, Faber |
| Salter | Chatterbox | Starters for Viola, ABRSM |
| Schubert | Entracte | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 1, ABRSM |
| Tchaikovsky | Old French Song | Starters for Viola, ABRSM |
| Trad ed Nelson | Upon Paul's Steeple | Essential String Method for Viola Bk 4, Boosey |
| Trad Irish | Roaring Jelly No 14 | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 2, ABRSM |
| Weber | Waltz No 18 | First Repertoire for Viola Bk 2, Faber |
| Widger | Just String Along No 5 | Viola Jazz, Rock 'n' Bow Spartan Press SP406 |
| Wilkinson & Bass | By the Brook or On the River | Viva Viola!, Faber |