Grade Five
Scales (ascending and descending)
| Major | C, D | Three Octaves |
| G♭ | Two Octaves | |
| Harmonic Minor | C, D | Three Octaves |
| Melodic Minor | C, D | Three Octaves |
| G♭ | Two Octaves | |
| Bowing Patterns (three 8ves): | Détaché  Legato  | |
| Bowing Patterns (two 8ves): | Détaché (upper half)  Legato (whole bow)  Spiccato  Hook Stroke  | |
| Chromatic | D | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato (12 note slur)  | |
| Major Arpeggios | C, D | Three Octaves |
| G♭, A | Two Octaves | |
| Minor Arpeggios | C, D | Three Octaves |
| G♭, A | Two Octaves | |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Martelé  Legato  | |
| Dominant Seventh | A♭ | Two Octaves, resolving on the tonic |
| Diminished Seventh | E♭ | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato  | |
| Double Stops | C Major 8ves | One Octave (ascending and descending) |
Bowing in slurred broken step, then together as in the following examples:  | ||
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.| B. Hummel | Sonatina for Viola No 1 Op 35b 1st mvt Maestoso | Simrock MDS |
| Bach | A Merry Tune from Peasant Cantata BWV 212 | Baroque Pieces for Viola OUP |
| Bach | Gigue from Suite No I | Bach Cello Suites arr Forbes, Chester |
| Bartók | Slovak Peasants Dance,Editio Musica/Boosey | |
| Bennett | Buskin: No 2 from Six Country Dances | Novello NOVO90750 |
| Bernstein | Maria from Westside Story | Amazing Solos for Viola, Boosey |
| Bizet | Sequidilla from Carmen | Amazing Solos for Viola, Boosey |
| Bridge | Berceuse | Bridge Four Pieces for Viola & Piano, Faber |
| Carse | Study No 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, any one | Viola School of Progressive Studies, Bk 3, Stainer & Bell |
| Chapple | For Latin Lovers | Composers Series 7:First Collection for Viola & Piano Bosworth/Music Sales |
| Corelli | Adagio | Album of Classical Pieces Vol 1 IMC |
| Corelli | Prelude No 19 | L'Alto Classique Vol B, UMP |
| Dvořák | Sonatina Op 100 2nd mvt | Viola World, Bosworth |
| Elgar | Salute d'Amour | Viola World/Music Sales |
| Farnaby | Nobodye's Gigge | Chester String Series Viola Bk 2 |
| Fauré | Après un Rêve | Music for Viola 111,Editio Musica Budapest Z,13397 |
| Fergusson | No's 1 & 2 from Four Short Pieces | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Finzi | Carol | Five Bagatelles Boosey/MDS |
| Flackton | Sonata in C min Op 2 No 8: 3rd & 4th mvts, Adagio & Siciliana | Schott ED 10957 |
| Flackton | Sonata in C Op 2 No 4 Allegro Moderato | Schott |
| G Marie | La Cinquantaine | Gerard Billaudot UMP |
| German | The English Rose | Romantic melodies SJ Music |
| Gluck | Melody from Orfeo | Viola World/Bosworth |
| Gossec | Tambourin | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 2, ABRSM |
| Granados | Spanish Dance No 5 Andaluza | Popular Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Grieg | Two Elegaic Melodies No 1, Heart's Sorrow | Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Handel | Sonata No 5 for Flute, Giga | Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Handel | Sonata in G min Op 1, No 6, 4th mvt Allegro | Stainer & Bell H244 |
| Joplin | Bethena | Joplin Rags for Viola & Piano, Sparta |
| Joplin | Rag Time Dance or Fig Leaf Rag | Joplin Ragtime Favourites - Viola Fentone/De Haske |
| Kaliwoda | Nocturne No 1, 3, or 5 any one | IMC 1221 |
| Leclair | Tambourin | L'alto Classique Vol C, UMP |
| Marais | La Marie | L'Alto Classique Vol C, UMP |
| Marcello | Sonata in C 2nd mvt Allegro | Two Sonatas IMC/MDS |
| Martini | Minuet | Album of Classical Pieces Vol 3 IMC |
| Mascagni | Intermezzo sinfonico (from Cavalleria rusticana) | Bosworth BOE4403/Music Sales |
| Mazas | Study No 2, 3 or 4 any one | Special Studies for Viola Op 36 Bk 1, Schirmer |
| Mozart | Bel Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 2, ABRSM |
| Purcell | Dances from King Arthur | Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| R. Clarke | I'll Bid My Heart be Still or Chinese Puzzle | Clarke Shorter Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Rebikov | Berceuse and Dance | Chester Music for Viola, Chester |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Chanson Indou | L'Alto Classique vol C, UMP |
| Rubinstein | Melodie | L'alto Classique vol C, UMP |
| Schubert | Serenade | Bratschissimo Bosworth/Music Sales |
| Schubert | Sonata in A min 2nd mvt Adagio D821 | Bärenreiter/Faber |
| Schubert | Sonatina No 1 in D, D384 1st or 2nd mvt | Belwin/IMC |
| Senaillé | Sonata in G min Op 5 No 9 4th mvt | Stainer & Bell |
| Sitt | Tarantella Op 26 No 12 | Viola World/Music Sales |
| Tchaikovsky | Chanson Napolitaine | L'alto Classique Vol C, UMP |
| Tchaikovsky | Humoreske Op 10 No 2 | Popular Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Tchaikovsky | Reverie from Album for the Young | Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Toselli | Serenata | Bosworth BOE4403/Music Sales |
| Trad American | Boston Fancy No 16 | Solos for the Viola Player arr. Doktor, Schirmer GS32926 |
| Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Greensleeves arr Forbes | OUP |
| Veracini | Largo | Music for Viola 111, Editio Musica Budapest Z,13397 |
| Vivaldi | Sonata in C Op 8 No 1: 5th mvt, Giga | Schott ED 11261 |
| Vivaldi | Sonata in E min 1st & 2nd or 3rd & 4th mvt | IMC |
| Weill | September Song | Time Pieces for Viola Vol 2, ABRSM |