Grade Six
Scales (ascending and descending)
| Major | D♭, F | Three Octaves |
| Harmonic Minor | D♭, F | Three Octaves |
| Melodic Minor | D♭, F | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato  Spiccato  | |
| Chromatic | F | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Legato  | |
| Major Arpeggios | D♭, F | Three Octaves |
| Minor Arpeggios | D♭, F | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato  | |
| Dominant Seventh | G♭ | Two Octaves, resolving on the tonic |
| Diminished Seventh | D♭ | Two Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Legato  | |
| Double Stops | F Major in 3rds | One Octave |
| A♭ Major in 6ths | One Octave | |
| D Major in 8ves | Two Octaves | |
Bowing in slurred broken step, then together as in the following example:  | ||
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.| Albeniz | Tango | L'Alto classique Vol C, UMP |
| B. Hummel | Little Suite Op 19c, 2nd mvt: Andante sostenuto | Simrock/MDS |
| B.Hummel | Sonatina for Viola No 1 Op 35b, 3rd mvt Vivace | Simrock EE2948/MDS |
| Bach | Courante, Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV 1007 3rd mvt | Bach Six Cello Suites Peters EP7489/ Chester CHO1401 |
| Bach | Viola da Gamba Sonata No 2 in D 1st & 2nd mvt Adagio & Allegro BWV 1028 | Three Sonatas BWV 1027 - 1029 |
| Bach, J.C. | Viola Concerto 2nd mvt | Salabert/ UMP |
| Bartók | Evening in the Village | Editio Musica/Boosey |
| Beethoven | Rondo for Viola & Piano | Schott/MDS |
| Bennett | The Czar of Muscovy No 6 from Six Country Dances | Novello NOVO90750/Music Sales |
| Berkeley | Sonata in D min, 1st & 2nd or 2nd & 3rd mvts | Chester |
| Bonporti | Invention Op 10 No 3, 4th mvt, Bizarria | Two Inventions Kunzelmann/MDS |
| Bridge | Serenade | Bridge Four Pieces for Viola & Piano Faber |
| Bridge | Spring Song | Ten Pieces for Viola & Piano Vol 2 Thames/Music Sales |
| Bärenreiter | Faber | |
| Caix d'Hervelois | La Marche du Czar | L'alto Classique Vol C, UMP |
| Caix d'Hervelois | Tambourin | Solos for the Viola Player Schirmer/Music Sales |
| Cohen | No 4 Swirling Arabesques or No 9 The Bee's Knees | Technique takes off! Faber |
| Corelli | Sonata in D min Op 5 No 8 | IMC |
| Dancla | Fantasia - La Cenerentola Op 86 No 7 | Solos for Young Violists Vol 2 Alfred |
| Eccles | Sonata in G min 1st mvt & either 2nd or 4th mvt | Faber/Peters |
| Fauré | Berceuse Op 16 | Hamelle/UMP |
| Fauré | Sicilienne Op 78 | Peters/Faber |
| Ferguson | Burlesque | Four Short Pieces, Boosey |
| Fibich | Poéme Op 39 | Idyll at Twilight Schott/MDS |
| Fiocco | Allegro | Viola World |
| Flackton | Sonata in C min, 1st & 2nd mvts | Schott |
| Flackton | Sonata in G, 1st mvt | Schott |
| Glazunov | Serenade Espagnole Op 20 arr Ginot | Jobert/UMP |
| Granados | Danza Espanola No 2 Oriental | UME |
| Grazioli | Sonata in F 1st mvt | Stainer & Bell |
| Grieg | Two Elegaic Melodies No 2, Last Spring | Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Handel | Sonata in G min Op 1 No 6 1st & 2nd mvts | Stainer & Bell H244 |
| Haydn | Diverimento in D, Allegro di Molto | Elkan-Vogel/UMP |
| Herschel Hill | Novelette | Two Pieces for Viola & Piano Stainer & Bell |
| Hovhannes | Chahagir for Solo Viola | Rongwen |
| Joachim | Hebrew melodies for Viola Op 9, No 1 | IMC 3272/MDS |
| Joplin | Solace | Viola World/Bosworth |
| Kreutz | Study No 4 or No 5 | Select Studies Bk 3, Stainer & Bell |
| Mazas | Study No 5 or No 7 | Special Studies for Viola Op 36, Bk I, Schirmer |
| Mendelssohn | Song Without Words Op 19 No 1 | Chester Music for Viola, Chester |
| Milhaud | Sonata No 1 any one mvt | Heugel |
| Mozart | Menuetto Divertimento K334 | Viola World/Bosworth |
| R. Clarke | Lullaby No 1 | Clarke Shorter Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Richardson | Sussex Lullaby | Comus |
| Schubert | Sonatina No 1 in D, D384 3rd mvt | Belwin/IMC |
| Schumann | Fairytales Op 113 No 1 or No 4 | Breitkopf |
| Schumann | Op 113 No 4 from Märchenbilder | Peters P-2372 |
| Schumann | Romance No 1 Op 94 | Stainer & Bell |
| Senaillé | Sonata in G min Op 5 No 9 1st & 2nd mvts, Largo & Allegro | Stainer & Bell |
| Sitt | Album Leaves Op 39 No 6 Allegro, Molto vivace | Solos for Young Violists Vol 4 Alfred/Faber |
| Stamitz | Viola Concerto No 3 in G 2nd mvt Adagio | Breitkopf & Härtel EB6654 |
| Tchaikovsky | Barcarolle | Chester Music for Viola, Chester |
| Telemann | Concerto in G maj, 1st & 2nd mvts or 3rd & 4th mvts | Bärenreiter/Faber |
| Telemann | Sonata in A min, 2nd mvt Allegro | Schott ED10357 |
| Telemann | Sonata in E min for Viola da Gamba TWV 41..e5 1st & 2nd mvts Cantabile & Allegro | Music for Viola 1, Editio Musica Budapest Z.12846 |
| Vaughan Williams | Carol No 2 Suite for Viola Group 1 | OUP |
| Vivaldi | Siciliano from 'Gloria' RV 589 | Baroque Pieces for Viola arr Forbes, OUP |
| Vivaldi | Sonata in C Aria & Allegro or Aria & Giga | Schott Viola Repertory Schott |
| Wolf | Verborgeheit No 12 | Solos for the Viola Player arr Doktor, Schirmer |