Grade Seven
Scales (ascending and descending)
| Major | E, A♭ | Three Octaves |
| Harmonic Minor | E, A♭ | Three Octaves |
| Melodic Minor | E, A♭ | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato  Spiccato  Hook Stroke (upper third of bow)  | |
| Chromatic | C | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Pattern: | Legato (12 note slur)  | |
| Major Arpeggios | E, A♭ | Three Octaves |
| Minor Arpeggios | E, A♭ | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Patterns: | Détaché  Legato  | |
| Dominant Seventh | F | Three Octaves, resolving on the tonic |
| Diminished Seventh | C | Three Octaves |
| Bowing Pattern: | Legato  | |
| Double Stops | E♭ Major in 3rds | Two Octaves |
| C Major in 6ths | Two Octaves | |
| D♭, Major in 8ves | Two Octaves | |
| Bowing Pattern: |  | |
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.| A Stamitz | Concerto No 2 in F 1st mvt (without cadenza) | Schott |
| Bach | Allemande, Suite No 1 BWV 1007 | Bach Six Cello Suites Peters EP7489/ Chester CHO1401 |
| Bach | Courante Suite No 3 BWV 1009 | Bach Six Cello Suites Peters EP7489/ Chester CHO1401 |
| Bach | Viola da Gamba Sonata No 1 in G BWV1027 3rd & 4th mvts Andante & Allegro moderato | Three Sonatas BWV 1027 to 1029 Bärenreiter BA 5186 |
| Bach | Viola da Gamba Sonata No 2 in D BWV1028 3rd & 4th mvts Andante & Allegro | Three Sonatas BWV 1027 to 1029 Bärenreiter BA 5186 |
| Bonporti | Invention Op 10 No 3, 3rd & 4th mvts, Fantasia & Bizarria | Two Inventions Kunzelmann/MDS |
| Brahms | Hungarian Dance No 1 or No 3 | Hungarian Dances arr Forbes, Peters H-699/Faber |
| Brahms | Sonata in F min Op 120 No 1 2nd mvt Andante un poco adagio | Wiener Urtext |
| Bridge | Allegretto | Thames/Music Sales |
| Bridge | Souvenir | Bridge Ten Pieces for Viola Vol 2 Thames/Music Sales |
| Britten | Elegy | Faber |
| Cohen | No 11: Sequenza or No 14 Ride like the Wind | Technique takes off!, Faber |
| Debussy | The Girl with the Flaxen Hair | Viola World |
| Dimitrescu | Village Dance | Music for Viola 111, Editio Musica Budapest Z.13397 |
| Dvořák | Bagatelle Op 47 No 3 | Heinrichsen/Peters |
| Eccles | Sonata in G min 1st & 2nd or 3rd & 4th mvts | Peters |
| Fauré | Pavane Op 50 | Hamelle/UMP |
| Finzi | Prelude No 1 | Five Bagatelles Boosey/MDS |
| Gershwin | Prelude No 2 | Three Preludes, Viola World |
| Glazunov | Elegy Op 44 | IMC |
| Graun | Viola Sonata No 1 in Bb 1st mvt Adagio, with cadenza | Breitkopf & Härtel EB 4173 |
| Handel | Air with Variations Suite No 5 The Harmonious Blacksmith | Baroque Pieces for Viola & Piano, OUP |
| Hindemith | Meditation | Schott |
| Holloway | Duo for Viola & Piano | AMC |
| Hubay | Hejre Kati | Viola World/Bosworth |
| Jacob | Sonatina, any one mvt | Novello |
| Joplin | Pineapple Rag | Viola World/Music Sales |
| K. Stamitz | Viola Concerto in D Op 1 2nd mvt Adagio | Breitkopf & Härtel EB 5580 |
| Kaliwoda | Nocturne No 6 | IMC 1221 |
| Kreisler | Sicilienne & Rigaudon | Viola World |
| Kreutzer | Study No 6 or No 8 | Forty-two Studies for Viola, IMC |
| Le Clair | Sonata Le Tambeau, 1st & 2nd mvts | IMC |
| Liszt | Romance Oublié | Editio Musica/Boosey |
| Marais | La musette or Provençal | Five Old French Dances Chester |
| Marcello | Sonata No 4 in E min 1st and 2nd mvts | IMC |
| Massenet | Meditation from Thais | Viola World |
| Mazas | Study No 6 or No 12 | Special Studies for Viola Op 36, Book 1, Schirmer |
| McKinn | Concert Piece for Viola & Piano | AMC |
| Milhaud | La Californienne or La Pariesienne | Quatre Visages, Heugel/UMP |
| Mussorgsky | Gopak | Popular Pieces for Viola OUP |
| Piston | Interlude | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Purcell | Chacony in G min | Baroque Pieces for Viola, arr Forbes, OUP |
| R. Clarke | Passacaglia on an Old English Tune | Clarke Shorter Pieces for Viola & Piano OUP |
| Ravel | Pavane pour Une Infante Défunte | UMP |
| Roche | Vacance | Combre/UMC |
| Roche & Doury | Les Clowns No 5 | Sous le chapiteau, Combre C4636/UMP |
| Schubert | Arpeggione Sonata in A min D821 2nd mvt Adagio | Solos for the Viola Player arr Doktor Schirmer |
| Schumann | Op 113 No 1 from Märchenbilder | Peters P-2372/Henle |
| Schumann | Romance Op 94 No 1 | Three Romances for Viola & Piano Stainer & Bell |
| Scriabin | Prelude in C♯ min | IMC |
| Tartini | Sonata Angelique in C min, 1st & 2nd 3rd & 4th mvts | Viola World |
| Tchaikovsky | Valse Sentimentale | Viola World |
| Telemann | Fantasia No 10 | 12 Fantasias for Viola, Viola World |
| Telemann | Sonata in E min for Viola da Gamba TWV 41..e 5 3rd & 4th mvts Recitativo & Arioso and Vivace | Music for Viola Bk 1 Editio Musica Budapest. Z.12846 |
| Vanhal | Concerto in F, 1st mvt | Doblinger |
| Vaughan Williams | Prelude, Suite for Viola, Group 1, | OUP |
| Vivaldi | Cello Sonata No 6 in Bb, arr. Primrose: 1st and 2nd mvts | IMC 1855 |
| Zinzadse | Georgian Dance | Music for Viola 111, Editio Musica Budapest Z.13397 |