Rock & Pop Bass
Rock & Pop Bass song list – face-to-face and digital exams (from 2018)
Please refer to the syllabus for full guidance on song selection.
For digital exam purposes, sheet music for any songs published by Trinity do not need to be uploaded for the examiner.
Initial
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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All Along the Watchtower | BOB DYLAN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Black Betty | LEAD BELLY | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Black Cherry | GOLDFRAPP | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Blitzkrieg Bop | RAMONES | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Folsom Prison Blues | JOHNNY CASH | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Gloria (included in impressions 1-3 only) | THEM | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity |
No longer available to purchase |
No Surprises | RADIOHEAD | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Ride a White Swan | T. REX | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Shelter (TF) | THE XX | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Stand by me (TF) | BEN E. KING | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Wild Wood | PAUL WELLER | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
With or Without You | U2 | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Yellow (TF) | COLDPLAY | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
You Don’t Love Me | DAWN PENN | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
You Make Loving Fun | FLEETWOOD MAC | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity |
Grade 1
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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Billie Jean (TF) | MICHAEL JACKSON | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Blanket On The Ground | BILLIE JO SPEARS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Float On | MODEST MOUSE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Freight Train | TAJ MAHAL | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Just Looking (TF) | STEREOPHONICS | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Labelled With Love (TF) | SQUEEZE | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Learn To Fly (included in impressions 1-3 only) | FOO FIGHTERS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | No longer available to purchase |
Little Talks | OF MONSTERS AND MEN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Mull Of Kintyre | PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Not The Girl You Think You Are | CROWDED HOUSE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Psycho Killer | TALKING HEADS | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | Single edition |
Sing for Absolution | MUSE | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | Single edition |
Grade 2
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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Blackberry Way | THE MOVE | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Brown Eyed Girl (TF) | VAN MORRISON | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Comfortably Numb | PINK FLOYD | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only)
|
Dancing In The Moonlight | TOPLOADER | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Don’t Wanna Fight | ALABAMA SHAKES | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Knock On Wood | EDDIE FLOYD | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Need You Tonight | INXS | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Private Life | GRACE JONES | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
She Sells Sanctuary | THE CULT | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Something To Talk About (TF) | BADLY DRAWN BOY | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Sweet Disposition (TF) | THE TEMPER TRAP | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
You Really Got Me | THE KINKS | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music | |
You’ve Got A Friend | CAROLE KING | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity |
Grade 3
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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(I’m A) Road Runner (TF) | JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Addicted to Love | ROBERT PALMER | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Another One Bites The Dust | QUEEN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Come Together | THE BEATLES | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Fire | THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
John Barleycorn | TRADITIONAL | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Misery Business (TF) | PARAMORE | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
My Iron Lung | RADIOHEAD | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag | JAMES BROWN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Radar Love | GOLDEN EARRING | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Seasons (Waiting On You) (TF) | FUTURE ISLANDS | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Song 2 (Own Choice) | BLUR | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Sound and Vision | DAVID BOWIE | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Sunshine of Your Love | CREAM | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Walking On The Moon | THE POLICE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
When Tomorrow Comes | THE EURYTHMICS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Grade 4
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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Forever (TF) (included in impressions 1-3 only) | HAIM | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity |
No longer available to purchase |
Heroes | DAVID BOWIE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity |
Single edition (pdf only) |
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) | ARETHA FRANKLIN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
I Wish | STEVIE WONDER | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Riff Raff (TF) | AC/DC | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Sledgehammer (TF) | PETER GABRIEL | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Smells Like Teen Spirit | NIRVANA | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Substitute | THE WHO | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
The Riverboat Song | OCEAN COLOUR SCENE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
White Room | CREAM | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Would? | ALICE IN CHAINS | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity |
Single edition (pdf only) |
You Know I’m No Good | AMY WINEHOUSE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity |
Grade 5
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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Books from Boxes | MAXIMO PARK | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber |
Single edition (pdf only)
|
Car Wash (TF) | ROSE ROYCE | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Carry On Wayward Son | KANSAS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Cause I’m A Man | TAME IMPALA | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Day Tripper | THE BEATLES | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Heartbreaker | LED ZEPPELIN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Reach Out I’ll Be There | FOUR TOPS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Reelin’ In The Years | STEELY DAN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Smooth Criminal (TF) | ALIEN ANT FARM | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Sweet Child O’ Mine (TF) | GUNS N’ ROSES | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Time is Running Out | MUSE | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | |
Wake Up | RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
When I Come Around | GREEN DAY | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity |
Grade 6
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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Ashes to Ashes | DAVID BOWIE | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Get Lucky | DAFT PUNK | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now | THE SMITHS | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
No One Knows (TF) | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Orion (TF) | METALLICA | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Rio | DURAN DURAN | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Scar Tissue | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Something Got Me Started (TF) | SIMPLY RED | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Sunday Morning | MAROON 5 | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | Single edition |
Synchronicity II | THE POLICE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | Single edition |
The Captain | BIFFY CLYRO | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
What’s Going On | MARVIN GAYE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
With A Little Help From My Friends | JOE COCKER | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Won’t Get Fooled Again | THE WHO | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Grade 7
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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Babooshka | KATE BUSH | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | Buy print book |
Higher Ground | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Hysteria | MUSE | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | Single edition |
I Believe In Miracles (included in impressions 1 & 2 only) | THE JACKSON SISTERS | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | No longer available to purchase |
N.I.B. | BLACK SABBATH | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Phantom Of The Opera (TF) | IRON MAIDEN | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Schism | TOOL | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Sir Duke | STEVIE WONDER | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
The Crying Machine | STEVE VAI | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | Single edition |
The Spirit Of Radio | RUSH | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
The Sun Goes Down | LEVEL 42 | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Too Shy (TF) | KAJAGOOGOO | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Two Tribes (TF) | FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Welcome to Paradise | GREEN DAY | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | Single edition |
Grade 8
+Title | Artist | Song Type | Available from | |
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6:00 | DREAM THEATER | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Trinity | Single edition |
Birdland (TF) | WEATHER REPORT | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Dune Tune | LEVEL 42 | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Good Lava | ESPERANZA SPALDING | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Lopsy Lu | STANLEY CLARKE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Love Games | LEVEL 42 | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Over the Electric Grapevine | PRIMUS | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |
Run For Cover (TF) | DAVID SANBORN | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
Silly Putty | STANLEY CLARKE | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
Tommy The Cat (TF) | PRIMUS | Song 3 (Technical Focus) | Trinity | |
You Can Call Me Al | PAUL SIMON | Song 1 or Song 2 | Trinity | |
YYZ | RUSH | Song 2 (Own Choice) | Faber Music |
Single edition (pdf only) |