# Trinity Face-to-Face Strings Preparation: Supporting-Test Plan Canonical: https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/trinity-face-to-face Updated: 2026-09-06 Make a Trinity live strings practice plan, check grade-specific supporting tests and try an original score-scan exercise before choosing an Arco package. For a live Trinity strings exam, plan prepared pieces, technical work and the supporting tests permitted at your grade. The choices are not identical at every level. Start by recording what you actually selected, rather than treating every possible supporting test as compulsory. ## Before you build a plan - Find your instrument and grade in the current Trinity Strings syllabus. - Write down your permitted supporting-test choices and discuss them with your teacher. - Keep the chosen technical-work option and any required bowing exercise clearly identified. - Rehearse arriving, tuning, listening to an instruction and beginning once. ## Original exercise: Read before you play 1. Choose four unfamiliar bars at an easy level from music you may lawfully use. 2. Before playing, name the clef, key signature, metre and longest rest. Tap the opening rhythm without the instrument. 3. Choose a pulse you can keep through the hardest bar, then play once without restarting. ### Check your work Your scan should produce concrete decisions: note names from the clef and key, a counted rest, and a manageable starting tempo. This drill has no official preparation-time limit; use Trinity’s actual conditions only when practising a verified test. ## A common mistake Preparing a supporting-test choice from a different grade wastes practice time. Recheck the exact grade row, not only a general exam summary. ## Supported Arco packages Monthly prices for one selected instrument, pathway and level. Board entry fees are not included. - Initial Grade · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3Ainitial) - Initial Grade · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3Ainitial) - Initial Grade · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3Ainitial) - Initial Grade · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3Ainitial) - Grade 1 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A1) - Grade 1 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A1) - Grade 1 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A1) - Grade 1 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A1) - Grade 2 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A2) - Grade 2 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A2) - Grade 2 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A2) - Grade 2 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A2) - Grade 3 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A3) - Grade 3 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A3) - Grade 3 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A3) - Grade 3 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A3) - Grade 4 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A4) - Grade 4 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A4) - Grade 4 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A4) - Grade 4 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A4) - Grade 5 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A5) - Grade 5 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A5) - Grade 5 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A5) - Grade 5 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A5) - Grade 6 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A6) - Grade 6 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A6) - Grade 6 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A6) - Grade 6 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A6) - Grade 7 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A7) - Grade 7 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A7) - Grade 7 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A7) - Grade 7 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A7) - Grade 8 · Violin: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviolin%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A8) - Grade 8 · Viola: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Aviola%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A8) - Grade 8 · Cello: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Acello%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A8) - Grade 8 · Bass: $25/month. [Select package](https://arcosounds.com/signup?package=exam%3Abass%3Atrinity-face-to-face%3A8) ## What the package does and does not include Arco is independent of the exam boards and institutions. Packages provide preparation planning, requirements links and weekly task tracking, not exam entry, teacher assessment, official papers or a guaranteed result. Only published original knowledge-support collections are scored in question sessions; no question bank is promised for other selections. Instrument learning is a separate $15/month package. Each selected package is billed separately; review its terms before purchasing. ## Official source and verification scope [Trinity: refreshed Strings syllabus and formats](https://www.trinitycollege.com/news/viewarticle/refreshed-strings-syllabus-launched-2025) Checked 31 August 2026: the 2025 announcement distinguishes digital technical-work and repertoire-only pathways. Follow the linked current syllabus for your instrument, grade and permitted choices. ## Continue learning [Compare frameworks](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep) [Compare violin pathways](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/compare/violin) [Compare cello pathways](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/compare/cello) [Free scales reference](https://arcosounds.com/learn/scales) [Free metronome](https://arcosounds.com/tools/metronome) [Trinity Live Grade 1: Choose Violin or Cello](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/trinity-face-to-face/1) [Trinity Live Grade 2: Choose Violin or Cello](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/trinity-face-to-face/2) [Trinity Live Grade 3: Choose Violin or Cello](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/trinity-face-to-face/3) [Trinity Live Grade 4: Choose Violin or Cello](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/trinity-face-to-face/4) [Trinity Live Grade 5: Choose Violin or Cello](https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/trinity-face-to-face/5) Canonical source: https://arcosounds.com/exam-prep/trinity-face-to-face