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> What Age Did U Start Playing Piano?, and what grade are you now?
katyt17
post Feb 22 2006, 04:32 PM
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Hi. I started playing the piano age 8 or something and Im only a grade 5 now (im 17) ....its shameful.
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Car Expert
post Feb 22 2006, 04:34 PM
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  • Started aged 12
  • Grade 3
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musicbox
post Feb 22 2006, 04:38 PM
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Don't feel bad, Started at 6 and I'm now 14 and grade 4 1/2ish. Everyone works at different paces.
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Lixandreth
post Feb 22 2006, 04:39 PM
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Ermmm, year 9 so what's that? 13 or 14? I'm doing my grade 5 now and I'm nearly 17.
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cheeble
post Feb 22 2006, 04:47 PM
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started at 6, did grade 8 at 16... dont know what i am now... probably slightly higher than grade 8 but nowhere near diploma... don't have lessons any more so have probably gone majorly downhill!
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maggiemay
post Feb 22 2006, 04:58 PM
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QUOTE(katyt17 @ Feb 22 2006, 04:32 PM) *

Hi. I started playing the piano age 8 or something and Im only a grade 5 now (im 17) ....its shameful.

No it's not! You've probably done a load more repertoire than someone else who raced through the grades.
I quite like this year's grade 5 pieces - hope you're enjoying them.
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Lisa87
post Feb 22 2006, 05:38 PM
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I don't think it's shameful at all! Maybe not everyone wants to do grades when they first start, I only starting taking them about a year or two into playing so everyone's different. I've been playing since I was about 8, I'm 18 now & I'm about to take grade 6. I've only taken grade 1, grade 4 & grade 5 theory so far but had big gap in between the first two as I got M.E. & at one point I was too ill even to play. I've still got M.E. now but I'm stronger than I was at the beginning of the illness & I've learnt to pace myself so as not to overdo things.

Life gets in the way sometimes & you may not always be able to take grade after grade after grade. I think everyone should just work at their own pace. After all, music is not a competition so just because someone else has reached a higher grade than you in a shorter length of time, it doesn't make you any less of a musician. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Lisa xxx
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crazy_purple_piano_freak
post Feb 22 2006, 05:38 PM
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Started aged 9, doing G8 next month (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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emo_classical_pianist
post Feb 22 2006, 06:10 PM
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no probs with that i taught myself until 10 yrs and am now 15 attemting gr8. Dont worry im teaching a girl who has being playing for 2 yrs and has only just finished Gibbidy - F.......................Grades are nothing...............as long as you see music as a language and a connection to your emotions you are as good as the best on earth............trust me.
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katyjay
post Feb 22 2006, 06:52 PM
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First time I think I'd have been around 11 or so (can't remember exactly)


Second time, last summer, 38. Not taken any grades yet but working on Grade 5 stuff.
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deviless
post Feb 22 2006, 06:56 PM
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i started when i was 5 or 6, i am now 12, and taking grade 5 on the 27th (but this is fro the 3rd time... so that was about another 2 terms wasted)
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TchaikovskyChick
post Feb 22 2006, 10:04 PM
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I was nearly 5 when I started.

I did Grade 8 last year when I was 13. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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a_l_piano
post Feb 23 2006, 12:37 AM
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i started with lessons when i was 5 and did grade 8 last year, im 16.
i dont think its shameful at all not to have done lots of grades or anything though, music isnt about getting the little piece of paper that tells everyone you can play
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IrisH - LoonY
post Feb 23 2006, 02:45 AM
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I started just before I turned 14, I'm 17 (today) and about Grade 8 standard.

As said earlier, everyone works at their different paces. I knew someone who does Chemistry at Oxford who went from Grade 2-8 during his A levels. Got a distinction at Grade 8 with 140. Yet I know someone who's been playing piano since they were 5, now 18 and still not upto Grade 8.
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ianfiat
post Feb 23 2006, 06:48 AM
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I started playign the piano at the age of 37.
I'm still 37 and I passed grade 1 last December
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