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> This May Seem Like A Stupid Question...
MattD
post Mar 26 2005, 01:50 AM
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Why don't ABRSM publish all of the pieces for a particular grade in ONE book?

They go to the effort of making a CD, so it seems slightly wierd in my opinion that they wouldn't publish one book. Not only would this cost less to the student, it would enable them to make an informed decision on which pieces they would like to enter into the exam. I always end up exhausting the other pieces in books containing the exam pieces, and I'm sure others do to. If all of these were at the standard of which the student is working towards it would surely only benefit them, raising their standard in more than one area.

Plus, less chance of forgetting a piece of music on day of the exam :P

Let me know your thoughts...and sorry if the above doesn't make sense, I be tired! :lol:
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freda_bloogs
post Mar 26 2005, 02:03 AM
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Erm...

They do :huh:
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paul4098
post Mar 26 2005, 07:16 AM
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I agree - it would certainly be welcome for the earlier grades, say up to Grade 5. And I am sure that the examiners would appreciate it as well. They might have heard more candidates playing " The Vamp " instead of " Creepy Crawly" in the 2003-2004 Grade 1 piano Syllabus! The cost would clearly rise, but I am sure this would be acceptable. How about making a start by putting 12 pieces in the A.B. books, and leaving 6 as alternatives?But the tendency might be then to just use the A.B. books as teaching material. Having to get the alternatives pieces does mean that the books are supplementary resources.

Not so sure of freeda bloggs reply

" Erm...

They do "
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Helen
post Mar 26 2005, 10:01 AM
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QUOTE (freda_bloogs @ Mar 26 2005, 02:03 AM)
Erm...

They do :huh:

Not all of them! Flute pieces are published separately, and at around £10 each <_<

It would be good to have them all in the same book, but, alas, ABRSM said there was not enough interest or something, and also cost etc :(
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noodle
post Mar 26 2005, 10:08 AM
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Erm...

They do :huh:

They don't! For a few instruments they publish a book with selected pieces from the syllabus in it, but there is a selection of alternatives in individual books which may be used. For most instruments exam pieces are selected from different books which have to be bought individually.
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neil.clarinet
post Mar 26 2005, 12:45 PM
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Funny, I thought last night, all piano pieces are in one ABRSM book, woodwind pieces are spread around. Why not put them together too?
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tooty_flute
post Mar 26 2005, 12:45 PM
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There are only exam books for piano and violin. And even these only contain about 3 pieces from each list. I dont play the piano or violin - and I dont think its fair that woodwind and brass players have to pay around 10pounds for a book that only will be used for one piece. I think that ABRSM should publish books for most instruments for grades 1 - 5. We know its possible becasue they do it for piano and violin. And I'm sure there would be a demand for flute, clarinet, sax and trumpet books. However at grade 6 - 8 sometimes its handy to have the entire book. I recently sat my grade 8 exam. And althouhg I only played 1 movement from a sonnata - I want to learn to play the others. But when I was grade 1, I wouldnt of wanted to play the rest of the pieces - I waould of just got the next book up and work on my grade 2 pieces.

ABRSM give us woodwind players exam books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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tooty_flute
post Mar 26 2005, 12:48 PM
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* Also other exam boards such as trinity publish these books. When I was having proper recorder lessons I had a book with ALL the recorder pieces in it. It helped alot and it only cost about 3 pounds
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freda_bloogs
post Mar 26 2005, 03:30 PM
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Consider my wrist slapped.
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cecilia
post Mar 27 2005, 07:31 AM
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I didn't know this until a few months ago, because I only play piano and violin! :lol:
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Rainbow
post Mar 27 2005, 10:49 AM
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I know, I didn't realise until I started to play viola!
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DomRUK
post Mar 28 2005, 01:46 PM
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The art is to look through the syllabus (for e.g. flute) and see which books are used for a few grades in a row (and are good quality music too).

Studies books are often no problem in this respect, particularly. Music Through Time is good for flute - one book per grade, often containing two or three of the exam pieces for one grade (lists A and B ).
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tooty_flute
post Mar 28 2005, 02:16 PM
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I agree for flute the best books to take pieces from are 'music through time 1-3' which cover grades 1 - 5. Another book to get is '76 graded studies for flute' This has been into many exams with me!
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joyjoy
post Mar 29 2005, 09:53 AM
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I agree this would be a good idea to have them all in the same book.. it would encourage me to take a flute exam sooner if the pieces weren't so hard to find on the odd occasion!

Joy
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saxlover
post Mar 29 2005, 01:05 PM
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there was a discussion on this a while back and one of the reasons they only publish books for piano and biolin is because more people take exams in those instruments

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The art is to look through the syllabus (for e.g. flute) and see which books are used for a few grades in a row (and are good quality music too).


true

take clarinet and flute for example. if you bought the 2 parts of 76/80 graded studies thats your study piece sorted right through all the grades (providing you like it of course!) and there are often concertos of other works thats movements are used in various grades e.g. Lutoslawski's clarinet dance preludes. they are used from grades 5-8

so while no books are available really look carefully at the syllabus and buy wisely. then you save a weeny bit of money!
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