Dipabrsm Piano Performance, My experience.. if people want to ask qs Options

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[SomePianist]

In my LRSM I chose to do the performance first, and then the Quick Study/viva.

It's hard to remember exactly but I think taht after the recital I was then given the quick study when seated at the piano and asked whether I wanted to do it then while I was already sitting down (I said yes). Hence I was given the choice.

NB I wasn't asked about the quick study at all in the viva.

This was exactly my experience with my LRSM. I was given the choice of recital first or not (I chose yes). Then he suggested the quick study to me while I was sitting at the piano. Finally I did the viva. I don't think I was asked about the quick study at all.

Note of caution: Doing them in this order meant I was pretty tired and therefore rather incoherent during my viva. This is where I did least well in the scores.

[joyheart]

hi guys..I'm new here..

I have just gotten my DipAbrsm and decided to take LTCL instead of LRSM for my next diploma but when i found out that Chopin Ballade no.3 is actually in ATCL repertoire when it is also in LRSM too..i totally freaked out!

It seems that I've learned that piece for nothing in preparation of LTCL! Sigh!!

My DipAbrsm exam was quite a good experience actually.. i was very nervous initially so struggled my way through my first piece which was Scarlatti's Sonata K 208 and 209. But after that when i'd finally settled down, the recital turned out quite well actually.. Relieved! and i've got 40/60 for recital but barely passed my sight-reading... ...

my order of exam was recital, sight-reading then viva voce.

hope i've not bored any of you guys to tears for this very first post of mine..

[Trebor]

hope i've not bored any of you guys to tears for this very first post of mine..

Course not. Well done on passing your DipABRSM, what other pieces were you doing?

Why did you choose to take LTCL instead of LRSM? If you've been preparing a LRSM pieces, can you not just take that exam?

[joyheart]

LRSM is much more harder to pass than LTCL.. in particular the viva voce where i fear most. Besides LTCL has only recital and programme notes...
moreover, one of my DibARSM programme is szymanowski etude no.3 which overlaps with the LTCL repertoire so somehow this lightens my burden.

and also...i don't have much time practising my piano as well because i don't take up piano performing as my major or whatsoever. I'd just finished my A level last year while preparing for my DipABRSM at the same time and now, i'm struggling with my major (applied science) too in university. So if there's an easier path to take i'll go for it. hee.. yah, coz afterall, i'm a lazy person you see.

;)

oh yea, anybody has small hands here? sad to say that i have them... i can merely reach an octave..having difficulties in playing LRSM or LTCL pieces...

[pianist_1210]

Hi, I just want to ask about the thing that you have to play in these dip exams.
Do you have to play scales and do you have to do aural?? And what is that VIVA thingy....
Doing ABRSM Dip exam in 5 months time but still know nothing about it....what pieces do I have to play in it?? Is there a list that you can choose from??
Really Confusing...

[joyheart]

hi..you don't have to play scales and there's no aural for Dip exams..

but you'll have to play a repertoire of 33-38mins and answer the viva voce questions.. sight-reading (roughly grade 6 piece standard) and submit your programme notes of 1000-1200 words to the examiners.

Basically, viva voce section takes up around 15 mins where the examiners will ask you questions regarding the pieces you've just played in the recital.

Here are some of the questions i've being asked during my DipABRSM examination this early may 05..

+One of the pieces I played was Mozart's K 445 (adapted from Gluck's opera)..

1. You might not listen to operas much, so why did you choose this mozart piece?
2. Give one example of his comic opera and tragic opera.
3. What technical and musical difficulties did you encounter in these variations?

+Another piece i played was Scarlatti's Sonata..

1. Why Scarlatti's sonatas have this K. and Longo?
2. Why did he write these exercises?
3. Besides what you've said, do you have any idea to whom did he write them for? (Queen Maria Babara) Which country was she from?

There're many other questions but too many to list down here.. take note of modulations in the pieces as well.

As for the DipABRSM pieces, YES, there's a list to choose from.

++ Please go to:

http://www.abrsm.org/resources/perfDip05Pa...repertoire'

[AnotherPianist]

Doing ABRSM Dip exam in 5 months time but still know nothing about it....what pieces do I have to play in it?? Is there a list that you can choose from??
Really Confusing...

Crikey, that 'not doing any more exams ever' didn't last too long :rolleyes:. I'd suggest that if you're doing it in 5 months and haven't even thought about what pieces you'll play it would be very wise to perhaps consider postponing the exam until you have a little more time to prepare: the failure rate is quite high (around 50% and this is amongst people who have already passed grade 8) so you'll need plenty of time to prepare and understand what you have to do.

You would probably benefit greatly from reading the syllabus to gain an understanding of what you need to do. In short, for dipABRSM, you have to do a 35 minute recital, a viva voce (where the examiners ask questions about your pieces, the composers etc. there are plenty of example questions on the forum) most of this is based on your programme notes 1200 words which you prepare in advance and a quick study, you are given 5 minutes to look at a grade 6 standard piece and then have to perform it well (musically and fluently, roughly to a standard that would pass grade 6). Anyway take a look at the syllabus, which you can get from here and then ask any remaining questions you have :).

The diplomas with aural tests and scales are ATCL performance diplomas; one can, however, do ATCL recital which has a longer recital than ATCL performance but doesn't require any additional tests, it's the recital only.

[AlexDBS]

I agree with AnotherPianist.
I have been preparing for the DipABRSM for more than a years but I still afriad I cannot pass in the exam. 5 months is not enough for you do not know anything about the exam. It takes time to get what to do in the viva and the programme notes. However, I don't know your standard so you better ask your teacher to help you.