Just wondering which grade 3 pieces you are doing
I'm doing all the 1st pieces of each section
A1
B1
C1

I'm not doing grade 3 but my sister is, she's doing:

A3
B2
C2

Good luck on your exam!

I have a friend doing A3,B2 and C3

My students are doing either A1 or A3, B2, B3 or B4 and C1, C2, C3 or C4.

I have found that with my students, A3 is a popular choice, with A2 being second best. For the B's, B2 has been chosen by everyone - March of the Wooden Soldiers. And C2 - Cha Cha is again the favourite - they all love that one!!

Joy

A3 (Sonatina) B3 (Sunshine) and C1 (Dance) are the favourites
C4 and C6 are also good fun to play - I personally don't find the Cha-cha (C2) particularly interesting, and pupils have opted for C1 so far.

I think A3 is a little gem.

Glad to see some responses at the bottom with names rather than numbers, makes a little more sense to the average reader who can't be bothered to go and look at the grade 3 syllabus .

I'm doing A3 (Sonatina in Bb), B1 (Song) and C3 (Equivox [sp?] No.8)

Car Expert

Evivoque, methinks.

I found it out and its Equivoque. I thought it didn't have two Qs this afternoon!

Car Expert

Ah well. Yeah I tried that piece...and I just couldn't get it to flow.

Murr.

C4 Polish Song is really my favourite

I might play it at my festival in February as it's the easiest out of the three I chose!

Car Expert

Hello
I am doing Passapied, Sunshine and Equivoque.

Would like to do cha-cha but find it difficult...

Doing exam in Nov 05.

Good luck to all......

BFN Mike

Good luck Mike!

I'm doing mine in June 06.

Car Expert

Ahh, glad to meet a fellow sufferer, I mean lucky exam candidate, I'm doing a piano exam in November/December too (hoping for as late as possible just to put it off ) and beginning to wonder why . Good luck .

Why is it when I get scared I feel less motivated to actually practice ? I put all of my energy into worrying instead .

Equivoque thingy is weird

It is a bit weird - major in one hand and minor in the other.

I don't dislike it - but haven't yet found anyone who wanted to learn it.

No it is ok, I think it is actually easier than the other 2 in the book...but that's just me

I have two students who wanted to learn it - I don't know why, but they just seemed to like it.

Cha cha is hard! It'd be OK if it didn';t have that left hand part....

That's what my teacher said as well, but with a 'definetely'.

Car Expert

My son did A1 Passepied, B2 Marche des Soldats de Bois and C2 Cha Cha last session. I think Cha Cha was probably his best piece. The examiner liked it and A1 too, but I suspect he played B2 a little too fast as it was remarked that 'the fanfare figures in the LH were not quite under control at this lively tempo'