Hi
Its my first ever practical exam today, piano grade 1 at the age of 37.

Good luck to everyone having exams today and over the next couple of weeks.

Hope it goes really well.

What three pieces are you playing?

GOOD LUCK IAN
MY 'LAST' EXAM (Grade 8) IS ONE WEEK TOMORROW !!!!! (and I'm 44 !)

Good luck Ian, and Trudi, and anyone else taking exams.

Good luck, let us know how it goes

Best of luck! (I'm hoping to take my piano Grade 1 exam next year).

Giga
Das Echo
Sleeping cat

Good luck ianfiat!

Sorry to hijack this a bit - but please all wish good luck to my Kodaly students who have their first exam tonight and tomorrow.

There are 13 of them doing it (including forum members Bagpuss, Hammerklavier and occasional poster Willard). They do the dictation part tonight and all the practical stuff, including part-singing, conducting, sight-singing, sing and plays and ensemble work, tomorrow evening.

GOOD LUCK ALL!!!!!

Good luck to you ....

My first is nect Wednesday and I am 42 (grade1 Clarinet).

Please let us know how you do ......

Good luck to everyone .

Hope it's not too late ianfiat congratulations for taking the plunge and best of luck in the exam .

Good luck ianfiat!

Car Expert

Hi everyone and thanks for all your support

I think the exam went pretty well, my scales and pieces were OK I think.

My sight reading was pretty poor, I think I played the left hand in the wrong key, but at least I kept going which seems to be the main thing.

The Aural test I thinkl was OKish but I find it hard to tell.

What struck me the most was how quick it all seemed to be.

I was quite nervous, but this was the first music practical I've ever done - and I had two bananas beforehand !

Good luck with getting your results!

Good!

Car Expert

Well done Ian!

Now we'll wait with baited breath to hear your results.

Exams do go quick. All that work for months and it's over and done with in about 10 minutes for grade 1!!

A silly question
How long does it take to get the practical results ? 2-3 weeks ?

Least time I've heard is 9 days! Most - in this country - is about a month. Most will be with you in 2-3 weeks.

Good Luck!

Good Luck to everyone !!! My 5 year old daughter will be taking ger grade 1 this afternoon. She seem fine but I'm shaking

My daughter finished her exam an hour ago, I am so proud of her:) the poor thing started to have hicups just before her exam. I am not sure if it affected her or not.

I ask my daughter if the examiner said anything to her at the end of the exam, she said he smile and told her she did really well. Do you think that's a good sign or do they say that to all the children?

oh one more thing, she said there was an E# on her sight reading piece, is this possible? I have not seen an E# on any of the specimen sight-reading tests.

I don't think they say it to all the children (and some examiners don't say it to anybody). I should think she did well if he made that comment.




Very unlikely at grade 1 I would have thought. A sneaky G# in A minor would be more likely. I wouldn't worry she is probably mis-remembering and might have played it fine at the time.

I hope she did well

I didn't think I 'd see the return of this old topic !