im going to have my grade 5 piano exam next year.i'm quite nervous actually since im going to have my o level exam at the same time next year.and i haevnt even get my sclaes done yet!!!
which pieces did you all(grade 5 piano exam candidatge)choose?i got rondo, tarantulla, and the jazzy song(syles of new orleands..)the scales r sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo terrifying.i hate scales, and...those key signatures, there r sooo many of them.and every note i play i need to think of what sharp or flat there is.ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey hey, calm down! 
It's not as scary as you might think! I did:
A: Rondo (28/30)
B: La Tarantella (27/30)
C: Adeus, Bella Morena! (29/30)
I played the Rondo at a school concert, which helped with nerves immensely (before, I could not get the sequency bit in the Minore part right at all!). If you get the chance, it'll be really good practice to play your pieces at a concert/a larger audience, obviously quite near the exam.
Don't fret too much about scales... I was really apprehensive about them, because the scale book was so long at first. My teacher suggested a method, where you write all the scales you have to do on a strip of paper, and put it all in a box. Take out a few each day and play them, then put the played ones in the lid. Carry on until you exhaust your paper supply, then start again. It helps you to not practice the same scales over and over. Also, when you think of the scales with the gazillion sharps and flats, don't think about which sharps and flats you've got to play, but which white notes you've got to play... it's easier to think it that way
I prepared for about 10 months for my Grade 5, although that's because I swapped teachers and we needed some time to get to know each other. I take it you'll be doing the exam in the summer session; you've still got plenty of time. Don't panic - and good luck!
It's not as scary as you might think! I did:A: Rondo (28/30)
B: La Tarantella (27/30)
C: Adeus, Bella Morena! (29/30)
I played the Rondo at a school concert, which helped with nerves immensely (before, I could not get the sequency bit in the Minore part right at all!). If you get the chance, it'll be really good practice to play your pieces at a concert/a larger audience, obviously quite near the exam.
Don't fret too much about scales... I was really apprehensive about them, because the scale book was so long at first. My teacher suggested a method, where you write all the scales you have to do on a strip of paper, and put it all in a box. Take out a few each day and play them, then put the played ones in the lid. Carry on until you exhaust your paper supply, then start again. It helps you to not practice the same scales over and over. Also, when you think of the scales with the gazillion sharps and flats, don't think about which sharps and flats you've got to play, but which white notes you've got to play... it's easier to think it that way
I prepared for about 10 months for my Grade 5, although that's because I swapped teachers and we needed some time to get to know each other. I take it you'll be doing the exam in the summer session; you've still got plenty of time. Don't panic - and good luck!
Don't forget to have a banana before your exam to calm down your nerves!
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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New Orleans Nightfall is great jazzy piece to play!
I'm doing grade 5 piano in the summer.
I haven't discussed what pieces to do yet with my teacher, but just now I'm playing La Tarentelle and Gigue, love them both so they're the ones I might do, I sightread New Orleans Nightfall and I loved it, it's fantastic, also the Bagatelle is really good.
I'm sure you'll be fine, just keep up the practise!
I haven't discussed what pieces to do yet with my teacher, but just now I'm playing La Tarentelle and Gigue, love them both so they're the ones I might do, I sightread New Orleans Nightfall and I loved it, it's fantastic, also the Bagatelle is really good.
I'm sure you'll be fine, just keep up the practise!
I'm doing grade 5 piano in March. I've chosen the Scarlatti Sonata, Lyadov Bagatelle & Villas Lobos Adeus Bella Morena. I really like playing Bagatelle at the moment - especially the triplets, which really flow nicely.
There's threads on here that give suggestions on how to cope with scales (particularly useful for Grade 8 scales!)
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