Started at 22. Now 34 and still only Grade 7. Sad huh?!

I forgot to add something. I'm nearing 15.

(I forgot my password, so I'm using my mum's account =P )

I cant see what the problem is.

I was 7 when i started and got to Grade 5 at 15,then stopped as the theory in thoes days was too hard.
22 years later ive started again ,using modern technology to help me study,take and pass exams.Im now teaching myself grade 6 piano.

When you see my previous exam results you only now realise its such a waste !

Hey I just finished grade nine last spring. What are you working on? Maybe we did some of the same pieces?

Started when I was 14 - Now 15. No idea what standard I am!

i cant even remember how old i was wen i started playing... i cant ever remember not playing it...and yet now, at 16, iv jus taken grade 5 (and probably failed) altho piano became not my highest priority wen i started the trumpet at 4...and i also sing but i cant ever remember not being able to sing...so i cant compare tht with anything.

i started when i was about 8/9 and now im 14 and taking grade 4 soon

I started when I was 7 and now I'm 16 studying towards my diploma, which I should do this year, but I'm being slack

Started when I was 6 years old. Now I'm 17 years old and still on grade 8. I will be doing the exam this summer, and hopefully carry on doing a diploma when I'm in uni

-i

I started aged 4 or 5 and stopped for 1 year when I was 12 as my teacher was away.
Passed Grade 8 at 15.

There's nothing wrong with how old you started playing as long as you've already started.
Some people simply didn't get to start young due to various probs.......Remember, age is just a number(although it's obvious that it's easier to learn at younger age).



Hey, I think I'm just gonna be stuck at grade 8 forever although I passed this grade 10 years after I started learning( more or less ).





Here's a Big Round of Applause!!! ( Oh come on, you call this weird? This is unusual)

Dont be daft! i started at about 10 i think and im doing grade 5 hopefully in june and im also now 17 so were about the same level haha. Spent 2 years learning up 2 grade 1 and then had a break from grades in middle as didnt like the pieces for that year but have generally done one grade every year. What pieces you doing for grade 5?

I started when I was 5, I'm now 13 and I'm doing Grade 5 Theory Grade 4 Piano Practical.

That's well good!!!!

I started at about 12 and now i'm 14 and doing grade 3.

I started plating piano in June 2005, I took grade 3 in November and am going to take grade 5 this December. I was 14 in 2005 im now 15 (im getting old)

I got my first piano for my 12th birthday, i'm now 32 and taking my licentiate diploma (eventually ) passed my grade 8 around my 15th birthday.

I started having piano lessons at 12, Now i'm at garde 6..

Started at 9
grade 5, working for 6
Im almost 17......
I used to do an average of a grade a year, but thats dropped recently...

Hi katyt17,

I totally agree with everyone, that you should not feel bad about having Grade 5 when you started playing the piano aged 8. Grade 5 is really good! And everyone works at different levels. If this will make you feel any better, I'm 18 and I've only just taken my Grade 2 piano last month!! And I started having lessons when I was 15. That is very late! I had been playing a bit with my dad before that but he never taught me how to read music, so when the chance of having lessons came up I grabbed it!
I love playing, and no matter what your standard is I think you should play for your own enjoyment. I was very pleased with my Grade 2 distinction though (137! My dream...), as being as old as I am (!) I think I should have done that well.

Started at 10 playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, now 13-year-old Grade 8 student! Yahoo!

theonlydru,

I was reading your posting about how you started off with Grade 3 pieces, but found them too easy and you've now taken grade 5. I was just wondering, how easy you found it to learn all the scales and aural for each grade???

Sorry, I don't play the piano but I'm going to say my age anyway! I started playing the treble recorder when I was 9/10 (I'd say 9 and a half), I'm 12 now and I'm doing GR5 at the moment!

Started when I was 14 ... I've just sat grade 2 and I'm still 14 . So I've only been playing for a about 6 months or something like that

Started aged 10, now 27 and approx grade 4.....

OK, I did stop lessons for about 12 years or so, I'm not really quite as slow as I sound