Just wondering about the people on the forums- please enter only your highest, or lowest, if you're brave enough, mark!

hi there! I think that 110 is a plausible result particularly for those who don;t get taught in a music school like myself!! Considering all music exams take so much effort a pass mark is great!!

I got 124 in my last exam.

I've had really widly different results on the same instrument, once for grade 4 recorder I got 86 but then for grade 7 I managed to get 130- completely different ends of the spectrum! I guess my highest was about 136, but normally I only get merits, however I think it's always a blessing just to pass!

For grade 2 violin I got 120 , for grade 3 violin i got 102 . I've got my grade 4 on 3 July!!

my results aren't as good as other people...

Singing: grade 5:130
grade 6:111
grade 8:123
piano: grade 6: 122
grade 8: 117 (spent less than 6 months preparation)

horrible results, don't u think...

In my first ever exam (grade 1 violin) I got 102- so I just about passed!

I've always gotten somewhere around 120 in past exams, because I'm usually excellent in one section of the exams and horrible in another part (::cough:: aural ::cough:.

100+ i neva got ova 110 i dnt think.. expect for grade 3.. that was just gud luk n stuff

Ive taken 5 harp exams in the past 6 months and all of them have been 136 or above.

All piano:

Grade 3 - 127
Grade 5 - 130

I'm taking Grade 7 this year.

Grade 8 piano 133
Grade 8 recorder 128
Grade 7 violin 105

My aspect on exams is that there is no such thing as a bad pass! Anything above 100 is fantastic! I always hear people saying "oh i only got a merit" but my friend has always spent more than 6 months preparing for her piano exams, plays like an angel, has the entire music dictionary inside her head and puts more felling and character into her pieces than anything i have ever heard yet the highest she has ever 'scored' in her exam is 112, and to me and her other friends and family, she is brilliant so obviously 112 is also brilliant!

Besides, who cares about what you get in exams, if you fail you try again, if you pass, you be proud that you passed!

Then again, it has always been difficult for my cousin, who used to do exams with me as she used to get results in her 10's and i used to get them in the 30's and 40's! So judged against others, results can be bad, but examiners rarely give full marks in everything do they?

If i walked out of my salle du musique with 100 i would still yell with joy and run around in the garden, and probably jump in next door's pool as usual. I couldn't care less if my certificate said merit or distinction because at the end of the day, i only focus on the pass!

You know inside your strengths and weaknesses in your instrument, you know what you can improve and couldn't improve any more
you know some examiners are tight so flaunt what you have!

Kees xxx

P.S. My highest is 149 for clarinet grade 5, something i am proud of for eternity! I don't think i could get aqny higher than that now! My guitar teacher said that woudl eb full marks because examiners like to knock a mark off just for the sake of it

i cant remember what i got on my gread 1 but i passed with destion. on my gread 3 i got 95 but ive retakein it. mi head of music saw my mark hheet and said i got a good mark.

my results vary from 132 at grade 1 voilin, to 107 at grade 6 and 115 at grade 5 piano

I dont think you can have a CERTAIN exam mark, there are all sorts of facors that could change your marjks that are out of your hands, for example the tastes of the examinor, how your immune system is doing that day (sore throats coughs etc) how nervous you are, your instrument could get damaged, you could have sore joints and not be good with scales the examinor might eb in a bad or bored mood, the peice might be too quick for him to note down some of the better points and so forget about them when giving marks...so that is why i dont think hthere can be a CERATIN mark for exams.