I would like to know what's the highest mark (out of possible 150) people could actually receive from ABRSM piano exam in reality. I think it's impossible to get 150, correct?

Did anyone ever get 30 out of 30 for the pieces?

I got 145 for my grade 3 piano, that was a long time ago now though,,,,how i pulled it off i dont know

Almost every year, my students got 30 in one of the exam pieces.

I think many candidates can get 30 and it's not too rare. To certain extent, getting 30 marks does not imply the one who performs the piece professionally.

In lower grades, it's much more easier to get full marks (in pieces) for sure.
Playing the notes all correct and detailed the musical aspects may gain you full mark.

Concerning 150 the highest mark, I've seen an examiner posting in her examiner's profile that she got full marks. She then received a scholarship which leads her study in one of the Royal Schools.

There are students from my music school got very high marks. Some gained 30 or 29 for their pieces and yet they got 138-145 for total. By the way, they are not doing the lower grade but grade 6, 7 and 8.

I wondered if examiners do take into consideration the age of a candidate? For example, in sight reading, a 10 year old grade 1 can mentally prepare better that a 6 year old sight reader. Would the S/R exam paper be just the same for all grade 1 candidates? A 10 year old child would be in year 5 preparing for his/her KS 2 exam., whilst a six year old chiild is only in year 1...and just learning how to spell brother and mother.

My 6 year old daughter prepared all her grade 1 requirements in 12 weeks time only and got a very good merit grade. Although she is really good with her note reading and values/clapping and confident, too, in finding her place on the keys, sadly she failed S/R by 2 points. She was very pleased and very proud with her marks....I wish I was her examiner! I think she deserved a distinction!

It's not impossible. I was at school with someone who got 149 for his grade eight cello. He's now a professional cellist......
One of my husbands pupil's got 30/30 for a grade 7 percussion piece...

I've got a friend who has the same teacher as me, and I think he managed to get 150 or there abouts) , he's going onto grade 7 now and he's 12 years old, playing the violin.

im 13 and i got 30/30 for 2 pieces in my recent grade 7 piano exam and 29 4 da otha piece. i only got 139 in total tho.

I got 144/150 for my Grade 6 piano!!!! and that was bout two years ago now, so not all examiners are ogres, or maybe i'm just brill! ha xxxx

QUOTE (Vikki @ Dec 11 2003, 07:49 AM)

It's not impossible. I was at school with someone who got 149 for his grade eight cello. He's now a professional cellist...... One of my husbands pupil's got 30/30 for a grade 7 percussion piece...

wow...

family I know have a friend who got 147 in grade 8 violin...

hi every1

am Louise n am new 2 the forums

the highest mark ave had for a piece is 27 for a Gr2 piece! everyone here is ded gd! a just hope a get good marks in ma Gr4 exam!(fingers crossed)

my grade 8 piano is:
piece A: 28
piece B: 28
piece C: 27
i forgot the rest...but i got 130 total

i got 135 for grade 4 but at grade 5 i only got 117! i was so mad.

The examiner wrote excessive rubato all through my pieces ,i only used the pedal in one piece as well!

QUOTE (!x!piano_girl!x! @ Dec 23 2004, 11:35 AM)

hi every1 am Louise n am new 2 the forums the highest mark ave had for a piece is 27 for a Gr2 piece! everyone here is ded gd! a just hope a get good marks in ma Gr4 exam!(fingers crossed)

good luck!

i've had 29 a few times... never got 30 though...

a friend of mine got 30/30/29 for her grade 8 piano pieces...

the highest got that i had ever got was 132 for g6 n 131 for g8 pno exam. these r only bare distinction. i had completed all my graded exams b4 the year 1996.

i just got 65% for my LRSM exam 2 wks ago !! (missed a distinction by 5 more marks!!!) i was sooo pleased!!! i think this is the highest score that i've got in my life. i hope i'll do well in my FRSM in the future.

Duen Duen (Hong Kong)

grade 3 i got merit 120 very pleased wasn't at my best aswell. woke up late turn up late etc

but yaya i stil got a merit that is the highest i've got.

my highest ever piano exam mark was 139/150 for Grade 7 in 2002.

I've had 132 for grade 2/3 piano, i can't remember which though!!

I GOT 143 IN GRADE 8....YEAH!!!

123 for grade 4 piano

135/150 for G8 piano a loooong long time ago...with 25/27 for my group A piece (Bach), 31/36 for group B (Mozart) and 25/27 for group C (Lisz)....

I got 100/100 in grade 1 Theory and 140 in grade 1 piano 10 or 11-ish years ago, and have never bettered either! Never got anywhere near, in fact. Hmmm...

130 for both grade 5 and 7 piano, hope I can beat that for Grade 8.

i get 29's for my C pieces most of the time.

Grade 8:
A: 27
B: 26
C: 28

i got 126 in total... alrite marks i guess...

Grade 2 was better
A: 28
B: 27
C: 29

I failed my B piece in grade 5

I've heard of a student who got full marks in an exam, except it wasnt royal, or trinity, some other one :S

I'd love 2 get full marks on 1 of my pieces!!I've had full marks in sightreading a few times,full marks in scales and full marks in aurals but never in a piece. The highest in a piece i've had is 29. I got 29 in all my grade 8 pieces and in 2 of my grade 7 pieces for sax. I got 29 on 1 of my grade 8 pieces for oboe and 29 on 2 of my grade 7 flute pieces.
The highest mark i've had is 143 for grade 8 sax and I was soo pleased for I got the same mark as my sax teacher.

Anyone who has got 30/30 on a piece I applaude you!

QUOTE (piano_chik_em @ Jan 26 2005, 09:23 AM)

I've heard of a student who got full marks in an exam, except it wasnt royal, or trinity, some other one :S

Guildhall?

I got 138 for Grade 2, then 134 for grade 3..
And I got 30/30 for my Grade 3 piece, Verso in F

wow...my teacher told me that examiners will hardly, if ever, give out scores of 30.

maybe she was just saying that to reassure me about my 29's....

137 in grade 2, when I was 16.

I've had a few marks of 29 (not just in piano) and full marks in scales, aural and sight reading, although sadly not all in the same exam, as that would make for a very nice mark! My last exam was grade 4 singing and I had full marks in both aural and sight reading, but still got merit overall (127) which I was happy with. One of my sax students got 30/30 for a grade 5 piece (Saxsequential) a couple of years ago, which thrilled me, but also annoyed me because when I played it for my grade 5 I'd received 29!!! He did suck up to me by saying it was because he was so well taught though, and I later found out it was really because he shut his eyes and swayed around to the music, prompting the comment "You put your heart and soul into this performance", on the mark sheet. But as the chief examiner has pointed out, 30/30 is exceptionally rare. It's certainly never happened to me, in 26 or 27 exams.

You need reassurance when you get 29 .

highest mark i got for piano was Grade 5 (only one i've taken) 111... (even though i was sure i failed)

highest mark i got overall is 113 in Grade 4 Descant Recorder

Don't worry, now I understand why.

Oh yes, you've just reminded me: do you have the technology and/or inclination to record something for the website? . The address is in my signature if you haven't already looked.

My highest piano mark...well it wasn't with AB, I did my first 2 piano exams with Guildhall and lost 6 and 12 marks overall. My jazz piano exams were with AB and my best mark was 132. Not so great. I did get 27/28/28 in the pieces but generally did badly in the aural that time.
My piano playing's not exactly great though

don't really know what's happening...i scroll down the list & to my surprise, I found out that none of the students in my music school got 130 & above...everybody was getting 110+ or even a failing mark...quite pathetic & I don't know why...even the 120+ scorers were less than 5...it was such a sad case...haha

my highest marks are 130 for g1 piano, 128 for g2 piano, 135 for g3 piano and 127 for g5 sax.

If it's so sad, then why are you laughing?

In my grade 5 exams last year i got:
A:27
B:29
C:30

OVerall i gt 130 so jst distinction!!

Today is my exam day for grade 7.....im so nervoous!!

Oooh, let us know how it goes. (I assume you aren't from the UK)

yes..had mi exam today....it went alrite....last time i thot i did absoloutely hopelessly but i ended up getting distinction so u neva no...just waiting fer mi results now....

Yeah I just did Grade 8 piano last week - still waiting for results :-O Yeah last year i did Grade 7 piano and received 133/150... which was okay! I also did:Grade 6 violin (143) grade 7 violin (136) and grade 8 violin (145 - 29/30/30 for pieces yay!!)
I'm really sorry to boast, i'm just really happy about it!

Wow go you!

highest mark :130
lowest mark: 120
highest pice mark : 28
lowest piece mark : 22

Had them yet?

At gd 3 keyboard, I got 99/100 (with LCM) - my pieces, scales, sight reading was all perfect - I lost ONE mark on the easiest biut - the aural!!

just reading, & one of you guys said you took grade 8 piano last week - i thought exams only happened @ christmas, not october??? how did you take it so early?

Also, what are the marks you need for distinction, merit & pass in AB exams. thanks

Hi pianoman 84!
Yeah I live in NZ so maybe our exams are at different times of the year here? Are you in the UK?
Also you need 100 to pass, 120 to get merit and 130 to get distinction in AB exams.
Have a nice day! Lol

Hi!

Last year when i was 12 i got 133 for grade 8 piano, didnt get 30/30 for any of my pieces though! i think i got 28/28/27.

musicmouse

PS to the pianoman84 - guess what?! i am TchaikovskyChick's twin sister! she did grade 7 piano last year (when i did grade 8) and we got the same mark!! how weird is that?!