Ahhhhhh, I am soooooo nervous! It's at 9:30am, i'm okay with the pieces (A2, B2, C2) and scales, just tend to play them (the scales) too fast then muck up. Eeek.
*repeats over and over* "It will be fine, I am fine, my pieces are fine, my scales are fine, my singing is fine.... everything is fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Good luck. 
Yeah good luck mate!
You'll be fine!!
Just have fun
Good Luck
Scott
Mines on Friday !!!!!!
Just have fun
Good Luck
Scott
Mines on Friday !!!!!!
Good luck, take a deep breath before you go in & you'll be fine! Regarding the scales, it's better to play them steady & correct rather then too fast & wrong so play them them at a speed you know you'll be able to keep up with without making mistakes. Please let us know how it goes tomorrow & I really hope you do well.
Good luck with your exam too Scott!
Lisa xxx
Regarding the scales, it's better to play them steady & correct rather then too fast & wrong so play them them at a speed you know you'll be able to keep up with without making mistakes. Please let us know how it goes tomorrow & I really hope you do well.Good luck with your exam too Scott!
Lisa xxx
Lisa, that is a good idea, i just accidentally play faster when under pressure. I have a feeling I will be calm, but feeling sick! I will let you all know how it goes.. fingers crossed!!! 
Good Luck my friend..
Just try to be calm and everything will be OK
Just try to be calm and everything will be OK
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pianogenius.' date='Jul 3 2006, 09:21 PM' post='353378']
Ahhhhhh, I am soooooo nervous! It's at 9:30am, i'm okay with the pieces (A2, B2, C2) and scales, just tend to play them (the scales) too fast then muck up. Eeek.
*repeats over and over* "It will be fine, I am fine, my pieces are fine, my scales are fine, my singing is fine.... everything is fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ahhhhhh, I am soooooo nervous! It's at 9:30am, i'm okay with the pieces (A2, B2, C2) and scales, just tend to play them (the scales) too fast then muck up. Eeek.
*repeats over and over* "It will be fine, I am fine, my pieces are fine, my scales are fine, my singing is fine.... everything is fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The thing with scales is, just make them rhythmic....i.e. make each main beat really really clear. by doing this you can play them up to a satistifying speed. And also remember to calm down in the exam (i know it's very hard...sometimes even i can't help the nerves...) but feeling slightly nervous at the beginning is OK, as long as you get use to it quickly. Just think of it as "It's a time for me to shine, not a time of suffering."
As a member of the PITQOI club, you'll be fine.
Fingers cross for you, good luck and tell us how you get on afterwards!!
I hope it goes well for you, mine is tomorow, although i'm not playing any of the pieces you are 
just practice with a metronome, until you scales are even an fluent!
just practice with a metronome, until you scales are even an fluent!
I hope the exam went well this morning. Good luck with your exam tomorrow jonscott14!
Lisa xxx
Good luck with your exam tomorrow jonscott14! Lisa xxx
what a relief!!
i went in the room, and he was sitting at the back, and there was a steinway GRAND in there...!!!!
he asked me to play d major and f# major scales, and i was thinking - wow! he's really nice! then he asked for Eb melodic minor, and i was so happy!
then rest of it was fine although I messed up the arpeggios, i thought i would! The pieces were fine, sight reading was really really good!
On the aural test where you have to listen to a piece and talk about it, he played this piece which went loud then quiet then loud then quiet then loud then quiet. So when he asked me the dynamics, i said "well it went loud then quiet (Etc)" and he said "but what IS loud?" and i didnt understand and he said "well, we need some technical names here sofie!!" and I laughed and said forte and piano but i hadn't actually practised that with my teacher properly.....
never mind! afterwards he said "i wish you luck with grade 7 and 8" so now im happy, very, very happy
thanks for everyone's luck and crossed fingers!! it was very helpful - well it must've been
i went in the room, and he was sitting at the back, and there was a steinway
GRAND in there...!!!!he asked me to play d major and f# major scales, and i was thinking - wow! he's really nice! then he asked for Eb melodic minor, and i was so happy!
then rest of it was fine although I messed up the arpeggios, i thought i would! The pieces were fine, sight reading was really really good!
On the aural test where you have to listen to a piece and talk about it, he played this piece which went loud then quiet then loud then quiet then loud then quiet. So when he asked me the dynamics, i said "well it went loud then quiet (Etc)" and he said "but what IS loud?" and i didnt understand and he said "well, we need some technical names here sofie!!" and I laughed and said forte and piano but i hadn't actually practised that with my teacher properly.....
never mind! afterwards he said "i wish you luck with grade 7 and 8" so now im happy, very, very happy
thanks for everyone's luck and crossed fingers!! it was very helpful - well it must've been
Whooooo Well Done
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:D:D:D
Sounds like it went really well. I'm doing mine next term, but with completely different pieces to you
Glad it went well Sofie!! I know I'm a bit late with ym good luck mist but *sprays hope exam results come quickly and are brill mist*
And you got to play a Steinway???
I know I'm a bit late with ym good luck mist but *sprays hope exam results come quickly and are brill mist* And you got to play a Steinway???
Your examiner sounded so nice!
Glad your exam went well.
Glad your exam went well.
Well Done!
When do you get the results?
When do you get the results?
probably.... in september? because my teacher is going to have them posted to her and i have lessons with her through the school, so, unless she phones me during the summer hols, it's a long wait for me!!!!
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pianogenius.' date='Jul 4 2006, 04:53 PM' post='353638']
what a relief!!
i went in the room, and he was sitting at the back, and there was a steinway GRAND in there...!!!!
he asked me to play d major and f# major scales, and i was thinking - wow! he's really nice! then he asked for Eb melodic minor, and i was so happy!
then rest of it was fine although I messed up the arpeggios, i thought i would! The pieces were fine, sight reading was really really good!
On the aural test where you have to listen to a piece and talk about it, he played this piece which went loud then quiet then loud then quiet then loud then quiet. So when he asked me the dynamics, i said "well it went loud then quiet (Etc)" and he said "but what IS loud?" and i didnt understand and he said "well, we need some technical names here sofie!!" and I laughed and said forte and piano but i hadn't actually practised that with my teacher properly.....
never mind! afterwards he said "i wish you luck with grade 7 and 8" so now im happy, very, very happy
thanks for everyone's luck and crossed fingers!! it was very helpful - well it must've been
what a relief!!
i went in the room, and he was sitting at the back, and there was a steinway
GRAND in there...!!!!he asked me to play d major and f# major scales, and i was thinking - wow! he's really nice! then he asked for Eb melodic minor, and i was so happy!
then rest of it was fine although I messed up the arpeggios, i thought i would! The pieces were fine, sight reading was really really good!
On the aural test where you have to listen to a piece and talk about it, he played this piece which went loud then quiet then loud then quiet then loud then quiet. So when he asked me the dynamics, i said "well it went loud then quiet (Etc)" and he said "but what IS loud?" and i didnt understand and he said "well, we need some technical names here sofie!!" and I laughed and said forte and piano but i hadn't actually practised that with my teacher properly.....
never mind! afterwards he said "i wish you luck with grade 7 and 8" so now im happy, very, very happy
thanks for everyone's luck and crossed fingers!! it was very helpful - well it must've been
cool, sounds like a good exam, i just hope my examiner is as kind, sadly i'm playing on a yamaha baby grand, which is nice - but a little bright sounding - good for the jazz piece!
Well done, being able to feel that you have did well is the most enjoying thing, wish you get the toppest mark!! 
I'm so glad the exam went well Sofie & your examiner sounds really friendly! From what you've told us, it sounds as though you'll get a good mark - let us know your results when you get them! I can't believe you have to wait until September though, I'd be in agony waiting that long! 
Anyway, well done & good luck to everyone else taking grade 6 this term.
Lisa xxx
P.S. I'm soooooooo jealous that you got to play on a Steinway grand!
From what you've told us, it sounds as though you'll get a good mark - let us know your results when you get them! I can't believe you have to wait until September though, I'd be in agony waiting that long! Anyway, well done & good luck to everyone else taking grade 6 this term.
Lisa xxx
P.S. I'm soooooooo jealous that you got to play on a Steinway grand!
Sounds like a great exam!
I hope you get an exellent mark...
Just let us know as soon as you get your results..
I hope you get an exellent mark...
Just let us know as soon as you get your results..
of course i will! i'm already getting impatient and it's only been a day!!!
never mind! afterwards he said "i wish you luck with grade 7 and 8" so now im happy, very, very happy
that's really nice - (= a big fat hint that you've done ok !)
that's really nice - (= a big fat hint that you've done ok !)
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jul 5 2006, 06:46 PM) 
never mind! afterwards he said "i wish you luck with grade 7 and 8" so now im happy, very, very happy
that's really nice - (= a big fat hint that you've done ok !)
Yes exactly! Mine said 'Hope to see you again for grade 7'.
I thought 'Yeah I hope so too'. 
QUOTE(Boo Radley @ Jul 5 2006, 07:04 PM)
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Jul 5 2006, 06:46 PM)
never mind! afterwards he said "i wish you luck with grade 7 and 8" so now im happy, very, very happy
that's really nice - (= a big fat hint that you've done ok !)
Yes exactly! Mine said 'Hope to see you again for grade 7'.
I thought 'Yeah I hope so too'. honestly! these examiners are terrible! although I suppose they're not going to say "well that was ...lovely... i'll see you again for a resit" *tongue in cheek*
Hello everyone, just thought I'd let you know that I received my grade 6 piano exam results this morning, and.....
I GOT DISTINCTION!!
133/150
i don't have the individual marks yet but will let you know as soon as.
i'm a very, very happy girl!!
I GOT DISTINCTION!!
133/150
i don't have the individual marks yet but will let you know as soon as.
i'm a very, very happy girl!!
Happy and talented. What a combination.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations, that's a fantastic result!!! Well done & good luck with your next grade. I can't believe you only just got your results this morning, you had a long wait!
Lisa xxx
I can't believe you only just got your results this morning, you had a long wait! Lisa xxx
QUOTE(Lisa87 @ Aug 11 2006, 03:32 PM)
Congratulations, that's a fantastic result!!! Well done & good luck with your next grade.
I can't believe you only just got your results this morning, you had a long wait! Lisa xxx
i know! ridiculous. what did you get?
Well done!
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Well done!
thanks!
*bakes a very large well-deserved cake!* WELL DONE!
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pianogenius.' date='Aug 11 2006, 03:33 PM' post='374091']
Congratulations, that's a fantastic result!!! Well done & good luck with your next grade. I can't believe you only just got your results this morning, you had a long wait!
Lisa xxx
i know! ridiculous. what did you get?
QUOTE(Lisa87 @ Aug 11 2006, 03:32 PM)
Congratulations, that's a fantastic result!!! Well done & good luck with your next grade.
I can't believe you only just got your results this morning, you had a long wait! Lisa xxx
i know! ridiculous. what did you get?
I took mine in March this year & I got 131.
I had to wait 4 weeks for mine & that was bad enough so I can't imagine what it must've been like for you. Lisa xxx
Lost track of if I said already, but WELL DONE!!
thanks everyone!! well done Lisa, i either didn't know or had forgotten that you got dist. but hey! drinks all round!!!
bottoms up
bottoms up
Wow !! Thats really good news.Good luck with grade 7.
Very well done. A terrific result.
Wel done Sofie, i shall buy you a pressie
Well done! That's great!!
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Well Done!! An Excellent result... i will be getting mine this month probably
ShArOn
ShArOn
Congrats! Feels good don't it!
Well done ! Be proud of it!
Be proud of it!
thank you sooo much everyone, and good luck sharon!! *sends positive vibes!!*
Well done- opens champagne
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