How do you finger a left hand, 2 octave Bb minor? I can do the right hand no problem, but I either run out of fingers or have to many left over in the left hand!

no idea!! have you got the scale book?! i havent started that one yet, im putting it off!!

No I haven't got a scale book, coz I find it easer memorising them if I don't have it.... for some reason!! I can do pretty much all the minors of them for grade 6 except that one! Weird....
I know it's 4 octaves for grade 6, but I'm thinking that if I can do two octaves, I can just do that twice??? Unless anyone has another suggestion!
are you doing grade 6 aswell? If so, when?!
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how about starting with 2-1-3-2-1-4-3-2 (full octave.) that seems to be how i do it!

Just remember l.h 4 plays only Gb!!!

yes hopefully if things go to plan im doing grade 6 next March or June.

i have the scale book but i dont really use it for the same reason as you!i need to know Bb minor for grade 5 as well and its one of the only scales left to memorise argh!!

I did grade 5 at christmas, but I didn't need Bb minor, coz I did my exam with Trinity. I only had about 6 scales to learn, including major and minor!

The abrsm grade 6 book has 21231432 etc. sorry if thats what someone else sed!

QUOTE (elmo @ Jul 23 2004, 04:30 PM)

I did grade 5 at christmas, but I didn't need Bb minor, coz I did my exam with Trinity. I only had about 6 scales to learn, including major and minor!

shocking!

im switching boards!

on violin in Trinity you have the option of doing a study instead of scales, at least at grade 6 you do (don't know about other grades) ... Don't know if it's the same for piano...

Yeah I know you get a study with clarinet exams, but I don't know about piano either!!
The scales are easier, but you have to do a viva voce (worth 5 marks, so not as important as scales) and the first piece for my grade 5 was 4 pages long! I was knackered by the end of it, especially as it wasn't exactly slow!

IVE GOT IT!! IVE GOT IT!!

erm............ i have mastered Bb minor, hands together, 3 octaves! i have now learnt all scales for grade 5 piano even though it took me quite a few hours to get C# minor and F minor in contrary motion! i spent 2 hours alone on those scales yesterday!!

YEY!! good for you!!

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The scales are easier, but you have to do a viva voce

I thought you could memorize one of your pieces instead of doing a viva voce???

QUOTE (cecilia @ Jul 31 2004, 11:28 AM)

QUOTE The scales are easier, but you have to do a viva voce I thought you could memorize one of your pieces instead of doing a viva voce???

Yeah you can do that as well....sorry I forgot!!