Hi!
I was wondering if anybody is taking their Piano Grade 5 soon. I'd love to talk to someone about it or to have some advice on pieces, general help and previous grade 5 piano takers (recently).
I'm playing-
A- Les Carillons - Kirnberger
B- Study in A Flat - Heller
C- New Orleans Nightfall - Gillock
Thank you very much!
A xxx

I recently did my Grade 5 and I played the New Orleans Nightfall too. It really is a lovely piece and it was the one which I was awarded the most marks for, because apparently my, 'enjoyment of the piece was evident'.

Good luck!

I didn't take the exam, but I have played New Orleans Nightfall and it is a really nice piece. The only thing I don't like about it is the jumping from the low chord to the melody in both hands on the second page.
Good luck with your exam soon!

I did my grade 5 in June last year.
I did New oleans for fun, but didn't do it in the exam.

I did

Sonatina
Boys merry-go-round
Adius Bella Morina

for my grade 5

I don't like that either it's a good piece though

I think you have a nice programme there, well contrasted pieces. Good luck !

I think enjoyment really helps - it's my favourite piece!



Thanks! All I have to do now is practise and practise and practise and hope!

Also, I was just wondering - any advice on scales?

I am doing mine today and I am playing:

Gigue - Handel
Dream - *forgotten composer*
New Orleans Nightfall - Gillock

Good luck everyone

Annetta xx

Very best of luck!

I played :

Gigue - Handel
Bagatelle - Lyadov
New Orleans Nightfall - Gillock



Good luck to everyone

I took mine last June but I did exactly the same pieces as you!

Good luck pianoboe!

Thanks everyone, and hope it went well Annetta.

Everyone seems to be playing New Orleans Nightfall - it's a lovely piece.

Well, I've got my exam date - 22/23 March, and we apparently have a woman examiner. Well, I shall just have to wait and see, but supposedly men are more generous!...

Piano exam going well...the word well doesn't even seem to have a consellation with the exam. The exam went absolutely terrible...I will be lucky if I get a pass and I have never doubted not passing so much in my exam years (well its only been 3 lol)!! I will just have to wait and see - men examiners are definately more generous and I had a woman so we shall soon see!

Got a woman for my flute exam as well!

Good luck to everyone else!

I absolute LOVE LOVE LOVE New Orleans Nightfall. That is my goal - to get to a standard where I can play it! Did I tell you that I love that piece? But I'm sure the day when I will be able to play it is long off...

Aww, I'm sure you did okay. Good luck for the result though, I hope you pass alright. I didn't think I'd passed my Grade 4 oboe - I totally hashed up C minor and I didn't even manage to play it but I got a merit (125)! That was the largest shock of my life!!!

The exam date is getting closer and closer and closer and closer. AND CLOSER
scared scared scared scared scared scared scared AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH



You will be able to . You will. I see it in my magic crystal ball!

I have never doubted passing an exam so much before...I jsut really feel that I might not have passed and even if I have, I probably scraped it with like 102 or something! Most of the pieces went wrong, I really mucked up the scales, the sight reading was fine and the aural was terrible!

I will definately start a post when I get all my results back saying what I got!

Thanks again,

Annetta xx

Then we can have our own 102 club......

I only did it because I could sight read it so I didn't actually practice it

Yeh me too it was easy to play, as is my B piece (study in Ab - Heller) but it's still a nice piece.



When are you expecting your result back?

Alice xxx

About Wednesday or Thursday next week!

I shall wait to ask you...tension high? What will you be please with/upset with markwise?