Sorry, sorry, sorry. I know this has probably been asked a million times before, but humour me anyway!What are they looking for regarding repeats in Balletto. I'm confused by the fact that there is an ending 1 and 2 for the first half, and ending 2 is obviously 'the end' as it has the double bar line, but as they don't normally do repeats in exams I'm unsure how to approach this. No word at the bottom of the piece or in the teachers notes. On the face of it, it looks like an ABBA set up, but that would make it quite long. Put me out of my misery someone. I don't like to keep phoning the board and looking a complete buffoon.

Yes, I agree with noodle. I've got two or three pupils playing that piece at the moment, and that's what we're doing.

It's my understanding that you don't do repeats anywhere at any Grade, unless it specifically tells you to do so in the foot notes.

You go straight to the 2nd time bar. Never do repeats in exams unless stated.

The only example I have seen of this at the moment is in grade 1 on the B list Mozart.

I'm playing this and not playing the repeats as they usually aren't played in exams.
Are you doing grade 2 or is it a pupil?
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I had a pupil play this and I was also confused about the repeats. I listened to the grade 2 piano cd and copied what they had played. I can't think of what the actual repeats were off the top of my head but I am sure my pupil did play some repeats. My pupil got a merit and nothing was mentioned about her doing a repeat so I would get the cd and copy that if in dought.

Its my pupil who is doing the Grade. I always thought that repeats were ignored in exams unless otherwise stated as well but by ignoring them in this piece it doesn't finish at the end. Will go and phone the board and let you know.

Spot on Noodle. As there is no Da Capo, the end is bar 16. Nice short piece then!

I agree with this since it fits with the rubric as set down by the AB.

However, hundreds of years ago when I took either my G3 or G4, I had a piece which had several repeats through it. I learnt to play it straight through (rubric was probably the same then too). Went into the exam and the rotten examiner said how he felt that the piece wasn't balanced unless one played all the repeats, so would I please play all the repeats. This threw me completely because in the heat of the moment I could not remember where to go back to each time. I think I just passed the exam. My teacher didn't make any comment to the board, although I would do so now if it happened to one of my pupils.

But the effect it had on me has stuck with me all these years. Consequently I explain very carefully to my pupils what should be expected of them in the exam, but also make sure about 6 weeks before the exam that they know exactly where to repeat from should the need arise. We do however practise mostly what should happen (assuming now that there are no "rotten" examiners at large!)

I've got a pupil doing that piece too, and she's learnt it/ I've taught it on the understanding that repeats don't happen

I agree with no repeats - just play the second time bar at the end of the first half.

One of my pupils played this for her grade 2 last term --- she played it without repeats, got a merit.