i was really confused about the other country's piano exam system.......
how could one take more than one piano exam in a year?????is the system different in uk or other country?????in my country, ther'll be only one exam for a year.that means u can only take a grade exam only. and need to wait for a year before u take the next exam.and....i never came over one who can get 140+for any piano exam before...not even grade 1.i was just amazed to see ther so many 140+in this forum.what amazing.and....how could some ppl in this forum can ''jump''from one grade to another grade .example:he is having his grade 3 this year, and next exam that he will be taking is grade 6or 5.how come??how could they jump for so many grade.i'm really curiousss.......and confused...........

In the UK we have 3 exam sessions a year.

People sometime 'skip' a grade or two.
This is usually up to their teacher, who may decide that their playing is good enough to go for a higher grade.
There is no rule which says you have to take every grade on the way up.

As for high marks... it's mostly down to preparation and a bit to do with ability too.
Some teachers put pupils in for the exam which is a grade below their actual playing level (only entering them for grade 1 when they are able to play grade 2 level pieces). This takes some of the stress out of exams because it means that you are not having to push too hard to pass. It alos accounts for some af the higher marks.

Don't know mate, sorry.

the good thing about the ABRSM exams are that you can choose what time of the year to to the exam - ie if you don't think you will be ready by Christmas, you can still do the same pieces at Easter.
There are time limits, but there is a lot of choice of when you sit the exam. If you fail, you can always "re-sit" !!
what is it like in your country?
Ellie x

QUOTE (i like piano @ Sep 15 2004, 06:38 AM)

i was really confused about the other country's piano exam system....... how could one take more than one piano exam in a year?????is the system different in uk or other country?????in my country, ther'll be only one exam for a year.that means u can only take a grade exam only. and need to wait for a year before u take the next exam.and....i never came over one who can get 140+for any piano exam before...not even grade 1.i was just amazed to see ther so many 140+in this forum.what amazing.and....how could some ppl in this forum can ''jump''from one grade to another grade .example:he is having his grade 3 this year, and next exam that he will be taking is grade 6or 5.how come??how could they jump for so many grade.i'm really curiousss.......and confused...........

what country are you from?
In New Zealand there are 2 sittings. One in the middle of the year (i think these are New Zealner examiners) and one starting in about oct. (these examiners are English) Im not 100% sure though...

i'm from malaysia, we got only one exam session per year
i hope we can have more exam session, so that we can past the grade faster.or just a grade each year.

Some instruments (like the horn) you cant do all the grades on anyway. or you never used to be able to... (correct me if im wrong!)

QUOTE (Katet @ Oct 20 2004, 06:47 PM)

Some instruments (like the horn) you cant do all the grades on anyway. or you never used to be able to... (correct me if im wrong!)

I just looked at the horn syllabus and all the grades do appear to exist. I know that harpsichord only starts at grade 4 though (presumably one is supposed to start on piano). I would expect, although I may be wrong, that horn players would be more likely to skip grades than other instruments since it's not possible to start playing the horn very young so people will learn faster as they're older when they start (true with most brass instruments) and it seems that people playing the horn after a year or two on another instrument, so they already have some experience. This is just speculation, it would take someone who actually played the horn to clarify this.

25 years ago when I was learning the flute, I'm sure that a lot (maybe all?) of the woodwind instrument exams began at grade 3 - I imagine because it's easier to get the basics right on a wind instrument than e.g. strings. Certainly my daughter was playing violin for several years before starting on the exams at grade 1 (and she could already read music before she began, so that wasn't the delay), but when she started the sax she took grade 1 after only 2 terms.

I don't know when the grade 1 and 2 exams for flute etc. came in, but I think it's quite encouraging for children to be able to pass an exam so soon after starting to learn.