My teacher suggests an hour everyday for grade 8 but it's kinda boring.. So any suggestions?

I find that for grade 8 two hours a day might just about give time to cover the pieces and scales (if you cover scales over 4 days and not all at once).
I wonder how you manage to work on 2 or 3 pieces plus scales/arpeggios in 1 hour?

I practice at least 2 hours daily. But most of the time i go over and on average i play about 3 hours when I practice (of course with breaks, or else my wrists would be broken). But practice do not just include exam pieces and requirements. I also play other pieces in between so i won't be so bored and other exercises before doing scales just for warm up.

This way you won't be so bored.


hm..I just took my grade 7 exam today ..i think i totally bombed my aural! =( i gave the stupidest answer on the last part..i bet you the examiner himself laughed internally and prolly thinks this examinee is retarded.
bleh..

anyway..anyone know when would i get my results??

nope...you just can't...i think a minimum of 2 hours is needed..

Wow! I also currently practise an hour for Grade 8 but I've only just taken my Grade 7 three weeks ago. Because of that, my mum won't let me 'drill' on my exam pieces. I only play each piece about twice every day and I still haven't chosen what piece I'm playing for List C. So I spend 15mins every day on pieces. I do think I'm not practising enough but I can't help it at the moment.

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QUOTE (stephygal @ Oct 14 2004, 09:45 AM)

My teacher suggests an hour everyday for grade 8 but it's kinda boring.. So any suggestions?

i do 2 a day

QUOTE (stephygal @ Oct 14 2004, 09:45 AM)

My teacher suggests an hour everyday for grade 8 but it's kinda boring.. So any suggestions?

if you're finding practising boring, why are you bothering?!

i suppose you have your reasons.

suggestions: break it up, and learn to enjoy it. surely that's what music's all about?!?!?!

What???I wonder how you practise so much time.
I practise my pieces once everyday only until now for all my exams. That is already enough for me.
For scales, I practise it a week or 2 weeks before my exam mostly.

QUOTE (stephygal @ Oct 14 2004, 09:45 AM)

My teacher suggests an hour everyday for grade 8 but it's kinda boring.. So any suggestions?

Once again, it depends on the person itself...I've just sprained my right arm badly and still can practice a few minutes a day for Gr 8. Usually I practice pieces until I'm satisfied with the overall progress of the piece, so it doesn't depend on how much time, it's your goal for that day....

QUOTE (sbhoa @ Oct 14 2004, 12:23 PM)

I find that for grade 8 two hours a day might just about give time to cover the pieces and scales (if you cover scales over 4 days and not all at once). I wonder how you manage to work on 2 or 3 pieces plus scales/arpeggios in 1 hour?

That's what I keep telling my son who is working for grade 7. He seems to think that he can get by on 30 mins per day. I tell him he needs an hour. He frowns and so I tell him to split it up with say 2 sessions of 30 minutes - one for scales and sightreading and one for the pieces.

I'd be interested to know what the teachers on this forum think.

He could even do scales one day and pieces the next if he really doesn't want to do more than 30 minutes a day practice. Really it all depends on him, maybe he can do grade 7 with 30 minutes of practice a day, some people can, it depends on his natural aptitude and, of course, how good he is already. I'm sure that people have got distinctions in the past from practicing 30 minutes a day for grade 7 (or even less, in fact I think I know someone who has, that's I think they did (quite a bit) less than that not I think that I know them!); some people could do 2 hours a day of practice and still only just pass, or even fail. Try to think of what he is achieving from his practice not how much of it he is actually doing, has he made a week worth of progress in a week and is his teacher happy that he's doing enough. I think it's the old quality not quantity thing, if he's making enough progress then he doesn't need to practice any more (although obviously the more he does the better he will be). If he's enjoying himself and making progress then I don't think that there's much cause to worry.

(As you know I'm not a teacher but I thought I'd answer anyway!).