im 13 and iv just passed grade 5 and im going in for theory its so boring anyone else think so?????

I can understand why you might think it is but try to look at it as another tool in your box as a musician. After all, if you understand music theory, then you will understand a great deal more about how your pieces are written, what scales do etc.

Theory actually helps you as a musician - it's not just an exam to be struggled through in order to steam ahead into higher grades of instrumental/vocal exams.

Later on, if you take GCSE/A level music, you may be very glad you've got the theory knowledge you have - and even if you don't do these exams, it's still going to help you longer-term with your playing.

I try to encourage my students to see passing a formal theory exam as an exciting challenge not as a painful, boring experience.

Hope you get on well with yours when you take it.

I'm afraid you'll find a lot of theory lovers on this forum!!! Look!

Awww, great to hear you passed. It may seem boring but...sad to say...without it you would HAVE almost no music as you know it. Take heart!

Good luck

It may seem boring piano girl but its worth it-to be able to take grade 6+! Its best to work through each of the ABRSM work books from grade 1-5 giving you confidence with the easier basics and checking you haven't missed anything important!! You will finish these books quickly! Another tip is don't so every single question in the books, there will be loads of the same type of excersises just work on them until you are confident!!
Good luck!

I found theory very boring to learn, going through the workbooks and that, but it is very useful and worth doing. Plus, of course, chances are you'll need it to do Grade 6 piano, as I'd take it over Practical Musicianship any
day!

Good luck, and bear with it.

I don't think theory is ever boring!! It's sooo interesting, how it all fits. It may be really complicated, I kepp thinking someon is going to invent a metric music system, so it will be easier!!

QUOTE (piano girl! @ Dec 20 2004, 08:27 AM)

im 12 and iv just passed grade 5 and im going in for theory its so boring anyone else think so?????

yeah definately borin! - i've got my grade5 trumpet and am about to do my grade 5 piano i've started the thoery- exams in february but it really gets in the way with gcse and jazz stuff!

Yeah I hate theory too. I like it when i was in lower grades. But i have to think for a long time to answer a question and that is so tiring!

hi i think its annoying

I found that by the time I was playing at around grade 5 level I had also managed to accumulate most of the theory up to grade 5 too.
I did the grade 5 theory exam because i thought 'hey, I know that stuff'. But With my teacher I worked through all the tehoery workbooks from grade 1 just to make sure that there weren't any missing bits.

QUOTE (Oddball @ Dec 20 2004, 01:28 PM)

I don't think theory is ever boring!! It's sooo interesting, how it all fits. It may be really complicated, I kepp thinking someon is going to invent a metric music system, so it will be easier!!

good idea

Actually I found theory is quite interesting sometimes and it's quite boring sometimes . Theory is really important as many of you know that we need to pass our grade 5 theory in order to continue for higher in the practical exam. As we learning we need to learn many things about the history...etc. I found it gives us a little help in aural in practical exam ? I don't know what you all think about it....but i do think its far so important........

QUOTE (piano girl! @ Dec 20 2004, 08:27 AM)

im 13 and iv just passed grade 5 and im going in for theory its so boring anyone else think so?????

I thought it was boiring as well i tried not to do so much because i get soo down but try and do one exersize eatch day and geet someone to test you on the terms you can make it fun aswell.

for the fun bit you can have a laugh like when someone test on the terms you can like mock their accent or something or try to sound italitan and make like a poem or something for yourself so its easier to remember.

Good luck

ur lucky i am just in grade 2 theory