Well this is it Grade 6 tomorrow , I don't feel prepared, I have no idea if I'll pass or fail....but the worst that happens is that I retake next June with a study partner. Thank you for your help on here, it's been invaluable

If I have to retake I shall make sure i have a ton of past papers with anwers.....
Aaaarrggghhh I am going to be completely useless in work tomorrow morning!!

Good luck!!

Best of luck tomorrow and to everyone else taking theory exams.
Let us know how you get on ... but I am not going to look until after I have done mine on Saturday - I'll just get wound up if people are discussing how theirs went!

Good luck Dawnmc71.

Good luck, Dawnmc71 and to all those who have exams.

Dawn - you'll be fine. Remember to read the questions carefully, and answer as best as you can - and then go over your answers, making sure you use the total time allocated.

Best of luck (although you won't need it!).

All the best, Dawnmc71

Good luck Dawn, this time tomorrow it will all be over

And make sure that you watch the clock to ensure that you spend long enough on each question. I messed up my exam this summer by leaving too little time to complete the last question.

Good luck all.

Good luck for the exam today Dawnmc71.

good luck

If you get a question about "name the composer" or "name the period" be careful to read the introduction to the question carefully... if it says it's a piano piece then it's not by Bach

do the bits you find easy first - even if it means starting at the end with question 5. No point spending loads of time trying to complete the chorale and running out of time to get easy points in the bag.

Thank you very much everyone....I will be double checking everything and starting with Q 5 & 4!!!

Finger crossed, eh???

That is my plan for Saturday. Start with question 4, then do the harmony, then do question 5, followed by figured bass and finally do the composition.
Best of luck.

Best of luck Dawnmc71!
You can be shure from this thread, good thoughts will be with you.

Thank you all! I shall report back in later.....but probably not allowed to say too much, Orgastin!!

Don't worry. I am not going to look at your thread until Sunday in case our papers are the same.

Good luck!!!! I'm sure it will be fine

My biggest worry for next week is not so much the questions as how am I going to sit there for three hours without a loo break! I think I shall have to cut down on the cuppas that morning!

the time passes surprisingly quickly...... especially when you get to a difficult bit..... although cutting down on coffee/tea will help as well

I was more concerned about missing my dinner (exam 5-8pm) and having a growling stomach throughout the exam......

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LOL - that always happens to me during the INSET days after school holidays! Trust everyone to be quiet THEN....

I suppose one is allowed to nip out quickly if it's absolutely essential.....?

no, we were told today ABSOLUTELY NOT and to go then (at the start)or forever hold our peace!!

I'm back and brain fried! It was OK, the composition was suprisingly ok, but the harmony was a pig! I hope I've passed. Timed it well, had 10 mins at the end to check for silly mistakes. tempted to look again at hte harmony but decided to leave well alone!! Now just for the long wait....

It was the T paper.

Thank you very much for all your well wishes, and good luck to you all for Sat and next week. Now onto the grade 8 aural for next month!!

LOL I think it's cos we had to do it a week early due to school holidays here. It means I'm probably the only one is the world to sit that paper LOL

I was the only one doing grade 6 and the only one left in the room for the final hour - which was useful for the composition as I could hum under my breath and not annoy anyone, unlike the person sitting gr 5 that seemed to be humming ofr most of an hour!!! I nearly told the invigilator to ask herto be quiet, but thought that might be a bit mean!

Well done Dawn - it is good to have done it but the wait will go on - and on. I do hope you get a good pass.
Like other Grade 5s - mine is next Wednesday - I promise not to hum and distract others

Well done, sounds like it went well!

Well done Dawnmc71! I do hope you get a good pass or even more too.



When I sat my Grade 5 theory exam last year, there was a piano lesson going on downstairs an I realised it pretty difficult to concentrate on the paper while hearing "The Entertainer" being played. Fortunally, the piano lesson ended before I reached the composition.

Well done : fingers crossed for a good result for you