Just curious.

I think it will be yellow, what about you?

i would prefer purple as it's my favorite color!!!!

Haven't they always been green?

By the way, it depends on the instrument what years the syllabus will run on.. the next syllabus for Woodwind and Brass will be the 2006&2007 one, which runs from 2006-mid 2008

Hot pink!! PLEAAAAASE let it be hot pink!!! It would be so cool to carry around!!

xx L xx

hot pink!! hot pink!! hot pink!! hot pink!!

Good Point TinyTina...
But i would LOVE it to be hot pink, it's my favourite colour. Well, at the moment

ok...forget about the year....
First it was blue, then red, then green, then ?

Unlike Davidmusic thought, the colours usually change when the pieces change. 2001-2002 were red and 1999-2000 were blue.

QUOTE (TinyTina @ Mar 4 2004, 10:07 AM)

BUT what would blokes think about having to carry round a pink Exam Pieces book for the next 2 years? Would be interested to find out - any men care to offer a view on this one?

Personally I wouldn't care what colour it is. Then again, I don't feel foolish that often whatever happens... I'm a drama and music guy, and so everyone thinks I'm gay anyway

I would suggest that anyone under the age of 20 wouldn't be that happy about it though!

I don't know what colour it's gonna be but i really hope it's PINK I love pink!!!

they should have 2. pink for you girls and blue for us lads. more interested in whats inside tho! you could always cover it if you didn't like the colour

when do they come out anyway? if they are for exams starting in 2005, people will want to get them soon so they can prepare?

I definitely agree with hot pink!! It would be so cool if they printed the 2005-2006 book in highlighter green or highlighter yellow!! Turquoise maybe?

Hot pink!! Wow!! I would really love that!
My friend has a bright blue violin, seems like bright and colourful music accesories are definitely in!! (Paperchase sell see thru pink, purple and blue recorders with glittery bits – by the way)
However, don't think the pink would go down too well with my purist music teach!

Hey hot pink would be brill!!!!
I agree that boys might not be too happy but as Ben says they can always cover it!!!

I think the new syllabus comes out after the june exams but im not entirely sure.

Nat

I would like to make a deal with ABRSM, they can pick the colour of the book if we can pick what's inside!!

I won't ruin the debate by telling you all what colour the new piano exam pieces will be. I can tell you, though, that at least one of you will be happy! Keep a look out. We'll be beginning to advertise them very shortly.

Both the Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2005-6 and Selected Violin Exam Pieces 2005-7 will be published on 8th July this year and should be available from all good music shops from that date.

Ben Selby
Marketing Manager
ABRSM Publishing

We had pink before....I'm sure.....well I think I'm sure

It was horrible! And the boys looked daft coming into lessons with it.

I reckon it's going to be turquoise. Now, that I can live with.

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Personally I wouldn't care what colour it is. Then again, I don't feel foolish that often whatever happens... I'm a drama and music guy, and so everyone thinks I'm gay anyway

Davidmusic.

I'm a piano, choir and recorder teacher (so I suppose I shouldn't be posting on this forum, but never mind). You may be pleased to know that in the past couple of years I've had a real increase in the number of boys taking up music. I now have more boys and men that girls and ladies in my teaching practice.

My top recorder group equals out...50% boys and my best piano players at the moment happen to be the boys. I hope the trend continues.

I am liking the hot pink idea but i think white would look quite nice! But as long as it isn't brown i do not mind!

QUOTE (Ben Selby @ Mar 11 2004, 07:55 PM)

I won't ruin the debate by telling you all what colour the new piano exam pieces will be. I can tell you, though, that at least one of you will be happy! Keep a look out. We'll be beginning to advertise them very shortly. Both the Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2005-6 and Selected Violin Exam Pieces 2005-7 will be published on 8th July this year and should be available from all good music shops from that date. Ben Selby Marketing Manager ABRSM Publishing

Well....I definitely think it is yellow!
White ok....come to think of it....White and Black for a change!!!

i hope its orange

I think it should be yellow,but I hope it will be pink in colour.I LOVE PINK![/B]

Any colour but Pink.

HOT PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well cool!!!!!!!!!!!
my friends would be soooooooooooooooooo jealous
haha, im the musical one!
fingers crossed!

Okay, it's time to spoil the fun: the books are royal blue (they're pictured in the new issue of libretto, which isn't on the website yet) but aren't quite the same as the ones that were blue before.

I haven't had my Libretto yet. Does it list the new pieces, or just give you a tantalizing glimpse of the cover?

It does list the new grade 8 piano syllabus but no other grades (and no violin pieces as far as I recall); I don't have it to hand now so I can't tell you what they are... I'm sure yours will be in the post; it only arrived this morning.

It's the Grade 8 I want, as I'm taking Grade 7 this term - the day before the new pieces are published! I will now be anxiously awaiting the post tomorrow, although I'll probably only have a fraction of the pieces anyway.

i spose royal blue is ok!! but id have preferred pink or purple though!

Actually it's not really royal blue... it's purple. The colours doesn't really match in the printing. (If you have the advertisement card on the piano exam pieces, you will find out that it is purple).

Damn, I was hoping for hot pink!

I can't wait for the new pieces to come out, since I'm doing my piano grade 3 in the term coming up and my violin (grade 2) and viola (grade 2 or 3, I'm bored of my grade 2 pieces, so much more easier than violin) at Christmas and I want to start preparing for my grade 5 in everything as soon as possible!

I would prefer blue or turquois but rather blue.

Blue is my favorite color

QUOTE (Orionmiz @ May 15 2004, 02:23 PM)

Actually it's not really royal blue... it's purple.

thats great then!!!

QUOTE (Orionmiz @ May 15 2004, 02:23 PM)

Actually it's not really royal blue... it's purple.

It's a sign! I really ought to get it together to do some piano grades and with purple books *looks around my room at all my purple stuff* how could I resist? The new books for 2005-2006 are good in terms of setting myself a time scale as well, it all fits together nicely!

Helena

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Actually it's not really royal blue

Oops, sorry about that: I nearly described it as purpley-blue: that's what it looked like in the magazine but I though royal-blue sounded more technically correct: although perhaps wasn't as accurate .

PURPLE!!!!! !!

maybe purple.

Yay purple's my second favourite colour- I would've loved hot pink but i guess purple is more "boy-friendly", if you know what I mean!

You might think pink is a good idea but it is unfair to some people, especially boys!

QUOTE (Ben @ Mar 6 2004, 01:16 PM)

they should have 2. pink for you girls and blue for us lads.

im a girl but my fav colours blue. i hate pink so i think i would probably get a boys copy if it did ever happen!

QUOTE (pianoforte @ Mar 7 2004, 07:48 PM)

My friend has a bright blue violin,

A BRIGHT BLUE VIOLION??!?!?!?!

Purple !! or shades of it...my fave color !!

Are they all the same on any instrument ??

Oo hot pink .. oo .. maybe hot pink wif baby blue would be nice..

Boy can have black n white and b oldfashon hehe. ( im only joking please don't kill me )

I know someone wif a pink gutiar hehe its funny

QUOTE (frenchyhorn @ Jul 13 2004, 07:29 AM)

QUOTE (pianoforte @ Mar 7 2004, 07:48 PM) My friend has a bright blue violin,   A BRIGHT BLUE VIOLION??!?!?!?!

i've seen sum1 with a blue violin 2:D it was this guy from sum other sch who came on a music exchange last year:)

pieces for what instrument?

Pink would be sooo cool but since I'll be finished with Grade 8 before next syllabus then it wouldn't be any different 2 me!

Information on the new Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2005-2006 and Selected Violin Exam Pieces 2005-2007, including contents listings, is now on ABRSM Publishing's website: www.abrsmpublishing.co.uk

Debbie Butler
Marketing Department
ABRSM Publishing