Hey everyone, just wondering [insert topic title and description here], and around what Grade was it? I'm not sure what I should play, whether I should stick with Grade 6, or try a higher grade? I'd be happy trying to learn a much harder piece though, though not something really boring (by that I mean just made up of rests that you have to individually count) or tuneless. Any suggestions for three pieces? And should I balance them so they are different styles, or just play three songs. Oh yeah, preferably piano!

Wobby

p.s. Look how long my signature is now! I'd better not post too long messages anymore!!!

I think the performance should be at least around g4 standard (well thats what our music teacher says). but remember its better to ply a lower grade piece well that to play a high grade piece badly

Yeah, I was thinking that; I was considering playing Ondine, then I thought otherwise... a bit to difficult to try... Trying to find a piece that isn't too common either, otherwise it would be really boring. Any idea what Grade Reflets dans L'Eau is, out of curiosity? By the way, do you plan to do your performance pieces on the Saxophone (well, duh! )? And what are they?

im thinking of plying gipsy songs which is on the g6 sylabus (sp?)

I did 3 Grade 7 pieces for my GCSE performances, but only because I had just done them for my exam. Although, Grade 5 is the band they have to be to get the highest difficulty marks. You don't get anything extra for performing a Grade 6, 7, 8, 8+ piece. I'd go for a piece you're comfortable with, can play well. Don't just pick a piece because of its grade.

Well im doing 3 ragtime pieces for my GSCE

Smokey Mokes,
The entertainer,
Black and white rag

But my music teacher said that GCSE music, is a classroom course, and does not neccasirly mean that you have to have a music teacher. I dont no!!!

But my pieces are a bout grade 2ish

Doh, I forgot I need three!!! Do you think it's OK to do three similar pieces, or would it be better to do a variety? Would you get extra marks for it? And were any of your pieces as part of a group? Or were all of them solo?

Wobby

On my board, OCR, you had to do 2 solos and 1 ensemble. One of your pieces had to be a genre piece.

E.g I did:

Solo 1 - CPE Bach, E minor sonata, Adagio movement
Solo 2 (Genre piece) - Vaughan Williams, Gavotte
Ensemble - CPE Bach, E minor sonata, Allergro movement.

I did play them well, the odd slip but my teacher said because they were so above the required standard she couldn't mark any marks off.

The pieces don't have to be contrasting I don't think.

I used my three grade 7 pieces at the time, the standard grade is grade 5, so anything thats grade 6 will put you in th'More Difficult' category, just play something you fel comfy playing.

I did Edexcel and played the piano as my second instrument. I played a grade 2 piece and got full marks for it! I was so overconfident after that that I didn't revise for the rest and didn't do well in the main instrument performance! (which was 30% compared to 10% for the piano).

Good luck to everyone doing GCSE music