Well done! That's fantastic news

Well done Fiona!

I remember when I passed my Grade 4 and got my certificate... it said "Intermediate Level" or something and it made me feel so proud.

I'll be sitting my Grade 6 sometime next term or in the spring.

Good luck with your 6 Anakrron.

Hopefully not too much longer Eleanor.

Fiona

very happy that I passed in my grade 5 theory exam.
I will have my grade 7 piano exam next year.

well... let's continue the post... talk about your piano grade...

preparing for grade 8......kinda lost , i dunno what standard i`m in now.

Same here!

grade 1 since tuesday

I'm doing grade 7 right now! And I've been playing for about 5 years now...

I got distinction in grade 7 so I suppose am not grade 8... but haven't actually started preparing for it yet

Congrats!

I'm... um... grade 3 plus ish?

I did grade 3 years ago then gave up, took up lessons again a year and a bit ago. I can now play grade 3 pieces much better, more musically and with less effort than I did then.

I can play most grade 2 and 3 pieces now with not that much effort

just got DipLCM!

Err.. Grade 8 for me. We only have 8 grades for music, that I know of. Australia is funny lol.

Well done!!








Now find Sioned!!!

Guess that makes most of the rest of the world funny too then .

Congratulations Rhiannon .

Excuse me, what's maening of DipLCM?

Diploma of the London College of Music.

Haaaang on... no way. After grade 8 there's Associate (AmusA) and then Licentiate (LmusA), then after that you can get about a bazillion diplomas. o_o

That's if you do AMEB.

Funny, us? nah...

i've only taken Grade 5, but teacher reckons im around Grade 8 standard

That's a good philosophy. Better an excellent grade 5/6 than an uneasy grade 8. As long as you are still meeting challenges you set. Will you be doing 7 or 8 next?

Anyone did FRSM yet??
DipABRSM already seems soo difficult...

But you are so amazing?

I am taking my grade eight exam this spring in piano. Also, I am considering taking grade five in voice and violin next fall, but it all depends on scheduling and my teacher's opinions.

neither im working on concert music

But I find Dip exams crazy...

haha. I'd just finished my DipAbrsm in early may 05 and had gotten the certificate. now i'm still thinking of whether to switch to LTCL or continue learning LRSM..

hey..do anybody know how to overcome problems relating to small hands? i've huge problems playing LRSM and LTCL pieces and my chords aren't clear and accurate at all when playing! they're noises man..! intolerable to my ears...my hands can merely reach an octave..and i've a very tough time playing..

Im in grade 6 for the time being....

I'm about grade 5.

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I FAILED MY GRADE 7 ...WWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm supposed to be doing Grade 8 in November. I've learnt my pieces and all the scales, arpeggios (chromatic scales in minor thirds legato anyone? yuk!)

However, there's a problem. The piano where I took my Grade 6 (I got Merit about two years ago - decided not to do G7 as have young family and my ambition is to get G8) is an absolute heap of firewood. Terrible thing - lousy action, sticky keys, you name it. Apparently my teacher volunteered her piano (she has a wonderful Steinway B and a Steinway D) but was turned down because there was no car parking! I ask you - how stupid is that? Anyway, she's trying to get me entered at a local school where they have a superb piano, but they don't generally take external students. So, if they turn me down, I don't know what I'm going to do. When do the current G8 pieces "expire"? I DEFINITELY don't want to have to learn three more!

Edward

Don't worry about the lifetime of the pieces. You have another 18 months before you have to change.

Sorry to hear about the difficulties with finding a venue. Hope you get sorted out soon.

I passed Grade 6 in 1996 when I was 18, and although I've continued to improve, I'm not sure that I could pass Grade 7. I enjoy playing the pieces for fun though, and I accompany my clarinet and sax students until they reach about Grade 4/5 (depending on the pieces they pick and whether I can manage them!) I think some of this year's piano exam pieces are fab, especially in Grade 4 and 5. I'm addicted to New Orleans Nightfall!

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Done grade7 , going to take grade 8 this year sometime.

well... I will have my G7 exam next year... It seems quite difficult...

Hovering somewhere around grade 8. I haven't taken an exam since i was about 13 (grade 6 violin) which was 9 years ago, so i'm not really in a position to judge myself.

passed grade 4 with distinction and working for grade 5 now, but i find grade 5 quite tough...i mean the pieces.

grade six!

Grade 8...

I'm grade 6 too..

Grade 6... Think i must of been mental and completely out of it during the whole time, It goes by so quickly I've kinda forgotton I done somthing that progressed so quickly.

Exam in Marchy time though

Yay another fellow Aussie! Lol. Im going to do a grade 8 AMEB leisure exam after uni exams. AMEB(our examinations board) introduced Leisure exams, so rather than all classical pieces, they have a range of styles to choose from- classical, jazz, pop, rock etc etc.

Just did Grade 4, waiting anxiously for my results