Piano Grades

DeusEx · 06-11-2007, 08:55 PM

Just wondering what Grades are people currently on and how do they find there current grade?

I am hoping to start soon. I hope to have a Grade 6 in the next 2 or 3 years, however i imagine that's just wishful thinking?

I've been playing for the last year and a half or so but im self taught and have never had any lessons. I'm thinking about taking up lessons next year.

Emelie · 06-11-2007, 09:48 PM

I'm only self taught, and I thought about taking lessons but decided aginst it, for the time being.. The material I play, that is on a good loevel for me is grade four.. However I don't think I'd pass the test since I'm not practising scales and such very much ^^

DeusEx · 09-11-2007, 01:50 PM

What material do you play that's at level four? I'm just starting now to learn classical (all i can play is pop/rock). Learning Fur Elise and Menuetto in G Major(Bertini) at the moment

miss capa · 09-11-2007, 02:17 PM

So you haven't had any lessons?

Can you read music?

I am at Grade 6 and am having my piano exam next week, I have been learning for 8 years and most people in my year are only at Grade 4 so I'm a little a head. But then again, I can only go up one grade a year.

If you have had no lessons getting to Grade 6 in two-three years is a little hard.

DeusEx · 10-11-2007, 10:53 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982
Can you read music?
If you have had no lessons getting to Grade 6 in two-three years is a little hard.

Yeah i can read sheet music but not too good at sight playing. I know, grade 6 is probably too ambitious. What pieces did you play for Grade 4?

Quote:
Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982
I am at Grade 6 and am having my piano exam next week.

Goodluck!

Tnspieler1012 · 10-11-2007, 04:23 PM

lol. I took lessons when I was little but I'm technically self-taught and oblivious to this terminology. what type of songs would qualify as grade 4? or 5 or what not?

miss capa · 17-11-2007, 12:41 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982
Can you read music?
If you have had no lessons getting to Grade 6 in two-three years is a little hard.

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeusEx;2180521
Yeah i can read sheet music but not too good at sight playing. I know, grade 6 is probably too ambitious. What pieces did you play for Grade 4?

Well, it's hard to tell if you will know them, I can tell you what scales I needed to learn, E, F, B, Bflat all of them in major, minor, chromatic, conturary, staccato and as arpegios...so quite a lot, but Grade 4 is halfway there (there are eight grades in AMEB exams)....I'm not really sure how to tell you how hard the exam is...

Quote:
Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982
I am at Grade 6 and am having my piano exam next week,

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeusEx;2180521
Goodluck!

Thanks, I did my exam yesterday, it went very well!

talisman · 29-11-2007, 10:51 PM

i've finiished 6 years in piano and i still play sometimes, currently i play mostly guitar, self taught

Cold_Pianist · 30-11-2007, 08:12 AM

i finished grade 8 last year and im doing my certificate for completion this year.... for me its taken a little under a year to do each grade. It really depends on how much you practice or how good you teacher is. If you want to self teach and do a good job of it i suggest investing in a music syllabus that is recognized across your contry. For me it was the AMEB. Ive played for almost 8 years and im still having fun =).

Best of luck!

miss capa · 30-11-2007, 11:16 AM

Thankyou!
I got a B+ but according to my teacher, the examiner was very hard on everyone as no one got higher than a B+, so in her eyes, I got an A! I'm currently learning the theme from Titanic...and it's killing me

Best of luck to all your exams (if you are doing one)!!!!!!

Tnspieler1012 · 06-03-2008, 12:10 AM

Can anybody help a self taught coldplay fan figure out what "grade" he is? I've been playing almost exactly a year now(maybe longer) and although my "repertoire" consists mostly of coldplay songs (a ghost, amsterdam, trouble etc.) I've been working on more "legit" classical pieces like fur elise and Pachelbel's canon in D.

In the past week I've managed to memorize and play the 1st mvt. of beethoven's "moonlight" sonata. I'm sure most of you can play that in your sleep...but anyway, I was wondering what "grade" that would put me in, assuming I can play it with respectable, consistent tempo and little or no mistake. Some forum's have put it at grade 5/6...but I would like some other opinions. thanks.

Emelie · 10-03-2008, 06:31 PM

Definitely not 5/6 I'd say... Perhaps a three.. It's really hard to say. You can learn some really difficult pieces and still not have the right knowledge, you've just learnt something basically by heart.
http://abrsm.org/?page=exams/gradedM...yllabuses.html
On this page you can find the syllabuses for all the grades and perhaps get a slightly better understanding as to where you're at. YUou can also try going to your library and search for pianobooks that are graded. Good Luck

06-11-2007, 08:55 PM	#1
DeusEx We've got heads on sticks Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 127 Location: Limerick Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Piano Grades Just wondering what Grades are people currently on and how do they find there current grade? I am hoping to start soon. I hope to have a Grade 6 in the next 2 or 3 years, however i imagine that's just wishful thinking? I've been playing for the last year and a half or so but im self taught and have never had any lessons. I'm thinking about taking up lessons next year. __________________ http://www.pianofiles.com?507447

06-11-2007, 09:48 PM	#2
Emelie Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 130 Location: Laurelindorian Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm only self taught, and I thought about taking lessons but decided aginst it, for the time being.. The material I play, that is on a good loevel for me is grade four.. However I don't think I'd pass the test since I'm not practising scales and such very much ^^ __________________ http://imagegen.last.fm/basicrt10/re...ks/3/Userr.gif

09-11-2007, 01:50 PM	#3
DeusEx We've got heads on sticks Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 127 Location: Limerick Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What material do you play that's at level four? I'm just starting now to learn classical (all i can play is pop/rock). Learning Fur Elise and Menuetto in G Major(Bertini) at the moment __________________ http://www.pianofiles.com?507447

09-11-2007, 02:17 PM	#4
miss capa Oh gosh. Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,864 My Mood: Location: Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So you haven't had any lessons? Can you read music? I am at Grade 6 and am having my piano exam next week, I have been learning for 8 years and most people in my year are only at Grade 4 so I'm a little a head. But then again, I can only go up one grade a year. If you have had no lessons getting to Grade 6 in two-three years is a little hard. __________________ This place is bigger than I remember twitter Pearl Jam 20 Nov 2009 Woot. Spoiler http://muse-screenager.site.voila.fr.../706196183.gif Its official my good friend Ahlem. You rock. I love you but enough is enough

10-11-2007, 10:53 AM	#5
DeusEx We've got heads on sticks Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 127 Location: Limerick Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982 Can you read music? If you have had no lessons getting to Grade 6 in two-three years is a little hard. Yeah i can read sheet music but not too good at sight playing. I know, grade 6 is probably too ambitious. What pieces did you play for Grade 4? Quote: Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982 I am at Grade 6 and am having my piano exam next week. Goodluck! __________________ http://www.pianofiles.com?507447

10-11-2007, 04:23 PM	#6
Tnspieler1012 Come On, Let's Go Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12,250 My Mood: Location: Prague, Czech Republic Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 61 Thanked 132 Times in 81 Posts	lol. I took lessons when I was little but I'm technically self-taught and oblivious to this terminology. what type of songs would qualify as grade 4? or 5 or what not? __________________ "So I wanna live in a wooden house, where making more friends would be easy, I wanna live where the sun comes out..." Quote: Originally Posted by Karencorpse;4818717 Tnspieler1012 seams like a very interesting guy who has lots of interesting things to talk about and great things to do with her. Quote: Originally Posted by eff-exx;5237716 You're like the ultimate post-rocker in this forum. Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5509315 Ha Ha!!! I guess you suck at geography as well as Rock music!!

17-11-2007, 12:41 AM	#7
miss capa Oh gosh. Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,864 My Mood: Location: Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982 Can you read music? If you have had no lessons getting to Grade 6 in two-three years is a little hard. Quote: Originally Posted by DeusEx;2180521 Yeah i can read sheet music but not too good at sight playing. I know, grade 6 is probably too ambitious. What pieces did you play for Grade 4? Well, it's hard to tell if you will know them, I can tell you what scales I needed to learn, E, F, B, Bflat all of them in major, minor, chromatic, conturary, staccato and as arpegios...so quite a lot, but Grade 4 is halfway there (there are eight grades in AMEB exams)....I'm not really sure how to tell you how hard the exam is... Quote: Originally Posted by o_0Emma-Beatrice0_o;2179982 I am at Grade 6 and am having my piano exam next week, Quote: Originally Posted by DeusEx;2180521 Goodluck! Thanks, I did my exam yesterday, it went very well! __________________ This place is bigger than I remember twitter Pearl Jam 20 Nov 2009 Woot. Spoiler http://muse-screenager.site.voila.fr.../706196183.gif Its official my good friend Ahlem. You rock. I love you but enough is enough

29-11-2007, 10:51 PM	#8
talisman where do circles begin? Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,536 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i've finiished 6 years in piano and i still play sometimes, currently i play mostly guitar, self taught __________________ http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/8419/sig11rrii3.jpg im not living, im just killing time// you tiny hands, you crazy kitten smile.//

30-11-2007, 08:12 AM	#9
Cold_Pianist Coldplayer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Location: at home Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i finished grade 8 last year and im doing my certificate for completion this year.... for me its taken a little under a year to do each grade. It really depends on how much you practice or how good you teacher is. If you want to self teach and do a good job of it i suggest investing in a music syllabus that is recognized across your contry. For me it was the AMEB. Ive played for almost 8 years and im still having fun =). Best of luck!

30-11-2007, 11:16 AM	#10
miss capa Oh gosh. Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,864 My Mood: Location: Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thankyou! I got a B+ but according to my teacher, the examiner was very hard on everyone as no one got higher than a B+, so in her eyes, I got an A! I'm currently learning the theme from Titanic...and it's killing me Best of luck to all your exams (if you are doing one)!!!!!! __________________ This place is bigger than I remember twitter Pearl Jam 20 Nov 2009 Woot. Spoiler http://muse-screenager.site.voila.fr.../706196183.gif Its official my good friend Ahlem. You rock. I love you but enough is enough

06-03-2008, 12:10 AM	#11
Tnspieler1012 Come On, Let's Go Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12,250 My Mood: Location: Prague, Czech Republic Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 61 Thanked 132 Times in 81 Posts	Can anybody help a self taught coldplay fan figure out what "grade" he is? I've been playing almost exactly a year now(maybe longer) and although my "repertoire" consists mostly of coldplay songs (a ghost, amsterdam, trouble etc.) I've been working on more "legit" classical pieces like fur elise and Pachelbel's canon in D. In the past week I've managed to memorize and play the 1st mvt. of beethoven's "moonlight" sonata. I'm sure most of you can play that in your sleep...but anyway, I was wondering what "grade" that would put me in, assuming I can play it with respectable, consistent tempo and little or no mistake. Some forum's have put it at grade 5/6...but I would like some other opinions. thanks. __________________ "So I wanna live in a wooden house, where making more friends would be easy, I wanna live where the sun comes out..." Quote: Originally Posted by Karencorpse;4818717 Tnspieler1012 seams like a very interesting guy who has lots of interesting things to talk about and great things to do with her. Quote: Originally Posted by eff-exx;5237716 You're like the ultimate post-rocker in this forum. Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5509315 Ha Ha!!! I guess you suck at geography as well as Rock music!!

10-03-2008, 06:31 PM	#12
Emelie Coldplayer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 130 Location: Laurelindorian Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Definitely not 5/6 I'd say... Perhaps a three.. It's really hard to say. You can learn some really difficult pieces and still not have the right knowledge, you've just learnt something basically by heart. http://abrsm.org/?page=exams/gradedM...yllabuses.html On this page you can find the syllabuses for all the grades and perhaps get a slightly better understanding as to where you're at. YUou can also try going to your library and search for pianobooks that are graded. Good Luck __________________ http://imagegen.last.fm/basicrt10/re...ks/3/Userr.gif