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Title: levels and grades, an explanation please!
Post by: repeat on July 13, 2006, 08:17:16 AM

Levels and grades
I have noticed on this board and elsewhere that people frequently use the terms levels and grades  as a sort of measure of their skills in music. Going through levels and grades seems to be an anglo-american system unknown to me.  So, I would appreciate if someone would take the trouble to enlighten me and probabely a lot of other people around the globe, and explain what this is all about? Thanks a lot.

Title: Re: levels and grades, an explanation please!
Post by: bella musica on July 14, 2006, 04:53:35 AM

I thought the grade method was English.  I live in America and had never heard of it till just recently.

Title: Re: levels and grades, an explanation please!
Post by: debussy symbolism on July 14, 2006, 04:58:22 AM

Greetings.

Any grading system is of course relative, and what ranks as grade 5 may rank as grade 7 on other grading systems. I recommend to not even bother with grades unless you are taking exams. What's the point? Just play pieces.

Title: Re: levels and grades, an explanation please!
Post by: gorbee natcase on July 14, 2006, 09:24:21 PM

Quote from: debussy symbolism on July 14, 2006, 04:58:22 AM

Greetings.

Any grading system is of course relative, and what ranks as grade 5 may rank as grade 7 on other grading systems. I recommend to not even bother with grades unless you are taking exams. What's the point? Just play pieces.

Or want a career in music(as that will certainly help ;))/ But won't make you better, only you can do that :)