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Offline 026497

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Grading pieces
on: June 23, 2005, 06:43:00 AM
I have to take part in a competition. You have to choose 3 - 4 pieces of Grade 8.
However, I don't know the standard of the pieces of my choice. :-\

Please help me to find out the standard of them and give me advice:  ;)
1.Tchaikovsky: June from Seasons
2.Mozart: Sonata in C KV 309 rondo
3.Chopin : Etudes Op.10 No.1

P.S. Sorry for my bad English.

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Re: Grading pieces
Reply #1 on: June 23, 2005, 01:23:14 PM
What do you mean by standard?

I'm pretty sure "June" isn't grade 8
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Re: Grading pieces
Reply #2 on: June 24, 2005, 05:29:19 AM
It means that which grade does it belong to(e.g. Grade 8).

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Re: Grading pieces
Reply #3 on: June 24, 2005, 05:54:09 AM
I have to take part in a competition. You have to choose 3 - 4 pieces of Grade 8.
However, I don't know the standard of the pieces of my choice. :-\

Please help me to find out the standard of them and give me advice:  ;)
1.Tchaikovsky: June from Seasons
2.Mozart: Sonata in C KV 309 rondo
3.Chopin : Etudes Op.10 No.1

P.S. Sorry for my bad English.



If you mean ABRSM grades, then

Tchaikowsky is grade 7
Mozart is grade 8 (the sonata as a whole).
Chopin is advanced (well above grade 8 ).

Best wishes,
Bernhard.
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. (Hunter Thompson)

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Re: Grading pieces
Reply #4 on: June 24, 2005, 06:01:18 AM
Thank you.

Could you suggest some pieces to me that is grade 8, of the romantic period?

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Re: Grading pieces
Reply #5 on: June 24, 2005, 06:17:25 AM
Thank you.

Could you suggest some pieces to me that is grade 8, of the romantic period?

You are welcome. :)

Look here (just the tip of the iceberg) for some grade 8 romantic pieces:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,6957.msg69287.html#msg69287
(Chopin pieces grades 7 & 8 )

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,6954.msg69289.html#msg69289
(Chopin Polonaises, graded)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3827.msg34579.html#msg34579
(grades for Chopin preludes)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3943.msg35797.html#msg35797
(grades for Chopin waltzes)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1314.msg14339.html#msg14339
(grades for Grieg’s Lyric pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5027.msg47777.html#msg47777
(grades for Brahms pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5143.msg49023.html#msg49023
(grades for Mendelssohn’s SWW).

Also, have a look on the ABRSM website (grade 8 syllabus):

(2005-2006)
https://www.abrsm.org/resources/pianoGr8_0506.pdf

(2003-2004)
https://www.abrsm.org/?page=exams/gradedMusicExams/practical/piano/piano0304_G8.html

Best wishes,
Bernhard.


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