What level are you at?

[jazz_man]

I don't know If this has already been done,  but I searched the forum and didn't find anything... Anyways, what level are you playing at?  I think I'm at Level 4, but I can play a few pieces from the Grade 6 level.  Feel free to post any comments.  Thanx!

[Kassaa]

Those levels don't make any sense to Dutch pianists.

[pianonut]

that's because of the wooden shoe approach.  (and they don't cut their toenails)

[Kassaa]

* Kassaa backstabs pianonut

[Kassaa]

And we do cut our toenails 

[pianonut]

if you can already reach a 13th at 10, why not strangle me.  that is if you can catch me.  i'm very fast.  in fact, backstabbing wouldn't work on me.  i have this uncanny ability to sense danger around me (from years of living in alaska).  also, i am very strong.  if, for instance, i caught your hand in motion, i would speedily flip you from back to front and back again.  leaving you in stunned silence.  i would then steal your shoes (thinking that it might help my piano playing).

[rob47]

I'm at level 49 in the classic Amiga500 video game "Aunt Arctic Adventure"

[pianonut]

that's nothing compared to the real thing.  have you ever seen a polar bear and a grizzly in the same location?  (you can at the alaska zoo)  they grew up together, but the grizzly outmauled the polar bear.  it's supposed to be the other way around, but perhaps all bets were off because the polar bear forgot he was a polar bear.

ps aunt arctic.  that's cute.  i really am an aunt.  and i just went to alaska.  i think i'll try that one on my nephews.

pss i think i've been stuck between level 10 and higher for some time.  it's painful for my teacher to watch, but quite thrilling for me.  just last year i learned more technique for reaching notes that i thought were impossible (since i have a smaller hand span) and how to play smoother, faster, and with more feeling?  i hope?  (pauses - wonders)  must try to continue up the mountain of hope.  level by level, i will break open the secrets of the musical universe until i reach the top of some pianistic mountain (or molehill).  right now, piano concertos consume me.   

[BoliverAllmon]

I put level 5, but I really don't know. It was just a guess.

[Jacey1973]

What do all these levels mean? *is confused* I'm about LRSM (ABRSM - UK exam board) level, what is that then in terms of your poll?

[keys]

maybe give some pieces that one would play at each level?

[c18cont]

One teacher once told me I was at about knee level....

John

[dorfmouse]

I'm at the level of reading "How to play the piano despite years of lessons."
Great book !
(Authors Cannel and Marx.)

[6ft 4]

What do all these levels mean? *is confused* I'm about LRSM (ABRSM - UK exam board) level, what is that then in terms of your poll?

So ur "not sure"?

[mikeyg]

If I'm not the greatest virtuoso pianist ever, then I don't know who is.

[Bouter Boogie]

Those levels don't make any sense to Dutch pianists.

It actually does!

[Bouter Boogie]

I don't know If this has already been done,  but I searched the forum and didn't find anything... Anyways, what level are you playing at?  I think I'm at Level 4, but I can play a few pieces from the Grade 6 level.  Feel free to post any comments.  Thanx!

There's this book with all levels and pieces.. I think Jazz Man means those levels.. Think I'm at level 8 or 9, because I play pieces from those levels..

[jazz_man]

maybe give some pieces that one would play at each level?

The levels I used are from the RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music)... perhaps I should have done some research on what the levels are in different areas.  When I searched for sheet music on the website it told me what level the piece was.  For example:

Arabesque, Op 100, No 2 by Burgmuller, is a level 3 piece.
Fur Elise, by Beethoven, is a level 5 piece.
Mozart's Sonata, K576, is a level 8 piece.

You can find any of these pieces on this website.

P.S.  How do you write accents on letters? 

[quantum]

Right now i'm on the ground floor, looking at the tree outside.   

P.S. How do you write accents on letters?

In Windows look for something called Character Map (under Start > Accessories).  You can then copy and paste special characters from the list.