grades?

[_chops]

hi!
what does the system with the grades mean? i have just begun a music gymnasium or high school in stockholm. stockholm is far away - in sweden! that is why I dont have a clue about grades and so on. please tell me!
   give examples of (known) pieces that represents each grade.
which grade could I be in?here is some of my repertoire. I havent been playing for so long. I started when I was like 11 but I didnt get a piano until I was 12. So you could say I have been "playing" for approximately 4 years. now Im 16!
   ok.. here we go. the first 2 have I mastered this term, and the 2 others is what Im working on now.
1.chopin - nocturne op 55:1
2. shumann - papillons
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3.debussy - la plus que lente
4. schubert - impromptu op 90 n2 and n4

  thankyou!

[zheer]

Dont worry abou those number things, it makes me very angry when a Mozart sonata is described as grade 6. What makes me even more angry is that Beethovens moonlight sonata is described as a grade7, all three MVT, can you emagin.

[allthumbs]

RCM Canada

Chopin's Op.55, No.1, Nocturne in F minor is Grade 9

Op.2, Papillons is ARCT (Associate level)

La plus que lente - maybe Grade 8 or 9 (I'm guessing)

Op, 90, No.2, Impromptu in Eb major and Op, 90, No.4, Impromptu in Ab major are both Grade 10.


Cheers

allthumbs

[_chops]

thankyou for answering..


well now I have a little clue about my own grades.

so what are grades, what does the system mean, does it work? and how many are there?

[dorfmouse]

Grades are awarded by passing examinations set by musical institutions in different countries. There is no one single system and certainly not all countries have them. See this thread;

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3472.msg30727.html#msg30727
which gives links to examining bodies in many different countries.

If you search under "Grades" and "Bernhard" you'll find oodles of info on the site.
Also Torp posted a spreadsheet with grades of a huge number of pieces a while back