What is AMEB equivalent to?

[annoying_airhead]

Hi!  Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what grade 8 AMEB (Australian Music Examination Board) standard, is equivalent to in other countries?  Thanks for your time.  B.  =)

p.s.  any other grade is fine too
p.p.s.  How's life in general?

[annoying_airhead]

I don't suppose that post made any sense.  Meh.

[maxine]

lol.. why u wanna take the ameb exams?
They are pretty much only recognised in Australia. The standard is supposed to be equivalent if not one notch higher as some pp believed. the repertoires are one notch up supposedly, but the marking is not as strict and discerning as other boards.
I'll not recommend that u take the ameb if u have other choices in your region. And they've pulled out of certain countries recently, poor management.

[annoying_airhead]

I live in Australia, and it's only recently that I heard about the 'Royal Exams' (I think it's from England - I'll check with a friend on Monday; it's the WEEKEND!!!!  YAy!!!! =)  As for the marking, it really is dependent on the examiner, because there are a few really tough ones (bunch of cute perfectionists!).
This is going to sound really stupid, but (anyway), I didn't know they had AMEB in other countries, just Australia!
So, what you're saying is Gr.8 AMEB is around Gr.8 in the states?  Hey, cool.  =)
Thanks for replying to the post by the way!

[Tash]

lol.. why u wanna take the ameb exams?
They are pretty much only recognised in Australia. The standard is supposed to be equivalent if not one notch higher as some pp believed. the repertoires are one notch up supposedly, but the marking is not as strict and discerning as other boards.
I'll not recommend that u take the ameb if u have other choices in your region. And they've pulled out of certain countries recently, poor management.

well if you live in oz why would you not do ameb exams that's what virtually everyone does here, i know like 1 person who was thinking of doing whatever else instead of Lmus.  anyway, i just take the assumption that most systems around the world are the same, in the end everyone's gonna be playing the same stuff anyway

[clef]

I'm 15 and I live in Melbourne, Australia.  I had a friend who came from england and was doing around grade 3 or something in the english system, I remember that his AMEB equivilent was a lower grade, so I'm pretty sure that grade 8 AMEB is more difficult then grade 8 in whatever you have in england.... 

I'm doing grade 6 AMEB piano at the moment and its taken me around 8 years to get there... so thats around passing 7 grades in 8 years...

[annoying_airhead]

Congrats!  =) 
Come to think of it, I've only heard of one other person not doing AMEB (as mentioned in previous posts), and she's also going to do AMEB from now on anyway.

[annoying_airhead]

I asked my teacher yesterday, his reply was that with AMEB, they have a person specialising in that (whichever instrument) to examine you.  They do not travel around the world.  =(
Whereas with other systems (what-not) (something from England, I forget the name), they have someone who conducts (or some other broad-ranged talent thingee person) who has attended many seminars, so they what to look for too with different instruments.  These people travel around the world - very expensive indeed.  This helps keep standards the same.
Examiners from AMEB also attend many seminars, to keep it fair within instruments (bad grammar, I know, but I can't be pooped fixing it).  eg.  It wouldn't be fair for people who did guitar exams, came out and all got A+, while everyone doing piano only got a B...  =)