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damien

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John Thompson,s mordern piano course bk 5

on: June 23, 2006, 12:05:37 PM

Can anyone explain why most of the pieces in this book seemingly are above grade 5?
For example Chopin nocturne op9 2 ,Valse op 64 1 and some more.

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thalbergmad

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Re: John Thompson,s mordern piano course bk 5

Reply #1 on: June 24, 2006, 08:31:37 AM

If memory serves me correctly, his grades are different.

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Re: John Thompson,s mordern piano course bk 5

Reply #2 on: June 24, 2006, 03:46:25 PM

I took that course. I think that the book is its own system, going up to grade 9. Any Romantic piano concerto (I.E. Rachmaninoff, Chopin, LIszt) is grade 10+.

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