What piano grade am I?

[werq34ac]

Okay I know it sounds like a terrible question, but I have no experience with this grading system or whatever. I was curious to know around what grade I was playing in. All of my pieces seem to be 8+ on this site...
Repertoire:
just starting:
Ravel Alborada del Gracioso
Rachmaninoff piano concerto 2
Bach prelude and fugue wtc 1 D major

Recently dropped (this year)(don't worry I'll pick some of them back up in the future):
Liszt La Leggierezza
Chopin Ballade 3
Beethoven concerto 1 (i may need to keep this one)
Chopin etude op. 10 no. 7, 8, 1
Albeniz Rondena from Iberia
Debussy La plus que lente

From last year:
Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse
Chopin ballade 3 (i started it last year)
Beethoven sonata op 2 no 3 1st mvt
Chopin etude op. 10 no. 4, 12
Bach prelude and fugue C# major wtc book 1

and if you'd like a recording, a "rough draft" of the Liszt. It's much more polished now =)

[wildman]

Dammit. Why is it that even in the Student's Corner, it seems that all have been playing Liszt and Rachmaninoff?

[werq34ac]

That didn't help much...

[richard black]

That question genuinely mystifies me, because I would have thought that someone at your level would have been given some more guidance by whoever is teaching you, at least. But it's not your fault if no one's told you anything! I'm just surprised.

Anyway, you are WAY off the scale for the usual grades. The grades (practically worldwide) are there to give school-age kids some idea of where they stand, and some targets to aim for. From the way you play I would assume you are at a conservatoire, maybe in a final undergraduate year or somewhere around that level. Am I right? Do please tell us a bit about yourself. You are certainly a promising pianist and potentially a very good one. You have excellent agility and a fundamentally good tone, and it seems to me that you just need to make a little more of a musical 'story' out of what you play.

[werq34ac]

My teacher doesn't use a grading system and probably isn't aware of one.

As for me, I"m actually entering my junior year at a public high school..

and like I said, the piece is much more polished now so yes there is more of a story. I will upload if I can find it..

[richard black]

Well, good for you! Please visit here again and keep us informed of your progress, and don't hesitate to ask if you need to know something.