They have the same sort of thing for AMEB. Preliminary to get them started in piano exams, Grades 1 - 8, a Certificate of performance, then 3 Diploma levels. Associate, Licentiate & Fellowship... and believe me - that last one is bloody hard to get...
My congratulations! I've heard that the AMEB piano exams are harder than other exam authorities.
I did AMEB up to grade 7. Up until that point, I had no idea how to use a metronome and had no understanding of music styles. When you get to AMus and LMus, that's when things get really intense. High attention to detail, color and rhythm all at once.
When you get to AMus and LMus, that's when things get really intense. High attention to detail, color and rhythm all at once.
I'm doing RCM...but what I've always wondered is how these exams could be possibly standardized.I played terribly during some exams and still managed to end up with a decent mark; other exams I did better but my mark did not always reflect that. There have been times when my teacher insisted on one thing and the examiner insisted on another. There's only one examiner in the room, the examiner is different every time and there is no moderation of exams as far as I'm aware. So I really wonderwhat a 60 or 70 or 80 or 90 really means.
The pieces in the AMEB syllabus are difinitely harder than the other syllabuses.
I mean that when some pieces are for example in 6th grade AMEb the same piece may be in 7th grade ABRSM.
The grading system is similar its just that AMEB makes the pieces look harder.
You think that's bad - try the FMus... that's a bloody killer.
Thats true Raindrop prelude {chopin} is 7th grade ABRSM and its only6th piano for leisure AMEB.My piano teacher says you dont need to do grade 8, you can do 1-7 and diplomas, shes not even ssure they still have it, they have grade 8 piano for leisure though.
Proud to have passed Grade 2 AMEB with credit.