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Offline flamingrain

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Recommended Grade 7 Pieces
on: June 27, 2013, 12:14:58 AM
I'm starting RCM grade 7  :) and am currently choosing pieces. What pieces would you recommend? Which ones are fun to play and are not too hard? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!  ;D

Offline ianw

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Re: Recommended Grade 7 Pieces
Reply #1 on: June 27, 2013, 09:03:32 AM
One of the things about RCM is that repertoire (as opposed to the technical requirements) has to be played from memory, while other syllabuses allow the use of music.  Consequently a number pieces in RCM grade 7 can be found at much lower grades elsewhere, which suggests that you might find them relatively easy from a technical standpoint, relative to other grade 7 pieces.  For example all of these pieces from RCM grade 7 can be also found in AMEB or ABRSM grade 4:

Bach Invention No. 1 BWV 772
Clementi 1st mvt from Sonatina Op 36 No 3
Grieg Dance of the Elves Op 12 No 4
Kabalevsky Etude in A minor Op 27 No 3
Kuhlau 1st mvt from Sonatina Op 55 No 3
Mozart 4th mvt from Viennese Sonatina No. 1

I'm sure there are more.  You can check this with the Piano Syllabus app (free on Google Play).
 

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