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Offline gflat

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Thanks Bernhard, but.............
on: February 03, 2005, 08:08:22 PM
I'm note sure what Grade 5/6 ABRSM means.

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Re: Thanks Bernhard, but.............
Reply #1 on: February 03, 2005, 08:39:29 PM
No one knows (not even the ABRSM). ;D

General guidelines:

Grade1 – Early beginner
Grade 2 – Intermediate beginner
Grade 3 – Advanced beginner
Grade 4 – Early Intermediate
Grade 4- Intermediate intermediate
Grade 5 – Advanced intermediate
Grade 6- Early advanced
Grade 7 – Intermediate advanced
Grade8 – Advanced advanced (last grade)

Beyond grade 8 – The fun begins!

Ultimately it has no importance whatsoever. ;)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. (Hunter Thompson)

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Re: Thanks Bernhard, but.............
Reply #2 on: February 04, 2005, 04:40:08 PM
Bernhard you make me laugh out loud.  "Ultimately it has no importance whatsoever."  I have been thinking of taking grade exams although as a  mature learner, I am not really interested in the qualifications.  I just want to learn to play properly.  Are the graded exams  worth doing for someone like me?
Thanks
Patricia
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Re: Thanks Bernhard, but.............
Reply #3 on: February 04, 2005, 07:51:51 PM
Bernhard you make me laugh out loud.  "Ultimately it has no importance whatsoever."  I have been thinking of taking grade exams although as a  mature learner, I am not really interested in the qualifications.  I just want to learn to play properly.  Are the graded exams  worth doing for someone like me?
Thanks
Patricia
  ;D

Have a look here:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4205.msg38841.html#msg38841
(grades and exams)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2863.msg25138.html#msg25138
(A good discussion on the value of doing ABRSM exams)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.


The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. (Hunter Thompson)

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Re: Thanks Bernhard, but.............
Reply #4 on: February 05, 2005, 02:07:54 AM
I think examinations fulfil a need in some people to have something definite to aim for and , in some cases, that could be a good thing. I seem to have always had so many musical objectives over the years (some were attained, some not !) and therefore I have never felt the need for examinations. By analogy, some people need the discipline of paying a lot of money and attending a gym with experts in order to become fit or lose weight. Many need compulsory untouchable savings schemes to stop them spending. I guess examinations fulfil the role of a musical disciplinary influence for those who feel they need it and, to that extent, they are a good thing. 
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce

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Re: Thanks Bernhard, but.............
Reply #5 on: February 05, 2005, 12:01:30 PM
Thanks for the pointer to the threads Bernhard.  I can see the exams are a well discussed issue.
I will think it over and discuss with my teacher when she surfaces again.
Patricia
 ;D

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Re: Thanks Bernhard, but.............
Reply #6 on: February 05, 2005, 12:04:08 PM
Thanks Ted
I agree about the discipline viewpoint.  Maybe I don't need that.  I just want some sort of measure of where I am but maybe playing pieces I like is the only measure necessary for me.  I will think it all ove.
Patricia  ;D
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