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    wat happens after Yamaha grade 7

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      waiyean
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      Maybe if you explain why you want to take kids out of Yamaha grade 7, the forumers here can advise you better.

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        kidzo galore
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        well. Yamaha is not offering ABRSM. understand to reach teacher grade need Abrsm?


        actually m a bit blur on this whole thingy

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          waiyean
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          Is your kid training to be a music teacher? I am assuming it’s piano as you didn’t mention what instrument.

          You generally need a diploma to be able to teach. To take ABRSM exams, you can register your kid for the exams yourself.

          Outside of Yamaha, you can either join a music school that has teachers familiar with teaching ABRSM syllabus, or you can have a private teacher to guide your kid.

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            kidzo galore
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            tq wai yean


            yes m looking at piano. u know of any good n patient puano teachers?

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              Dreamaurora
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              kidzo galore:
              well. Yamaha is not offering ABRSM. understand to reach teacher grade need Abrsm?


              actually m a bit blur on this whole thingy
              All the exam boards offer Teaching Diplomas, though ABRSM's is by far the most popular one.

              You will find that generally a lot of teachers in Singapore will only have grade 8 in the instrument they want to teach. But IMO, to seriously teach, a teacher needs to have at least a Diploma in Performance and Teaching.

              Yamaha's grade 3 is equivalent to ABRSM's grade 8. So another alternative for you is to continue all the way to Yamaha grade 3 and then perhaps take one of the Trinity Diplomas since they have no prior requirements. But if you plan your kid to be a piano teacher, it may be good idea to subject her to at least a few ABRSM exams so in the future she will have an idea how those exams go and hence able to prepare students for them.

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                radiantmum
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                Shouldnt it be yamaha grade 5 is equivalent to abrsm grade 8?! Yamaha teacher min hiring criteria is abrsm grade 8 or yamaha grade 5 i thot?

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                  Dreamaurora
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                  radiantmum:
                  Shouldnt it be yamaha grade 5 is equivalent to abrsm grade 8?! Yamaha teacher min hiring criteria is abrsm grade 8 or yamaha grade 5 i thot?

                  According to Yamaha, yes, supposedly Yamaha Grade 5 is equivalent to ABRSM Grade 7-8. Unlike ABRSM though, from grade 5 upwards, Yamaha does not have any set repertoire list other than a compulsory contemporary Japanese piece. So candidate for grade 5 Yamaha can choose any piece as long it's deemed substantial enough.

                  I purchased the complete set of the repertoire books for Yamaha Grade 6-9. And judging by the standard of pieces set for grade 6 Yamaha, I don't think grade 5 is close to grade 8 yet. Majority of pieces set for grade 6 Yamaha are mainly pieces that are normally set for ABRSM Grade 4-5, with some puzzling choices of easier pieces that are found in grade 2-3 ABRSM.

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                    radiantmum
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                    Oic. I dunno anythg abt music to comment. I doubt sch will set lower qualifications just cos it's yamaha trained? What i oso know is grades is not everythg. i have seen some abrsm grade 8 students just only able to play the few exam pcs well only 🤷 but generally yamaha students can anytime play a song just by hearing or at least those that i came across. Haha sorry i v shallow. In any case most yamaha students oso take abrsm concurrently n from my kid's batch, some already finished grade 8 before p6 n they say not that difficult just need practise. Gosh.

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                      waiyean
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                      Dreamaurora:
                      radiantmum:

                      Shouldnt it be yamaha grade 5 is equivalent to abrsm grade 8?! Yamaha teacher min hiring criteria is abrsm grade 8 or yamaha grade 5 i thot?


                      According to Yamaha, yes, supposedly Yamaha Grade 5 is equivalent to ABRSM Grade 7-8. Unlike ABRSM though, from grade 5 upwards, Yamaha does not have any set repertoire list other than a compulsory contemporary Japanese piece. So candidate for grade 5 Yamaha can choose any piece as long it's deemed substantial enough.

                      I purchased the complete set of the repertoire books for Yamaha Grade 6-9. And judging by the standard of pieces set for grade 6 Yamaha, I don't think grade 5 is close to grade 8 yet. Majority of pieces set for grade 6 Yamaha are mainly pieces that are normally set for ABRSM Grade 4-5, with some puzzling choices of easier pieces that are found in grade 2-3 ABRSM.

                      Is that because Yamaha's exam system is such that the difficulty goes in descending grade number?
                      http://www.yamaha-mf.or.jp/english/grade/

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