Yamaha exam

[radiantmum]

I asked my kid earlier the difference btw course A & B & he said A is for adults?!


Mine taking course B exams with Yamaha & true course B has more components.

[comfy]

not true. I have spoken to her Yamaha teacher and she said that that she cannot effort to have students taking different courses ( A or B ) in the same class. This is her own words : " If cannot handle or pass course B, then DOWNGRADE to course A, lah". See, implying that course B is more difficult. Wonder how to find another Yamaha teacher to coach my dd in course A. Why make the kid suffer more if can obtain the same grade and enjoy the music at the sametime?

[angelfromheaven]

Hello musicglen, how are you there?


I’m not asking for any child but myself. I’m a Malaysian, residing in Taiwan intends to sit for yamaha piano grade 5. FYI, I’m a self-learner ). I’m play guitar, ukulele, tamborine, shakers and percussion drums.

Anyway, I got questions for yamaha piano grade 5:
a) Repertoire: One is compulsory from the list, and one movement of the sonatina is counted as one piece. My questions:
a.1) Say the whole sonatina has three movements, can I choose either movement number two or three?
a.2) The rest of the three pieces are free selections. Can I also choose from the three volumes of the books they published? Else do you have any suggestions?
a.3) I read somewhere saying that examiner might choose the piece for us in the repertoire. This makes me curious.
Question: Isn’t that we choose ourselves earlier and when the day comes we just inform the examiner which piece we are playing?

b) Improvisation - variation & motive and sight-playing: We are given 10 mins and 20 seconds respectively.
Question: Are we allowed to bring in the notes while playing after the viewing?

I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you very much.

Angel