All About ABRSM Grades & Support

[Serendipity]

Thanks AceTutors123 and phankao for your invaluable advice.

Will bear in mind these useful pointers! :love:

[i3mum]

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I agree too! I heard many of my friends are doing that which made me think through that I didn't want it that way. I prefer my child to love to play the music instead of chasing for exams & certificates!

jce:

Serendipity, good for you! Happy for your DD too. So many are just chasing after the certs that they forget to let the child enjoy. And also, what's the point if at the end of grade 8, the child is NOT playing at the standard of a real grade 8 but merely playing the 3 exam pieces well.

[Serendipity]

Good for you too, i3mum! :celebrate:

[vapourlife]

Serendipity, just in case you are interested, ABRSM offers 'Prep Test' for those who would like to have an experience, and Grade 1 seems overwhelming.


URL: http://www.abrsm.org/exams/prepTest/index.html

There is no pass or fail, no marks awarded, just positive comments written on the cert.

[Serendipity]

Wow, that's interesting! Thanks for sharing, vapourlife!

[i3mum]

Same to you too!

Serendipity:

Good for you too, i3mum! :celebrate:

[metz]

My child is currently under a foreign music system. We have plans for her to take the ABRSM exam when we return to SG next year. However, the system here does not follow ABRSM. The following are her two recent pieces (before a 2-months break). Can somebody please advise me on the equivalent ABRSM level of these piano pieces? ABRSM Grade 2? Thanks.



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[metz]

Can any music teacher help?

[pumpkin_pie]

Hi Chamonix,


This piece seems like grade 3 standard.

[peanut_butter]

1st piece: I am assuming it’s around Grade 2-3 level.


Entertainer: Since both hands are playing the same thing an octave apart, plus it’s a familiar tune, the pianist could read from the lower stave and duplicate. A late Grade 1 student could manage it.

Hi chamonix, may I know which system is your child doing?