anyone decided what pieces they are going to play yet?

my teacher has told me to bring in my book next lesson(wednesday) and we will start them! she is going to look at the pieces herself this weekend and decide which suit me best.

and then we have the scales...........sight reading..........and aurals

I'm playing Allegro from the A set, and Feelin' Good from the C set, and no idea what from the B set!

Hi Nat

I haven't started my Grade 6 pieces yet as I still have quite alot of other stuff still in progress. I think though that my teacher will probably start me off on the Chopin prelude, though not necessarily with a view to doing it in the exam. She also mentioned Feelin' Good .

Scale are going ok, I have been learning the Grade 6 scales for a year now so I just need to start speeding them up. Although I'm not very good a remembering to practise the stacatto scales, so have decided to prioritise those this week.

I'm doing the Allegro, Vals Poetico and Lavdender's Kind Of Blue. I'm also learning Feelin' Good but I'm not planning to do that in the exam, but I may use it for A Level performance.

I really love Lavender's Kind Of Blue due to the rubato direction. Once you know the piece well you can really show lots of expression and feeling when playing. I'm doing the exam next June/July.

Happy Playing!

my teacher has only looked at the A group so far. and guess what im doing A3-Allegro, poor me. i started it today

You really don't like these Allegro pieces do you Nat?

QUOTE (cecilia @ Sep 22 2004, 04:15 PM)

You really don't like these Allegro pieces do you Nat?

no i do not!lol

im practising it at snails pace so its more of a adagio assai than allegro!

but we got through the first 2 pages in my lesson and my teach said it was good so there's hope yet

lol good luck!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Sep 22 2004, 03:33 PM)

my teacher has only looked at the A group so far. and guess what im doing A3-Allegro, poor me. i started it today

Not another allegro.

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but we got through the first 2 pages in my lesson and my teach said it was good so there's hope yet

2 pages is pretty good going though.

Well Nat, for B you could do the Impromptu since it's Andante tranquillo and at 46 dotted crotchets per minute, I think it'll suit you just fine.

For A, it's either Allegro or big octave stretches on Corant, unless you prefer a slow piece like the Andante, but to work out the rhythm is a headache esp. with the trills, even for piano teachers!

my B piece is Vals Poetico, another reasonably quick one.argh!

I have chosen my A piece for Grade 8( out of point a litte ). I chose Bach...the allemande....terribly slow! but a nice relaxing one to start of with. Well....I am quite the impatient type so I love those fast and lively pieces. Scarlatti looks good but my teacher said too many people will be choosing them(2 of my friends did..secretly I think the examiner might compare cause I am the best pianist among my friends) Shostakovich can't do for me cause my hands aren't big enough to stretch a 10th. The furhest I could go is 9th. What do you expect? I am only 14. Whatever.....I am thinking for Mozart or C.P.E Bach( another Bach lol) for my B and most probably C3(Schumann's Intermezzo which is of couse to quote the editor ...metronome marks are notoriously unreliable, and that for the Intermezzo (*crochet*=116 seems imposibbly fast....)LOL!!!
By the way...anyone doing Grade 8?

worked through the next 2 pages of Allegro last lesson, and speeded up the 1st 2 pages!help!lol

QUOTE (tzl_tzl @ Sep 28 2004, 05:08 PM)

By the way...anyone doing Grade 8?

Yes. I chose Sonata in D, Allegro moderato, and I don't know what I'm doing for List C (List C 4 Grade 8 always seems so hard!)

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Just done Grade 7 Piano (22nd Sept.) (done well except aurals!)
This post has been edited by tremolololo on Apr 13 1458, 04:48 AM (LOL HAHA )

You people learn so fast....
Started the Bach from Grade 8 Book about a month ago.... almost got 16 bars together

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Yes. I chose Sonata in D, Allegro moderato, and I don't know what I'm doing for List C (List C 4 Grade 8 always seems so hard!)

I'm in exactly that situation!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Oct 2 2004, 10:10 AM)

worked through the next 2 pages of Allegro last lesson, and speeded up the 1st 2 pages!help!lol

Are you doing hands seperately or together?

hands together

Hey that's really good. I have been working on a Bach Two Part Invention for months now and I've only just managed to do hands together on the last section. Still I suppose if I keep plodding away I will get there eventually.

QUOTE (Lucia @ Oct 4 2004, 11:48 AM)

Hey that's really good. I have been working on a Bach Two Part Invention for months now and I've only just managed to do hands together on the last section. Still I suppose if I keep plodding away I will get there eventually.

Which one and is it good? I'm looking for some Bach recommendations for after my exam!

It's No 14 and it has been really good fun learning it. It is my first piece of Bach, on the piano, that I've learnt and so has been completely different to other music I have been playing. I spent a lot of time learning hands seperately and did not attempt to put hands together until both hands were really fluent, although during lessons I would play one hand and my teacher would play the other hand. That was really good test to see if I new the notes really well. At the moment I am focusing on two bars at a time so I should eventually be able to pick up the piece at any point in the music. The whole piece is really coming together now and I am starting to speed it up so I am really pleased with it.

That sounds like an excellent and very diligent way of learning the piece; I'm sure that when it's finished it'll be a very secure, polished and well played. I'll have a listen to it after my exam since it's recommended. I've done numbers one and four (which have been on the grade 4 & 5 syllabuses respectively in the past).

QUOTE (AnotherPianist @ Oct 4 2004, 02:37 PM)

That sounds like an excellent and very diligent way of learning the piece; I'm sure that when it's finished it'll be a very secure, polished and well played.

I hope so.

started any of the grade 6 pieces yet Lucia?!