QUOTE(Jason_piano @ Jul 17 2008, 11:28 AM)

QUOTE(Minuet3 @ Jul 16 2008, 08:57 AM)

QUOTE(jm-hamilton @ Jul 15 2008, 06:58 PM)

Just found mine online - 85 for Grade 8. Like Jason_piano when I saw the paper I knew a distinction wasn't on the cards, but also thought it would be a bare pass, so am thrilled to have got a merit.

Congratulations jm-hamilton and Jason_piano. I am still waiting for my grade 8 results. When I saw the paper I wasn't even sure a pass would be on the cards, so I am on tenterhooks now knowing that some have their results already.
what was the breakdown of your marks
mine was
trio sonata - 11/15
completion of piano piece- 9/15
melody writing 14/20
questions on piano piece 23/25
questions on orchestral extract 25/25
Trio sonata - 13/15
Completion of piano piece - 12/15
Melody - 18/20 - huge surprise as I thought what I wrote was rubbish!
Questions on piano piece - 18/25 - surprised again as this is usually one of my best questions - will wait to get the 2008 papers and see if I can remember what I put and see where I went wrong
Orchestral extract - 24/25.
Did much better than expected on the questions I thought were really hard, and not as well on the questions I expected to do really well on.
Are you going to go on to do a theory diploma? The one I'm interested in is the A.MusTCL, as ABRSM don't do a theory diploma unfortunately.