how long do u take to prepare ur G6 or G7 piano?
how many hrs a day do u practise?

i realise that it actually depends on individual...
and i would like to hear ur experience...if u dont mind to share...
cuz i am preparing for my G6...

Hi Milly

I will be taking my Grade 6 exam next summer, I haven't started learning the pieces yet but I think I will probably start learning them either just before or just after christmas. I will probably be learning the Chopin prelude before christmas but not necessarily as one of the pieces I will play in the exam. I have been learning the Grade 6 scales for about a year now so by the time I take the exam I will have spent nearly two years perfecting them, so hopefully I will get a good mark for them . I should think it will probably take me about 6/7 months maybe to learn the pieces to exam standard. What I really need to do it start more practice on my sightreading.

In 2002 I took the Gr 6 examination. I didn't practise regularly, only 4 times a week@ 40 minutes. But I had started to prepare about 14 months before the examination itself (it was the first time I took the ABRSM exam) A week before the examination the practise increased to 1 hour every day. In the end I got distinction. A year later, in my Gr 7 I practised more but still without a clear schedule (I got merit ). Now for the Gr 8 exam next year, 2005, I practise for at least 1 1/2 hours a day. But it really depends on the person. As for the pieces itself, I've forgotten, but I can play Gr 8 pieces with little mistakes after a week. Of course I need more time before I can play them perfect!

I am doing grade 6 in November, I have been playing the pieces all summer. I try to practice for an hour a day and usually manage a bit more. I find I can't really concentrate for much longer though!

Good luck milkykitten

Cat

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I have been learning the Grade 6 scales for about a year now so by the time I take the exam I will have spent nearly two years perfecting them, so hopefully I will get a good mark for them

sure u will cuz i can see u really put a lot of hard works!

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Of course I need more time before I can play them perfect!

how long will u take to play them perfect?what do u mean by perfect then?

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I am doing grade 6 in November, I have been playing the pieces all summer

good luck and all the best too,catrin!

QUOTE (milkykitten @ Oct 15 2004, 04:05 PM)

QUOTE Of course I need more time before I can play them perfect! how long will u take to play them perfect?what do u mean by perfect then?

For me, "perfect" is examination standard. What I meant was, after a week I can just "play" the work, and probably just get a pass if I play it like that in an examination. You can just hear the main idea of that piece but with a lot of mistakes and slipping (like in the difficult left hand part in the Beethoven sonata op. 90 during the development or whatever they call it). Then I keep playing the pieces over and over during the year and I can get them perfect in a few months, but it depends on the difficulty of the piece, I think. Usually a month before the exam the pieces are OK so I can start focusing on sight-reading and aural tests, which are my greatest weaknesses.

Hi
Well, u probably shouldn't follow my practice schedule cos I remember preparing very little for my grade 6 and 8 piano exam.( didnt take grade 7) I did remember, however, panicking when the exam got nearer and nearer. I guess thats what happens when you don't practise regularly. I was pretty lucky though- a merit for grade 6 and distinction for grade 8. Without luck I probably would just have passed. So practise regularly- you don't want to panic.