Hi folks, I have started taking lessons again after a 25+ year break - I got to grade 5 as a teenager and am trying to get myself back to that level before (hopefully one day) taking exams again - it would mean starting at grade 6. Just wondered how realistic this is without having done grade 5 theory? Have spent the last 2 weeks going through all the grade 5 scales and arpeggios again. Feel I am getting there, but have much more difficulty remembering the scale patterns than I did in the early days. It could be due to a lack of theory understanding? Am beginning to think I relied on playing by ear much more than I realised...
Any advice much appreciated!
thanks :-)