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[gav_1988]

 

Good luck ejw21. I am sure you will do very well.

Thanks! The exam flew by! Examiner was nice though I was a bit more nervous than I thought I might be! Brains are weird - I can perform in front of a roomful of people pretty well, but one person on their own who is 'an examiner'?!? 3 pieces went between OK and rather well (definitely got into my stride by the 3rd piece) but the last piece less so, 2 (separate) bars completely went awry. I went for the easiest/best/then the rest/most difficult order of pieces - used to write essay based exams in this order back in the day - and I think it worked. Apparently anything from 2 days to 2 weeks for the results.

Yesterday in way of light relief my ukulele club were busking Christmas songs in our local supermarket. Raised almost £250 for charity

 

 

Sounds like a successful couple of days of music-making. Fingers crossed that you get the result you want

[gav_1988]

Got my grade 8 flute results today... 120, so exactly a merit!!

Feeling stunned, especially as I thought my A piece was awful and actually got a good mark for it. My aural and scales weren’t great as expected, but great marks for my pieces which is all I care about. I enjoy playing music not scales (I know they’re important and have a purpose, just don’t enjoy them at all!)!

Feeling rather proud of myself though!

 

Excellent news, well done! 

[dorfmouse]

So you should Gemma Sue, congrats!

[thara96]

Well done! 

[shellief1]

I decided to take my flute back up after a 35 year absence in September (I had previously passed Grade 5 back in 1984 but then stopped as couldn't get anyone to help me through the dreaded grade 5 theory).    I took Grade 1 a couple of weeks ago to get back into the swing of things and got my result of 141 yesterday.    I can't help feeling slightly disappointed though as I was hoping to match or beat my tutor's previous best grade 1 score of 144 but now I'm being told it's very hard to get over the 140 mark.   Conflicted     !!!

 

But, onwards to grade 3 now as I like the pieces!   

 

(I got the dreaded grade 5 theory out of the way in 2000 so I can simply progress through now.. hooray!!) 

[ejw21]

Well done shellief1 and gemmasue, excellent news! I have just checked the LCM online system which is showing up 85... According to the specification that is a distinction. Am sat here in a bit of disbelief!!  Hopefully the full report will be in the post asap. 

[chris13]

Well done ejw21. A well deserved result.

[mel2]

Well done ejw21 - you must be delighted!

Pats on the back also for shellief1 and gemmasue.

[gav_1988]

Well done shellief1 and gemmasue, excellent news! I have just checked the LCM online system which is showing up 85... According to the specification that is a distinction. Am sat here in a bit of disbelief!!  Hopefully the full report will be in the post asap. 

 

Very well done! I had a bit of a look into the Leisure Play syllabus. I'm probably closer to around grade 5/6 level, but there's some absolutely great pieces on the LCM syllabus! Are you planning on doing grade 8 with them? 

 

[gav_1988]

I decided to take my flute back up after a 35 year absence in September (I had previously passed Grade 5 back in 1984 but then stopped as couldn't get anyone to help me through the dreaded grade 5 theory).    I took Grade 1 a couple of weeks ago to get back into the swing of things and got my result of 141 yesterday.    I can't help feeling slightly disappointed though as I was hoping to match or beat my tutor's previous best grade 1 score of 144 but now I'm being told it's very hard to get over the 140 mark.   Conflicted     !!!

 

But, onwards to grade 3 now as I like the pieces!   

 

(I got the dreaded grade 5 theory out of the way in 2000 so I can simply progress through now.. hooray!!) 

 

Well done - that's a great result. See if you can beat your tutor's top grade 3 score instead

[Splog]

Lots of great results on here, congratulations to everyone. And results coming in much quicker too.

 

She's not allowing me to put this on Facebook, but I can tell my friends on here. Baby Splog has managed to get a distinction in her Grade 8 Flute exam which she took last week. 134 with full marks in the study. One delighted mummy here.

[wendym]

Wow, well done Baby Splog!! Fantastic result!

[ejw21]

Excellent result!

[jamiepompey]

Just got my Grade 8 piano result. Bang on 120. Pretty pleased with it, haven’t had a piano lesson for 18 years and have put myself through Grades 5, 6 and now 8 in the last 18 months.

My pieces let me down a little points wise 25, 24, 23. I guess having self taught I might have missed out on some of the subtleties in the pieces. Also I didn’t have loads of time to practice. Scales were fine apart from one which was a disaster, I laughed in the exam when I finished it. 14 for those. Aural 18 and Sight Reading 17 were pretty decent though.

Funnily enough, I wasn’t particularly nervous going into the exam, I think because I felt well prepared enough. Also, I am an experienced performer anyway as I play keys in a band professionally and have a bachelors and masters degree in music playing the trumpet. I guess I have a lot of experience to fall back on. Would have been nice to get the distinction and maybe on a different day I would have but now it’s onto the next challenge!

[mel2]

Well done, JP!
As you say, you have practical experience behind you and advanced music study.
Nice to be vindicated though!