How many hours is Grade 8 piano?

Grade 5-Grade 8 around 300 hours each. Diplomas around 600 hours each.

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OP, great questions. I believe you assumptions are correct. I myself started to think in similar, detailed ways as for the time I put into practice. One must realize that an exam is an indication of the skill level you have on the piano. But it's not 'a start' as someone said. An exam isn't the end all, but it helps me to make concrete plans and ideas about what I should practice, how, and for how long. Much better than keeping it all in my head with a 'oh yes, I have done some practice in the past'. As for your question, it depends on where the practicing musician is starting from. If he is a very good grade 6 pianist then 1200 hours , I believe, should be sufficient to pass the exam confidently. Note that I assume the pianist is already at another grade at all. Long topic, but to make it short, until a couple of years ago I had no idea about exams or grades. I simply learned as a self-taught, then I started taking classes and tutors told me I was a very solid grade 5. Note that I had never practiced consistently before then, because back then I was much less interested in performance than I was in other areas of music, such as writing music. Then I realized I wanted to be a good pianist. I believe this grading system to be excellent, it made me organize my goals in much more concrete ways, and since then I practice more and more consistently. The mistake is believing that an exam is the end all. It isn't, but it's still a best guess and indication of skill of the pianist, since no one can pass at grade 8 if they have some major flaws in any area. A grade 8 pianist is definitely in the pro category, especially someone who has practiced 10000 hours. It doesn't mean he's a virtuoso, it simply means he's a serious about what he does.

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What is C1 C2 C3 piano?

Here's how it works: The lowest C on the keyboard (the third white note from the end) is called C1. From there, each C to the right increases by one, so next we have C2, then C3. Then comes middle C, or C4 (those two names are interchangeable).

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Same song, but it sounds quite different in another octave, doesn’t it?

In this example we moved 3 octaves away from the original, but even a one-octave change in either direction still changes the sound in a noticeable way. So that’s why we have to know where we are on the keyboard. That doesn’t mean that one way is the right way and one way is the wrong way; it just depends on how we decide we want it to sound. It’s similar to deciding if you want to have your song played by flute, guitar, or sung by a choir – the song is still the same song, but it will sound very different depending on the choice of performer(s)/instrument. Which we choose is up to us. So in the above example, obviously the first version played in the middle of the keyboard would probably be the more typical and natural choice, but if we wanted some kind of disturbing horror movie version in which the lamb wins, then perhaps we would choose the second version.