Is ABRSM hard?

Grade 8 ABRSM is not all that difficult, and yet people do struggle with it. The actual performance level is not that high in terms of the pieces, but you have to be secure in all of your scale work, arpeggios, and that takes a bit of time to learn if you're not used to doing it all the time.

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Re: Is ABRSM Grade 8 in a year and a half an achievable goal? Donn 2847892 06:45 PM Joined: Posts: 26,283 Victoria, BC BruceD Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member BruceD Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Posts: 26,283 Victoria, BC Originally Posted by Donn In order to enter a course in roughly two years time I need to achieve Grade 8. My mother is a piano teacher so I've been playing quite casually all my life but I've only recently began to start focusing heavily on piano. In terms of performance, I can learn pieces around grade six within a few weeks and it takes me around a month to learn most pieces above that however I'm incredibly new to all other aspects of the exam and theory in general. I'm confident in my technical ability and I'm prepared to put a lot of time into this but I'd like to get any opinions on how achievable this is or what I should focus on.

It's not the end of the world if not.

There are some points here to which the answer might be: "It depends."

You write that you can learn grade six pieces within a few weeks, but the question is: "How well do you learn them?" Are they up to performance level. Would they be up to examination level and performed more or less flawlessly?

What other piano exams have you sat for? What is your experience performing under the stress of an examination? Unlike RCM (Toronto) ABRSM Grade 8 does not require that pieces be memorized nor are extra points given for memorization. Putting a lot of time into all aspects of the examination may be enough but examination pieces should really be ready a couple of months before the examination so that you have time to live with them and really make them your own. All that said, Grade 8 ABRSM is not an examination that seems to have extremely high performance standards, and while the pieces are not technically that demanding they do represent a considerable step up from those required for the Grade 6 examination. Make sure that you achieve at least the minimum tempo requirements for the technical tests (Scales and arpeggios).

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How are your sight-reading skills? The requirements for Grade 8 don't seem to be that daunting.

So, all told; it depends, and what does Mom say?

Regards, There are some points here to which the answer might be: "It depends."You write that you can learn grade six pieces within a few weeks, but the question is: "How well do you learn them?" Are they up to performance level. Would they be up to examination level and performed more or less flawlessly?What other piano exams have you sat for? What is your experience performing under the stress of an examination? Unlike RCM (Toronto) ABRSM Grade 8 does not require that pieces be memorized nor are extra points given for memorization.Putting a lot of time into all aspects of the examination may be enough but examination pieces should really be ready a couple of months before the examination so that you have time to live with them and really make them your own. All that said, Grade 8 ABRSM is not an examination that seems to have extremely high performance standards, and while the pieces are not technically that demanding they do represent a considerable step up from those required for the Grade 6 examination.Make sure that you achieve at least the minimum tempo requirements for the technical tests (Scales and arpeggios).How are your sight-reading skills? The requirements for Grade 8 don't seem to be that daunting.So, all told; it depends, and what does Mom say?Regards,

BruceD

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