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StuartAU

Ok, i promised to keep you all informed, Next Thursday Morning 9th July is D-day
My Grade 2 ABRSM exam, scored about 130 in Mock.

I have uploaded the vids of 3 pieces and Contrarymotion C & E Maj

Here's the second one:

B1: Mazurka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91QTMnM20Qk

StuartAU

Ok, i promised to keep you all informed, Next Thursday Morning 9th July is D-day
My Grade 2 ABRSM exam, scored about 130 in Mock.

I have uploaded the vids of 3 pieces and Contrarymotion C & E Maj

Here's the third one:

C5?: Reviewing the situation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSs9__7fdug

StuartAU

Ok, i promised to keep you all informed, Next Thursday Morning 9th July is D-day My Grade 2 ABRSM exam, scored about 130 in Mock. Contrarymotion C & E Maj http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l95xN8qsq0I ....and for fun Trieste, i wont be using it as my piece but i like it. ( i know its too fast) :win...

StuartAU

Ok, i promised to keep you all informed, Next Thursday Morning 9th July is D-day
My Grade 2 ABRSM exam, scored about 130 in Mock.

I have uploaded the vids of 3 pieces and Contrarymotion C & E Maj

Here's the first one:

A2: Allegro grazioso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrZfGwz7rDs

StuartAU

Ok, i promised to keep you all informed, Next Thursday Morning 9th July is D-day My Grade 2 ABRSM exam, scored about 130 in Mock. I have uploaded the vids of 3 pieces and Contrarymotion C & E Maj on the Performance and Recital Forum for you all to listen to. Also a bit of the Trieste which i won...

StuartAU

yes you did tell em so Gill lol..

Trust me, im more shocked than anyone but gives me confidence in knowing i can make a few mistakes and still pass even with Distinction

StuartAU

sorry my typos lol... Yea when i suggested grade 2 she looked a bit "umm errr..." but really to go for them for the experience of the exam whether i fail or pass.. But she said (my tutoir that is) ;) that July is soon but the next slot will be too far away. I have learned 4 pieces already ...

StuartAU

Hi Guys/Gals, yea i replied to my Tutor and asked as well as in my mock she gave me 130something, now i think about it, im sure i posted it on here somewhere.. Anyway, i think Mr Virgo definitely had some sympathy for me as he see me shake my Gavot :) So, onwards & upwards as my Tutoir said, Gra...

StuartAU

ok got results via email from my Tutor..
says
results Grade 1 breakdown was
pieces 27,28,29 / 30 scales 20/21 SR 16/21 aural 18/18 = 138 Well done !!!

what does it mean, i know a pass is 120+points

StuartAU

wow that was a quick response :).. when i say i have picked them up to about 70-80%, i mean i have memorised the notes :) the staccato legato i havent yet got but only started 2 weeks ago and have till july. the scaled seem a lot harder especially both hands.. my main hurdle is the sight reading.. i...

StuartAU

HI all, even though i havent had my results back yet, my tutor is preparing me for grade 2 in July even if i aint ready just for experience purely because of my "Nerves".. Also, i asked whether i could take 2 exams in teh same day and re-do Grade 1, as a started before grade 2 as i feel id...

StuartAU

thankk guys/gals, yea i think i would have passed like a 75% but like every other exam i take i just go to pot.. i was surprised i passed my driving test as i pulled straight out the test centre without indicating and did the whole test thinking i had already failed but passed lol... we will see, ju...

StuartAU

aparently its around 3 weeks and the result is available online which my tutor checks and and then prints off for my next lesson.. I suppose i can check myself somehow but at the moment cant really be bothered to do .. Gill id bet my back teeth i didnt get distinction.. it was a joke trust me lucky ...

StuartAU

Hi Dave, Gill,,, Yea there is a very famous Clement Virgo but not this one.. The very famous one was a director of the anagram "Pron" business, not that i would know, just i googled his name "honest".. Anyway CV, OMG just from playing 20 secs you cna see this guy can play,, he as...

StuartAU

HI Gill and thanks.. i know your right but i can't get over the fact i know i could a darn lot better.. Its just my nervousness thats annoying me. i cant control it. My tutor said by the sounds of it i would have still passed, i can retake it in July if i wish and aim higher an din the mean time she...

StuartAU

Well guys/Gals, im home and glad i am! I know i aint going to play the piano for a living but just wanted to see how far i could get compared to National gradings.. Now i have come to the conclusion that i had my first & last grading and will just continue to have lessons based on what the teach...

StuartAU

uve baffled me mate, dont know what ur going on about lol...

But saying on the buses, i worked on them for 5 years

Woodgreen North london

StuartAU

St Albans? Shenley, Borehamwood (elstree) are all about 30 mins from here about 2 junctions down the M25.. Im in Hertfordshire, Goffs Oak / Cuffley to be precise near potters Bar :) I Love Naan but its too fatning, i prefer and feel less guilty eating chapatis, not brown but white, Love jamaican foo...

StuartAU

ahh Boyoo, you live in wales.. I used to work for a company in Pontllnfraith Cearphilly Blackwood Gwent somewhere round there anyway CT Distribution they are called,, Had to go there 2 or 3 times a year.. So, your fond of a curry heh! exactly the reason i married an Indian women :lol: Love dinner at...

StuartAU

Well, im about 2½ hour drive away just north of London..
My brother is up in Brum working at Cruffs at the moment though!

Where you moving? south ?

p.s i think i cheesed off that spam poster, since this morning i have received about 50-60 crap spam emails to the email address i use here..

StuartAU

Yes mate had a lesson last Thursday.. Though those clips were a bit old i have improved a bit since then and my teacher says my A,B & C pieces are flawless and showed a lot of emotion to them! i felt quite chuffed.. Just need to work on my scales. My teacher also said to start work on my Grade 2...

StuartAU

well, give me his IP address.. ill give him a couple octaves in the head and kick him in the crotchet LMAO

StuartAU

what has that got to do with this thread?
Go spam another forum, you've ruined my masterpiece of a thread, can some one delete it along with this one please..
Just reported it

StuartAU

My music teacher told me to get lessons ( i think he thought i needed them) lol no he could see i had love for Piano.. There was a girl in my class whom always seemed to do better than me at playing, i tried for weeks to learn the entertainer because she could play it, i couldnt and hated her SO MUC...

StuartAU

Hi StuartAu My 6 year old son is taking Grade 1 on March 28th but so far can only play 2 of his pieces. He's finding the chords in African Dance really difficult to master, he can play the notes but not all together! Still there's almost 4 weeks left and he has some Uber confidence that it will all...

StuartAU

ah the trills lol.. i could do them without the fingr change but my teacher insists i do them and i struggle at the moment but sure it will come. I found minuetto hardest of all...
Those are crayon curtosy of my son lol

StuartAU

Hi Dave, yea i have an old JVC Digital Camera about 8 years old as you can see

installed Pixela software onto PC plugged camera in and just use software to take movies out, then upload them to Youtube.. took about 20 mins to do whole lot

StuartAU

Hi All,

Oh and this is something i have taught myself to play by ear, no score so doubt its even in the right key

Greensleeves (my version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dyU5xwGQ6o

StuartAU

Hi All, I know i mentioned it in a previous thread but seeings as this is a different Matter, i thought id start a new one and hopefully carry on posting in this thread my exam pieces as i attempt my Gradings.. Anyway, I am not sure which "A" piece to use in my exam and pretty much liked a...

StuartAU

Hi All, I know i mentioned it in a previous thread but seeings as this is a different Matter, i thought id start a new one and hopefully carry on posting in this thread my exam pieces as i attempt my Gradings.. Anyway, I am not sure which "A" piece to use in my exam and pretty much liked a...

StuartAU

Good luck. I'm sure your teacher wouldn't have entered you she didn't think you were ready. If you're really lucky your examiner will be a trombonist! If that doesn't work, just remember they were once someone's little girl or boy with a snotty nose! Lol ill think of that! infact, will take them so...

StuartAU

Well just to go back to the thread subject, i just got back from my lesson and i was told i have my Grade 1 exam on 26th March and already nervous lol

StuartAU

Ahh so being half ok at playing piano, i have half a female brain! That would explain my indeciseiveness & occasional moodyness! amongst a few traits ;) Im not doubting what marks saying is true, but i beg to differ because as a question to you doesn't driving a car or map reading require a lot ...

StuartAU

with a name like wolfgang?
Maybe just maybe MOzart did a walter carlos to wendy carlos thing?
ohhh.. lol
Also Ludwugina vanessa Beethoven!

StuartAU

Im 34 and still cant use both hands lol
Mozart wrote at 5 years old! maybe he was actually a girl!
lol

StuartAU

Hi Guys/Gals :) Sorry havent been around for a while.. i did check back a while ago and the site seemed down.. Anyway, an update.. After 5 or 6 lessons, it came aparent to me that Ethan wasnt really learning as quick as myself or the teacher liked and both felt he was just a little too young. He was...

StuartAU

ok just to update.. Ethan has his first 30 min lesson tomorrow. My mum offered to pay ½ towards it

Will let yo know how it goes.

StuartAU

Hi, well i have printed off a score showing 3 octaves of notes with the line to the key.. http://www.onlinegc.co.uk/pictures/piano.JPG I have shown him the Every Good Boy Deserves Football and F.A.C.E which seemed to help me a lot at school! I have got some software called Rocket piano jayde musica ...

StuartAU

plays like that after 1 year? superb! and thanks for your words on the forum crispin :) Thankyoueveryone for your kind words and i will be re-contacting the school to badger them into increasing the time allowed to teach the kids though its £86 for 3 months which is better than the £124 for private ...

StuartAU

yes sorry i forgot to add before i uploaded the clips. I'm just north of London in Hertfordshire.. The 1st clip my wife pointed out, he is 20 months old not 2.. The bugsy clip he was just over 4 which was a year ago, he can play more of it now and learning to play the actual chords though his hands ...

StuartAU

Hi Descombes, thanks for the response! Im sorry, i think i misled a little, when i say he imitates, i meant he plays back what i play but like in single finger melody but not chords etc His not actually singing though he is pretty good at singing back the notes i play pretty accurately.. I have a fe...

StuartAU

Hi all.. So glad i came across this forum! We have an upright piano at home. A few keys do need a little tuning but generally it's in a good state! I have played by ear since school and my son loves to listen and play it himself or us together. He has such a good ear and after watching me for 5 minu...

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