Piano Grade 3 exam - Need advice

OKmom

My kid has started piano lessons 9 months ago, and she is now upto:
- Beyer (song no.47)
- Thompson Book2 P.34
- BACH book 1 (just started)
- can play C, D, G scales

The piano teacher said she is upto Grade 2 now, and she suggests my kid can take Grade 3 exam this year (period between August and November). I am a little doubt if she will be upto grade 3 because It's only 6-7 months from now,  do u think it is too rush? Will my kid skip a lot of other songs if she is preparing for her exam. Any one has experience, pls advise? Is it a normal progress?

marcuscyrus

LILY媽咪 發表於 12-3-15 16:47
我好讚同, 不過有些家長比較好勝, 要威, 搞到小朋友好大壓迫.

我仔已經參加左2次abrsm 的exam，但佢從來都唔過問自己幾分，我亦冇同佢講xdddddddd

LILY媽咪

marcuscyrus 發表於 12-3-15 13:40
只要我地作家長的，不要常常提住成績，應該他們不會壓力太大的的

我好讚同, 不過有些家長比較好勝, 要威, 搞到小朋友好大壓迫.

marcuscyrus

LILY媽咪 發表於 12-3-15 13:39
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希望遇著個好得啦, 阿女平常心咁考囉. Tks marcuscyrus.

只要我地作家長的，不要常常提住成績，應該他們不會壓力太大的

LILY媽咪

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希望遇著個好得啦, 阿女平常心咁考囉. Tks marcuscyrus.

marcuscyrus

LILY媽咪 發表於 12-3-15 12:09
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你囝囝好叻, 5歲半即係k3, 考得一定好.

佢有點唔好彩，預著個killer(名副其實，幾個朋友的學生比佢考，全部死)，連additional comments 都唔比，一句鼓勵的說話都冇，好在我仔唔理自己d分，哈哈，佢只得merit
你指aural?我冇專登問，但其實都係平時同佢練o個d
第一題拍拍子，第2題echo singing，第3題recognise changes，第4題問feature
佢好似拎左17分(但個comments 話佢o岩哂囉，都唔知o個一份扣左去邊)
佢考percussion o個時考完出黎話：媽咪你好勁阿，aural 問o個d野同你平時同我練o既一樣架(其實根本就係來來去去都係o個d xd)

LILY媽咪

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你囝囝好叻, 5歲半即係k3, 考得一定好.

咁妳有無問囝囝其實考/問了什麼.

marcuscyrus

LILY媽咪 發表於 12-3-15 11:05
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另, 請問有無需要請翻譯, 阿女學校英文都Okay, 但唔知關於音樂的, 她可唔可以表 ...

不用啦，我兒都冇請(他考時才5歲半)

LILY媽咪

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另, 請問有無需要請翻譯, 阿女學校英文都Okay, 但唔知關於音樂的, 她可唔可以表達或明, 琴老師說可在堂上訓練, 聽, 講, 音樂上的詞語, 請給意見. (其實唔係錢問題, 只你想囡囡大膽, 獨立自己去考).

OKmom

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I will take your opinion as a reference. Millions thx......

OKmom

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One more question....do u think my kid should take 3 exams only in the future: grade 2 (instead of grade 3), grade5, and then grade 8.

OKmom

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It's very kind of you for giving me advice, it really helps. And I can tell you are a good teacher too, as you have the passion in teaching music. Millions thx....

OKmom

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Thank you so much for your time giving me advice here, I really appreciate it. I would discuss again with the teacher about it. I also agree that exam only reflects limited knowlege. So far, the piano teacher focuses on the technical skills, she did not talk much about the aspects like history, story and feeling of the songs yet,..... is it because my girl is young to understand or she is on grade 2 only? When (or at which grade) do u think the teacher should start teach my girl about this history, story, feelings...etc? Thx again for your advice.

OKmom

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Her teacher is a private tutor, she told me it's common nowadays to 'jump' like this plus she thinks my girl is willing to spend time (1 hr) practising piano every day...... BTW, what is the difference between private tutor and music centre?

OKmom

My girl spends 1 hr or sometimes more on piano every day. Maybe that's why her teacher might think that she can catch up very quickly. I also worry that once she has signed up for Grade 3 exam, she will spend much longer time on piano every day just for the exam songs but at the same time skip many other songs.