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Thanks :)
it's my exam in exactly one week's time... sooo nervous. hopefully i can get the exam over and done with and relax afterwards. i can't imagine how great it feels to finish your amus exam.
good luck with your exam, you'll do great :D
 

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I had my AmusA piano exam today with grant foster and erzsebet marosszeky haha.
It was pretty bad and i kinda get the feeling that i failed. i had a major slip in my sonata and small mistakes everywhere! General knowledge was also really bad for me. the questions weren't that hard but i think i was just under-prepared.
I was actually surprised how the lady examiner only asked me general knowledge on 3/5 of my pieces! (she asked me questions on my debussy+prokofiev+bach pieces, nothing on chopin or haydn)
but anyway, my teacher says results out in 5 days so i'm hoping for the best

goodluck for yours next week!
Good luck :)
Don't worry if you fail :p I failed my piano Amus on the first time (however I was seriously underprepared)
It's not the end of the world, just do it again the next time you're able to :p
 

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I had my AmusA piano exam today with grant foster and erzsebet marosszeky haha.
It was pretty bad and i kinda get the feeling that i failed. i had a major slip in my sonata and small mistakes everywhere! General knowledge was also really bad for me. the questions weren't that hard but i think i was just under-prepared.
I was actually surprised how the lady examiner only asked me general knowledge on 3/5 of my pieces! (she asked me questions on my debussy+prokofiev+bach pieces, nothing on chopin or haydn)
but anyway, my teacher says results out in 5 days so i'm hoping for the best

goodluck for yours next week!
Thanks! i've got Grant Foster as one of my examiners too. i'm sure your result will be fine :) . my teacher told me that if you've studied really hard on the baroque and classical pieces, the examiners won't ask you much on your other pieces.
 

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Hey everyone!
i've finally done my amusa piano exam today. so, the examiners were really nice (i had Grant Foster and Gian Franco-Ricci), but i had a couple of slips in my sonata and i don't know if i've put in enough expression in my slow pieces, and in the general knowledge section (Grant Foster asked the questions) i didn't know the answers to some questions. does anyone think i have even the tiniest chance of passing? coz i'm pretty sure i failed, but i want to know if there's just any hope of me passing.
 

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YES THERE IS HOPE!! I screwed up my sonata pretty badly but i received my results 2 days ago and passed :D
i actually don't know how they mark it bcos when i told my teacher i made a lot of mistakes, she was pretty sure i was going to fail haha. and i had grant foster tooo
so best wishes for your results!!!

Now im just deciding whether i should try for LmusA. But i'm in year 10 now and next year when i start year 11, school will be pretty busy so im not sure whether i'll have the time.
thanks for answering :) at least now i know my performance isn't a definite fail. my teacher's already asked if i should do Lmus, and i'm already learning 6th grade theory, so i probably will do it, but it's probably gonna take at least one and a half years to prepare.
 

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YES THERE IS HOPE!! I screwed up my sonata pretty badly but i received my results 2 days ago and passed :D
i actually don't know how they mark it bcos when i told my teacher i made a lot of mistakes, she was pretty sure i was going to fail haha. and i had grant foster tooo
so best wishes for your results!!!

Now im just deciding whether i should try for LmusA. But i'm in year 10 now and next year when i start year 11, school will be pretty busy so im not sure whether i'll have the time.
You should do it, literally everyone i know who says "i'll stop for yr11-12" and then do it again afterwards never ends up doing it. Not to mention you'll lose the skills required for LmusA
 

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You should do it, literally everyone i know who says "i'll stop for yr11-12" and then do it again afterwards never ends up doing it. Not to mention you'll lose the skills required for LmusA
That's me!! :D
 

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YES THERE IS HOPE!! I screwed up my sonata pretty badly but i received my results 2 days ago and passed :D
i actually don't know how they mark it bcos when i told my teacher i made a lot of mistakes, she was pretty sure i was going to fail haha. and i had grant foster tooo
so best wishes for your results!!!

Now im just deciding whether i should try for LmusA. But i'm in year 10 now and next year when i start year 11, school will be pretty busy so im not sure whether i'll have the time.
Holy crap, I had Grant Foster for my Grade 6 AMEB Examination too! I though I did badly in the exam, but I found out I passed! :)

P.S. I really don't like how the AMEB makes us wait for several days with our results. I much preferred when they used to just give me the result right after exam, it's way less stressful then it is now...
 

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guys you know what, i found out a way that it is extremely fast to learn an instrument and get AMEB grades fast. In mid year 2011, i started clarinet at a Chinese teaching place. His policy is that, you need to work hard and get good results. Last year i have completed the 5th grade exam (in 1 year) and in 2 weeks from today, i will be going for the 8th grade exam (2 years and a half). If you guys want to do an instrument, go to a Chinese teacher (that speaks english) and you will get a 8th grade Ameb certificate hopefully in 2 to 3 years. :D have fun
 

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I had my AmusA exam in Oct as well! and got erzsebet marosszeky as one of my examiners as well hahahaha :)

She looked quite strict and asked me some difficult questions

thought i was just gonna pass, but then i passed with DISTINCTION!!!

SO HAPPY hahaha
 

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I am doing grade 2 exam soon and although it is a very low grade I feel like I won't pass. I'm REALLY nervous.
 

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I am doing grade 2 exam soon and although it is a very low grade I feel like I won't pass. I'm REALLY nervous.
Haha, that was me too. Didn't practice that much, nek minut got an A.

In all seriousness, just go through what you have to revise for the exam - you'll be fine - besides it's only grade 2.

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