Music Grades - Opinions?, Has anyone done any?
David.C.Bond
Dec 1 2007, 01:25 AM
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Thought I would strike up an interesting thread about music grades. What are peoples opinions regarding them? Are they useful or a waste of time? Which do you think is the best board?

Its also an oppurtunity for those who have done grades to showcase their achievements, so I'll start it off, I have achieved up to the following grades:
  • Electric Guitar - Grade 8 Distinction - Rockschool
  • Electric Guitar - Grade 8 Merit - London College
  • Music Theory - Grade 8 Pass - ABRSM
  • Piano - Grade 3 Merit - ABRSM

I personally think they are quite useful and its nice to have a qualification and a certificate! However I don't they're any substitute for band experience and real performance. The theory grades however are very useful in the lower grades as the theory is widely applicable, however at higher grades i.e 7 and above, the theory is so complex that it is only specific to classical and serious academic music.

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- David.C.Bond   Music Grades - Opinions?   Dec 1 2007, 01:25 AM
- - Smells   No not done any grades here m8, little old to be w...   Dec 1 2007, 01:41 AM
- - David.C.Bond   QUOTE (Smells @ Dec 1 2007, 12:41 AM) lit...   Dec 1 2007, 01:52 AM
- - Smells   Sorry, meant to add, good topic btw, be interestin...   Dec 1 2007, 02:00 AM
|- - Wallimann   Never heard about those grades... What are they?   Dec 1 2007, 06:00 AM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   QUOTE (Wallimann @ Dec 1 2007, 12:00 AM) ...   Dec 2 2007, 06:31 PM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Dec 2 2007, 06:3...   Dec 2 2007, 10:36 PM
|- - mattacuk   QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Dec 2 2007, 09:36...   Dec 2 2007, 10:56 PM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   QUOTE (mattacuk @ Dec 2 2007, 04:56 PM) H...   Dec 3 2007, 12:16 AM
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- - mattacuk   I am working thought the ABRSM Theory Grades. Not ...   Dec 1 2007, 10:14 AM
- - Smells   Perhaps, I didnt put that right about too old to w...   Dec 1 2007, 11:25 PM
- - mattacuk   Dont worry you made perfect sense! I can ap...   Dec 2 2007, 01:49 AM
- - Smells   QUOTE (mattacuk @ Dec 2 2007, 12:49 AM) D...   Dec 2 2007, 10:58 AM
|- - mattacuk   QUOTE (Smells @ Dec 2 2007, 09:58 AM) tim...   Dec 2 2007, 10:59 AM
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- - Milenkovic Ivan   THe grades are nice, but not mandatory. If someone...   Dec 2 2007, 05:47 PM
- - tonymiro   QUOTE (Milenkovic Ivan @ Dec 2 2007, 05:4...   Dec 2 2007, 06:10 PM
- - mattacuk   Tony is just being Modest me thinks   Dec 2 2007, 06:11 PM
- - tonymiro   Andrew must be right as Julliard and the other big...   Dec 3 2007, 12:25 AM
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