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Tag Archives: music exams
Issue 115: Failing a Music Theory Exam
As occasionally happens, (VERY occasionally, let me add!), one of my pupils has failed a music exam. Theory, this time. I reckoned there was a good chance that they might pass, but I wouldn’t have bet on it. Why did they … Continue reading
Issue 93: After the Exams
What do you teach your pupils after their music exam? Do you plunge straight into the next grade? I know of many a teacher who does exactly that, and also many a parent who also wants to get on straightaway … Continue reading
Issue 91: Sight-Reading Skills
I have been doing a crash-course in sight-reading for several pianists recently. Although this is written with the piano in mind, the same process would work on other instruments. This is what I do for grades higher than 1 and … Continue reading
Issue 83: These Music Exams
Every so often, I put myself in the position of my pupils; I take a music exam. Unnecessarily? It started when I took my LTCL as an adult, after I had been working in the computer industry for many years. … Continue reading
Issue 55: Trinity or Associated Board
I’ve always “done” Associate Board music exams. I did them a a child, I teach them as an adult, and I accompany for them as well. I kind of know where I am with them. This is in spite of … Continue reading