- No more aural and listening evaluation from grade 10 to 6. But candidates taking grade 13, 12 or 11 are still subject to the evaluation.
- No more 'impromptu' improvisation. Depending on the grade that you're sitting, you need to prepare 3 to 6 impro pieces in advance and the examiner will listen to one of them.
- No need to practise for up to 7 exam pieces. 4 pieces for all grade from next year.
- Compulsory pieces. Something new here, whether you like it or not and you are required to include 1 compulsory piece.
I have sort out the Compulsory Pieces and Improvisation Pieces for various grade below:
You may download the PDF files to your computer and print the compulsory / improvisation pieces for your own use.
Wishing you GOOD LUCK!!!
No impro?!? That's like removing the a core of Electone playing.
ReplyDeleteDepending on the grade that you're sitting, you need to prepare 3 to 6 impro pieces in advance and the examiner will listen to one of them. There is no impromptu element because you can prepare it many months ahead. The worst-case scenario would be the teacher had to give every single ideas to the student. In the end, who's impro is that, teacher or student?
ReplyDeletePreparing impro in "advance." That's more like arrangement. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteHmm, with the new syllabus being changed to this, I can foresee a huge culture shock for students that are moving from Grade 6 to Grade 5. I think the transition will just be too extreme for students to be able to cope well.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, with the removal of aural tests, I dread to think how they will perform when they move on to the higher grade fundamentals. Or if they are considering extending out to Trinity/LCM/ABRSM exams.
And 4 pieces is just too limited a choice for musical exposure. Worst case scenario, they are going to become like those ABRSM piano students who only concentrate on playing the 3 required songs every exam window and nothing else.
I really can't imagine why Yamaha Japan would want to do this. I would think they would try to prepare students to advance through all the way to the higher grades, since that's when students will start considering getting or upgrading to a bigger Electone model...