I passed my clarinet exam!

Erm... both. Done any singing yet?? :-D

Reply 61

I do not sing!

Doing modulations, chords, cadences, and piece discussion was enough to make me feel ill...let alone singing!

Sally wants me to practice my singing at home! I was like erm....

Reply 62

sexysax

I do not sing!

Sally wants me to practice my singing at home! I was like erm....

Yeah... my teacher wanted me too as well! Rightio... wheres the ear plugs I hear my family cry.

Reply 63

Hehe!

Well, I flatly refused to sing when she announced that the next thing we were doing was aural tests...so she asked me that if she copied me the CD if I would practice at home.....I kept quiet!

Reply 64

sexysax

Hehe!

Well, I flatly refused to sing when she announced that the next thing we were doing was aural tests...so she asked me that if she copied me the CD if I would practice at home.....I kept quiet!

You mean you wont??

Now tell me something that'll suprise me!

Reply 65

Helen_w

You mean you wont??

Now tell me something that'll suprise me!

AHEM!!!! What is that supposed to mean dear!?!!

Reply 66

You hate aural! And will do anything to avoid it!

Reply 67

Do I? I don't think so...it's my favourite section!! HAHA!

Reply 68

sexysax

Do I? I don't think so...it's my favourite section!! HAHA!

Which is why you refuse to do it? :rolleyes:

Reply 69

xxSpicyChickenxx

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bohogirlie

I passed! Yey! :biggrin:

I really thought i had failed especially because i couldn't remember any of my scales!

I just thought i'd share some of my happiness with everyone! :biggrin:

Well, well done boho!

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Jamie.

bohogirlie

I passed! Yey! :biggrin:

I really thought i had failed especially because i couldn't remember any of my scales!

I just thought i'd share some of my happiness with everyone! :biggrin:

Congrats!

I used to play the clarinet when I was much younger (quit after grade 6) and I really thought I had failed my last exam too. The scales were awful and so was the sight reading. :frown:

I only passed by like, 2 marks!

Reply 71

It doesn't matter how many marks you pass by as long as you pass!

Reply 72

undercover-ange

I've just got the date through for my grade 8 clarinet- 13th July. I haven't even looked at the aural tests yet- I'm scared!!! 100 scales (or scale/exercise style things)!!! How cruel is that?!?! xxx

Reply 73

I was going to do grade 8 clarinet but gave up! What pieces are you doing?

Reply 74

flipflop2

Has ANYONE ever achieved grade 8 piano? At mi school I've NEVER seen anyone get a grade 8 in it.

Reply 75

flipflop2

Has ANYONE ever achieved grade 8 piano? At mi school I've NEVER seen anyone get a grade 8 in it.

I haven't ...I'm working for grade 7

Reply 76

undercover-ange

sexysax

I was going to do grade 8 clarinet but gave up! What pieces are you doing?

I'm doing the 4th movement of the Saint-Saens Clarinet sonata, First movement of Macolm Arnold's Sonatina for clarinet and, erm, the study with lots of sharps in the green book......maybe number 76. I obviously don't pay enough attention. The mozart was tempting but I felt that it's so well known that everyone has their own interpretation of how it should sound so the performance would be hard to pull off. x

Reply 77

Yeah I love the Mozart...but it's so long!!

I like Alan Ridout's Concertino and....yeash your study...I've played that..It's ok once you've got your head around the sharps!

Reply 78

undercover-ange

sexysax

Yeah I love the Mozart...but it's so long!!

I like Alan Ridout's Concertino and....yeash your study...I've played that..It's ok once you've got your head around the sharps!

I have the notes written above on any that confuse me- which is quite a few! It's pretty ok once you know it. The Saint-Saens is really long but worth it :biggrin:

x

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