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anyone ever failed a music grade exam?

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i wouldn't have hoped such a thing is too frequent based on how, if you try and the exam means a lot to you and you've been entered at an approapriate time, it should hopefully go ok (fingers crossed)

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Reply 1

beautifulbigmacs

ooh, i should be prepared to answer also lol....

i *just* passed grade 8 piano and have had some narrow scrapes with a few vocals exams

Reply 2

Beanybob

Nope, but I'm about to. Grade 7 in two weeks, and I still havent been given all the material I'm supposed to learn. Also I cant sight read.... fun times..

Reply 3

-G-a-v-

Lowest so far was 108 on grade 5 piano, I seem to remember I just scraped through on the scales, probably sight reading and one of my pieces getting the pass mark, definitely not my finest hour. Had a bit of a break from exams for a while, thinking about tackling grade 6 piano next year (and perhaps grade 1 clarinet this year...)

Reply 4

GdotL

Yeah my friend failed grade 5 violin.
She wasn't that bad....
just sort of unprepared.

Reply 5

un4given

I failed the grade 5 theory test. Though I think something went wrong somewhere, as i believe i did really well. I also remembered the harder questions and repeated them to my music teacher and he said he would have given the answers i did.

Reply 6

Schmokie Dragon

A friend of mine failed grade 1 keyboard *giggles*

Reply 7

Zayne

I've failed my grade 6 theory exam TWICE

1) First time I just didn't know enough, still, was only a few marks of a pass so wasn't that miffed

2) Somehow missed a question out, I don't know how, so I failed again. If I'd got the average mark from my other questions would have been fine, but no.....

Gave up then :indiff:

Reply 8

Tintin and the Picaros

Failed Guitar Grade 1, parents bought guitars, tutors, and all the other crap and i failed by 2/3 points. Didn't really think the scales were much use, so i didn't bother learning them.

Reply 9

Fletch

No, but I scraped through a couple that I probably deserved to fail as I was very under-prepared.

Reply 10

Incoming Cookie

I managed to get 62 in my violin exam (grade 3, I think!).. Lowest mark they'd known! I was so proud! (I just didn't bother practising at all... I think they asked me 3 really horrible scales, so I just said 'Ah, don't know that one...' I got 1 mark for scales :biggrin:

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I didn't fail any of the others (piano, oboe) though, I just loathed the violin!

Reply 11

~Viola~

I failed grade 5 flute, unprepared and very nervous and lack of musical talent = 92 points

Reply 12

username196545

I failed Grade 2 Viola back in the day lmao.

Reply 13

Ducklighter

Grade 7 piano. :frown:

Wasss very scared because of the examinier was all tall and big and had a suppper deep voice and I was like eep. don't hurt me. :frown:

Reply 14

CrazyBeautiful

Ducklighter

Grade 7 piano. :frown:

Wasss very scared because of the examinier was all tall and big and had a suppper deep voice and I was like eep. don't hurt me. :frown:

Aaaw. I think all examiners are evil, and employed for the sole purpose of scaring us all to death. My examiner a while back was a little old woman. But she was EVIL! :o: