I would love to hear your interpretation of these pieces, please post a recording when you have them ready! Needless to say that I will be rooting for you :)
This video made me super excited for you to succeed in your studies and your exam, and also for me to improve my piano skills, which are like garbage at this point. Sooo, let's do our best all of us, fighting!!!
Allysia, I truly am praying for you to get your 80% or above! I adore your excitement and so I am truly rooting for you for the very best. It is certainly bussy being a Mom- Congratulations! I really enjoyed this video and I will watch it again, so it is going in my "Special" folder as you introduced me to new composers and new works to which to aspire. So I am going to learn the F# Scale, chords and Arpeggios and begin to play piano in the key if F#:) Thank you for sharing and please keep us posted on your progress-I would love to hear your pieces ad would enjoy history and analysis videos on the "new-lesser known" composers. Best:)
Thats amazing news!!! Will you record them once done learning and post? 😬🤣❤️☝️ Best of luck!!!!! I hope you get above 80% and advance to the diploma work 😅👌🏻
I did my RCM grade 10 exam years ago and they were a joke honestly. Looking back now, I definitely would not have passed my self and yet, the judges gave me a 73 or 74. I am sure this time, you will get an excellent mark. We are all rooting for you.
Good luck! I’d love to see videos on your progress. I did grade 8 as a teenager and then quit. As an adult I’ve returned to the piano and am hoping to do my grade 9 in April 2020. Then on to grade 10!
Sarylen OMG I’m doing the exact same thing! I’m 37 now so it’s been a while - I did my Grade 8 when I was 15 then stopped. Also doing Grade 9, also aiming for 2020. Good luck!
Emily inVan great! I’m 42 so you are ahead of me. Sometimes I regret quitting but maybe at the time I wasn’t ready to tackle the higher grades. Good luck to you!
Hi Allysia! My name is Grace and I'm 28. I got back to Piano 2 years ago, and I've just started teaching and I'm going to take my ABRSM grade 8 in year 2020! I relate a lot to you all-round -- the busy life, the 'I have so many things to do' (thankfully I don't have to afford the distraction of taking care of a child just yet) and this is so inspiring to watch. Thank you so much for the video to show you that you can go for anything if you want it! My teacher and I also worked on Beethoven op. 2/1 (yes that one you had in F minor) to prepare me for exams! I only did 1 movement. I also did the famous C minor from WTC book 1 by myself before I decide to start lessons again. For my ABRSM A-list I also picked a Prelude and Fugue -- there's easier pieces in that list, but I decided I wouldn't be very happy with myself I didn't properly learn a Prelude and Fugue. This year's syllabus is A minor from WTC book 2. I'm probably doing a Mozart Sonata for my List B, it's sounds so simple but it's so hard. I find that's true with most of my rep nowadays. XD I'm not settled on List C, but that's all I have for now. Technicals are ok for me. But the aurals etc I'll have to prepare more in the future. My teacher is preparing me with a lot of rep, I feel slightly overwhelmed, haha. Hope you have a nice day, cheers from Malaysia! Please let us know how you do and keep us updated hehe
Your other video really helped me know what to expect for my level 10 exam for my repertoire half! And i actually didn't do that bad; I got a 45/56 and I'm very thankful for it 💞
This is great! It was great to hear you talk about it before too as I just fall apart on the run up to an exam and during it! It’s like I get frozen in the headlights! All the best with it, wonderful that you are sharing this with us. Great to hear you self studied. I’m self studying on sight reading for a while and looking for a teacher once I’m happy enough to begin grade 7.
I just started learning piano in December last year and I love your channel! It’s very inspirational to see that you still love learning. Wish you all the luck in the exam!
Hi Allysia, I hope you do well on your re-do of your level 10 examination. However, you mentioned in your video that you only need to re-do the repertoire portion of your exam because you did well on the technical requirements portion back in 2015. Are you doing a supplemental exam for the repertoire & then adding that new mark from your 2020 exam to the technical requirements mark from your 2015 exam? Because I had read in the RCM syllabuses for piano and voice that any supplemental exams taken must be done within 2 years from the original date of the practical exam, and your last practical exam was 4 years ago. If you do this exam over again, you might need to either do the ENTIRE exam over again; technical requirements and repertoire either in 1 full all-in-one level 10 examination or in 2 separate level 10 split exams.
I would love to hear how you do with memorizing repertoire. I’m preparing for my grade 9 as an adult after a 20-odd year break and it feels so much harder now! Any tips?
You sound really psyched for this arduous task! I give you a lot of credit for going for this Level 10 exam again. I had a feeling you were up to something big, when you mentioned you had a new teacher and were taking lessons again. I said, "what's up with that?", and I was right! So I'm wishing you all the best, as I know you will succeed, and an 80 or better is easily within your grasp.
I’m so happy that you made this decision! I think it will play out great for you and look forward to seeing your progress on these. I’ve also started practicing for Grade 5 which I’m very excited about 😊
Good luck man... I did RCM 10 in 1994 and most of what I remember was how ridiculous the tech requirements are. I remember doing Chopin 9/1, Mozart 332 and the C major Fugue and the 25/2 Etude. I actually felt ARCT was easy in comparison because you dont have to spent 1/2 an hour trying to do scales and blocked legatos. BTW while nothing is easy here but always felt that Beethoven 2/1 is significant easier, 10/1 is bit hard at 10, more like ARCT (listed as Diploma level for ABRSM). Some of the other ones listed at RCM 10 like 10/2 and the Pastoral are pretty treacherous as well. I find it hard when you are under the gun to get over 75 to try very challenging stuff.
@@AccordionandViolinlife I'm so jealous right now, I would love to learn a second instrument! My little town doesn't have a cello teacher, if we did then I'd be bankrupt because of music lessons.
@@annelieetsebeth1830 A second instrument sometimes reinforces the first. But it's always better to learn one instrument good rather than two just 'so-so'. I don't know where your little town is, but if you play the piano, then you already have theory knowledge and a good foundation in music, so you might consider taking some online lessons for the cello. Of course nothing is like a real live teacher but it is at least something and there are some pretty good teachers here on TH-cam.
@@AccordionandViolinlife I live in South Africa and we have many piano teachers in my town but not one who teaches cello, it's sad! I'm busy with grade 6 piano at the moment and it's getting pretty intense now when it comes to the time invested, so I think I'll wait until I've finished my diploma (a few years from now) before starting cello. I've considered online lessons but for some reason don't think it will work well for cello. Luckily I still have some years ahead of me before I have to make that decision. :)
Yes Alysia do take it.best wishes. I am planning for my grade 4 abram in spring of 2020. I just want to know if you have any a method to play 2 Oct chromatic scale Both hand without errors.
Nice. I goofed off this past week, so I was embarrassed at my lesson. I'm supposed to improvise with right hand and add chords tones in, and play shells in left hand, to I can't do it up to speed without thinking a bit about what chord tones I want to add, and what shells I want to play.
Best of luck! Perhaps you can post your pieces here so we can give you some feedback. I would love to hear your playing! I'm so happy you are going to redo your grade 10. I hope you do well, eventually get your ARCT!
I hope you were able to take this exam again! Reminder: In RCM a 70% mark is an HONOURS standing for a reason! You were so close last time! You've got this.
Hey Allysia! I want to do more with the RCM and incorporating it with teaching my students, but it is not really popular in the USA and I have not had luck with converting any of my students so far. Most people in California tend to do the MTAC (Music Teacher's Association of CA), which I am wondering if they are similar somehow? The books for RCM are also way more expensive so a lot of my students are turns off by it. Do you have any suggestions for a fellow piano teacher? It seems really comprehensive but the testing stuff seems a little complicated.
Hi Allysia - just reminded myself of this :) Not sure if you're still checking comments on old videos but was wondering how you're getting on with the piano exam? Hope it's all going well and look forward to hopefully hearing a recording of your pieces too
Really great enthusiasm. Learning is fun, I hope you build all the confidence you need. I'm an adult learner, love your vids, and love to practice, just to see the delayed results. Quite strange getting deep into learning at not a young age...
One of my favorite pieces, the Franck Symphonic Variations is also in F sharp major. I think it's the only piece in all of classical music that starts with E sharp. Thanks for your video on the Goldberg Variations.
I wish you productive practicing and most of all, have fun! I just had my exam this spring and it didn’t feel that great because I felt like I had lost connection with one piece, and with one I didn’t really connect in the first place. Which is why I now want to play only music that touches me. Also I have a question. Could you make a video on how to keep on practicing when your lessons are over? How to keep the routine and get things done even when you don’t have that weekly push of motivation from a teacher to practice?
They changed Liebestraum?!! I mean it isn't easy, but when I played it I didn't think it was too bad. The only really difficult thing in it is the 2nd cadenza and the voicing in the piu animato section.
Best of luck on this. So I guess you're postponing your work on the, what was it, 100 pop songs? I imagine you'll need to focus on the grade 10 requirements instead. You can always do the other later when you have more discretionary time.
Hi Allysia, congratulations on returning to taking piano lessons and exams. I think you are doing the right thing. Thanks for is warning video. Some people cautioned me when I was working on my grade 6. Saying that I must not feel I should rush into taking it. I'm surprised you have so many pieces to prepare. Can you please answer some questions? What does RCM stand for? Is it Royal College of Music? I think you said once it's one of the exam choices in Canada. Could you give an idea of what grade it compares to for the ABRSM? Also, how many grades are there in the RCM system? For ABRSM there are 8. By the way, I passed my ABRSM grade 6 practical in March. I'm working on my grade 7 and will probably take it around December; I am also getting ready to start teaching piano for the first time. My piano teacher has asked me to fill in for her in June to help a grade 1 student. I'm really looking forward to it and start next Saturday! 😊
RCM stands for The Royal Conservatory of Music. RCM is a Canadian system offering examinations in many instruments including voice (singing), and speech arts & drama. The levels are from level 1 to 10 for most instruments, and some of the instruments have a preparatory level. After level 10, there is an ARCT diploma for all instruments /disciplines, and piano students can take the LRCM licentiate if they pass ARCT. As far as comparison to ABRSM, RCM is (I feel) more comprehensive than ABRSM because RCM requires that exam candidates do etudes in addition to the repertoire whereas ABRSM doesn't require etudes. RCM gives marks for memorization of pieces, and ABRSM doesn't have memory requirements. RCM also requires more pieces and technical requirements than ABRSM, and RCM theory exams are a requirement in order to receive the certificates for RCM practical exams for levels 5 and up. However, ABRSM is still a pretty good system, as are the other international exam boards based on what I've seen in their syllabuses.
@@DonnaHarrisMusicStudio You're welcome. RCM is indeed very comprehensive and has more requirements than ABRSM, but I think all of the exam boards that I have taken a look at are pretty good (ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall, AMEB, etc). We also have Conservatory Canada as another examination board here in Canada, and CC is similar to RCM as far as having 10 lessons and then a diploma level. However, I feel that Conservatory Canada is even more comprehensive & has more requirements than RCM based on what I read in the CC syllabus. I'm a couple of years older than Allysia & I have taken RCM exams in piano, voice (singing), and theory, from my childhood and through to adulthood. The highest levels I currently have are level 10 voice, level 8 piano, & I am working on level 10 piano right now. I decided to split the level 10 piano exam instead of doing it all in one go, and I did the repertoire portion of the exam (5 pieces) a few days ago, and hopefully if I pass, I'll do the technical requirements half of the exam (2 etudes, sight reading, ear tests, scale work, etc.) in a few months. Currently waiting on my results! Once someone has the RCM level 8 certificate, they are qualified to teach private lessons. I teach singing and piano part-time.
@@DonnaHarrisMusicStudio I find teaching part-time to be lots of fun, and I hope you enjoy teaching as well! Have you started teaching yet? I hope you do well in your upcoming ABRSM exams! I am actually planning on traveling next year for a few days from the Greater Toronto Area where I live to the other side of Canada in British Columbia to take the ABRSM ARSM diploma exam for singing. ABRSM exams are only offered in B.C. in Canada, whereas RCM exams & CC exams are offered nationwide. I really like the ARSM diploma requirements, & I'm using my RCM level 9 voice exam mark to qualify for it because that's the ABRSM requirement. Based on my RCM level 10 mark, I'm eligible to do the RCM ARCT exam for singing, but I've decided to try for the ABRSM diploma right now. Good luck to you!
@@ahinds100 , I taught my first lesson last Saturday. I enjoyed it so much and hope the student did too. She has a 3 day school trip this week, so we don't have a less unfortunately. I hope it wont effect her progress because her exam is on 03, July! Thanks for your warm wishes. Wishing you the best too. Music is such a wonderful thing! 😊👍
The Beethoven Opus 10/1 is actually more difficult than the opus 2/1 ......The Opus 14 would be in the same range of difficulty, but if you like challenges ...
This is a question for Allysia or anyone who has ever taken RCM examinations. My kids don't have access to an acoustic piano. Is it possible to perform well at an RCM exam if you have only practiced on a digital piano? Is there too much difference between the two?
Such a good and pertinent question, especially now - I can't believe no one has answered. In case you're wondering, and for anyone else who is interested to know, Royal Conservatory of Music does allow practical exams to be conducted on digital pianos. The requirement is that the instrument must have a minimum of 76 touch-weighted keys with a recognizable piano sound. Of course, most digital pianos have 88 keys and easily meet this requirement. Since, yes, there is a difference between instruments, exams at an RCM level 9 or higher need to be done on an acoustic piano and not a digital. Hope this helps!
Alyssa......how were u able to teach for years with grade 8 level RCM? I recall in another video you discussed your teaching at a very young age, about 20? and I thought you indicated you had about grade 8. I have been led to believe that to teach with RCM, you have to have your grade 20 and your ARCT teaching designation? Or, can one teach beginners with less than that????? Am I wrong in thinking this? Pls let me know because I am considering teaching and I have grade 9
Not sure of exactly what she did but I'm sure you can teach private lessons without grade 10 or ARCT, only RCM connected schools would probably require it. I once had a piano teacher who was primarily a violinist so...
Advice: don't do popular classical Me: playing Mozart 545 Sonata in C I love overplayed classical for some reason which is why I chose it but yeah doesn't come without risk.
I have just started studying for my RCM grade 10 exam as well! I struggle more with the technical side than repertoire, so that will be fun to prepare. I've prepared a couple of the rep pieces, Beethoven Sonata in F minor, and Ginastera Danzas Argentinas movements 1 and 2 (I learned movement 3 as well to perform for a recital; very fun piece you should look into!) I am also a mom to a 15 month-old, and another one on the way, so I understand how hard it is to practice! Fortunately I have a wonderful teacher as well.
Oh, man! Sorta reminds me of "looking forward" to the California Bar Exam a zillion years ago. Apart from your great site(s) and videos, you are such a super likeable person, if you simply go in there and smile coyly and bat your eyes, you'll probably get at least an 80. And, at the very end, make sure you don't forget to jam your butt down on the bass end of the keyboard just like Jarrod Radnich did in his Pirates of the Carribean video (may not seem important, but, you'll really make an impression on the examiner. You want to stand out a little from the usual examinees, right?). Keith/Texas.
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I would love to hear your interpretation of these pieces, please post a recording when you have them ready! Needless to say that I will be rooting for you :)
This video made me super excited for you to succeed in your studies and your exam, and also for me to improve my piano skills, which are like garbage at this point.
Sooo, let's do our best all of us, fighting!!!
Allysia,
I truly am praying for you to get your 80% or above! I adore your excitement and so I am truly rooting for you for the very best. It is certainly bussy being a Mom- Congratulations!
I really enjoyed this video and I will watch it again, so it is going in my "Special" folder as you introduced me to new composers and new works to which to aspire. So I am going to learn the F# Scale, chords and Arpeggios and begin to play piano in the key if F#:)
Thank you for sharing and please keep us posted on your progress-I would love to hear your pieces ad would enjoy history and analysis videos on the "new-lesser known" composers.
Best:)
Thats amazing news!!! Will you record them once done learning and post? 😬🤣❤️☝️ Best of luck!!!!! I hope you get above 80% and advance to the diploma work 😅👌🏻
I did my RCM grade 10 exam years ago and they were a joke honestly. Looking back now, I definitely would not have passed my self and yet, the judges gave me a 73 or 74. I am sure this time, you will get an excellent mark. We are all rooting for you.
Good luck! I’d love to see videos on your progress. I did grade 8 as a teenager and then quit. As an adult I’ve returned to the piano and am hoping to do my grade 9 in April 2020. Then on to grade 10!
Sarylen OMG I’m doing the exact same thing! I’m 37 now so it’s been a while - I did my Grade 8 when I was 15 then stopped. Also doing Grade 9, also aiming for 2020. Good luck!
Emily inVan great! I’m 42 so you are ahead of me. Sometimes I regret quitting but maybe at the time I wasn’t ready to tackle the higher grades. Good luck to you!
Hi Allysia! My name is Grace and I'm 28.
I got back to Piano 2 years ago, and I've just started teaching and I'm going to take my ABRSM grade 8 in year 2020! I relate a lot to you all-round -- the busy life, the 'I have so many things to do' (thankfully I don't have to afford the distraction of taking care of a child just yet) and this is so inspiring to watch. Thank you so much for the video to show you that you can go for anything if you want it!
My teacher and I also worked on Beethoven op. 2/1 (yes that one you had in F minor) to prepare me for exams! I only did 1 movement.
I also did the famous C minor from WTC book 1 by myself before I decide to start lessons again.
For my ABRSM A-list I also picked a Prelude and Fugue -- there's easier pieces in that list, but I decided I wouldn't be very happy with myself I didn't properly learn a Prelude and Fugue. This year's syllabus is A minor from WTC book 2.
I'm probably doing a Mozart Sonata for my List B, it's sounds so simple but it's so hard. I find that's true with most of my rep nowadays. XD
I'm not settled on List C, but that's all I have for now.
Technicals are ok for me. But the aurals etc I'll have to prepare more in the future. My teacher is preparing me with a lot of rep, I feel slightly overwhelmed, haha.
Hope you have a nice day, cheers from Malaysia! Please let us know how you do and keep us updated hehe
I’m doing my Senior Recital this Fall! We are all in the together!!!
Good luck! Can't wait to see what happens. I'm sure you will do amazing.
Super curious to know how it went! Update video soon by chance?
Very inspiring to see you do this. Your enthusiasm to get better is infectious :) Good luck in your prep for the exam!
Your other video really helped me know what to expect for my level 10 exam for my repertoire half! And i actually didn't do that bad; I got a 45/56 and I'm very thankful for it 💞
I am working on grade 6 abrsm exam. I will be working along side you.
Good luck, you will do great!
Excellent, looking forward to your progress over the next few months.
*YIKES!* I had my audio a little loud, I guess, and her *"HELLO FRIENDS"* nearly knocked me out of my chair! *lol* I'm wide awake now, however. haha
Please show us more about this journey!
Really hope you will share your progress and good luck!
This is great! It was great to hear you talk about it before too as I just fall apart on the run up to an exam and during it! It’s like I get frozen in the headlights! All the best with it, wonderful that you are sharing this with us. Great to hear you self studied. I’m self studying on sight reading for a while and looking for a teacher once I’m happy enough to begin grade 7.
Good luck!!! I'm really excited for you, I hope you do amazingly!
Really looking forward to your progress. Also enjoy learning from you. Yes, time does pass by quickly 🤗
Brave of you, well done. Good choice of pieces 😀
Wish u the best of luck!!!!!
I just started learning piano in December last year and I love your channel! It’s very inspirational to see that you still love learning. Wish you all the luck in the exam!
Hi Allysia, I hope you do well on your re-do of your level 10 examination. However, you mentioned in your video that you only need to re-do the repertoire portion of your exam because you did well on the technical requirements portion back in 2015. Are you doing a supplemental exam for the repertoire & then adding that new mark from your 2020 exam to the technical requirements mark from your 2015 exam? Because I had read in the RCM syllabuses for piano and voice that any supplemental exams taken must be done within 2 years from the original date of the practical exam, and your last practical exam was 4 years ago. If you do this exam over again, you might need to either do the ENTIRE exam over again; technical requirements and repertoire either in 1 full all-in-one level 10 examination or in 2 separate level 10 split exams.
I'm curious if you managed do redo your test and if so how you did!
I would love to hear how you do with memorizing repertoire. I’m preparing for my grade 9 as an adult after a 20-odd year break and it feels so much harder now! Any tips?
Good luck Alyssia and keep us posted. You’re an inspiration. I’m sure you’ll do great and nail that 80!!
What happened? Is there an update video?
You sound really psyched for this arduous task! I give you a lot of credit for going for this Level 10 exam again. I had a feeling you were up to something big, when you mentioned you had a new teacher and were taking lessons again. I said, "what's up with that?", and I was right! So I'm wishing you all the best, as I know you will succeed, and an 80 or better is easily within your grasp.
Good luck!
I’m so happy that you made this decision! I think it will play out great for you and look forward to seeing your progress on these. I’ve also started practicing for Grade 5 which I’m very excited about 😊
update - I passed my Grade 5! just seen this message now ha
Good luck with the exam!! Knock it out the park!!👍
Good luck man... I did RCM 10 in 1994 and most of what I remember was how ridiculous the tech requirements are. I remember doing Chopin 9/1, Mozart 332 and the C major Fugue and the 25/2 Etude. I actually felt ARCT was easy in comparison because you dont have to spent 1/2 an hour trying to do scales and blocked legatos. BTW while nothing is easy here but always felt that Beethoven 2/1 is significant easier, 10/1 is bit hard at 10, more like ARCT (listed as Diploma level for ABRSM). Some of the other ones listed at RCM 10 like 10/2 and the Pastoral are pretty treacherous as well. I find it hard when you are under the gun to get over 75 to try very challenging stuff.
Im so glad!!!! I hope you get a high enough mark! Also if you would like, please post your interpretations here :)
I wish you the best of luck on your Exam. In a few days I am taking my Grade One ABRSM Piano Exam.
Gr 1 is the scariest, from there it only gets better. Good luck!
@@annelieetsebeth1830 Thank you. I already did Grades 1 to 4 violin, so I know what I am in for:)
@@AccordionandViolinlife I'm so jealous right now, I would love to learn a second instrument! My little town doesn't have a cello teacher, if we did then I'd be bankrupt because of music lessons.
@@annelieetsebeth1830 A second instrument sometimes reinforces the first. But it's always better to learn one instrument good rather than two just 'so-so'. I don't know where your little town is, but if you play the piano, then you already have theory knowledge and a good foundation in music, so you might consider taking some online lessons for the cello. Of course nothing is like a real live teacher but it is at least something and there are some pretty good teachers here on TH-cam.
@@AccordionandViolinlife I live in South Africa and we have many piano teachers in my town but not one who teaches cello, it's sad! I'm busy with grade 6 piano at the moment and it's getting pretty intense now when it comes to the time invested, so I think I'll wait until I've finished my diploma (a few years from now) before starting cello. I've considered online lessons but for some reason don't think it will work well for cello. Luckily I still have some years ahead of me before I have to make that decision. :)
You're brave! Best of luck! Hope you do well.
Allysia, I wish you well on your practicing and on the RCM grade 10 exam.
I'd really love to hear your performance on the pieces you are perpetrating for the exams 😊
Good luck! I'm sure the exam will go very well :)
Good luck!!!😺😺😺
Yes Alysia do take it.best wishes.
I am planning for my grade 4 abram in spring of 2020.
I just want to know if you have any a method to play 2 Oct chromatic scale
Both hand without errors.
Nice. I goofed off this past week, so I was embarrassed at my lesson. I'm supposed to improvise with right hand and add chords tones in, and play shells in left hand, to I can't do it up to speed without thinking a bit about what chord tones I want to add, and what shells I want to play.
Great choice on Amy Beach! I've been playing several of her easier pieces with my duet buddy. Her piano concerto is amazing.
Happy for you! Good luck!
Best of luck! Perhaps you can post your pieces here so we can give you some feedback. I would love to hear your playing! I'm so happy you are going to redo your grade 10. I hope you do well, eventually get your ARCT!
Sounds like a lot of work, lots of luck, I think you'll do real well, you have a great energy.
I hope you were able to take this exam again! Reminder: In RCM a 70% mark is an HONOURS standing for a reason! You were so close last time! You've got this.
Allysia for the win! Good luck!
Hey Allysia! I want to do more with the RCM and incorporating it with teaching my students, but it is not really popular in the USA and I have not had luck with converting any of my students so far. Most people in California tend to do the MTAC (Music Teacher's Association of CA), which I am wondering if they are similar somehow? The books for RCM are also way more expensive so a lot of my students are turns off by it. Do you have any suggestions for a fellow piano teacher? It seems really comprehensive but the testing stuff seems a little complicated.
Good luck! I have my level 10 practical soon too.
Hi Allysia - just reminded myself of this :) Not sure if you're still checking comments on old videos but was wondering how you're getting on with the piano exam? Hope it's all going well and look forward to hopefully hearing a recording of your pieces too
Really great enthusiasm. Learning is fun, I hope you build all the confidence you need. I'm an adult learner, love your vids, and love to practice, just to see the delayed results. Quite strange getting deep into learning at not a young age...
One of my favorite pieces, the Franck Symphonic Variations is also in F sharp major. I think it's the only piece in all of classical music that starts with E sharp. Thanks for your video on the Goldberg Variations.
Great!
So it's been awhile! Did you test again? I hope you did well!
Do you personally find the test prices are too expensive? I think the prizes are way too high
Have you thought about twitching some of your own training sessions? And maybe talk about how the "eyes on you" would affect it
btw, don't need to talk to the camera... just let it rolling why you do your stuff.
Can you please do more videos updating us on your progress?
Good luck 🥰🎼
Best wishes ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Goodluck 🍀
Best of luck from me!! I'm doing my level 9 exam in August...3 weeks from now? Maybe? I hope you get a good mark!! You'll do great.
Also, I though that you had to do the exams within 5 years? Sorry if I'm wrong, or was it 10 years?
I did my repertoire rcm 10 yesterday and did liebestrame and clair de lune
@@celinewu3940 hm that was quite long ago - basically finished arct now. i think i got 83 for rcm10
I wish you productive practicing and most of all, have fun! I just had my exam this spring and it didn’t feel that great because I felt like I had lost connection with one piece, and with one I didn’t really connect in the first place. Which is why I now want to play only music that touches me. Also I have a question. Could you make a video on how to keep on practicing when your lessons are over? How to keep the routine and get things done even when you don’t have that weekly push of motivation from a teacher to practice?
They changed Liebestraum?!! I mean it isn't easy, but when I played it I didn't think it was too bad. The only really difficult thing in it is the 2nd cadenza and the voicing in the piu animato section.
Good luck
Best of luck on this. So I guess you're postponing your work on the, what was it, 100 pop songs? I imagine you'll need to focus on the grade 10 requirements instead. You can always do the other later when you have more discretionary time.
The 2015 syllabus doesn’t require to play the formula patten for grade 10, is this correct ? I am surprised..
Yes. Instead you need scales in thirds and sixths, which are far worse
Memorize and assemble by voices for the fugue.
*What mark did you get??*
Hi Allysia, congratulations on returning to taking piano lessons and exams. I think you are doing the right thing. Thanks for is warning video. Some people cautioned me when I was working on my grade 6. Saying that I must not feel I should rush into taking it. I'm surprised you have so many pieces to prepare. Can you please answer some questions?
What does RCM stand for? Is it Royal College of Music? I think you said once it's one of the exam choices in Canada.
Could you give an idea of what grade it compares to for the ABRSM?
Also, how many grades are there in the RCM system?
For ABRSM there are 8. By the way, I passed my ABRSM grade 6 practical in March. I'm working on my grade 7 and will probably take it around December; I am also getting ready to start teaching piano for the first time. My piano teacher has asked me to fill in for her in June to help a grade 1 student. I'm really looking forward to it and start next Saturday! 😊
RCM stands for The Royal Conservatory of Music. RCM is a Canadian system offering examinations in many instruments including voice (singing), and speech arts & drama. The levels are from level 1 to 10 for most instruments, and some of the instruments have a preparatory level. After level 10, there is an ARCT diploma for all instruments /disciplines, and piano students can take the LRCM licentiate if they pass ARCT. As far as comparison to ABRSM, RCM is (I feel) more comprehensive than ABRSM because RCM requires that exam candidates do etudes in addition to the repertoire whereas ABRSM doesn't require etudes. RCM gives marks for memorization of pieces, and ABRSM doesn't have memory requirements. RCM also requires more pieces and technical requirements than ABRSM, and RCM theory exams are a requirement in order to receive the certificates for RCM practical exams for levels 5 and up. However, ABRSM is still a pretty good system, as are the other international exam boards based on what I've seen in their syllabuses.
@@ahinds100 , many thanks for your insights. It does sound like it's more advanced than ABRSM.
@@DonnaHarrisMusicStudio You're welcome. RCM is indeed very comprehensive and has more requirements than ABRSM, but I think all of the exam boards that I have taken a look at are pretty good (ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall, AMEB, etc). We also have Conservatory Canada as another examination board here in Canada, and CC is similar to RCM as far as having 10 lessons and then a diploma level. However, I feel that Conservatory Canada is even more comprehensive & has more requirements than RCM based on what I read in the CC syllabus. I'm a couple of years older than Allysia & I have taken RCM exams in piano, voice (singing), and theory, from my childhood and through to adulthood. The highest levels I currently have are level 10 voice, level 8 piano, & I am working on level 10 piano right now. I decided to split the level 10 piano exam instead of doing it all in one go, and I did the repertoire portion of the exam (5 pieces) a few days ago, and hopefully if I pass, I'll do the technical requirements half of the exam (2 etudes, sight reading, ear tests, scale work, etc.) in a few months. Currently waiting on my results! Once someone has the RCM level 8 certificate, they are qualified to teach private lessons. I teach singing and piano part-time.
@@DonnaHarrisMusicStudio I find teaching part-time to be lots of fun, and I hope you enjoy teaching as well! Have you started teaching yet? I hope you do well in your upcoming ABRSM exams! I am actually planning on traveling next year for a few days from the Greater Toronto Area where I live to the other side of Canada in British Columbia to take the ABRSM ARSM diploma exam for singing. ABRSM exams are only offered in B.C. in Canada, whereas RCM exams & CC exams are offered nationwide. I really like the ARSM diploma requirements, & I'm using my RCM level 9 voice exam mark to qualify for it because that's the ABRSM requirement. Based on my RCM level 10 mark, I'm eligible to do the RCM ARCT exam for singing, but I've decided to try for the ABRSM diploma right now. Good luck to you!
@@ahinds100 , I taught my first lesson last Saturday. I enjoyed it so much and hope the student did too. She has a 3 day school trip this week, so we don't have a less unfortunately. I hope it wont effect her progress because her exam is on 03, July! Thanks for your warm wishes. Wishing you the best too. Music is such a wonderful thing! 😊👍
Don't forget to keep in mind the 5 year theory-practical gap limit too!
explain?
I'm still grade 3-4 (I dont know exactly because I do not follow the grades exactly)
I think I prefer to learn 5 Chopin's difficult etudes than one fugue from WTC... Well Tempered Clavier looks SO DIFFICULT!
You’re so funny😄
Good for you! I’m doing my Grade 5 :(
Good luck!
Good luck!!!! 👍🏻
PianoMan10 good luck and props to you for even making it this far! Never give up and follow your dreams!
The Beethoven Opus 10/1 is actually more difficult than the opus 2/1 ......The Opus 14 would be in the same range of difficulty, but if you like challenges ...
This is a question for Allysia or anyone who has ever taken RCM examinations. My kids don't have access to an acoustic piano. Is it possible to perform well at an RCM exam if you have only practiced on a digital piano? Is there too much difference between the two?
Such a good and pertinent question, especially now - I can't believe no one has answered. In case you're wondering, and for anyone else who is interested to know, Royal Conservatory of Music does allow practical exams to be conducted on digital pianos. The requirement is that the instrument must have a minimum of 76 touch-weighted keys with a recognizable piano sound. Of course, most digital pianos have 88 keys and easily meet this requirement. Since, yes, there is a difference between instruments, exams at an RCM level 9 or higher need to be done on an acoustic piano and not a digital. Hope this helps!
Alyssa......how were u able to teach for years with grade 8 level RCM? I recall in another video you discussed your teaching at a very young age, about 20? and I thought you indicated you had about grade 8. I have been led to believe that to teach with RCM, you have to have your grade 20 and your ARCT teaching designation? Or, can one teach beginners with less than that????? Am I wrong in thinking this? Pls let me know because I am considering teaching and I have grade 9
Hi Barbara. Have you found any information on your questions? I'm intrigued as well.
Not sure of exactly what she did but I'm sure you can teach private lessons without grade 10 or ARCT, only RCM connected schools would probably require it. I once had a piano teacher who was primarily a violinist so...
How did your exam go?
Good for you👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻And good luck !!Remember memorize all,otherwise you won’t pass ARCT as well .😂
Did this happen?
Good luck!!!
Stick to what's on the page because that's how you lost most of your marks.
whats the purpose of taking it again?
i'm studying rcm 10 rn but i suck lol
:000 Yayyyy
have you seen Dr. John Mortensens guide on how to learn fugues on the piano? I found it very helpful! his channel is named „cedarvillemusic“,
Advice: don't do popular classical
Me: playing Mozart 545 Sonata in C
I love overplayed classical for some reason which is why I chose it but yeah doesn't come without risk.
PinkKittyMusic to be fair, they become very well-known for a reason.
I have just started studying for my RCM grade 10 exam as well! I struggle more with the technical side than repertoire, so that will be fun to prepare. I've prepared a couple of the rep pieces, Beethoven Sonata in F minor, and Ginastera Danzas Argentinas movements 1 and 2 (I learned movement 3 as well to perform for a recital; very fun piece you should look into!) I am also a mom to a 15 month-old, and another one on the way, so I understand how hard it is to practice! Fortunately I have a wonderful teacher as well.
Oh, man! Sorta reminds me of "looking forward" to the California Bar Exam a zillion years ago. Apart from your great site(s) and videos, you are such a super likeable person, if you simply go in there and smile coyly and bat your eyes, you'll probably get at least an 80. And, at the very end, make sure you don't forget to jam your butt down on the bass end of the keyboard just like Jarrod Radnich did in his Pirates of the Carribean video (may not seem important, but, you'll really make an impression on the examiner. You want to stand out a little from the usual examinees, right?). Keith/Texas.
why would someone do these exams?
Agamaz Because those who do love the challenge. It gives one a sense of accomplishment.
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Burn those scales into your brain and (6) sharps won't even phase you. ;-)
Gr 10 again. Musical masochism. Or is it? Good luck in 2020.