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I die liao le lah...I die liao le lah...I die liao le lah...Tomorrow I got piano practical examination.Once a thought about my piano examination...I am very afraid I will fail.That's bacause I just learnt from my piano teacher that unlike school's examination,music examination passing grades is not 50 marks but is 100 marks.It is upon 150 marks.That means if I get 99.5 marks,I will also fail fail...T_T...I am very bad at almost everything.Aural,echo singing,clapping the pulse of a song,piano pieces,scales and the worst thing I am at is SIGHT READING!!!

Sight reading is the examiner give you a piece of paper with a song and you have 30 seconds to prepare and then after 30 seconds,you have to play it with emotion,dynamics and also must play the correct notes!AHHHHHH!!!!!!!HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!I can't even play the correct notes how can care about the dynamics and emotion!!!!HELP!!!!!Although my piano teacher can play it very slowly as long as it is the correct notes(but not as slow as 500 years old people walking)but I still cannot play it fluently!T_T...

Then the aural is the examiner will play a long long long long piano piece and then ask questions when he/she finished.I am not very good at this kind of things lehz...must be very attentive and remember every thing he/she played...I got bad short-term memory...

then for the clapping the pulse of a song is the examiner will play you a song and you have to join in as soon as possible.There is 2 times pulse,3 times pulse and 4 times pulse.(I don't know if that is what it is called but something like that lah.)After the examiner finish playing the song,he/she will ask you whether it is 2 times,3 times or 4 times.(I am not sure whether this is what they will ask but something like that lah.)

Next,there is the echo singing,the examiner will give you the pulse rate of the song and then he/she will play a few short lines of music.Then,immediately after he/she finish,you must sing back like an echo of the song played.(The sing means la,la,la like that.)

Then there is the piano pieces.The piano pieces for this year is a green book,no matter what grade all the same colour.There is A1,A2,A3,B1,B2,B3,C1,C2,C3 in the grade 3 piano pieces book.This is the book which you have to bring into the examination studio on the day of examination.It is also the only thing you have to bring into the studio.you will start learning three songs long before the examination.Three,each from one alphabet.For me,I chose A3,B2 and C3.The few I think is nicest of the three in each alphabet.So I will have to play these three songs.No one or probably very very very little will get full marks for the songs.

Then there is the scales.The scales consist of hands together one octave apart or each hands separately in A major,E major,B major,B flat major,E flat major,B minor,G minor and C minor.All two octaves.Not all of them but whatever the examiner wants you to play.Then,there is also the scales in contrary motion,both hands beginning and ending on the key notes A major or E flat major or both.(unison)two octaves.

Then,there is the chromatic scales,each hand separately beginning on A flat,B and C.Then,there is the Arpeggios.The common chords of A,E,B,B flat and E flat majors,and B,G,C minors in root position only each hand separately,two octaves.Then lastly for scales,there is the broken chords.There are G major,F major,E minor and D minor,each hand separately,according to the patterns shown in the scales book.

That's all for Grade 3 practical examination.it may take more than 1 hour and may last up the 2 hours.T_T T_T T_T T_T T_T.......I DIE for sure!!!!!!!!!!

(All the above is based on correct information and the ones mention are strictly only for GRADE 3 PRACTICAL EXAMINATION.)