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Piano Exam
ABRSM Piano Practical Exam (Grade 5).
Reached there quite late... & suddenly felt glad I didn't take this exam alone. My brother came all the way from Perlis (he just started his diploma there few weeks ago) just to sit for this exam (lol).
At first, I couldn't find the examiner's name anywhere. Unlike my previous exam experiences, the steward didn't sit in a room. The "check-in" counter was directly out of the exam room. When I sat down to wait for my turn then only I saw a pinboard with some exam-related articles. The examiner was John Davenport. The exam room was more spacious than before (the exam was held in Kota Kinabalu's Hyatt Hotel; before was at a hotel in Warisan Square). It's also pleasantly bright (the curtains were drawn away). The piano... meh.. I can't remember what brand was it... but it was nice to play on it.. not hard (my teacher said the keyboard of the piano used during exams is usually hard). I was thinking that they should consider holding the exam here again because I really love the room - it was very comfortable.
At first, I couldn't find the examiner's name anywhere. Unlike my previous exam experiences, the steward didn't sit in a room. The "check-in" counter was directly out of the exam room. When I sat down to wait for my turn then only I saw a pinboard with some exam-related articles. The examiner was John Davenport. The exam room was more spacious than before (the exam was held in Kota Kinabalu's Hyatt Hotel; before was at a hotel in Warisan Square). It's also pleasantly bright (the curtains were drawn away). The piano... meh.. I can't remember what brand was it... but it was nice to play on it.. not hard (my teacher said the keyboard of the piano used during exams is usually hard). I was thinking that they should consider holding the exam here again because I really love the room - it was very comfortable.
The exam...
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I was miserably horrible during the scales & arpeggio parts. Then I made some unforgivable mistakes when I played my three pieces. Got an adagio piece in Eb for sight-reading... quite okay.. I guess... *very doubtful*... Made the usual mistakes I always do for aural...
AHHHHH. 大丈夫かな.... （汗）
For sure I'm going to fail for the scales/arpeggios part... and I can't think positively anymore for the other parts....... *prepares for the worst*
But... I can already list things I've learnt from my third time taking this practical exam:
- Practise scales & arpeggios etc regularly. Usually I did them when the exam date is near (because too focused on playing pieces)
- Spend more time on practice everyday (& aim for a flawless playing!)
- The melody in my second piece was mostly played by left hand. I chose that piece partially because I want to get better at playing with more balance... & I think I made it.. ^_^
- Drink chamomile tea before any exam (but not too early). I know I was nervous inside but somewhat I calmed down (especially those nervous butterflies) after drinking a bottle of the tea.
...okay now I'm off to watch some doramas to get this bitter aftertaste off my mind.
