I am currently learning 3 pieces. One Scarlatti, one Handel and one Debussy (I don’t know the exact names of the pieces). I’ve been playing them for a while honestly and after a while it gets a little boring especially since it’s the same every week. But my teacher sometimes gives me a piece to sightread to switch things up which is fun. Mostly there is a little pressure whenever I see the piano because I feel compelled to play it since I have to do the grade 8 exam soon. I am honestly terrified but I know I’ll get through it. If I don’t pass, I’ll probably have to relearn a whole new set of pieces. I’ve got to learn my scales and work on my oral because sight singing and singing in general is not a strong point of mine. It will be a huge challenge for me since grade 8 is the highest level before you enter professionalism so good luck to me I guess.
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ITP – Piano #1
The instrument I play is the piano and I have been since the age of 6, that’s about 10 years of playing piano. I have to say I rather enjoy it, otherwise I would’ve given it up a long time ago. This school offers amazing opportunities like the instrumental teaching programme where we learn an instrument in school. This makes my life so much easier as I don’t have to go out and find a teacher that is close by to where I live where I have to go out of my way to pull out a huge chunk of my time for piano lessons. So right now, I take lessons once per week and I have an amazing teacher who anyone can evidently see that she loves what she does which is teaching. It’s also a plus side that she gives me food sometimes.
I’m currently working on my grade 8 ABRSM exam which I will take in February or March of 2019. I’m not the kind of kid who’s parents make them only focus on taking exam grades but I do it in my own pace and it is nice to finish all the grades. My piano playing is definitely not to an incredibly high standard but it’s a de-stressing method for me and it’s just great when you play something beautiful.