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Thank you so much! Yeah I think one listens to the music differently when one can follow the score☺️

Thank you so much😍

You can either buy the ABRSM Grade 8 book of the new Syllabus 2025&2026 or in this Ghibli book: www.schott-music.com/de/ghibli-best-stories-original-edition-no344522.html?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD8HCKfoMlr-V2t5r6MLBVBQH5xaW&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt87oz4KphwMV1ZiDBx1ddRHyEAQYBSABEgJMifD_BwE

Thank you so much! I don‘t know that Rameau piece yet but I will have a look☺️

@@PianoExplorerHungDo thanks much.... it is part of Grade 8 Trinity (TCL 2021-23 extended)

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Yeah there was this one wrong note, for that I didn‘t record the part before again😁

@@PianoExplorerHungDo happens to all of us 😁

Thank you so much, dear Antonio! ☺️

Muchas gracias!! The sheet music you can buy on the official page of ABRSM

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Yeah many people think Rondo alla Turca would fit better to grade 6 or 7😵‍💫

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I agree! Definitely👌🏻

The difficulty and the standard seem to change. Quite a lot people say the same and are not really happy about it😔

Indeed! I didn‘t know this little gem before. But it‘s a very lovely piece☺️

In the past years there was often something from the WTC or Partitas. But this time it‘s only G Major from book 2 in the complete list of Grade 8. In lower grades there are still some inventions.

Oh I don‘t know this piece…

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Thank you so much🙏🏼🙏🏼😍

Thank you so much as well! Hope the video helps you. Have fun learning this lovely piece☺️

If you learned a little bit slowier, you could have played a ghibli song😁 that‘s something really new in ABRSM and many people don‘t expect this😅

No, you have scales, sight reading and an aural set of tests

@@johnwade7430 does sight reading mean impromptu playing while reading notes?

You choose one piece from each list A, B and C. So you don‘t need to play all these 9 pieces.

@@betserv.1187sightreading means they give you a short piece you don‘t know. You have some seconds or minutes to look over it and then play.

@@PianoExplorerHungDo one from each list means 3 pieces? Only 3 pieces of my choice to practice/finger-memorize to pass Grade 8?

Ah I see, a whole sonata is indeed more difficult in terms of stamina. But in the complete list there are still rather difficult pieces like Beethoven E major Sonata, Haydn E Flat major Sonata or the full first movement of Mozart KV 331. Those pieces are not short and not easy at all.

I know this piece and turkish march so i ain't complaining 😂

In the complete list there you can still choose G Major from WTC. And quite a lot sonata movements in the A List by Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart, which are more difficult than Rondo alla Turca. So you can choose a more difficult program if you want to.

Thank you so much😍😍

Hehe yeah in the past there were definitely some more difficult pieces for Grade 8.

Learn to more pieces and you can do the exam😁

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Oh wow that‘s super interesting! Thank you for your detailled information! Lots of classical pieces indeed, but very different in style so you still have some kind of choice. Beethoven F Sharp Major Sonata is actually rather difficult, often underrated.

@@PianoExplorerHungDo glad you’re interested, I’m pretty sure grade 7 or II was the high test grade they had back then. So to be fair the above were classed as what is now grade 8. If you have a good teacher as a child you’re very fortunate. I was brought up in a very small town in rural Australia in the 60’s & 70’s and the only “teachers” available were the nuns from the local convent. They would have 6 kids at a time to one teacher all banging away on pianos at the same time in an old wooden house the convent owned. It still stands today. I wasn’t catholic so they didn’t like me very much and used to hit me on the knuckles with the side of a ruler when I made a mistake. Which was often. The non catholic pupils had to do their exams on a very heavy, nasty grand piano they kept deep in the convent. The room was full of statues of Jesus with the crown of thorns on his head and lots of blood running down his body. As a child and a non Catholic it was like entering hell. I’d never seen anything like it. I loved playing or I would have given up the first week. Listening to you play is such a joy so I thank you. I found a great teacher 5 years ago and have been having piano lessons from him ever since. People say “but you can play the piano why do you need lessons?” I had no idea about any music but classical, what was swing rhythm was or how to play it. Didn’t understand 2 against 3 rhythms etc etc. Never played Chopin or anything modern. I don’t have talent like my dad had but I slog away and playing the piano brings me so much peace and happiness. I’m learning (or trying to ) Rachmaninovs prelude 23 in D at the moment and it’s so beautiful. How anyone can compose a piece like that is beyond me? My teacher, who is almost my age gives me half price lessons and is a dear friend. We play duets together and I joke I’m not only his oldest student but I practice the most as well. Sorry for the long comment but you’re young and talented and I wish you much happiness and contentment in your music for the rest of your life.

Yeah, quite a lot people are surprised by that…

Nowadays you can listen to all pieces on streaming platforms like Spotify or more and more on RUclips, like in my video here☺️

Could be a reason. No one knows, but many people are some kind of wondering. Do you remember examples of older grade 8 pieces?

⁠​⁠ perhaps these days they are more into the interpretation and emotion of the piece, not just the notes. That can be harder than just learning the notes. Btw I really liked the tempo you played Alla Turka. Just because you can play very very fast doesn’t mean you should

I still have my grade 8 book from 2001-2002. Definitely easier pieces now. Samual barber excursions no.2. Haydn Sonata in D maj Hob XVI:37 mvt 1. Debussy prelude: Bruyeres. Schubert sonata no. 4 in a min, mvt 1. Schumann, Grillen. Tchaikovsky, janvier 'au coin du feu'. Chopin nocturne in E maj op.62. No. 2. Just to name a few pieces.

⁠@@Soffityindeed playing Alla Turca in a good way is not easy at all. As they say: Mozart is too easy for children and too hard for adults😁 the more you look into the details the more difficult it gets.

⁠@@Indigoporcelainoh I see very interesting repertoire. Haydn 37 and Tchaikovsky January is still on the new syllabus. Bruyeres is more difficult than La fille aux cheveux de lin. And of coure a Schubert sonata or Chopin late Nocturnes are hard. But also on the new syllabus you have the choice. There are more difficult pieces concerning notes and technique than Rondo alla Turca.

Do you know the movie? Studio Ghibli music is definitely lovely music😍

Thank you☺️

You listen to the music differently when you see the sheet music😁

Oh those Mozart variations are definitely more difficult than Rondo alla Turca😁

Thank you so much😍

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Vielen lieben Dank dir, Satoru!☺️

Yes☺️

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Thank you so much! 🙏🏼😍I‘m very happy to hear this, because I‘m actually a classical trained pianist. Just sometimes listening to jazz or play some Kapustin.

@@PianoExplorerHungDo Since this piece is arranged in a very lyrical style, I think you've brought out the lines and subtlety of the harmony, phrasing is particularly well expressed.

@@jacksonlim4818thank you so much once again🙏🏼🙏🏼

Oh thank you so much! I‘m very happy to hear this from an experienced teacher like you!🙏🏼