Has anyone ever taken the Certificate of Merit exam for piano?
I'm taking this exam for level 6 piano at Cal Poly in two weeks. It's going to be my first time and I've been preparing since September. Does anyone know if it's going to be hard or how harshly the evaluators grade? I have this problem with my fingers sometimes like they just feel heavy and lazy and it's difficult for me to carry scales on sixteenth notes. How do I take care of that? And is there a way for me to remember pieces better cuz my brain just goes blank and my fingers usually do all the work by themselves. I'm afraid that I will just forget in the middle of the song from nervousness just like I did at my piano recital.
I've taken CM 4 times, and hopefully this year will be my last! Anyway, the memory problem, I have that too. My fingers just work and when I mess up, I don't know where I am. But just relax. I completely blanked on two of my level 9 pieces last year, and had to skip a few measures of those songs. I still passed, and barely didn't make honors. Just remember to have a lot of starting places, so that when you screw up and blank out, you'll have those starting places you remember to go back and play. If you can't go back, just move on to later in the piece where you do know the notes. CM may sound very hard, but just relax. The evaluators aren't entirely cruel and mean. They are usually nice people. If you have little screw ups, you can still pass with a good evaluation. And when you hear them writing a lot, don't think it's a bad thing! They could be writing a lot of good comments.Theory testing isn't that hard either. Just make sure you know everything in your theory book and you should be just fine. For the sixteenth notes, just keep practicing scales going up and down and moving your fingers. Start slowly then get faster and faster. I think just practicing scales can help you with the sixteenth notes. I hope this answers you question and good luck!
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