Timeline for Taking up piano exams
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| Feb 8, 2015 at 13:10 | comment | added | Tim | @user3025288 - it will depend very much on which 'keyboard' you have. For example, my Roland FP3 would be, in my opinion, good enough to practise on for an exam, maybe up to grade IV, whereas my Roland XP 80 would NOT come anywhere close, having to play an acoustic in the exam. If your keyboard has an 'organ' feel, which is quite possible, the I would say no, don't use it to prepare for a piano exam, not even grade I. | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 22:34 | comment | added | BobRodes | Looking at Trinity Guildhall's syllabus (have you done this? All I had to do was google it), the keyboard exam is actually a "keyboard and organ" exam. This doesn't surprise me, because the touch on a keyboard is much more similar to that of an organ than that of a piano. I wouldn't spend all my time learning on a keyboard and then expect to do well on the piano exam with no practice. But some people are more able to improvise their way through exams than I am. | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 21:05 | comment | added | Tetsujin | also - if you spend n years learning how to get it to feel right on a keyboard, then suddenly have to play a real piano, it will scare the life out of you. The disciplines are very different. | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 18:42 | comment | added | mey | I would suggest that you find out about the differences between a piano and a keyboard first. Some features in a keyboard are not available in a piano, so you could be disadvantaged if you have not anticipated these. | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 18:37 | comment | added | user3025288 | So , Can I take up a piano Exam ? | |
| Feb 7, 2015 at 18:31 | history | answered | Tim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |