London College

[princessmoose]

Has anyone used LCM for piano exams?

Was thinking of taking grade 7 with them next year, just interested if anyone had any opinions?

Many scales?

[Steve Hopwood]

CD says you can replace the scales with a fourth piece. I tried the website but could not make any sense of it, so I must need the idiots' version.

Let me know if you do any better.

[Dulciana]

It's clearer if you get them to send you the actual syllabus, which is a seperate thing to the repertoire list. Instead of scales, there is an option to play a study, which, in effect, is a fourth piece, but it doesn't get as many marks as the others; it gets the same marks as the scales would have done.

[possom]

I use London College for piano pupils along with AB. If you choose the scales option there aren't as many as AB but as others have said you can swop them for a study. The examiners are soooo friendly which is a big plus for nervous pupils, makes the whole thing much less intimidating although i'm sure you're used to all that already

[Dulciana]

If you've looked closely at the repertoire yet, let us know what the Grade 7 pieces are like. I have a ditherer at the minute who can't do AB (no Grade 5 theory) and doesn't like three pieces from TG.

[possom]

Grade 7 piano repertoire list, 1st 3 in each list are in the handbook the others are additional ones.

List A

JS Bach Echo in B minor from French Overture BWV 831
Dussek Rondo from Sonatina in Eb Op 20 No 6
Haydn Presto from Sonata in D Hob XVI/14
CPE Bach Solfeggietto (OMG I thought this was grade 5 )
J S Bach Prelude in D BWV 936
JS Bach 3rd mvt Corrente from Partita no 5 in G
Beethoven Bagatelle in Eb OP 33 No 1
Handel 3rd mvt (Allegro) Keyboard suite in G minor
Haydn 2nd mvt (allegro di molto) from Sonata in Bb Hob XVI/41

List B

Ilynsky Berceuse
Chopin Prelude in Ab
Ferguson Bagatelle No 2 in F# minor
Chopin Mazurka in C Op 67 No 3
Grieg Lyric Piece Op 43 No 1
Gounod Matinee de Mai
Grovlez Petites Litanies de Jesus
Mendelssohn Venetian Gondola Song in G minor
Tchaikovsky The Witch from Album for the Young

List C

Warlock Folksong Prelude No 2
Norton Prelude II from Country Preludes
Linn Le Chat et le Moucheron from Les Petites Impressions
Bartok Merry Andrew from Mikrokosmos Book V
Copland No 3 from 4 piano blues
Poulenc Staccato from Villageoises
Prokofiev No 10 from Visions Fugitives Op 22
Shostakovich Prelude No 17 from 24 preludes Op 34
Wedgwood Cunning Mr Fox from After Hours Bk 3

Hope this helps Dulciana

All of mine take grades 6-8 with AB at the moment although a lot of them take LCM grades 1-5.