Ds1 (13) has just failed his grade 4 flute. I am gutted as I thought he was playing really well and his teacher seemed so confident. He passed grade 1-3 easily enough.
So, what should he do? The teacher is leaving it up to ds1 to decide but ds1 won't talk about it - he is going through the classic monosyllabic teen phase - and I feel I should know more about the pros and cons of each option.
Should he retake? Retake with same pieces or different ones? Not bother with a retake and move on to grade 5?
Does anyone have any experience of doing one of the above? I don't want him to give up playing and I think the exams are good to keep him motivated and practicing (they don't seem to stress him at all) but equally, I don't want to spoil the whole experience for him by pushing into an option he is not happy with.
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