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Anyone else waiting for their dc to come out of a theory exam?

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2ndSopranosRule · 02/03/2016 17:31

Dd1 doing Grade 1. I'm so nervous for her and can hear her coughing.

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swarskicat · 02/03/2016 17:33

Yep. Grade 5 here. I am more nervous than DD is

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2ndSopranosRule · 02/03/2016 17:35

I actually thought I was going to throw up before... Hope your dd is okay!

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troutsprout · 02/03/2016 17:47

Doing a spot of shopping then going back after 1 and a half hours

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troutsprout · 02/03/2016 17:48

Oops Posted too early..She's doing grade 5.
Good luck to your dc

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swarskicat · 02/03/2016 17:54

They have started coming out, but am guessing for the lower grades...

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swarskicat · 02/03/2016 18:13

Grade 5s coming out now. Overheard a couple of 'it was really hard's. I feel sick. Even though it is completely unimportant in the grand scheme of things!!

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Icouldbeknitting · 02/03/2016 19:23

I'm telling myself that music exams are good training for GCSEs. I'll let you know how that works out somewhere towards the end of June.

Now there's just the waiting...

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swarskicat · 02/03/2016 20:09

DD sas went well although one of the music terms is not on any of the grade 5 lists she has….but it is only 2 marks. DD is confident she has passed. Thank goodness!

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2ndSopranosRule · 02/03/2016 20:28

Dd out after 45 minutes ("I checked lots!"). She's only 8 so this was quite a big deal for me. She said she's 100 per cent certain she's done the best she could. Bless her.

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troutsprout · 03/03/2016 08:22

Dd was thrown by a German word.. She guessed and got it wrong. She said it was harder than any she had practised at home but thinks she did enough to pass
Hope everyone's dc did well

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2ndSopranosRule · 03/03/2016 09:36

I'm really hoping she's passed. She's been getting over 90 consistently with practice papers so I'm hoping she hasn't put too much pressure on herself.

Next: Grade 1 violin a week on Monday.

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Wafflenose · 03/03/2016 10:27

My DD (10) did Grade 5 last night. She also guessed the German word wrongly! In fact, she put the total opposite! But she said everything else was fine. She has Grade 5 Flute on Wednesday, complicated by the fact that she got braces yesterday, aargh!

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Icouldbeknitting · 03/03/2016 10:51

DH was supposed to be taking G1 flute this session but missed the deadline so he's doing his G1 challenge with G3 with LCM next session. We've never done a grade exam with LCM so it's new territory for us. DS is doing nothing bar the minimum until he's got his GCSEs behind him. I did manage to slip instrument practice into his revision timetable, he left the file open on my laptop and the opportunity was too good to miss.

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Icouldbeknitting · 03/03/2016 11:05

Don't have a clue why I posted this ^^ here when it would have been better in the all - in musicians thread. Just ignore me whilst I slink away.

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2ndSopranosRule · 03/03/2016 13:01

I'm curious - what was the German term?!

Actually, dd said there was something she'd not come across in the millions of papers she did either - put note values in order from shortest to longest.

According to the ABRSM website we've a month to wait for the result!

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troutsprout · 03/03/2016 13:22

Don't know.. But dd guessed 'lively' and she told me this morning ( after googling) it was supposed to be 'peaceful'.
So kinda the opposite

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Wafflenose · 03/03/2016 13:37

Yep, ruhig = peaceful, and DD guessed 'lively' too! She just didn't have time to learn all the words.

I have seen the longest to shortest/ shortest to longest thing with notes and rests on various early grade papers before. It does come up from time to time, and kind of checks what they're meant to know anyway, doesn't it? (Crotchet = 1, Minim = 2, etc).

I was going to enter DD (7) for Grade 1 this term, but she wasn't keen. It's good to get some experience before Grade 5, so I hope she'll agree to do one eventually. DD (10) took Grade 3 last year, as a warm up.

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swarskicat · 10/03/2016 17:06

Just got all excited as friend at work was convinced that her niece had done the grade 5theory last week and she already had results...so went on line. Nothing. Turns out she did it last term, but just told auntie about her distinction today!!

Has anyone any experience of how long it takes for theory results? DD driving me mad trying to work out how she did!!

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troutsprout · 10/03/2016 18:27

I thought it took a month for results?
( not exactly sure where I heard/ saw that though )

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2ndSopranosRule · 10/03/2016 20:49

I think it's a month too - sure I read that on the ABRSM website.

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CeeBeeBee · 10/03/2016 22:59

I read today it was six weeks. Will try and find the link.

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CeeBeeBee · 10/03/2016 23:03

Here

Scroll down until you get to the section on theory results.

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Wafflenose · 11/03/2016 09:17

They have always said six weeks. In practice, it's often closer to five.

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2ndSopranosRule · 29/03/2016 18:53

We've just had the results: pass with distinction. What a star she is!

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troutsprout · 29/03/2016 19:09

Well done to your Dd! That's fantastic!
Haven't heard from dd's teacher yet
Gosh I hope she's passed... I don't think I can take any more of those papers and the whinging ( Dd likes a good whinge) about the papers