AMEB grades and learning an instrument.
May 24th 2009 12:56
AMEB examinations are NOT a learning system!!
This post is aimed at teachers or students or parents who think that it is acceptable to learn ONLY pieces from the AMEB grade books.
These books are designed to include a variety of pieces at graduated levels of difficulty, which can be presented for an exam. A test!
They are not a "method", and you don't "learn" to play an instrument by doing tests!!
It is very, very important to understand this idea, and that MOST of the work that goes into passing an AMEB grade is done completely outside of the AMEB books.
The AMEB does not endorse specific methods, and if you think that you can learn to play an instrument by playing 3 pieces, 2 studies and 4 scales each year, you are seriously misguided!!
This post is aimed at teachers or students or parents who think that it is acceptable to learn ONLY pieces from the AMEB grade books.
These books are designed to include a variety of pieces at graduated levels of difficulty, which can be presented for an exam. A test!
They are not a "method", and you don't "learn" to play an instrument by doing tests!!
It is very, very important to understand this idea, and that MOST of the work that goes into passing an AMEB grade is done completely outside of the AMEB books.
The AMEB does not endorse specific methods, and if you think that you can learn to play an instrument by playing 3 pieces, 2 studies and 4 scales each year, you are seriously misguided!!
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