My daughter’s class at Australian Music Schools is studying towards a Grade 3 Theory exam in May this year. The class have always sat their Theory exams together, enjoying the experience they had in Grades 1 and 2 of sitting nervously outside the exam centre and finally being called in, and ‘debriefing’ together afterwards before […]
With the May written exam series fast approaching, here is a series of tips that will help students and parents prepare for the big day… 1. Avoid cramming We all know that knowledge quickly gained is knowledge quickly lost. Take these last two weeks to do steady revision each day – don’t leave it all […]
As most music teachers are aware, this year the AMEB released the next two instalments of the Music Craft series: Grades 5 and 6. In NSW these two levels were offered in the August series of exams. Despite my best intentions, I unfortunately did not get around to studying for and sitting these exams. So […]
As the author of texts for each of these AMEB syllabuses, the question I am asked most frequently is, “What’s the difference between Theory and Musicianship?” For Grades 1, 2 & 3, the answer is: almost nothing. I find that by the time students finish Grade 3 in either one, they pretty much know the same […]